Chamberlain Signals Full Public Inquiry Into Thetis Disaster
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that a full public inquiry would be held into the Thetis submarine disaster in which 99 men died. He described two forward compartments flooding through the torpedo tube and said ballast was emptied before the sub sank to 130 feet in Liverpool Bay.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Liverpool Bay
Thetis
Gee
Germany signals Baltic non aggression pacts
Berlin reports Germany will sign non aggression pacts with Latvia and Estonia on Wednesday. Lithuania has already signed a treaty after Memel annexation. Denmark has signed while Norway Sweden and Finland declined.
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Foreign Office
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Latvia
Estonia
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Memel
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Norway
Sweden
Finland
Garner says Garner nomination would defeat Democratic party
Mayor Maury Maverick of San Antonio warned that nominating John N. Garner for President would bring defeat to the Democratic party. He said the country needs a vigorous trained mature leader not too old, in an address prepared for the state federation of motion picture operators in Houston.
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Houston
Tex
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
John N. Garner
Suez Board Rejects Italian Demands on Representation
The Suez Canal Company board unanimously approves deferring Italian demands for representation in its management. The decision was announced in Paris on June 5.
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Rome
Paris
Suez Canal Company
Roosevelt Wants Business To Boom Says Jim Farley
Postmaster General James A. Farley told the Tennessee chapter of the National Association of Postmasters that Roosevelt aims for a booming economy with broad participation. He described a balanced economy where all Americans share in the prosperity and emphasized the president's objective of widespread involvement.
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Jim Farley
Chattanooga
Tenn
James A. Farley
All America
Tennessee
National Association of Postmasters
Farley
Death of War Adviser Lieut. Col. J A Hornsby at 79
Lieut. Col. John Allen Hornsby once a confidential adviser to Secretary of War Newton D. Baker during World War I died of pneumonia at age 79. Funeral services were set for Fort Myer with burial at Arlington Cemetery.
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Washington
John Allen Hornsby
Newton D. Baker
Hubert Hornsby
Fort Myer
Arlington Cemetery
Hanes Calls Tax Changes Duty To Aid Business
Undersecretary John W. Hanes told the House Ways and Means Committee the administration has a duty to adjust taxes to stimulate business. He backed Morgenthau’s recommendations to remove tax irritants and argued private enterprise remains the backbone of federal revenue while large social programs require private growth.
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Washington
John W. Hanes
The
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House
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Hanes
Wall Street
Morgenthau
Unem
Hawes
America
Courage of One Man Halts Virginia Jail Mob
In Chatham Virginia on June 5 a mob of masked men stormed the Pittsylvania County jail to seize Sam Swanson and two other Black men accused of killing County Constable William Coward. E A Edwards blocked the door with the keys and urged calm while Sheriff Overby and Commonwealth's Attorney Whitehead persuaded the crowd to disperse. Swanson and the other two prisoners remained unaware of the attempted lynching as authorities planned to pursue legal process.
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Sam Swanson
William Coward
Pittsylvania
E. A. Edwards
Archer Overby
Edwards
Archer E. Overby
Commonwealth
Joseph Whitehead
Overby
Whitehead
Swanson
Radio Executive Sues over German Police Search
Major John WM Marsching head of NBC German section protests to the U S embassy after Gestapo agents searched his personal effects on the Nord Express at Aachen. He was forced from his berth at 4 a m and his bedding was searched. he reports nothing was taken and he sails Wednesday to New York for headquarters.
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Paris
John WM. Marsching
National Broadcasting Company
United States
Aachen
Germany
Marsching
Gestapo
Secret Police
New York
Leaders Cant Pin Down Adjournment Date
Washington June 5 Congress leaders could not forecast when Congress will adjourn for President Roosevelt. Speaker Bankhead said July 15 is the tentative target to finish essential legislation, with neutrality debates likely to push into August. The West Coast trip for June 15 remained contingent on the calendar’s pace.
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Congress
West Coast
Bankhead
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Refugee Ship St. Louis Passes Off Florida Coast
Coast Guard and immigration officials monitored the German liner St. Louis as it lingered near Fort Lauderdale and Miami Harbor. Two patrols trailed the vessel while planes watched from above and observers hoped the 907 Jewish refugees might gain entry. Immigration Inspector Walter B. Thomas termed the action routine and ongoing.
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Havana
Germany
Cuban
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Fla
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Florida Coast
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Miami Channel
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Florida Keys
Miami Beach
Walter B. Thomas
Green Supports La Follette Bill
President William Green of the AFL urged a new law to end oppressive labor practices, testifying before a Senate subcommittee. The bill would outlaw labor spies and strike breaking agencies and ban munitions in disputes, citing Remington Rand and Black and Decker factory struggles as examples.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate Labor
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La _ Follette
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Remington Rand
Syracuse
N. Y
Black and Decker Electric Company
Kent
Ohio
Soviet Note Studied by Britain and France
Prime Minister Chamberlain said the Soviet note requires consideration before British French efforts to bring Soviet Russia into the mutual assistance framework can be stated. Informed sources say the note was addressed to Britain and France and needs their consultation before drafting an reply. London received the note last Saturday following Vyacheslav Molotov's May 31 speech to the Supreme Soviet.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Russia
Britain
France
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Supreme Soviet
Paris
Moscow
Highland Mill Strike Amid Overtime Dispute
Roughly 500 workers at Highland Cotton Mill walked out today after a vote by locals on Saturday. Management kept the mill running with a reduced crew and a new merit system that cut doffers and spinners, while strikers picketed the plant for better workloads and pay. Negotiations over weeks failed, a conciliator was sent from the Labor Department, and only a small number of workers remained at work.
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Highland Cotton Mill
Department of Labor
Washington
Ith Point
Hitler Defends Germany in Encirclement Fight at Kassel
Adolf Hitler told 300000 veterans at Kassel that Germany fights both political and economic encirclement through rearmament and self sufficiency. Agricultural Minister Darre warned of economic encirclement and stressed farm mechanization and oil crops.
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Berlin
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Walter R. Darre
Leipzig
Darre
Court Rules Against Boss Of N J Demos
The Supreme Court ruled Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City violated free assemblage by interfering with CIO meetings. It voided a Jersey City ordinance banning public meetings in streets or parks to prevent disorderly assembly. The decision joined another 5–4 ruling upholding milk stabilization under the 1937 Agricultural Marketing Act.
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Supreme Court
Frank Hague
Jersey City
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Reed
Hughes
Federal Circuit Court
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Federal District Court
Angell Urges Rational Liberty at Duke Commencement
Dr. James Rowland Angell former Yale president told Duke graduates that true liberty grows with trained intelligence and willingness to defend it. He warned against totalitarian influences and stressed social restraints as a condition for civilization and stable order.
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Duke
Durham
Yale University
Duke University
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