Irish Free State Constitution Faces Ulster and England Opposition
Dublin reports say Eamon de Valera's proposed constitution for Ireland declares the country as a sovereign democratic state with a seven year presidential term and Gaelic as national language. Ulster and England react coolly with Ulster ministers calling it a challenge to Britain while Dublin presses ahead for a June voters’ decision.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Eamon de Valera
All Ireland
Northern Ireland
Ulster
England
United Kingdom
John Milne Barbour
Community of Nations
British Commonwealth of Nations
Free State
de Valera
Association of the Free State
Government Agencies Urged to Recheck 1938 Appropriations
Representative Woodrum urged 32 independent agencies to survey and reconsider 1938 appropriation needs to help the House appropriations committee cut at least 10 percent. Senate and House leaders debated broader 10 to 15 percent restraint with impounding power for the next fiscal year and the president’s discretion to withhold or release funds.
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Washington
Woodrum
Dwa
House Appropriations Committee
Full Appropriations Committee
Senate House
Representative Rayburn
Dtex
Representative Cannon
D-Mo
Hotel workers strike shuts 15 San Francisco hotels
In Los Angeles and San Francisco, 8500 hotel employees backed by 138 unions walked out, halting operations in 15 of San Francisco's largest hotels and bringing activities to a near standstill.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Picketing Expands as Unions Move Toward Strike
In Hollywood on May 1 picketing rises at major studios and spreads to more as a potential strike threatens over 10 000 workers. Four unions already vote on walkout while Federated Motion Picture Crafts weighs 14 others joining. Screen Actors Guild to decide if 5600 actors will cross picket lines.
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Hollywood
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
Screen Actors Guild
Hollywood Region
Film Colony
Federated Crafts
Actors’ Guild
Pat Casey
Burlesque Venues Lose Licenses in New York Action
Commissioner Paul Moss refused to issue new licenses to 14 burlesque theaters in New York City after a two day hearing. Clergymen and civic groups denounced the shows as coarse and lewd, while Mayor LaGuardia hailed the decision as a crackdown on filth. Some theaters operated under self imposed censorship pending further rulings.
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New York
Broadway
Paul Moss
Stripace
Asnee
L. H. LaGuardia
Moss
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Commissioner Authority
Theommissioner
Communist Court Plan Mentioned by Browder
Senator Burke of Nebraska said the Roosevelt court reorganization plan was first heard in a speech by Earl Browder, presidential candidate of the Communist party. He claimed Browder, speaking in Baltimore near the end of last year’s campaign, proposed increasing the court to twenty so eleven new members would form a clear majority.
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Washington
Burke
D.neb
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Browder
R Baltimore
Foodships Will Save Children From Bilbao Bombardment
Anxious Basques and British skippers race to evacuate non combatants from Bilbao as Franco blocks foreign refugee vessels. Nine British freighters work from Bilbao harbor while officials in London pledge protection. possible evacuation of 300,000 is deemed unlikely.
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Hendaye
Huilbao
Bay of Biscay
France
Bilbao
Francisco Franco
London
Hitler denounces clerical interference to Berlin workers
Adolf Hitler spoke to about fifty thousand Berlin workers in Lustgarten and to 180000 youths at the Olympic stadium. He urged production without higher wages or prices and warned Catholic encroachment while defending labor service. The speech followed Vatican criticisms of Nazi conduct and church-state clashes.
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Adolf Hitler
Third Reich
Germany
der Fuehrer
Lustgarten
Olympic Stadium
Lusergarten
Pius
der Feuhrer
Hitler
Five Die As Southern Storm Rips Louisliana and Missisippi
A violent storm across coastal Louisiana and Mississippi killed five people, with a tornadic limb of the disturbance delivering hail and over five inches of rain. In Pointe Coupee Parish’s Phillipston community three Black residents perished as property and crops suffered heavy damage.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Hall
Phillipston
Pointe Coupee Parish
Linwood Woman Earns High School Diploma at 55
Linwood resident Mrs. J. P. Barnes, mother of seven, earned her Churchill High School diploma at age 55. She began schooling as a child in a one-room school and returned to finish after raising her family, completing her high school work in three years.
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Lexington
J. P. Barnes
Linwood
Here
Churchland High School
Becaus
Constructive Opposition Aims at Good and Bad in Administration
John Hamilton, Republican national chairman, says the party should be a constructive opposition distinguishing between good and bad in administration. The GOP will oppose domination and seek cooperation with good while exposing and preventing bad. He warns against changing the Republican foundation and notes 17,000,000 citizens and 50,000 party officials.
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Washington
John Hamilton
Republican Party
Warte
Mass Parachute Jump Planned Near Cincinnati
May 1 officials weighed a reported plan for 15 youths to jump from 7 am in Cincinnati. Paul Glinzak promoted the event at Smithfield Ohio near Steubenville. Police Chief Weatherly warned of mass arrests at Lunken airport if attempted. Sheriff Lutz said deputies would enforce commerce rules on any county jumps.
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Cincinnati
Paul Glinzak
Smithfield
Steubenville
Eugene T. Weatherly
Lunken
George A. Lutz, I Jr
Department of Commerce
Honeymoon Site Of Duke And Wallie Gossip
In St Wolggang Austria on May 1 the Duke of Windsor and his bride may honeymoon at Count Muenster’s Wasserleonburg castle near gleaming Alpine lakes. The former king visited Ischel for baths and appeared lighthearted amid rumors of the planned marriage to Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson. London reportedly expected Mrs Simpson’s divorce to finalize soon.
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ST. Wolfgang
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Count Paul Muenster
Wasserleonburg Castle
Ischel
Wasserloonbure
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Monts
France
Edward
London
Nine Million Unemployed In 1930s Estimates Stir Debate
New York May 1 Nine million people are placed as unemployed by two major agencies the National Industrial Conference Board and the American Federation of Labor. They base the figure on the 1930 census and adjustments from Bureau of Labor statistics data, with critics noting the jump from 1929 estimates and potential errors as years progress.
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A. A. Patton
Associated Press Statistician
New York
National Industrial Conference Board
American Federation of Labor
Federal Reserve Board
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Conference Board
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Millions Parade on May Day Worldwide Labor Holiday
Associated Press reports May Day celebrations across the globe with mass demonstrations in Moscow Paris Berlin and New York. Bombings killed one and injured three in Warsaw and San Juan while Madrid saw seven killed in a bomb attack amid growing Spanish war tensions.
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Poland
Puerto Rico
Warsaw
San Juan
Moscow
Red Square
Joseph Stalin
Paris
Communist Internationale
Bilbao
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Olympic Stadium
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France
New York
Union Square
Randall's Island Stadium
London
Hollywood
Mexico City
Madrid
Governor Hoey To Go To Pen Sunday
Governor Hoey will visit Central prison Sunday to speak to inmates on an undecided topic. The governor, known for teaching Sunday school, has led a Methodist church group since his January inauguration.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Central Prison
London Bus Strike Hits Coronation Preparations
Twenty five thousand London bus workers walked out disrupting transport ahead of King George VI’s coronation on May 12. People used bicycles and subways while the government formed a inquiry court to collect evidence. Some workers joined May Day protests with Laborites and Communists as pickets stood outside garages.
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London
George VI
San Francisco Hotel Strike Involves 15 Big Inns
About 3 500 hotel workers from 13 unions walk out at 6 p m affecting 6 000 downtown and Nob Hill guests. Clerks cooks waiters bartenders and waitresses join with milk and bakery wagon drivers electri cians upholsterers and garage workers. Unions cite San Francisco Labor Council sanction and demand preferential hiring and a five day week for clerks at 15 hotels including the Alexander Hamilton and Bellevue.
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San Francisco
Walter Cowan
Joint Culinary Workers Board
Nob Hill
San Francisco Labor Council
Alexander Hamilton
Bellevue
Cathedral Hotel
Thomasville voters set to choose mayor and council Monday
Thomasville, May 1. Voters head to the polls Monday to decide between the incumbent mayor D A Long Jr and challengers D W Maddox and Captain G A Evans on rival tickets. The Fair Tax League backs tax cuts and economy. Polls run 7 am to 7 pm under a new law. over 3,000 registered. North Ward votes at the Fire Station, South Ward at the Masonic Hall.
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G. A. Evans
Fair Tax League
Masonic Hall
Religious Faster Ends 52 Day Fast With Squirrel Soup
Stooping Oak Tenn May 1 4 H a Hollow cheeked Jackson Whitlow a Cumberland Mountains religious faster ends his 52 day fast by drinking squirrel soup and beef broth after a Lord called him to break it He refuses medical care but sees Dr Standifer who notes a good chance of recovery The faster says the Lord will reveal his purpose soon and may preach if called
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Tenn
Jackson Whitlow
Cumberland Mountains
Whitlow
R. E. Standifer
Dunlap
Senta
Associated Press
Kitlow
President Roosevelt Signs Neutrality Bill at Sea
President Roosevelt signs the neutrality measure after it reaches him by air, car, and boat aboard the Destroyer Moffett anchored off Port Aransas Texas, marking a midnight signing in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Moffett
Port Arkansas
Tex
Roosevelt signs neutrality bill during fishing trip
President Roosevelt waited in choppy seas off Port Aransas Texas to sign the neutrality bill rushed to him by auto and small boat. The Moffett destroyer carried the fishing party as two navy planes collided off Galveston delaying mail delivery. The bill grants the president discretion to restrict trade with warring nations and must be signed by midnight to avoid lapsing.
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Galveston
Tex
Roosevelt
Port Aransas
Moffett
Corpus Christi
Aransas Pass
Gulf
White House
Washington
Statesville Couple Die In Auto Crash
Statesville couple Lawrence Younger 25 and Mies Sue Parker 26, both of Statesville, were killed early today when their car crashed into a tree. Theodore Carson 24 sustained severe injuries in the crash.
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Statesville
Lawrence Younger
Mies Sue Parker
Theodore Carson
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