Pepper Leads Florida Senate Primary In Five Way Race
Florida Democrats held a multiple candidate U.S. Senate primary with Claude Pepper seeking renomination backing James Roosevelt while facing Mark Wilcox and Dave Shultz. The contest drew national interest as four states voted and Florida Republicans ran their own primary.
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Claude Pepper
Florida
Fdr
United States
Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Mark Wilcox
White House
Wilcox
Dave Shultz
Washington
Hull and Lewis Confer Over Economic Matters
Secretary Hull and CIO chief John L. Lewis held lengthy talks in Washington on economic issues both domestic and international. A Senate Agriculture Committee approved a bill to reallocate unused cotton quotas within states, aiming to fix inequities of the crop control program this season.
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Hull
Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Senate Agriculture Committee
Lee
D-Okla
Chinese Breakthrough Reported Near Shan tung Front
Shanghai dispatches say a seven mile advance on the southern Shan tung front buckled Japanese lines under a Chinese onslaught. The article notes this as the first thrust of a general Chinese offensive with 800000 troops ready to participate.
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Shanghai
Shantung
Lincoln Manhunt Expands For Missing Pair
Lincoln Maine May 8 AP investigators push a search for a 40 year old man with a boy resembling 12 year old Peter Levine of New Rochelle New York the kidnapping victim. A woodsman reported seeing a camp used by the duo last Thursday night and federal agents were notified.
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Lincoln, Me
Peter Levine
New Rochelle
N. Y
Federal Bureau of Invests
Ilford
Lincoln
Court halts NLRB actions against Republic Steel
The U S circuit court of appeals issued a temporary restraining order blocking the National Labor Relations Board from taking steps in its recent order against Republic Steel Corp The restraint halts NLRB actions while the court considers the case filed in Philadelphia May 8.
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Philadelphia
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Republic Steel Corporation
Mother and two children slain in Tampa home
A Pittsburgh telegram led police to a Tampa suburb where Mrs. Paul Friede Bunge, 48, and two daughters Edith Ann 9 and Nina 6 were found slain in a bathtub and bedroom. The father, described as a writer from Pittsburgh who moved in six weeks ago, is missing. Det. Chief W D Bush and Sheriff J R McLeod oversee the case.
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Tampa
Fila
Pittsburgh
Ingeborg” Bunge
Paul Bunge
J. R. McLeod
W. D. Bush
Paul Friede-Bunge
Edith Ann
Nina
Bush
McLeod
Bunge
Fists Fly As Silver Knit Hosiery Mill Opens Doors
A sit down strike at the Silver Knit Hosiery Mill opened as United Auto Workers activists led a walkout at dawn. Police reports say two arrests for affray and assault and a woman treated by a doctor after a confrontation. Governor Hoey's orders may bring 25 state patrolmen to Bay City to restore order.
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Bay City
Mich
United Automobile Workers of America
Chevrolet
Wellock
W. G. Friddie
Hoey
Joe 8. Phipps
Friddie
Governor Hoey
Raleigh
John McCarroll
David Carter
Cora McCarroll
Bonnie Harkleward
High Point
Hammer Kills Aged Woman In Columbus Home
Aged Columbus woman Lida Priest, 70, was slain while sleeping by a hammer wielder. Mrs. Ella Brewer, 52, of Logan, Ohio, suffered a skull fracture and remained in critical condition at Mercy Hospital. Detective Ed Love said a relative is being sought.
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Columbus
Lida Priest
Ella Brewer
Logan
Mercy Hospital
Ed Love
Increases In France's Armed Forces Ordered By Daladier
Paris May 3 Premier Edouard Daladier orders manpower boosts for all branches of France's armed forces and higher taxes to fund defense. The decree opens a credit for national defense and authorizes new ships subs and tankers, plus Senegalese battalions.
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France
Paris
Edouard Daladier
National Defense
Nations
Albert Lebrun
Daladier
Navy Ministry
Alaska Begins First Government Airmail Flight
Juneau dispatch reports the start of government airmail flights to Fairbanks. Veteran mail carrier Fred Milligan, who used dog teams for over 80 years, was invited to pilot the inaugural flight, signaling the end of dog team and erratic mail service era.
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Juneau
Alaska
Fairbanks
Fred Milligan
Chamber head calls pull together to beat class antagonism
President George H. Davis of the United States Chamber of Commerce warns that class antagonism threatens business. He argues against penalizing the good to restrain the bad and criticizes reformers, urging unity within the American economic system.
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Washington
George H. Davis
United States Chamber of Commerce
Davis
Chamber
Burke Urges Resignations At NLRB To End Coercive Union Drives
Senator Burke of Nebraska, a harsh critic of the administration, called for the resignation of NLRB members. He said the board has pursued compulsory unionization and urged new personnel and law changes to make the act fair to employers and employees with courts sharing labor questions. He spoke at the U S Chamber of Commerce conference.
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Burke
Nebraska
National Labor Relations Board
United States Chamber of Commerce
Labor Board
Hitler Receives Mighty Welcome Near Rome as Duce Seeks Triumph
Adolf Hitler travels by 12 car special train south through northern Italy toward Rome amid grand Fascist displays. Mussolini plans a joint greeting in Monterotondo and a Rome arrival to showcase Germany Italy power while Britain seeks to avert crisis and press Czechoslovakia toward compromise.
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Associated Press
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Tuscany
Italy
Europe
Germany
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Czechoslovakia
Fuehrer
Monterotondo
Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Simone Reveals Mystery Friend Without Name
Los Angeles reports that Simone Simon testified at Sandra Martin’s preliminary hearing about gifts to a mysterious unnamed friend. The actress described giving gold keys and luxury items, while defense counsel pressed about secrecy and confidential telegrams.
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Los Angeles
Simone Simon
Colony Today
Miss Simon
Sandra Martin
Willaim EB. Simpson
Federal Deficit Stays Below 1937 Level in 10 Months
The treasury reports a 10 month federal deficit of 1.27 billion dollars versus 2.15 billion the prior year. Expenditures and receipts run ahead of 1936 totals and the debt stands at 37.51 billion with a 1.09 billion rise in 10 months.
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Washington
Treasury
Illinois Hunts Four Escapees From Michican City Jail
Four long term convicts who abducted a motorist and fled in his sedan after escaping from Indiana state prison were hunted in eastern Illinois between Decatur and Chicago. The victim Melvin Breining, 23, was released unharmed two miles west of Kankakee. Police warned to shoot to kill. Suspects Ernest Powell 35 Ernest Grigsby 38 Wilbur Dawson 36 and Frank Mears 34, all with long robberies records.
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Kankakee
Ill
Indiana
Michigan City
Illinois
Melvin Breining
Here
Oflinois
Decatur
Chicago
Ernest Powell
Ernest Grigsby
Wilbur Dawson
Frank Mears
N C Physicians Install Officers
The North Carolina Medical Society annual meeting proceeds to business with the installation of president elect Dr. J Buren Sidbury of Wilmington. A joint session will hear the annual report of Dr Carl V Reynolds state health officer. Dr J A Morris Granville county health officer is elected president Dr A H Elliott Wilmington vice president and Br Rey Norton Raleigh secretary.
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Pinehart
The
North Carolina Medical Society
J. Buren Sidbury
Wilmington
Society
Health &Esociation
Carl V. Reynolds
Public Health Association
J. A. Morris
Granville County
A. H. Elliott
Br Rey Norton
Raleigh
AFHW Urged to Aid Hosiery Work in North
Dr. George W. Taylor urged North hosiery industry rehabilitation through union cooperation. Emil Rieve pledged the issue would be considered before the AFHW convention adjourns. Taylor noted northern equipment obsolescence while southern mills modernize with 300 new machines arriving. Rieve defended the union’s record since 1929 and said investors would be discussed in policy talks on manufacturer agreements.
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AFHW
North
Charlotte
George W. Taylor
Emil Rieve
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Philadelphia
Taylor
Rieve
Costello Seeks Aid of Daughter in Court
In Los Angeles on May 3 Maurice Costello, once a matinee idol, sues his daughter Dolores Costello Barrymore for $200 monthly support. Dolores denies neglecting filial duty and notes she has long contributed to her father and recently offered an alternative to his demands.
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Los Angeles
Maurice Costello
Superior
Dolores Costello
John Barrymore
Mias Costello
Billion Dollar Naval Bill Heads to Joint Group
The Senate approved the administration’s 1.156 billion naval expansion bill by a 66 to 28 vote. The measure, returning to the House for action on amendments, includes a proviso to cap battleship tonnage at 35,000 for three ships unless a larger build is warranted and raises total battleship tonnage to 135,000. The bill also lifts two aircraft carrier sizes to 20,000 tons each and authorizes 46 warships, 950 planes and 26 auxiliaries.
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House
Senate
Dr. Peele Made Bishop by Southern Methodist Church
Dr. Ivan Lee Holt of St Louis and Dr. William Walter Peele of Greensboro N C were elected bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South on the first ballot at the quadrennial conference in Birmingham Alabama. The conference also elected five other new bishops. Peele is a former professor.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ivan Lee Holt
T Louis
William Walter Peele
Greensboro
N. C
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Peele
Dentist Urges Pyorrhea Fight At Carolina Convention
Dr. Edward L. Ball of Cincinnati urged the Carolina Dental Society to intensify the fight against pyorrhea at its annual convention in Winston-Salem. He called the periodontal disease a leading universal ailment and said early detection allows most cases to be treated successfully.
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Winston-Salem
WN. C
Edward L. Ball
Cincinnati O
Carolina Dental Society
Ball
Police Fire At Man Believed Responsible For Crimes Here
Two police officers fired at a fleeing man believed to be behind a string of break ins in High Point Thomasville and Asheboro after a chase through streets and alleys. The suspect, who fled in a stolen car, escaped across a lot into bushes as the patrol car closed in. Police from Thomasville and Asheboro joined High Point officers to compare reports and identify the driver, who may have targeted only money. An abandoned stolen car held $11.73 in coins. investigators pressed for identity as they traced the crimes.
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High Point
Thomasville
Asheboro
Henry OD. Koonce
D. C
McMahon
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