Americans Back Roosevelt for Reelection at Labor Event
A. F. L. chief William Green urged support for Roosevelt at the National Women's Trade Union League convention. He praised the New Deal agencies NRA and Social Security while warning of wage and hour setbacks and calling for continued leadership on social reform.
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Dent William Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
National Women's Trade Union League
Destiny
Hey
Green
NRA
Supreme Court
New Deal
America
Little Nations Will Take Care of Selves
In Belgrade on May 5 representatives from Yugoslavia Romania Greece and Turkey sought to settle southeastern European quarrels by conference. They argued that little Matovie must take care of itself while Ethiopia’s fate was seen as a warning of relying on great powers guarantees.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Romania
Greece
Turkey
Ethiopia
Guilford County School Bonds Sold By Commission
Raleigh May 5 R. R. Dickson and Company of Charlotte and associates bought 495000 dollars of Guilford county school bonds sold by the local government commission. The issue carried a premium of 26 with the first 445000 to bear 8 percent interest and the remainder 3 percent.
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Dickson and Company of
Charlotte and Associates
Guilford County
Local Government Commission
Baltimore Man Slain Near Virginia Line
Richmond Virginia May 5 Clarence E Mitchell of Raleigh member of the North Carolina assembly said a man identified as James B Austin about 20 of Baltimore was slain early today at a highway lunch room near Norlina North Carolina Coroner Jasper Shearin was told that Austin was shot through the head by Henry Wiggins guarding the lunchroom Wiggins said he fired twice as the man approached a closed window a woman was believed to have been waiting in a car Lights on the car were off when he first fired and the car drove away
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Richmond
Clarence E. Mitchell
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina Assembly
James B. Austin
Baltimore
Norlina
Mitchell
Jasper Shearin
Warren County
North Carolina
Austin
Henry Wiggins
Wiggins
Agents Continue To Question Karpis
ST. PAUL May 5 government agents resumed questioning Alvin Karpis as they seek accomplices who harbored or aided him in kidnaping murder and robbery. Arraignment date on four charges remains uncertain.
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ST. Paul
Alvin Karpis
New Orleans
Karpla
Bowers Seeks Davidson County Sheriff Nomination
Raymond Bowers chief deputy sheriff of Davidson county announced he will seek the Democratic nomination for sheriff in the June primary.
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Lexington
Raymond Bowers
Davidson County
One Killed And 17 Injured In School Bus Accident
A Moore County school bus wreck on the High Falls Carthage road six miles from Carthage killed Karl Callaway aged 10 and injured 17 other children. Eight were treated at a local hospital and released, while authorities investigated the cause with witness statements noting the driver may have been lighting a cigarette as the bus descended a hill.
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Karl Callaway
Moore County
High Falls
Robert
Crabtree
Vicin
Moore County Hospital
Pinehurst
Weather Outlook for Carolina Coasts Tonight and Wednesday
North and South Carolina forecast to show moderate northeast to east winds tonight and Wednesday. Hatteras to Jacksonville expected mostly overcast with fair weather and northerly to easterly winds shifting to easterly by Wednesday.
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McGrady Sees Hope in Anthracite Wage Talks
New York May 5 Assistant Labor Secretary Edward F. McGrady says wage conference progress looks better though no definite agreement has been reached. He joined operators and United Workers reps since Feb 24 to draft a new contract as the old one expired March 31. About 105000 miners are affected and another session was planned to continue the talks.
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New York
Edward F. McGrady
McGrady
United Workers
Pennevania
New Movement To Free Capone Studied By Lawyers
Chicago lawyers study a new legal avenue to free Al Capone, imprisoned at Alcatraz. If viable, they plan to seek a writ of habeas corpus in federal court in San Francisco to challenge his 11 year sentence.
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New York
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Capone
San Francisco
Connecticut Abolishes Hanging for Chair Reform
The old hanging device at the Connecticut state prison was removed to clear space for an electric chair. The electric chair, which lifted victims, caused 55 legal deaths under Connecticut law starting in 1894, with the last execution being John Siemborski, killer of a New Haven police officer, in April.
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Connecticut
John Siemborski
New Haven
Hagood Relinquishes Sixth Corps Command in May
Maj Gen Johnson Hagood issues general orders resigning from the sixth corps area and the second field army a position he had held since last Saturday He says President Roosevelt asked him not to retire now and calls his prior post a vindication after being removed from the eighth corps area in San Antonio for criticizing WPA funds described as stage money.
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Dcent
Johnson
Chicago
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Stanley H. Ford
Fort Hamilton
New York
George van Horn Moseley
Atlanta
Charles S. Bilbourne
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
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Johnson Hagood
Second Field Army
Roosevelt
Eighth Corps
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WPA
Emperor Selassie Leaves Africa Laden With Treasures
Emperor Haile Selassie exits Africa aboard a British cruiser bound for Palestine. He sails with the imperial family jewels, gold bullion and coins, silver Maria Thergia thalera, six automobiles, and cash from the treasury and customs house in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa.
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Haile Selassie
Palestine
Diredawa
Addis Ababa
Toronto man hanged for murder of Ruth Taylor
TORONTO May 5 Harry O'Donnell a 26 year old service station attendant was hanged today for the murder of Ruth Taylor last Nov 4 in a case that drew local and legal attention.
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Toronto
Harry O'Donnell
Ruth Taylor
Pulitzer Prize Selections Stir Critics With Controversy
New York reports a furor over the Pulitzer drama and novella awards. Robert Sherwood's antiwar play Idiot's Delight and Harold L. Davis's Honey in the Horn draw swift objections from critics who say the selections defy prize rules and misrepresent American life.
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Sherwood
Harold L. Davis
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Maxwell Anderson
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Pulitzer Drama Jury
Townsend Probe Postponed Two Weeks
Washington May 5 Examination of Dr Townsend by a House investigating committee was postponed for two weeks. Chairman Bell announced the hearing had been set over by agreement between the committee and Dr Townsend and his counsel. Townsend arrived with Sheridan Downey as his counsel to the crowded hearing room.
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Pension Movement
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Cabinet Seeks Defense for Franc Amid Fears of Devaluation
Paris officials report Premier Albert Barrault and his coalition cabinet met to map a defense for the franc as ministers showed disagreements and concern over a possible devaluation. Despite opposition to devalue, leaders privately acknowledge it could aid France’s economic recovery.
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Albert Barraut
France
Special Court Term Set for Guilford County
Governor Ehringhaus ordered a special one week term of criminal court to convene in Guilford county on June 1 with Judge F. Hilk to preside.
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Ehringhaus
Criminal Court
Guilford County
F. 58.Hilk
Doctor Saved From Mine Going Home
HALIFAX N S May 8 Dr D E Robertson still weak from ten day imprison ment in the Moose river gold mine traveled by train today to his home in Toronto Aside from weakness he appeared to have suffered little effect from the entombment.
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D. E. Robertson
Moose River
Toronto
Connecticut Republicans Meet to Pick Delegates in Hartford
Republicans gathered in Hartford for their state convention to elect delegates to the national convention. It is expected the Connecticut delegation will travel to Cleveland uninstructed.
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Conn
Cleveland
Freighter Melville Dollar Aground Near Negros Island
The freighter Melville Dollar ran aground today on Tomonton Shoals off Negros Island but was reported in no danger.
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Melville Dollar
Tomonton Shoals
Negros Island
Adunata Rally Calls Italian War Echoes in Rome
Sirens warned Romans as Addis Ababa fell and Mussolini ordered a mass mobilization. The Adunata rally symbolized Italy's claimed victory over Ethiopia with a public display of soldiers, blackshirts, and supporters in 17,3 locales across the kingdom.
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Addis Ababa
Italy
Ethiopia
Sl Duce
M Bera
Mill Workers Strike At Hamrick Plant Stretches In Georgia
GAFFNEY April 6 Mill operatives at Hamrick mills strike after management announced stretchout, leaving only one of Gaffney textile mills running. The plant employs 250 with four mills closed affecting payrolls around 1,500 while Musgrove, with 350 workers, remains the sole open mill.
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Gaffney
D.C
Mamrick Mills
Gaffa Textile Mills
Musgrove
Roosevelt Wins Maryland Delegates In Primary Vote
Returns from the Maryland presidential primary show President Roosevelt leading Colonel Henry Breckinridge by about five to one and securing Maryland's 16 Democratic national convention votes. California and South Dakota held primaries as ballot counts continued.
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South Dakota
Henry Breckinridge
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Kansas
Jon Sinclair
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