General Motors Strike in St Louis Clamps Down on Plants
In St Louis on May 5, 3700 United Automobile Workers members began a sit-down strike at General Motors Chevrolet and Fisher body plants over 37 discharge workers. The union proposed share-the-work with a five and one-sixteenth hour day, but management refused, leading to halted operations and sympathy walkouts in Fisher body division.
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Chevrolet
Fisher
St. Louis
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors
Fisher Body
Norman Smith
Committee For Industrial Organization
Automobile Workers’ Union
John Livingston
Livingston
Peaceful settlement ends Catalan anarchist uprising
A Barcelona radio report says Juan Garcia Oliver and President Luis Companys reached a peaceful solution to the revolt in Catalonia and Valencia after about 100 deaths. British ships moved in as violence subsided in Hospitalet where refugees from Almeria and Murcia crowded the city.
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Perpignan
Barcelona
Juan Garcia Oliver
Valencia
Luis Companys
Catalonia
Garcia Oliver
jJustice
Barcelonia
Hospitalet
Almeria
Murcia
Duke and Wallis Plan Wedding in French Grounds
In Monts France on May 5 Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor walked arm in arm under escort in the Chateau de Cande grounds. A British detective and Rogers of New York kept watch as plans for their wedding seemed unsettled and a possible visit to nearby chateaux loomed.
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Monts
France
Wallis Simpson
Chateau de Cande
Herman L. Rogers
New York
Chanteau de Cande
Edward
Mrs. Simpson
Rogers
Duke of Kent
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Baltimore
America
Duke of Windsor
Part Of Woman's Body Found In Lake Erie
Cleveland reports the discovery of a carefully severed portion of a woman's body in Lake Erie, possibly part of a torso found February 23. Coroner Dr. Samuel R. Gerber notes the severed section matches earlier remains and links to a spree of dismemberments in the city dating back to September, with police seeking clues to a killer described as possibly a butcher or sex-crazed assailant.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Samuel R. Gerber
Gerber
Coast Guards
H Yachem
Great Lakes
Lake Front
Kin Run
George J. Meitz
Guy H. Will
Cleve State Hospital
Italy and Germany Offer Wider European Security Collaboration
Rome May 5 Italy and Germany proposed wider European security collaboration and closer ties of friendship at talks between Benito Mussolini and German Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath. Virginio Gayda in Il Giornale D'Italia urged Britain and France to heed the gestures and warned of provocation from press attacks on Iberian policy.
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Rome
Italy
Germany
Mussolini
Konstantin van Neurath
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
Great Britain
France
Spain
Gayda
Yelton Named to Welfare Post in State Board
Nathan H. Yelton of Bakeraville is appointed director of the division of public assistance in the North Carolina state board of charities and public welfare by Mrs. W. T. Best. He is superintendent of Mitchell county schools and will assume the post after the board of education releases him.
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Raleigh
Baldwin Urges Industrial Peace Amid London Strike
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin called for peace during coronation week as London street car workers join a broader walkout. Delegations from 12,000 street car employees seek union permission to join 25,000 linemen and a national coal strike looms. He urged the key workers to settle differences, aiming for a shorter workday from eight to seven and a half hours.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Transport Union
House of Commons
Baldwin
Declines Hit Stock Market In Slow New York Trade
Stocks slipped from a brief recovery, with most indices ending lower amid slow dealings. The news picture remained largely unchanged and buying interest was weak after a modestly better opening as declines of fractions to points spread across the market by mid afternoon.
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New York
Humphries To Speak At Peace Meeting
Dr. G. J. Humphries president of High Point College will address the Randolph County Peace league at the M P church in Asheboro Thursday at 8 p m The public is invited to attend the meeting
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Asheboro
G. J. Humphries
High Point College
Randolph County Peace League
M. P
Pickets Reinforced As Studio Strike Nears End
Picket line reinforcements from longshoremen and the industrial union committee were promised to film industry strikers as a labor conciliator predicted the five day walkout by 6000 studio workers would soon end. Pat Casey of the Producers Association reported the Los Angeles central labor council suggested a peace plan for study.
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Hollywood
Committee For Industrial Organization
International Alliance of the
Iast
Pat Casey
The
Producers Association
Los Angeles Central Labor Council
Relief Funds Battle Begins in Roosevelt Aid Fight
Washington May 86 The House subcommittee opened hearings on Roosevelt's 1.5 billion relief fund. Harry L Hopkins testified in support of the president's figure for the year starting July 1. Lawmakers split, with some seeking to cut 500 million while a coalition urged 2.5 billion, setting an early test of economy versus relief needs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Harry L. Hopkins
Workers Progress
Rep. Woodrum
D-Va
Bales Re-elected Councilman Vote Report Corrected
An error in the Thomasville city election report mislisted M. L. Bales's votes as 727. The corrected total shows 1,727 votes, confirming Bales’ re election to the city council.
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Thomasville
M. L. Bales
SEEK SCHOOL FUNDS FOR NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS
Sixteen PWA funding applications for North Carolina school construction and safety upgrades total 1,296,000 dollars. The requests aim to eliminate hazardous conditions and improve教育 facilities nationwide.
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Washington
PWA
North Carolina
Incumbents Re elected in Quiet City Election
Mayor S Grayson secured a strong show of support as he led the Democratic ticket with 1261 votes. Ben L. Herman of the High Point Board of Elections noted the official canvass. Republicans fell short though A Coke Cecil topped GOP write ins with 27 votes. All current officials won two more years amid large margins.
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Grayson
A. Coke Cecil
S. Grayson
Ben L. Herman
High Point Board of Elections
Repub
Flat Increase Of 2 Justices Is Proposed By Pat McCarran
Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada proposed a flat increase of two Supreme Court justices. His plan discards Roosevelt court reform provisions and departs from the judiciary committee’s prior amendments. The move signals a new approach during the fifth month of the 75th Congress as hearings stagnate.
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Pat McCarran
Washington
Roosevelt
McCarran
Nevada
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Steel firm ready to act in wage talks
The Republic Steel Corp. said it was ready to meet any bargaining party and proposed a conference in Cleveland next Tuesday. SWOC regional director Cinton Golden told Tom Girdler that the union will not bear members at work without movement toward bargaining.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Cinton
Golden
SWOC
Tom Girdler
Republic
Commitee For Industrial Organization
Bomb Explodes on Bordeaux Marseille Express
A mysterious bomb exploded aboard the Bordeaux Marseille express in Marseille France on May 5 killing one man and wounding five others. The blast set fire to both first and second class cars which were detached at Saint Martin de Crau. Police began an investigation and the injured were hospitalized.
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Marseille
France
Saint Martin de Crau
Paris
Forest fires claim life as blazes flare across New England
A 30-year-old volunteer, Herbert Benton, died near Plymouth Massachusetts after getting separated from a crew fighting a seven by two mile blaze. Fire chiefs warned of renewed outbreaks while rain was hoped for later today. Fields burned included Sound Beach Long Island and towns in Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Firefighters battled multiple fires through the night with some containment and evacuations ongoing.
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Herbert Benton
Plymouth
Mass
Albert Hiller
Sound Beach
Long Island N. Y
Franklin
Manchester
N. H
Hyannis
Washington County
Maine
Deblois
Beddington
Cherryfield
Five Islands
Basque defenders report Italian fleet blocks Bilbao evacuation
Basque government defenders claim an Italian destroyer and seven insurgent ships massed off Bilbao to block evacuation of 2,300 refugees. They vow to evacuate tonight under Red Cross protection in Spanish ships outside the three mile limit with French and British warships nearby.
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Bilbao
Spain
Biscayan
Red Cross
France
Here
Germany
Guernica
Jesus Maria del Tleizada
Cculture
Reynolds to Speak at Fort Barnwell Commencement
Senator Robert R. Reynolds will be the high school commencement speaker at Fort Barnwell on Tuesday morning. The event marks a notable civic appearance by the North Carolina Democrat in the May 56 period.
Denhardt Case Jury Retained in Murder Trial
Circuit Judge Charles Marshall overruled motions to discharge Brig. Gen. Henry H Denhardt and to exclude the p ain teste. The case concerns the murder of Verna Garr Taylor with the jury ordered to remain and deliberate. Defense sought to exclude jurors who may have discussed the case outside the jury room.
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New Castle
Charles Marshall
Henry H
Verna Garr Taylor
Marshall
Dennard
Taylor
W. Clark Otte
Attoney
Jude
Raskob Note Put In Tax Case Against DuPont
Government lawyers introduced a 700000 dollar note from John J. Raskob to Pierre DuPont as part of the income tax case. They say the note was given without collateral to balance 1929 stock transactions later treated as losses. The testimony cited stock buying and selling between 1929 and 1930 and large securities exchanges between Raskob and DuPont.
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New York
John J. Raskob
Pierre
DuPont
Raskob
Frank J. Garey
Tas
Richard Dis
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M. Ladurelle
Ladurelle
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Richard Lewhe
Duke
Wally
Austria
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Yelton
Welfare Post
Humphries
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Bales
Lican
R. H. Sechrest
Associated Press
R. M. Gibson
Aluminum Company of America
Pittsburgh
Denhardt
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