Navy orders court of inquiry into Hindenburg disaster
Lakehurst N J May 8 The Navy Department ordered a court of inquiry to thoroughly investigate the destruction of the German airship Hindenburg at the Lakehurst naval air station with 35 lives lost Public hearings promised by the Commerce Department will begin next Monday The court members include Captain Gordon W Haines Lt Comdr Roland Mayer Lt Comdr Cornelis W S Knox and Lt Daniel S Weintraub with Captain F C Martin issuing the order
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Lakehurst
N. J
Navy Department
Naval Air Station
Commerce Department
Gordon W. Haines
Naval Ammunition Department
Fort Mifflin
Roland Mayer
Naval Aircraft Factory
Philadelphia
Cornelis W. S. Knox
Daniel S. Weintraub
F. C. Martin
Fourth Coal District
Haines
English Papers Banned in Italy Over Coronation Campaign
Rome reports ban on all but three English newspapers and orders Italian correspondents home in response to British press criticism of Italy and its armed forces. The move targets coverage of King George VI’s coronation and Haile Selassie’s invitation, with only the Daily Mail Evening News and Observer exempted.
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Rome
Italy
London
George VI
Spain
Haile Selassie
Daily Mail
The
Evening News
Observer
Daily Herald
News Chronicle
Stefani
Relief Fund Victory Seen In House Over Roosevelt Budget
Representative Rayburn of Texas said the house would override bipartisan demands to slash the president's 1.5 billion work relief proposal. He noted industrial center members, plus Democratic leaders, would back the administration. Others, like Woodrum, favored a 500 million cut but could not predict final moves.
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Washington
Rayburn
Texas
House
Roosevelt
Charles West
White House Congress
Woodrum
Dva
Representative Boland
Pennsylvania
Refugee Evacuation Ships Reach Bilbao Bay
Three French merchant ships arrived at Bilbao to evacuate 2400 women and children from the refugee crowded city. French warships Emile Bertin Terrible and Fantasque guarded the operation off the Nervion river mouth as Carimare Margaux and Chadaux Palmer prepared to take on evacuees.
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Bilbao
Spain
Bay of Biscay
France
Emile Bertin
Terrible
Fantasque
Nervion
Carimare
Margaux
Chadaux Palmer
Congress Poised for Labor and Power Legislation Shift
Washington reports contemplate a broad administration power program and wage and hour and child labor bills ahead of President Roosevelt’s return. White House advisers weigh alternatives and whether major issues should outrun the judiciary reorganization debate as senate votes on the court bill loom. Supreme Court activity on social security and old age pension could influence the President’s stance.
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Washington
Congress
Roosvelt
White House
Roosevelt
Senate Committee
Supreme Court
VIDA Supervisor Te Eld In Death OF Surry County Child
Miss Josephine Shaffner a WPA supervisor is at liberty on 1000 bond charged with manslaughter in the highway accident death of 11 year old Albert Joyce of Westfield near Surry County. Bound over to superior court after a hearing in Mt Airy.
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VIDA
Te Eld
Surry County
MT. Airy
Josephine Shaffner
Winston- Salem
WPA
Liberty
Albert Joyce
Westfield
Shaffner
Superior Court
Two Naval Airmen Killed Aboard Penn Sylvania
In mid Pacific maneuvers on May 8 two naval airmen died when their plane crashed during fleet war games. Lieutenant Commander John Francis Gillon and radio man first class Glen M Beal perished when the aircraft of scouting squadron 28 plunged into the sea near Hawaii as it returned to the Saratoga.
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Pennsylvania
John Francis Gillon
Glen M. Beal
Hawaii
Gillon
Manding
Saratoga
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Massachusetts
Movie Stars Threaten to Join Strike
Hollywood labor tensions rise as top stars threaten to join the Screen Actors Guild in a strike over conditions for supporting players and union recognition. A 75 percent voting threshold awaits a possible walkout after studios face unfair listing by the Los Angeles Central Labor Council.
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Hollywood
Filmland
Dollaar
Aubrey Blair
Screen Actors’ Guild
Robert Montgomery
Guild
Los Angeles Central Labor Council
Illiam Green
American Federation of Labor
International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees
Warner Brothers
M-G-M
Columbia
R-K-O
Paramount
20Th Century-Fox
Universal
United Artists
Hal Roach
Joseph M. Schenck
Producers’ Committee
Duke Losing His Fan Mail in Monts France
In Monts France on May 8, Edward Duke of Windsor receives less feminine fan mail after his engagement to Wallis Simpson. his daily letters now replace with piling correspondences and invitations, while he absorbs reports of the Hindenburg disaster and searches radio broadcasts for updates.
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Monts
France
Edward, Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Prince of Wales
Globe
Simpson
Daily Mail
America
Chateau de Cande
Enterprise Subscribers Credit Policy Notice
Enterprise carriers advise work on small-amount subscribers to pay on Saturday to improve weekly service. Carriers may extend credit beyond two weeks at their own risk and use judgment in collections.
Lexington youths sentenced for blackmail and larceny
Two Lexington teens, Joe Cripliver and Donald Wagner, pleaded guilty to blackmail and larceny in Davidson County court. They received four months on county roads and suspended sentences of three years on the roads for five years. Wagner faced receiving stolen goods in addition to blackmail. Oliver contested all counts. Bond set at $500 per case.
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Joe Cripliver
Donald Wagner
Lexington
Slick” Shepherd
Enterprise
Davidson County
J. Lee Wilson
Wagner
Oliver
D. L. Pickard
Wilson
F. J. Lancaster
Harvey Sheaf
John Beck
J. A. Lindsey
Lancaster
Rebel Troops In Toledo Threatened By Loyal Forces
Madrid reports Gen Francisco Franco’s army at Toledo attempting to dislodge government troops encircling the imperial city. Government units outside Toledo repelled an insurgent assault while an armored train and artillery fire struck the road to Argos. Government planes bombed a supply train en route to the front.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Toledo
Extremadura
Alcazar
Franco
Argos
Stock Market Declines Taint Trading As Week Ends
In New York on May 8 stocks failed to recover and many leaders slipped fractions. A few issues, especially specialties, held firm or posted new highs while traders cashed in profits and shelved commitments ahead of the weekend.
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New York
Relief Wages Affect Farm Labor And Tobacco Outlook
Raleigh May 8 W H Rhodes department of agriculture statistician says relief wages lure workers away from farm jobs causing labor shortages. He notes idle relief workers are hard to reassign to farms. Cold spring and blue mold are major issues for tobacco growers, while grain crops in Piedmont counties look strong despite lice. Shortage of transplant plants may not greatly reduce tobacco acreage.
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Raleigh
W. H. Rhodes
Department of Agriculture Statistician
Rhodes
Piedmont
Train Strikes McColl Textile Worker Injuring Crib
Theodore Crib, 33, a textile worker in McColl 8S North Carolina, was hit by a freight train and seriously injured. He was taken to a Hamlet hospital for treatment and care.
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McColl
Theodore Crib
N. C
Farmers seek guaranteed parity price for cotton
Southern farmers urged the federal government to establish a guaranteed parity price to protect cotton income. Led by Norris Williamson of the American Cotton Cooperative Association, resolutions call for a subsidy to bridge the gap between the 1936 parity of 16.40 cents and the Averaged 19 southern spot market price of 11.8 cents for middling quality.
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New Orleans
Norris Williamson
American Cotton Cooperative Association
Efforts Made to Terminate Marlboro Mill Strike
Labor leaders and mill executives meet at Marlboro cotton mills in McColl South Carolina aiming to end a strike that closed five plants employing 1100 workers. TWOC officials call the action unauthorized and spontaneous while urging peaceful mass meetings as negotiations stall over wages.
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TWOC
Lawrence
Nyles Horton
Johnl. Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Merrill Plans Ocean Flight from New York to London
Capt Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie aim for a non stop departure from Lloyd Bennett field to London to attend a coronation visit. Weather could delay the start until tomorrow. Merrill notes past Atlantic crossings and promises no fuel shortage this time as they fly loaded for distance with confidence.
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New York
America
Dick Merrill
Jack Lambie
Lloyd Bennett Field
London
Merrill
Atlantic
Harry Richman
England
Wales
Newfoundland
Trinidad sinks after 60 mile gale near Willapa Harbor
Coast guardsmen rescued 21 crew members from the San Francisco lumber schooner Trinidad after a seven hour battering in a Pacific gale. The ship grounded on a sand spit near Hoquiam and broke up three miles from Willapa harbor with all but the officer saved.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Coast
Willapa Harbor
Bailey seeks more relief control by local governments
North Carolina Senator Josiah W. Bailey plans to press for tighter conditions on federal unemployment relief as the Senate considers a 1.5 billion dollar request for 1937 38. He previously opposed a federal obligation unless states cities and counties prove inability to fund relief.
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Washington
North Carolina
Josiah W. Bailey
Congress
Senate
Bailey
Man Found Dead on Southern Railway Tracks Near Landis
Salisbury report says Charles F. Fields, middle aged, was found beside the Southern railway tracks near Landis. Coroner W C Yow ruled the death a self inflicted act after Fields leaped from a freight train. A letter on the body addressed to Cecil Fields of Atlanta notified of the intention to commit suicide.
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Salisbury
Charles F. Fields
Southern Railway
Landis
W. C. Yow
Cecil Fields
Atlanta
Goering Calls Hindenburg Disaster Act of God at Fair
In Dusseldorf on May 8 Air Minister Hermann Goering declared the Hindenburg explosion an act of God. He said a higher power destroyed what human hands built with care and urged continued effort toward air conquest. He also contrasted the Paris fair with Nazi efficiency and thanked God for unity under the Fuehrer.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Hindenburg
Goering
Nazi Germany
Plans Changed By Zeppelin Disaster
New York May 38. Many of the 65 persons booked to sail for Europe on the airship Hindenburg shifted to steamships. Twenty seven were to sail Rex at noon. others took Hamburg or Europa passages with May 138 and May 16 dates. The Rex group included seekers bound for London's coronation pageant, now thwarted by the disaster.
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New York
Europe
Hamburg
London
England
Coronation Dressmakers Struggle With Last Minute Orders
London dressmakers face a surge of coronation orders causing near breakdowns in workshops. Some peers delayed orders until the last moment while others altered details repeatedly. Factories run late into the night and employ double shifts to meet demand.
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London
Fesl
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