Sharply Defined Board Sparks New Pact Debate
Washington May 8 Senate Foreign Nations Committee heard a declared warning from John Bassett Moore that granting peace and war powers to the President would make the United States an autocracy. Other dispatches note Estelle Lawson Page leading a qualifying round in the Southern golf championship at Ponte Vedra Beach, Westbrook Pegler subpoenaed in Florida over Capone links to racing, and Britain’s mediation stance on the Danzig dispute mocked by German officials.
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Washington
Johnson
Calif
Senate Foreign Nations Committee
John Bassett Moore
State Department
Ponte Vedra Beach
Fla
Estelle Lawson Page
Greensboro
D. C
Pegler
Tallahasser
Westbrook Pegler
Florida Senate
al Capone
Florida
Capone
Miami
Britain
Berlin
Germany
Poland
Danzig
Great Britain
Pittman
Dnew
United States
Distinguished Visitors At Trinity High 100th Commencement
Governor Clyde R. Hoey addressed 48 graduates at Trinity High School on the 100th annual commencement on the Old Trinity campus in Randolph County. Brantley York, Braxton Craven descendants and local officials introduced the governor, praising Trinity’s teachers and leadership. Hoey praised Trinity’s influence and urged continued responsibility amid modern comforts.
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Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Trinity High School
Trinity
Randolph County
Trinity College
Brantley York
Braxton Craven
Bruce Craven
Craven
C. B. Townsend
J. B. Kernodle
Frank D. McCloud
Hoey
France Sees Milan Pact as Another Munich Cycle
Paris reports France views the Italian German Milan pact as a fresh Munich style move. Observers say Mussolini could intervene in the Danzig dispute, endorse a Macedonian state in Yugoslavia, and press for a slice of French North Africa. France urges unity with Britain and Soviet Russia to counter the bloc.
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Paris
France
Milan
Munich
Germany
Italy
Mussolini
Danzig
Yugoslavia
F Duce
Czecho-Slovakia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Coun Galeazzo Ciano
Britain
Axis
A T and T Chief Walter Gifford Tops 1938 Pay List
The Securities Commission reported 1938 compensation for executives. Walter Gifford of American Telephone and Telegraph led with 209 50 thousand. Robert C. Stanley of International Nickel of Canada earned 204 700. William B. Knudsen of General Motors received 193 713 with a 69 248 stock bonus. Alfred P Sloan Jr. topped GM with 164 450. Charles F Kettering had 83 173 salary plus 59 154 bonus.
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Washington
Walter Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Securities Commission
Robert C. Stanley
International Nickel of Canada, Ltd
William 8. Knudsen
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Charles F. Kettering
Knudsen
Nazi welfare group lists Jewish men for labor conscription
Vienna reports a Nazi welfare organization team visiting homes and apartments to list all Jewish men over 18. The goal is described as preparing a pool of workers for potential labor camp conscription.
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Vienna
Nazi Welfare Organization
Mussolini stages sham battle for German observer in Cesano
Premier Mussolini staged a mock assault to demonstrate Italian infantry readiness to German Army chief of staff Walther von Brauchitsch. Troops of the 82nd division seized two hill positions in a 20 minute exercise under Brauchitsch's watchful eye.
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Cesano DI Roma
Italy
Mussolini
Walther von Brauchitsch
Appeals Court Upholds Bank Reports Use in Investigation
The United States Court of Appeals ruled the securities commission may limitedly use official bank examination reports on American National Trust and Savings Association of San Francisco in its ongoing probe of Transamerica Corporation and West Coast Investment Holding Company.
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Washington
United States Court of Appeals
The
Securities Commission
Bank of American National Trust and Savings Association of San Francisco
Commission
Transamerica Corporation
West Coast Investment Holding Company
NLRB Seeks Consideration of Four Wagner Act Changes
The National Labor Board urged four fundamental changes to the Wagner Act in a 40 000 word report to the House Labor Committee. It opposed abolishing the board and striking at unions, while proposing that employers be allowed to petition for elections and that hearings start within 10 or 15 days after a complaint. The board defended its lack of bias against both AFL and CIO and noted high court support for its actions.
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Washington
National Labor Board
Wagner
House Labor Committee
American Federation of Labor
House
Labor Board
Supreme Court
CIO
AFL
Foley Nominated as General Treasury Counsel
President Roosevelt named Edward H. Foley Jr of New York to be general counsel of the treasury, with Foley currently acting in that role. He would succeed the late Herman Oliphant. The President also sent to the Senate the names of the Naval Academy graduates for confirmation.
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Washington
Edward H. Foley, Jr
New York
Roosevelt
The
Treasury
Foley
Herman Oliphant
Senate
Naval Academy
Neutrality policy urged to allow action against aggressors
James T. Shotwell of Columbia University urged the United States to adopt a neutrality policy that would permit discrimination against an aggressor nation in wartime. He backed a bill to designate treaty violators and restrict trade, arguing for a measured approach between isolationism and internationalism and stressing action before a crisis.
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Washington
James T. Shotwell
Columbia University
United States
Shotwell
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Thomas
Utah
Congress
Alieo
Six Fatalities In Week End Crashes
North Carolina saw at least six deaths from highway crashes over the week end. A gasoline truck and an A C L freight train collided at a Fayetteville crossing, burning four victims. Victims include A F Buchanan and Early Powell of Rocky Mount the engineer and fireman Henry D Fowler Jr of Rocky Mount and George W Barbee of Fayetteville. Horace Templeton 30 of near High Point died when his car overturned. McKinley Jeffries 35 a Negro died and Raymond Branch driver was seriously injured in a Seaboard train collision five miles north of Charlotte.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Fayetteville
A. F. Buchanan
Rocky Mount
Early Powell
Henry D. Fowler, Jr
George W. Barbee
Horace Templeton
High Point
McKinley Jeffries
Raymond Branch
Here
Lloyd George Attacks War Staff Over Roverfrontassured Victory
London may 8 british premier Lloyd George blasted the army and staff in the house of commons for allegedly proposing that britain could defend romania and poland without soviet russia. He demanded Hore Belisha show if staff warned of safety and victory without russia and called for their removal and confinement to a lunatic asylum. The conscription bill faces easy passage with liberal support split from labour opposition.
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London
Peppery
David Lloyd George
Britain
House of Commons
Rumania
Poland
Soviet Russia
Europe
Lloyd George
Leslie Hore-Belisha
House
Russia
War Office
U S Pair Request Release From Gestapo in Graz
United States Consul General Raymond H. Geist asked the Gestapo to release Richard Rosson and his wife, American citizens held in Graz for making unauthorized pictures of military objects. He argued the arrests were a misunderstanding and cited a telegram showing work authorized by Los Angeles officials and approvals from the propaganda and war ministries. If not released, the Rossons would stay at the U S consulate in Berlin until the case is cleared.
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Berlin
United States
Raymond H. Geist
Gestapo
Secret Police
Richard Rosson
Graz
Geist
Los Angeles
Calif
Winfield Sheehan
Rossons
Propaganda Ministry
War Ministry
Britain will not restore ties with Mexico over oil expropriation
London officials say Britain will not renew diplomatic relations with Mexico untilMexico reconsiders its attitude toward British oil properties expropriated by the Mexican government.
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London
Richard Butler
Britain
Mexico
Compromise Talk Amid Coal Miners UMW Talks in New York
In New York on May 8 AP reports Dr. John R. Steelman chief conciliator for the U S Labor Department presented a potential compromise to end the 460000 soft coal miners strike across 26 states. Miners and operators planned separate meetings during a recess as President Roosevelt urged a quick settlement to protect the public interest.
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New York
John R. Steelman
U. S. Labor Department
Steelman
Dr. Steelman
Perkins
United Mine Workers
UMW
Roose
White House
FDR
Hopkins says Chamber gloom unfounded amid improving business
Secretary Hopkins, recovering from illness, rejected Chamber of Commerce gloom and said business conditions are improving on many fronts. He avoided tax or policy specifics, noting he has been out of touch in Washington for ten weeks and criticized recent speeches as dull reading.
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Washington
Hopkins
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Held for double killing in Phoenix border case
Sheriff Lon Jordan announced that 22 year old Robert M Burgunder Jr agreed to waive extradition to Arizona to face charges of fatally shooting two automobile salesmen, Jack Peterson 35 and Ellis M Koury 25, bodies found in a wash near Phoenix. Burgunder, son of a former Seattle county attorney and Washington Reformatory parolee, was taken into custody with County Attorney Richard Harless. He admitted involvement but declined full cooperation.
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Knorville
Tenn
Lon Jordan
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert M. Burgunder
Arizona
Jordan
Richard Harless
Burgunder
Seattle
Wash
Washington State Reformatory
Jack Peterson
Ellis M. Koury
Harlees
Peterson
Koury
Japs Open to Axis Pact Tone in Tokyo Reports
Domei quoted War Minister Itagaki and Overseas Minister Koiso saying Japan favors a military alliance with Germany and Italy if conditions suit. They noted it may follow the Italian German accord, with negotiations ongoing and internal Japanese debates about the form of a pact amid a five minister conference.
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Tokyo
Domei
Seishiro Itagzaki
Kuniakio Koiso
Germany
Italy
Gen. Itagaki
Japan
Koiso
East Asia
Europe
Methodist Church urged to recognize workers right to organize
Dr. Ernest Fremond Tittle urged the United Methodist Church to recognize employees right to organize and to establish a pension fund for all workers in its churches and publishing plants. He urged ethical investments and opposed funding slums and breweries. The conference also discussed a social creed including conscientious objectors and peacetime military service.
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Kansas City
Ernest Fremond Tittle
Evanston
United Methodist Church
Uniting Conference
Tittle
Milan Pact Draws Berlin Rome Closer in Axis
The Milan pact binds Italy and Germany into a formal axis, signaling a durable alliance and drawing keen responses in Britain France and Russia. Polands stance hardens as Berlin and Rome seek political guidance over the Danzig issue amid shifting European diplomacy.
Burgaw Slayer Identified in Burgaw Police Slaying
Wilmington May 8. Harry E Fales said Arthur Walker 57 Negro of Burgaw named Thomas Bowden 40 white of Burgaw as slayer of Sam Brothers 53 Burgaw policeman. Bowden driver fired shotgun blast from car after call to post office. Both men held in New Hanover County jail awaiting coroner inquest. Bowden linked by car tracks and tests. Brothers funeral held yesterday. survived by widow and twelve children.
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Wilmington
Harry E. Fales
Breau
Arthu Walker
Burgaw
Thomas Bowden
Sam Brothers
Saturda
Walker
Fales
Bowden
Cit
New Hanover
Clifton Moore
Burgaw Attorne
Priva
Boden
Vid Liniclair
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NLRB
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Somoza
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House of Representatives
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Pacific
Edward H. Foley
General Treasury
U. S
Robert Burgunder, Jr
Edwin H. Hughes
National Board For Missions
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Associated Press
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Prench
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