League assembly drive threatens French British policy on Italy
Geneva May 9 The sudden push to convene the League of Nations assembly ahead of schedule risks derailing the Paris London plan to recognize Italy's Ethiopian conquest. British Foreign Secretary Halifax and French Foreign Minister Bonnet urge rapid council action while a broader mobilization by several member states aims to bring the full league into session.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Italy
Ethiopia
Viscount Halifax
Georges Bonnet
League Council
League
Halifax
Bonnet
Colombia
Chile
Mexico
Russia
China
New Zealand
Bolivia
Hitler Begins Florence Visit
Adolf Hitler arrived in Florence after Rome on his way home, checking the city’s Renaissance beauty. He traveled in a private streamlined train, with promises of Italian German friendship and possible influence over Czechoslovakia. High Fascists hinted Mussolini would let him have a free hand in Central Europe as he neared the end of his Florence stop.
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Florence
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Fuehrer
Berlin
Hitler
Mussolini
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Germany
Romania
Schmeling Confident to Defeat Louis at Yankee Stadium
Max Schmeling arrived on the Bremen stating he will whip Joe Louis for the heavyweight title at Yankee Stadium on June 22 and then defend the championship in the United States in September.
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New York
Max Schmeling
Bremen
Joe Louis
Yankee Stadium
United States
Davies Nominated Ambassador to Belgium
President Roosevelt nominates Joseph E. Davies DC resident and former ambassador to Russia to serve as ambassador to Belgium. The notice places Davies in the diplomatic posting context with Roosevelts administration.
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Washington
Joseph E. Davies
District of Columbia
Russia
Roosevelt
Belgium
Floods threaten Minnesota as river tops safety line
Missis sippi River reaches flood stage in multiple spots with emergency crews fortifying dams and dikes. Gov Elmer Benson orders National Guard and state agencies to ready evacuations for endangered farmers in northern flood zone as Atkins county reports widespread inundation and highway damage surpassing 1.5 million dollars.
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Minneapolis
Mississippi
Elmer Benson
National Guard
Atkins County
Hugh Johnson urges Southern political and economic strength
General Hugh Johnson told Ro tary International's 188th district convention in Charlotte that the South must assert its political sway and economic clout and stop being "pulled around by their noses." He criticized the current phase of the New Deal as veering off course while praising the early Roosevelt policies as great.
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Charlotte
N. C
Hugh Johnson
Rotary International
Roosevelt
Connell Denied Jersey City Speaking Permit
Representative Jerry J. Connell of Montana said he was denied a permit to speak at a Jersey City mass meeting last Saturday night and that he sent a letter to President Roosevelt asking if a civil war is needed to prompt action on the Jersey City situation. He also claimed Attorney General Cummings ignored his request for federal agents to provide protection at the meeting.
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Washington
Jerry J. Connell
D.-Mont
Jersey City
N. J
Mass
Roosevelt
Montanan
Cummings
Three Die As Home Burns In Rochester New Hampshire
A family of three perished when their house burned in Rochester New Hampshire. Victims were Arthur Harris 57 Flora Harris 51 and Arthur Harris Jr 14 all Melrose Massachusetts natives. Neighbors rushed to help but flames forced them back and firefighters stretched 1200 feet of hose. Bodies found near beds after the dwelling collapsed.
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Rochester
N. H
Arthur Harris
Flora
Arthur, Jr
Melrose
Mase
Boy Returns From Two Year Hitchhiking Trip For Mother's Day
Donald Fiore, a 15 year old believed dead since 1936 after a post office game accident in Olive Hill Kentucky, returns to Masontown Pennsylvania on Mother's Day. He walked home after hitchhiking across the country, visiting Father Kolb and reuniting with his astonished parents.
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Masontown
Pennsylvania
Donald Fiore
Donald
Olive Hill
Fiore
Francia Kolb
Father Kolb
West Coast
Florida
South Carolina
Raymond Fiore
Pop
Japanese Foreigner Minister Sees U S Non-Aggression Pact Talk
Tokyo May 9 Foreign Minister Koki Hirota told AP fears in Japan about the United States and rumors of a non aggression pact. He said non aggression is desirable between nations and questioned US intent to discuss such a treaty with Japan. He praised US policy on China and predicted a quick fade of anti Japan sentiment among a small American faction.
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Tokyo
Koki Hirota
Associated Press
United Sates
Japan
Washington
United States
China
States vie for cotton research lab location in South on farm act
The agriculture department faces multiple bids for the planned 1 million dollar cotton research laboratory. South Carolina backs Clemson College while North Carolina lobbies for a state site, with other states eyeing locations and related labs for wheat corn and apple by products. Appalachian growers push for an apple lab to utilize surplus orchard crops.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
South
North Carolina
South Carolina
Clemson College
New Deal Issue Emerges In South Carolina Senate Race
Edgar A Brown of Barnwell announced his candidacy to oppose Senator E F D Smith for the Democratic nomination describing himself as a New Deal candidate This marks a polarization in the South Carolina race with Brown framing it as a state campaign on national issues and urging party loyalty to the Democratic administration Senator Smith has criticized certain New Deal measures.
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Columbia
8. C
South Carolina
Edgar A. Brown
Barnwell
Brown
EF. D. Smith
Smith
Contractors Discuss Housing Act Meeting in Durham
A meeting was held in Durham to brief contractors on possibilities under the national housing act. Harry W. Loving of Charlotte, executive secretary of the Carolina branch, associated general contractors, led the session. A similar gathering was planned for Winston-Salem the following day.
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Durham
Harry W. Loving
Charlotte
Carolina
Associated General Contractors
Winston-Falem
Medical Specialists Decide To Operate On Colan Baby
Chicago dispatch reports a 15 minute operation performed at Garfield Park hospital removing the left eye of Baby Helaine Colan. An unusual medical council advised surgery after long deliberations weighing life quality versus cancer risk for the infant.
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Chicago
Helaine Colan
Garfield Park
Specialists urge immediate operation for infant’s eye cancer
In Chicago on May 9 a council of medical specialists urged an immediate operation on baby Helaine Colan to treat a cancerous tumor in her left eye. The parents faced a grim choice between partial blindness and eventual death from the cancer. Attorney Samuel Hoffman announced the recommendation after a secret conference with the infant’s father, Dr Herman Colan, a 30 year old dentist.
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Helaine Colan
Chicago
Samuel Hoffman
Herman Colan
Hoffman
Mother's Day Forgotten By Jackie Coogan
Mrs Lillian Coogan Bernstein sobbed without a token from Jackie Coogan on Mother's Day marking his absence from home as he battles to regain control of the fortune he earned as a child star. Bernstein's deposition will unfold the next phase of the four million dollar accounting suit.
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Los Angeles
Lillian Coogan Bernstein
Jackie Coogan
Coogan
Protective Parents Seek Treatment for Daughter’s Illness
The mother seeks urgent medical action to arrest a glioma threatening Helaine’s life with two rabbis in advisory support at the mother’s insistence and involvement from her maternal grandfather Dr. Morria L. Hersh.
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Helaine
Morria L. Hersh
Roosevelt Won't Back Spain Arms Embargo Lift
Washington May 9 AP President Roosevelt after a conference with congressional leaders signaled opposition to modifying the neutrality law to lift the arms embargo on Spain. Representative Rayburn of Texas stated the Nye resolution was only mentioned incidentally. The president planned talks with Secretary Hull on the issue and international affairs while stressing economic cooperation amid a troubled world.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Spain
Rayburn
Texas
House
Texan
Nye
Hull
NLRB moves to set aside Inland Steel decision
The National Labor Relations Board moves to vacate its April 6 ruling against Inland Steel, the first employer ordered to sign a contract covering a collective bargaining agreement. It will notify Inland attorneys next Thursday of possible vacatur to allow further proceedings.
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Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Inland Steel Corporation
Inland Attorneys
Georgia Has 28 Wet Counties
Georgia voters have approved liquor in 28 counties with 2 opposing. In 30 counties the unofficial total favors legalization with 41,068 votes for and 10,398 against dry law. Toombs County was the 30th to vote, tally 637 to 0.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Toombs
Lyons
Planes Warn Of Attack On U S
New York May 9 UP code message crackled from the skies warning of an imminent aerial attack on Atlantic coast cities by planes from an enemy aircraft carrier. Eight U S army recon planes spotted the carrier 20 miles off Rockaway Light and alerted Mitchell Field. This test simulates wartime detection and response ahead of upcoming maneuvers.
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New York
Atlantic
U. S. Army
Rockaway Light
Air Force G.flq
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Uncle Sam
Advances Of TWOC Cited In Hosiery Work
Roy R. Lawrence of Atlanta told the American Federation of Hosiery Workers in Charlotte that the Textile Workers Organizing committee is advancing despite AFL opposition. He cited funds solicited by AFL agents from hostile manufacturers and noted obstacles like vigilantes and unfriendly officials. He praised Gov. Bibb Graves for resisting pressures over a Huntsville mill reopening.
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Charlotte
Roy R. Lawrence
Atlanta
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
American Federation of Labor
CIO
South
TWOC
A. F. of L
Lawrence
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Huntsville
Senate approves five billion tax revision bill
The Senate gave final approval to a five billion dollar compromise tax measure after brief debate. It would preserve a modified undistributed profits tax for two years and overhaul capital gains with flat rates. The bill, drafted by a conference committee, now goes to the House. President Roosevelt endorsed the plan.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Conference Committee
O'Connor
N. Y
Rules Committee
Committee On Rules
Bankhead
Hillman Urges Wage Fight at CIO Convention
Sidney Hillman president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America urged militant labor action against wage reductions. Speaking to about 1,000 delegates at the CIO convention he argued higher purchasing power aids recovery and that lower wages lower prices hurt the economy, challenging recent economists' views.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Sidney Hilman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
CIO Union
Hillman
Japs Thrust From South Toward Suchow Amid North Drive Stalled
Chinese and Japanese dispatches from Shanghai report two southern thrusts toward Suchow in Central China. Mengcheng fell after a fierce battle as forces moved from Pengpu, while another column neared Kuchen along the Tientsin Pukow Railway. Chinese guerrillas claimed fresh successes in North China as defenses reportedly combine 400000 troops to defend Suchow, with heavy artillery supporting the front.
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Shanghai
Suchow
Central China Battle Area
Anhwei
Pengpu
Mengcheng
Tientsin-Pukow
Kuchen
Lunghai
Japan
China
Hankow
Pibesten
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FDR
ACWA
Shantung Province
Talerhehwang
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