Roosevelt proposes second government reorganization plan
President Roosevelt asks Congress for a second plan to consolidate 14 inter department transfers, estimating a 1 250 000 annual saving. He says this will be his final proposal this session under the reorgan ization law. The plan includes abolishing the National Bituminous Coal Commission and transferring agencies to the Interior and State Departments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Department of the Interior
Foreign Commercce
Commerce Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Agricultural Department
Department of State
Foreign Service
Foreign Service Buildings Commission
Hungarian Leader Bethlen Announces Retirement from Politics
Count Stefan Bethlen a veteran member of the lower Hungarian house and former prime minister from 1921 to 1931 said he will retire from political life due to disapproval of Hungarys present political system. He spoke in Budapest this May 9.
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Budapest
Stefan Bethlen
Hungary
Conflicting Testimony in Price Leader Question for Brass Co.
The Monopoly Committee heard conflicting testimony on whether American Brass Co. is the price leader in the Alloy Fabricating Industry. H. L. Randall of Riverside Brass Co. testified that it is industry practice for smaller firms to match prices published by American Brass, an Anaconda Copper subsidiary.
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Westimony
Washington
American Brass Company
H. L. Randall
Riverside Brass Co
Riverside
N. J
American Brass
Anaconda Copper Co
North Carolina bankers start 3rd annual convention in Pinehurst
Bankers gathered in Pinehurst for the 3rd annual convention with an executive committee meeting before a three day program. R L Pope of Thornville will report and Robert M Hanes of Wachovia Bank will speak. Hanes is expected to become president of the American Bankers Association this fall. Friday Delano and Gov Hoey set for closing sessions. Thursday speakers include Harvey Weeks of Central Hanover Bank and Thom C Bonehall of Orris Plan Bank of Richmond.
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Pinehurst
Orth Carolina
Toorrow
R. L. Pope
Thornville
Robert M. Hanes
Wachovia Banks Trust Company
Anes
Assati
Preston Delano
Govinor Hoey
Harvey Weeks
Asistant
Theentral Hanover Bank and Trustmpany of
New York
Thom C. Bonehall
Orris Plan Bank of
Richmond
Maverick Seeks San Antonio Mayoral Seat
Maury Maverick former congressman and San Antonio native runs in a six candidate field for mayor. The race could influence the Texas Democratic delegation’s stance on supporting Garner for president, with incumbent Mayor K. Quin and other contenders in the contest.
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San Antonio
Tex
Maury Maverick
Texas
Ayor
Maverick
K. Quin
Leroy Jeffers
Maude Pridgen Butler
M. Esler
Charles BE
Hummel
Hether
Garner
Ice
Met
Paul Kilday
San Anfo
Quinn
Clinton's Mayor Dies After Election Attack
Clinton mayor Col George L. Peterson 69 died in Mount Alto Hospital Washington from a heart attack he suffered last Tuesday during the mayoralty election in which he was named for a third term. He served as adjutant of the American Legion post here and was a World War II major in the quartermaster corps at Camp Jackson Columbia. Survived by wife and two daughters Mrs Harry Gump of Clinton and Miss Hilda Peterson of Washington D C.
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Clinton
George L. Peterson
Mount Alto Hospital
Washington, D. C
American Legion
Quartermaster’s Corps
Camp Jackson
Columbia
S. C
Harry Gump
Linton
Hilda Peterson
White House Mediates Soft Coal Contract Talks
President Roosevelt personally steps in to mediate a two month old labor dispute in the soft coal industry calling operators and CIO miners to a White House conference. J John L Lewis and CIO leaders blame the administration for shutdowns affecting 460000 miners across 26 states as Labor Secretary Perkins notes violations of collective bargaining ethics and forecasts a coal crisis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
CIO
White House
New York
J. John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
Miss Perkins
Coal Commission
AFL Union Fostered Fight To Discredit Labor Board
California official George Kidwell told the Senate Labor Committee that a company backed AFL union provoked violence at Westwood to discredit the National Labor Board. AFL counsel called the charges political chicanery as he detailed a long dispute between CIO and AFL at Red River Lumber Company with alleged company involvement in organizing the AFL unit and pressuring for an NLRB election.
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Washington
California
Senate Labor Committee
AFL
Westwood
Calif
National Labor Board
George CC. Kidwell
California Department of Industrial Relations
Joseph Padway
Kidwell
CIO
Red River Lumber Company
Sierra Mountains
Labor Board
National Labor Relations Act
National Labor Relations Board
Pope Pius XII Proposes Negotiations on Danzig Tensions
Paris reports Britain and France have left final decision to Poland on whether to act on the Pope’s mediation proposals for the Free City of Danzig. London is seen as more receptive than Paris, with Poland's stance still undetermined amid a new German Italian alliance.
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Paris
France
Britain
Poland
Pius XII
Germany
Danzig
Baltic
Vatican
Italy
Milan
Rail Executive Carl R. Gray Dies in Capital
Carl R. Gray, 71, vice chairman of Union Pacific Railroad and former president, was found dead in his Mayflower Hotel room in Washington. His son Russell said Gray had dinner with Carl R. Gray Jr. the night before and seemed well. Gray had served on Roosevelt era labor management efforts to revive railroads.
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Washington
Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Mayflower
Gray
Russell Gray
Wellesley
Mass
Carl R. Gray, Jr
St. Paul
Minn
New York
Grays
Carl Gray, Sr
Roosevelt
Labe
Power Board Seeks Land Expansion for Hydro Plant
The High Point Board of Power Commissioners ordered city attorneys to notify F. C. Martel counsel about expanding the hydro electric plant area in Yadkin County. Judge Clement had dissolved an injunction blocking workers from Martel land, and a 30 day notice rule was set for further actions.
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High Point Board of Power Commissioners
F. C. Martel
Winston-Salem Bus Line
Yadkin County
John H. Clement
Winston-Salem
Martel
Yadkin River
Will Urge Action On Rail Problem
President Roosevelt may send Congress a message urging action this session on rail reform. Senator Wheeler proposes a revised Interstate Commerce Act bringing water carriers under ICC regulation and creation of a federal court to handle railroad reorganizations and bankruptcies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Associates
Wheeler
D-New
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Railroad Management and Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Britain to call up large reserves for training
London May 9 Britain plans to call up large batches of army navy and air force reserves for training War Secretary Hore-Belisha told the House of Commons warning the nation must sleep on its haversack He said the reserve and auxiliary forces bills would dispense with red tape and enable the government to call out reserves Prime Minister Chamberlain said the bills would become law before May 28 and would give Britain immediate secure protection
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London
Britain
Leslie Hore-Belisha
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Commons
Hore-Belisha
Fair strike at New York World's Fair prompts partial worker turnout
May 9 report notes 11 gates picketed by the International Hod Carriers Building and Common Laborers Union of America AFL to unionize fair staff. Union officials said about 2,000 of 50,000 employees did not report for work, while fair officials called it business as usual.
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New York
International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union of America
AFL
Farmers Fail to Earn Full AAA Soil Payment in Northwestern Counties
Farmers in 13 northwestern counties received only 67 percent of the soil-building payments offered last year by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. W. G. Finn of Washington D C announced this at a district conference of farm and home agents from the State College Extension Service. The conference opened at the Sheraton Hotel and runs through tomorrow noon. O F McCrary and Miss Anamerle Arant oversee the meeting with land use planning and AAA work topics highlighted.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
W. G. Finn
Washington, D. C
East Central
Triple-A
State College Extension Service
Sheraton Hotel
O. F. McCrary
Anamerle Arant
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Extension Service
J. ’. Criswell
Milwaukee Mayor Seeks Permanent Relief Program
Socialist Milwaukee mayor Daniel W. Hoan urged Congress to create a permanent work relief system funded by direct taxation. Testifying before a House WPA committee he criticized the bond approach as uncertain. Detroit Mayor Richard W. Reading cautioned against dropping WPA and noted local financial strain and a $50,000,000 bond excess.
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Washington
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
Congress
Richard W. Reading
Detroit
WPA
Reading
Methodists Propose Unified Boards At United Meeting
United Methodism's 900 delegates reviewed reports proposing a 30 member financial commission and a single board for all foreign home and women missions. A minority urged separate women's mission board. another minority sought distinct boards for foreign home and women missions. The conference also elected nine leaders to the church's judicial council and assigned 37 bishops to permanent posts.
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Kansas City
United Methodism
Committee On Missions
Commission On World Service and Finance
General Administration Fund
Episcopal Fund
Judicial Council
Supreme Court
Francis R. Bayley
Baltimore
H. R. van Duren
Scranton
Vincent Paul Clark
Winchester
Mass
Walter C. Buckner
Los Angeles
North Church
J. Stewart French
Bristol
Tenn
Martin E. Lawson
Liberty
M. A. Childers
San Antonio
Tex
Vatican Peace Efforts Meet Mixed European Response
Pope Pius today urged peaceful means to solve Europe’s crisis through diplomatic channels with Vatican nuncios in Berlin Paris London and other capitals engaging government heads. Germany showed more openness while Britain favored mediation, as Britain France and Russia weigh security pact options and Mussolini showcased Italy’s military might.
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Associated Press
Pope Pius
Europe
Vatican
Germany
France
Poland
Apostolic Delegate
London
Viscount Halifax
Foreign Office
Russia
Britain
Italy
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Soviet Union
Berlin
Warsaw
Moscow
Morgenpost
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Matron Plans Temple of Peace Radio Initiative in Virginia
Wealthy society matron Mrs Lois H McGuire announces plans to build a Temple of Peace atop Granite Mountain near Waynesboro Virginia and to operate a powerful radio station. She envisions a nonpolitical nonsectarian nonracial noncommercial broadcasting hub for world peace with support from religious and social leaders.
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Washington
Lois H. McGuire
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Knox County
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