Britain warns Danzig move could start general war
Prime Minister Chamberlain told a May 11 Albert Hall audience that any forceful change to the Danzig situation threatening Polish independence would inevitably trigger a general war in which Britain would be involved. He warned against misreading Western resolve and noted ongoing Soviet British talks for Eastern European guarantees.
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Chamberlain
Britain
London
Albert Hall
Danzig
Europe
Poland
Germany
League of Nations delays council session upon Soviet request
Geneva reports the League of Nations postponed its council meeting from next Monday to the following week due to a request by Soviet Russia. New York notes a jury awarded $8,000 to Robert E. Condon in a suit against Cincinnati Reds pitcher Paul Derringer for an alleged 1936 Philadelphia hotel assault during the Democratic National Convention.
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Geneva
Russia
League of Nations
New York
Supreme Court Today
Paul Derringer
Cincinnati Reds
Robert E. Condon
Larchmont
N. Y
Condon
Philadelphia
Eastern states murder plot suspects held without bail
In Philadelphia on May 11 a judge ordered brief hearings for a group of defendants tied to insurance murder plots. Cesare Valenti 55 Morris Bolder and David Brandt were brought from New York and held without bail after a speech to prisoners and protests from an attorney.
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Philadelphia
Cesare Valenti
New York
Morris Bolder
David Brandt
Miley advances to semifinals in Southern Women's Golf
Defending champion Marion Miley edged Dorothy Kirby one up to reach the semifinals at Ponte Vedra Beach Florida. Estelle Lawson Page overwhelmed Sam Israel 7 and 5 as Page and Miley set up a 18 hole semifinal clash tomorrow in the tournament.
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Ponte Vedra Beach
Fla
Marion Miley
Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Estelle Lawson Page
Greensboro
N. C
Sam Israel
New Orleans
Page
Miss Miley
State colleges hold coal for about 30 days
Nine state institutions, surveyed by the division of purchase and contract, report coal supplies sufficient to last an average of 30 days.
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Raleigh
Division of Purchase and Contract
Japanese Losing War Enthusiasm Reported by Chinese Spokesman
In Chungkiang on May 11 a Chinese military spokesman said Japanese soldiers are losing enthusiasm for the undeclared war in China, citing prisoner statements. Chiang Kai-shek and Mme. Chiang visited Chengtu to view air raid damage and aid relief. Chinese forces reported 793 clashes in April with 52,033 Japanese killed or wounded and 1,063 captured.
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Chungkiang
China
Japan
Chiang Kai-shek
Mme. Chiang
Chengtu
Roosevelt Signs Interior Budget for 172 Million
President Roosevelt signed an Interior Department appropriation bill totaling 172 million 679 thousand 765 dollars for the year starting July 1. The measure runs 4.85 million less than the budget bureau's recommendation but 26.95 million more than the current year. It includes 60.823 million for reclamation and power projects with 23 million for Grand Coulee Dam 10 million for Central Valley projects and 450 thousand for Boulder Canyon. It also allocates 5 million for water conservation and utilization in the Great Plains and arid regions.
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Washington
Interior Department
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
Grand Coulee
Central Valley
California
Boulder Canyon
Colorado River
Great Plains
British proposal rejected by Izvestia on security pact
Moscow dispatch notes Izvestia denounces British security plans as unacceptable in their present form. Soviet officials demand a mutual assistance front with Britain France and Russia or at least Britain France and Russia. Izvestia argues Britain and France must pledge to defend the USSR, not merely aid, and warns the western frontier extends beyond Poland and Romania.
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Viscount Halifax
Ivan Maisky
Izvestia
Moscow
Britain
Chamberlain
Leon Blum
France
London
Europe
Maisky
Lord Halifax
Russia
Poland
The
Evening Star
Lithuania
Latvia
Baltic
Geneva
League of Nations
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Rumania
Great Britain
S. R
Romania
House of Commons
Labor Supports Doctors Oppose Health Program
AFL and CIO officials testified in support of Senator Wagner’s proposal for an expanded federal health program while a Pennsylvania Medical Society representative opposed it as dangerous to democracy. Testimony at a Senate Labor Committee hearing urged federal grants to states for health activities and included calls to place health programs under the labor department.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
Wagner
D-Ny
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Senate Labor Committee
Germany
C. L. Palmer
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Society
Lee Pressman
American Medical Association
Matthew Woll
Here’s How It Looks Through Goebbels Eyes
Berlin May 11. A Der Angriff page shows Goebbels framing the U S coal strike with headlines blaming President Roosevelt for a social crisis. Headlines include Catastrophic Miners’ Strike Militia Against Hungry Workers and Woman Secretary of Labor Absolutely Helpless.
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Berlin
United States
Paul Joseph Goebbels
der Angriff
President Roosevelt
America
Morgenthau Seeks Tax Reform to Remove Deterrents
Secretary Morgenthau said the treasury plans to present tax revision ideas to Congress to clear business deterrents and encourage normal investment risk. He defended democracy and noted letters to Senate and House chairs promising studies on request. He foreshadowed a House Ways and Means summons in about a week.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Congress
Roosevelt
Harrison
D-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Committee
John W. Hanes
Wall Street
Recaptured Raleigh Fugitive Nabbed Near Weldon
Will Barham, life-term felon convicted in Forsyth county in 1936 for abducting W. W. Pollock of Winston-Salem, was captured early today near Weldon, the penitentiary division reported.
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Raleigh
Will Barham
Forsyth County
W. W. Pollock
Winston-Salem
Weldon
France Forms Alliances to Shield Europe From War
Premier Daladier told the Chamber of Deputies France has concluded specific military alliances with other states to prevent violence and catastrophe in Europe. He praised the Britain France partnership, denounced coercion, and noted full support for President Roosevelt’s message.
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Paris
Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
France
Europe
Britain
Albert Lebrun
Roosevelt
Republic
United States
Britain and Rumania sign trade pact with five million pound credit
Oliver Stanley announced in Commons that Britain and Rumania signed a trade agreement. Britain will advance 5 million pounds to Romania to buy United Kingdom goods and Romania will purchase 200000 tons of Romanian wheat. An organization to promote trade will be formed.
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London
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Great Britain
Rumania
Britain
United Kingdom
Stanley
Bucharest
Romania
Fire destroys cotton warehouse in Monroe strike
A fire caused by a motor backfire damaged about 300 bales of cotton and destroyed loose cotton at Frank H. Fairley’s Monroe warehouse, with threats of spreading to nearby Texas Oil Company tanks.
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Monroe
Frank H. Fairley
Texas Oil Company
Explosion Levels Chicago Grain Elevator Killing Eight
A massive blast at the Rosenbaum Brothers Grain Company elevator on the South Side of Chicago trapped eight men and damaged nearby facilities. Firefighters battled flames across four neighboring elevators, with losses estimated over a million dollars and several injuries reported.
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Chicago
South Side
Michael J. Corrigan
Ronsenbaum Grain Company
W. H. Gassler
Second Street
Calumet River
Rosenbaum Brothers Grain Company
North Carolina Farm Families Fast Repaying FSA Loans
Washington reports Farm Security Administration records show North Carolina farm families repaid more than half of their rehabilitation loans by January 1. Administrator Will Alexander told Senator Bailey that repayment pace in NC exceeds several other states.
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Washington
North Carolina
Farm Security Administration
Will W. Alexander
Bailey
DNC
FSA
Industrial Bankers Select W. Marshall Spears Chairman
North Carolina Industrial Bankers elected W Marshall Spears of Rocky Mount as chairman of their section of the North Carolina Bankers Association. L E Watts of Winston-Salem was chosen chairman of the trust divisions section. The convention featured talks by Harvey Weeks and Thomas C Boushall.
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Pinehurst
North Carolina
W. Marshall Spears
Rocky Mount
North Carolina Bankers Association
L. E. Watts
Winston-Salem
Bankers Association
Harvey Weeks
Central Hanover Bank of
New York
Thomas C. Boushall
Morris Plan Bank
Richmond
Trust Section
Roaring Gap
T. G. Chapman
Raleigh
J. P. Hobson
Charlotte
R. H. McDuffie
Asheville
F. D. Bozarth
Lewis Opens Up Outlying Districts
John L. Lewis sent instructions to union leaders in soft coal outlying districts to sign new contracts and enable immediate mine operation. He pressed for two additions to contract language making UMW the exclusive bargaining agency and establishing a union shop amid a widening Appalachian stalemate.
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New York
John L. Lewis
Appalachian
Biltmore
Lewis
Ellis Searles
UMW
Joint
Searles
Appalachiin
John R. Steelman
Ace Federal
Roosevelt
Steelman
Appalachian Area
E.S.T
Hoffman Pushes Add clause to Wagner Act rights
Representative Hoffman argues before the House Labor Committee that the Wagner Act deprives workers of choosing union membership and seeks a new provision stating employees may join or not join a labor organization. He notes coal disputes centered on union membership while other conditions remain agreed.
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Washington
Hoffman
Rmich
House Labor Committee
National Labor Board
Wood
D-Mo
AFL
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Mrs. Page
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Fantastic Five
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Caroline O'Day
Senate
Goebbels
Elizabeth Royce
Pisa
Italy
N.C
W. Vance Baise
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Safety Institute For
Commercial Investment Trust
A. J. Maxwell
Baise
W. M. Speaks
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