Merrill and Lambie Complete Trans Atlantic Flight
Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie landed at Floyd Bennett Field New York at 3 35 p m EST finishing their round trip from London in a twin monoplane. They previously touched down near Boston after seeking a rain hole in the clouds to reach Squantum naval air base.
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Merrill and
Lambie
New York
England
King George VI
Floyd Bennett Air Field
Floyd Bennett Airport
Dick Merrill
Jack Lambie
Boston
Atlantic
London
Naval Air Base
Squantum
Merrill
Floyd Bennett Field
Baldwin Warns Of World Problems At Empire Conference
British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin opened the imperial conference with a warning that the international situation is difficult and threatening. He urged a coordinated stance on defense trade migration and foreign policy to ease unrest and find joint solutions amid a costly five year defense program.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Britain
Baldwin
Dominion
Indian Empire
George VI
Settlement Ending Steel Strike Reported By Murray
Pittsburgh May 14 AP settlement of the 27 000 Jones and Laughlin Steel workers strike was announced today by Phil Murray chairman of the steel workers organizing committee.
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Pittsburgh
Jones & Lauglin Steel Corporation
Phil Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Cotton men oppose IGG change and labor talks
O. Max Gardner urged the American Cotton Manufacturers Association to accept expanding federal authority as inevitable and to adjust. A tentative settlement halted the Pittsburgh plant strike with operations resuming and an employee election to be held under the labor boards supervision next week.
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Washington
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
American Cotton Manufacturers Association Today
Murray
H. B. Lewis
Picekt Lines
Pittsburgh
Aliqui
Compan
Superivision
National Labor Relations Board
Lewi
Th Steel Workers Organizing Committee
State to Collect Fee for Officers’ Dependents Fund
Raleigh May 14 Machinery to collect an extra dollar in court costs began today. The fee funds a state department of identification and investigation and a fund for dependents of law officers killed on duty. All court officers except justices of the peace add $1 to fines. the state treasurer collects it.
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Raleigh
State Department of
Justices of the Peace
Judge Teague Delays Fee Collection in Local Court
Judge Lewis HB Teague had not ordered Clerk IL Ingram to collect any extra fee for criminal charges as of this afternoon. The clerk said no state instructions had been received. Ingram stated the office would not start collecting until notified by the presiding judge or an official, and would comply if such an order is issued.
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Lewis HB. Teague
Ingram
Japan Inaugurates Virtual Wartime Economic Regime
Tokyo reports Japan approved a virtual wartime economic regime. Emperor Hirohito sanctioned a planning board chaired by Toyotaro Yuki with Premier Senjuro Hayashi planning a parallel central economic council to study economics industry and national defense.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hirohito
Toyotaro Yuki
Senjuro Hayashi
Central Economic Council
Duke Loses Battle for Royal Title
London May 14 AP The future ranking of Wallis Warfield as Duchess of Windsor appears fixed as the duke’s order of the Garter Banner is moved behind his three younger brothers The government seems to have won its quarrel to prevent Wallis Warfield from styling herself her royal highness after marriage Debrett's is cited as conclusive proof that former King Edward VIII could not win the title
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London
Wallis Warfield
Duchess of Windsor
Duke of Windsor
Debrett
Edward VIII
Fleeing Felons Kidnap Guard and Truck Driver in Georgia
Six convicts escaped a road gang near Danielsville and kidnapped a guard Neal Compton and later Harvey Moon and his family before releasing all unharmed. The six are Dan Corbin, Charlie Williams, Edwin Pruitt, Frank Finch, Bill Morgan, and Herschel Bacon with varied robbery related sentences.
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Danielsville
Here
C. B. Tolbert
Neal Compton
Comer
Georgia
Compton
Harvey Moon
Bowman
Moon
Savannah River
South Carolina
Tolbert
Dan Corbin
Charlie Williams
Edwin Pruitt
Frank Finch
Bill Morgan
Herschel Bacon
Olive Named Special Judge by Governor Hoey
Governor Hoey appointed Hubert Olive of Lexington and W H Burgwyn of Woodland as special Superior court judges to relieve a congested schedule. Olive led Hoey's gubernatorial campaign. Burgwyn is solicitor of the third judicial district. Ernest R Tyler of Roxobel was named solicitor to succeed Burgwyn. They will serve immediately until July 1 and then for two years starting July 1 under new statutes.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Hubert Olive
Lexington
W. H
Burgwyn
Woodland
Olive
Third Judicial District
Ernest R. Tyler
Roxobel
Burgewyn
Weiss Testifies on Wendel Torture in Kidnap Trial
In Newark on May 14 Harry Weiss admitted参与 participating in the kidnapping and torture of Paul H. Wendel to extract a false confession about the Lindbergh baby. Weiss testified that after suffering torture in Brooklyn Wendel agreed to "do any thing you want."
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Newark
N. J
Harry Weiss
Paul H. Wendel
Lindbergh
Wendel
Brooklyn
Crime Tour Ends In Arrest In Dutchess County
Lester Brockelhurst a 23 year old paroled convict sat in a Dutchess county jail cell as three men lay dead from his gun in what state police call a six weeks crime tour. Victims named include Albin Theander Jack Griffiths and Victor Gates. Bernice Felton who accompanied him is in another cell. police say she had no role in the shootings.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Lester Brockelhurst
Dutchess County
H. A. Gay
Gay
Albin Theander
Rockford
Jack Griffiths
Fort Worth
Tex
Victor Gates
Little Rock
Bernice Felton
Brockelhurst
Middle West
Arkansas
East
Brocckelhurst
Man Killed in Hotel Room Shootout in Austin
The Houston man Herman Hicks was shot and killed in a hotel room in Austin on May 14. Representative B EB Quinn of Beaumont was arrested and taken to the police station.
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Austin
Tex
Herman Hicks
Houston
B. Eb, Quinn
Beaumont
Roosevelt To Continue Fight For All Economic Objectives
President Roosevelt returns to Washington from a fishing vacation to press ahead with all economic goals. He plans cabinet and congressional talks to gauge public opinion on reforms, court reorganization, and federal farm programs while facing limited debate on the relief bill. The Senate and House actions shape his legislative path as farm leaders press for a lasting program.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Texas
House
British destroyer Hunter explosion sparks stern protests
Investigators in Almeria probe cause of the Hunter explosion after a naval disaster that killed eight and wounded 14. A floating mine is suspected, with blame contested between authorities and insurgents. Spanish reports cite torpedo or mine. insurgents call it a red maneuver.
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Great Britain
Spanish
Bilbao
Admiralty
Almeria
Spain
Hunter
WPA Faces Task Of Cutting 525000 From Relief Rolls
The Works Progress Administration plans to reduce its relief rolls by at least 625,000 next year and has begun retrenchment. State WPA directors are told to shift more materials costs to communities, with some towns covering all supplies. Congress debates funding levels, while Senate cuts target soil conservation aid to farmers.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Congress
Rep
Woodrum
D-Va
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Peace Talk Near as Film Craft Strikes Weigh New Offer
Hollywood May 14 union leaders weighed a producer proposal to end a two week strike by the Federated Motion Picture Crafts. Officials must approve before a rank and file vote at Legion boxing stadium tonight. union conferees said a quick settlement is virtually certain. Police report rival factions importing about 50 gangsters in an effort to disrupt the talks.
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Hollywood
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
Legion Boxing Stadium
Father Divine Dismissed In Court On Felonious Assault Charges
In New York on May 14 amid tumultuous shouts from his followers Father Divine the Harlem self styled god was dismissed on felonious assault charges connected to a stabbing incident at his No 1 Heaven in upper Manhattan.
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New York
Father Divine
God
Harlem
Upper Manhattan
Traffic committee opposes Roosevelt plan on ICC under executive control
The American Cotton Manufacturers association traffic committee urged against placing the Interstate Commerce Commission under executive branch oversight. The report praised Commissioner Hugh M. Tate of Knoxville for fair rulings and noted his term expired without a successor. The group may appoint a study committee on Bankhead’s parity price proposal for cotton and export bounties for textiles.
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Washington
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hugh M. Tate
Knoxville
Tate
Ellison A. Smyth
Flat Rock
N. C
Bankhead
D-Ala
Notice to Enterprise Subscribers About Paper Route
A parent urges readiness of the 115c for a boy starting a paper route. The plan aims to help him gain success in business and improve weekly service by avoiding Saturday collections from nonpaying subscribers.
Stolen Funds Recovered in High Profile Case
J Edgar Hoover said federal agents recovered 208600 in cash stolen from Mrs Martha Blous of Colorado. A nephew, Josep T Watson 26 a medical student, was arrested aboard an ocean liner near Los Angeles after missing 133000 in currency and 86000 in bonds were traced to him. He had just won 13th prize for a masquerade costume when detained.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Martha Blous
Colo
Blous
Josep T. Watson
Hoover
Feders Bureau of Investigation
Watson
Denver
Los Angeles
Eckener views the Hindenburg wreck at Lakehurst
Dr. H Eckener, master of zeppelins, surveys the ruined hull of the Hindenburg at Lakehurst New Jersey. He watches footage of the disaster that killed 35 people as a German examining committee tours the site in a quiet, somber procession.
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Lakehurst
N. J
H Eckener
Ze Lin Company
Hindenburg
Dhaster
Eckener
Southern Baptists set 16 as marriage age at New Orleans meeting
The Southern Baptist convention backed an age of 16 for girls to marry, endorsing A J Barton of Wilmington NC as author of the social service commission report. The gathering drew more than 4,000 messengers from 18 southern states and discussed child marriages and the centralization of governmental power, raising concerns over rights and liberties.
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New Orleans
Southern Baptist Convention
Social Service Commission
A. J. Barton
Wilmington
N. C
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
Wallace
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Soitube
University City
Madrid
Zaragoza
Aragon
William F Haynes
Neph
Rckener
Zep Wreckagh
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