Coal Crisis Seethes as 460000 Miners Idle in 26 States
The nation faces a coal shortage with 460,000 miners idle across 26 states, wage losses estimated at 10 million dollars and rail revenue drops around 11 million weekly. White House mediation contends the public welfare supersedes union demands as talks shift to executive offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Steelman
Roosevelt
Pittsgh Chamber of Commerce Oil
Perkins
New York
White House
Syndicate blamed for insurance murders plagues eastern cities
Police report a deadly syndicate of merchants of death in eastern cities linked to poisonings drownings and intentional auto fatalities. About 100 may have died for life insurance with tens of widows jailed as mass trials loom from May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Short News Briefs of US and World Events
A U S destroyer saved all 66 aboard a British steamer sunk near the Philippines. US midshipmen cancel training cruises to Europe. Johns Town wins the 65th Kentucky Derby for William Woodward. Five of six Mobile conspirators found guilty on press interference charges. Edward H. Foley Jr. nominated as Treasury counsel by Roosevelt. Constantine Ou mansky named Russia's ambassador to America. Three men convicted for passport plotting receive two years imprisonment. A crashed warplane caused fires in Guayaquil killing 24 and injuring 60. three British aircraft died. Obituaries note Carl R. Gray former Union Pacific president and several prominent doctors and officials including Dr. Cabot and Dr. Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Philippines
U. S. Midshipmen
Europe
William Woodward
Johnstown
Mobile
Ala
Edward H. Foley, Jr
New York
Roosevelt
Treasury
Russia
America
Constantine Oumansky
Rubens-Robinson
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Richard C. Cabot
Harvard
Farm Bill Clashes Over Cotton Aid Amid Broad Spending
Senate boosts farm appropriations to 1.218 billion with parity, surplus disposal, and tenancy loans. House adds naval funding to 773.414 million and 50 million for rivers and harbors. President reorganizations aim to save 1.25 million yearly as WPA debates continue and alien detention gains passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. King
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Pacific Island
War Department
Textile unions split and kidnapper trial dominate era news
Francis Gorman leads United Textile Workers into CIO in 37 then exits to AFL and resigns AFL presidency to pursue a textile unity. CIO workers meet in Philadelphia. The Charlie Ross kidnap saga resurfaces with impostor Gus tave Blair facing skepticism from Charlie Ross’s brother. Louis Greenfield testifies about manslaughter for his son killing. Lindbergh era flier Lady Mary Heath is dead after tram accident in London. Maury Maverick elected mayor of San Antonio pledging a blunt, plain-spoken style.
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Francis Gorman
United Textile Workers
CIO
AFL
M. Fox
Georgia
Philadelphia
Louis Greenfield
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Mary Heath
G. A. R. Williams
London
World events and visits mark mid May period
Upcoming events span May 14 to May 18 with meetings in New York Rome Geneva and Ottawa plus religious observances in Oklahoma City Holy Thursday Ascension Day and Pope Pius XII actions in St. John Lateran. Notable figures include King George Queen Elizabeth and Pope Pius XII with diverse organizations preparing sessions and ceremonies.
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Supreme Court
U. S. Conference of Mayors
New York
U. S
Hawaii
American Medical Association
St. Louis
Congress of Comparative Pathology
Rome
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Quebec
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Norway
Oklahoma City
Ottawa
Pope Pius XII
St. John Lateran
Voices on freedom family and reform from historic quotes
Franklin D Roosevelt urges nourishing free life to sustain arts and democracy. A matrimonial veteran laments changing views on marriage and work for modern women. Methodist Bishop Hughes warns of rising drunkenness among women and the nation's danger if unchecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mae
John Are
Edwin N. Hughes
Lighted mirrors boost study of stars at Texas and California observatories
Scientists at the McDonald Observatory in Ft. Davis Texas plan to use an 82 inch mirror with future access to a 200 inch instrument at Mt Palomar California to probe the Milky Way and distant regions. Oxford astronomer Dr. E A Milne challenged the idea of a single universal time and suggested multiple time concepts. In Boston doctors report at the American Psychiatric Association meeting in Chicago epilepsy may be influenced by brain carbon dioxide levels and could become curable in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald Observatory
Ft. Davis
Tex
Mt. Palomar
Calif
Texas
California
E. A. Milne
Oxford University
Texas Observatory
Boston
American Psychiatric Association
Chicago
Abroad Tales of Cities Chungking and Chengtu Capital Shifts
The piece notes Chungking and Chengtu population figures before the Sino-Japanese war and after Chungking became capital. It discusses Chiang Kai-shek’s potential capital shift to Chengtu, relief efforts limits by Japan, and a Verdun broadcast by the Duke of Windsor. It also covers a Canada coast-to-coast royal tour, Franco Spain rebuilding efforts, Goering and Ciano likely at Franco’s victory parade, and Count Bethlen resigning a lower-house seat.
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Chungking
Chengtu
China
Nanking
Hankow
Chiang Kai-shek
Verdun
Duke of Windsor
George VI
Britain
Spain
Franco
No. 2
Marshal Goering
Count Ciano
Helmuth Wohlthat
Columbia University
Germany
Romania
Herr Goering
Stefan Bethlen
Archduke Joseph
Hungary
Europe’s Diplomatic Tangles Hover Over Poland and Russia
Amid rising German Russian diplomacy and British hints of mediation the article traces Rome Berlin Tokyo military pacts and Moscow moves toward unity with Poland and the Balkans. It notes Pope Pius XII seeking prayer for peace and debates in the U S Congress on neutrality and arms sales policy.
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Urope
Big Boys
Russia
London
Italy
Germany
Rome
Rome-Berlin
Tokyo
Japan
Communist Internationale
Berlin
Moscow
Beck
der Fuehrer
Pius XII
Chamberlain
Danzig
Britain
Vladimir P. Potemkin
Warsaw
Balkans
Ankara
Sofia
Bucharest
Bulgaria
Rumania
Paris
Yugoslavia
Prince Paul
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League of Nations
League Council
France
Jucky
A. B
Harlan County Mines
John L. Lewis
Cirators
Lewis
Jip Murray
Walter Robison
Western Reserve
Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal
John D. A. Morrow
Ohio
Pittsleigh
Federal Trade Commission
Ational Coal Association
Ness
Bridge
Nlow
Commerce
Hopkins
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Ashington
John Ilton
Packer
The
Philadelphia Story
Methodist Church
Kansas City
Alf M. Landon
Canada
Vladimir Kokkinaki
Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy
Washington
Norman Bel Geddes
Funds For Farmers
Congress
National Bituminous Coal Commission
War Finance Corporation
National Emergency Council
State Department
Other
Foreign Services
Bureau of Lighthouses
Justice Department
Federal Prison Industries, Inc
Commerce Department
Inland Waterways Corp
Interior Department
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Bureau of Fisheries, Biological Survey
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial Commission
Rural Electrification Administration
the Mayors
Butch” LaGuardia
Edward J. Kelly
WPA
Tennessee
Caroline O'Day
Hitler
Gorman
Charlie
Charlie Ross
Germantown
Charlies
Gustave Blair
Phoenix
Ariz
Carpenter
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Walter
Blair
of God
San Antonio
Maury Maverick
Mothers’ Day
Boys Clubs of America
Volunteers of America
Science
Mirrors & Mysteries
Hungerford
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Hutton
Philadelphia Inquirer
Duffy
Baltimore Sun
Steps of
Tale of
Two
Elizabeth
Australia
Portsmouth
Eng
Yoo-hoo
Stalin
Poland
David Lloyd George
Hore- Belisha
Viscount Astor
Cliveden
Potemkin’s Tour
Key Pittman
William E. Borah
Great Britain
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Josh Lee
Algiers
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