Hazard County Coal Operators Sign Union Contract
Hazard County coal operators representing about 7,000 workers signed a union shop contract with the United Mine Workers in Lexington as 400 National Guard troops were ordered to prepare for duty in the volatile coal area. The pact covers 40 mines operated by 27 companies, producing around 7 million tons yearly.
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Harlan
Hazard County
Lexington
United Mine Workers
National Guard
J. E. Johnson
Hzard
Sam Caddy
Hazard District U. M. W
Kentucky
Big Sandy-Elkhorn Coal Operators Association
Caddy
Harlan County
Chandler
Coal Operators, UMW Sign Union Shop Contract
In Knoxville Tennessee on May 17 Southern Appalachian coal operators signed a union shop contract with the United Mine Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
United Mine Workers
Diocese votes against women lay delegate change
Delegates to the 56th annual convention of the Episcopal diocese of East Carolina in Fayetteville vote overwhelmingly against altering the church constitution to admit women as lay delegates to diocesan conventions.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Episcopal Diocese of
East Carolina
Britain plans Arab‑led Palestine with Jews limited
The British government announced a white paper proposing an independent Arab dominated state of Palestine. It states Jewish immigration over five years will raise the Jewish population to about one third of the total.
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London
Palestine
Britain
The
Holy Land
Amusement slot machines face North Carolina law
Revenue Commissioner A J Maxwell said the state has not taxed amusement slot machines and they are illegal to operate before June 1. The 1939 law legalized non coin vending machines, many now in use with county and city licenses. Field deputies meet May 29 to review laws and licensing, with serial numbers noted on licenses and arrests pursued by sheriffs and police chiefs to stop illegal machines.
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Raleigh
Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
North Carolina
Revenue Department
Maxwell
Chase Urges War Referendum Against Economic Temptations
Economist Stuart Chase argues before a Senate subcommittee that self serving profit motives push the nation toward war. He condemns stock market gains and war investment as temptations and says the public should decide if America goes to war.
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Washington
Stuart Chase
Wall Street
Senate Judiciary
America
Chase
King George VI Addresses American Audience
In Quebec on May 17 King George VI declared that over 200 years, the British commonwealth of nations has been moulded through loss and gain into its present form, marking a historic speech in America.
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Quebec
George VI
America
British Commonwealth of Nations
Lumpkin Named to South Carolina Judgeship
President Roosevelt nominated Alva M. Lumpkin of South Carolina to serve as federal judge for the Eastern and Western Districts. Lumpkin, 53, a former South Carolina Supreme Court justice, was recommended by Senators Smith and Byrnes and will fill a roving judgeship.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alva M. Lumpkin
South Carolina
Leslie A. Carr
Positon
Tennessee
Francis H. Inge
United States
Alabama
Lumpkin
Columbia
South Carolina Supreme Court
Unreported Transatlantic Flight by Swedish Aviator Backman
Charles Backman the Swedish aviator attempting a Newfoundland to Stockholm transatlantic flight was reported unreported at 2 o clock in New York. He carried no radio so progress would rely on ships or land sightings.
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New York
Charles Backman
Newfoundland
Stockholm
Sweden
Backman
Newfound
Senate Committee Approves Navy Funding and Beef Purchase Ban
The Senate Appropriations Committee backed a 773 million naval bill with 500 fighters and 23 ships, including two 45 000 ton battleships. It retained a House provision banning Argentine canned corned beef purchases amid Roosevelt and western senators’ dispute. Senator O Mahoney testified in support as Navy urged elimination.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy
Roosevelt
O'Mahoney
Dwye
Senate
FDR Faces Split Advice on Farm Bill and Veto Debate
On Capitol Hill officials report conflicting guidance for President Roosevelt regarding the 1.218 billion Agriculture Department bill. Wallace supporters urge signing, while Vice President Garner allies push veto and demand budget alignment or new revenue.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
Wallace
Garner
London Brokers Agree Not to Quote U S Bonds
London stock brokers reached a pact to stop quoting American securities until further notice to curb British capital exports to the United States. Sir John Simon told the Commons he asked insurers to halt circulars urging funds be sent abroad.
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London
United States
House of Commons
John Simon
Bank of England
Sir John
Exchequer
Commons
LaGuardia Re-elected President Of Mayors Association
In New York on May 17 Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia was unanimously chosen for a fourth term as president of the United States Conference of Mayors despite his protests. Chicago’s Edward J. Kelly and Milwaukee’s Daniel W. Hoan urged support, praising stable leadership. The vote proceeded as LaGuardia’s voice was drowned by the approving mayors.
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New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
United States Conference of Mayors
Edward J., Kelly
Chicago
Daniel W. Hoaan
Milwaukee
Hoan
la Guardia
Germany begins unusual census under Nazi regime
A volunteer force of 70 000 Germans starts a census to map occupations and skill gaps for regimentation and future education and training policy. Three questions probe citizenship mother tongue and belonging to a folk community as propaganda material. Axis leaders Hitler and Mussolini tour frontier zones to stress unity with Italy.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Germany
Italy
France
Hitler
Mussolini
Stolkdom
Polish Newspaper Criticizes Nazi Census System In Germany
Warsaw reports that the socialist Robotnik accuses German census methods of privileging only Polish citizens and Poles who speak classical Polish to register as Poles, regardless of race on papers. It also says Germany seeks to prove the Polish minority is negligible as census begins in Berlin.
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Warsaw
Germany
Robotnik
Berlin
French airliner lands at Horta en route home to U.S.
The Lieutenant deais seau Paris, a French flying boat, landed at Horta in the Azores on May 17 while traveling from Lisbon to the United States. It departed Lisbon at 4 42 a m (11 42 p m Tuesday EST) and arrived at Horta at 1 04 p m (8 04 p m EST).
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U. 8
Horta
Azores
de \aisseau Paris
United States
Lisbon
London Talks With Russian Negotiators
London reports progress in talks with Soviet Russia over adherence to the French British cabinet. Britain may offer concessions and a possible Britain Russia military alliance is being considered. Maisky called at the foreign office as consultations continue in Moscow and London.
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London
Foreign Office
Britain
Russia
Moscow
Ivan Maisky
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Izvestia
France
Poland
Wedgewood Benn
Lord Halifax
Maisky
Geneva
Young Philadelphian Arrested Climbing White House Fence
A 22 year old Philadelphian was arrested while climbing the White House fence armed with a rock and pen knife. He was held for mental observation at Gallinger Hospital after telling police he planned to kill President Roosevelt because he is not good to the poor and that the country needs a dictator.
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Washington
White House
Gallinger Hospital
Frank Joseph Twers
Elmer Lewis
Metropolitan Police
Lewis
Roosevelt
Saratoga votes to incorporate as a town elects mayor
Incorporated Saratoga North Carolina residents approve incorporation on May 16. N M Shackelford elected mayor and the community adopts formal municipal status.
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Saratoga
N.C
N. M. Shackelford
Throne Center of Britain's National Life as King and Queen Visit Canada
Prime Minister MacKenzie King tells King George and Queen Elizabeth that the throne has become the center of national life in Canada. He welcomes the royal couple at the Dominion government lunch, praising shared democratic ideals and affection for the royal pair and two young princes. Raoul Dandurand also welcomes them in the capital of new France, noting French-speaking Canadians' loyalty.
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Quebec
W. L. MacKenzie King
George
Elizabeth
Dominion
MacKenzie Ing
Canada
Raoul Dandurand
Senate
New France
Murder Ring Suspect Taken in Cleveland
Dominic Rodio 51 of Philadelphia was arrested in Cleveland at his sister’s home as a suspect in an interstate poison murder ring. A federal warrant charged him as an accessory to murder in the 1932 drowning of Joseph Arena near Sea Isle City, New Jersey, with a second arrest planned. Rodio said he came to Cleveland to forget his 17 year old son’s death in a May 5 traffic accident.
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Cleveland
Dominic Rodio
Philadelphia
Rodio
Ralph Kennedy
Vincent Morrow
John di Francisco
Edward Hubbs
James Hogan
Joseph Arena
New Jersey
Sea Isle City
Sailors Land At Kulangsu To Protect U.S. Interests
The U S cruiser Marblehead landed 43 sailors at Kulangsu International Settlement near Amoy to protect American interests amid Japanese invasion of the settlement. Britain also had ships in Amoy harbor, while Kulangsu’s council rejected Japanese administrative demands and warned against using Kulangsu as an attack base.
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Kulangsu
U.S
Shanghai
Bulmer
Amoy Harbor
China
Harry E. Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
United States
Britain
Kulangsu International Settlement
Marblehead
Tsingtao
Thomas Moran
Karl de G. Macvitty
Amoy
Washington
Birmingham
Percy Noble
Swatow
Foochow
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Land in Quebec Tour
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth become the first reigning British monarchs to set foot on North American soil as they land at Quebec aboard the Empress of Australia. Prime Minister Mackenzie King greets them. fog and ice delayed their arrival two days.
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Quebec
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Canada
Australia
W. L. MacKenzie King
Wolfe
New France
King George
Mackenzie King
King
North Atlantic
Palestine Jews protest scheme in British Palestine plan
The Palestine Post reports a coming era of non cooperation by Jews to defeat a British white paper plan for Palestine. Jews call for a 24 hour strike and non cooperation while extremists oppose the plan and the chief rabbinate calls for fasting and prayer as British forces guard key points.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Post
Palestine
The
Post
Holy Land
London
Geneva
Washington
Britain
League of Nations
Catle
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