Labor Charge of Election Interference at Aliquippa
Pittsburgh May 19. Philip Murray chairman of the steel workers organizing committee charged Republic Steel with sending private police heads into Aliquippa to disrupt the Jones & Laughlin Steel election. He cited seven Republic police and 396 "gas pipe gang" thugs ready to break up the vote as part of a nationwide labor board supervised contest for 27,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SWOO
Aliquippa
Jones and Laughlin
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Murray
Republic
Pennsylvania
Jones & Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
A L. Williams
Cleveland
Edward Todd
Buffalo
John Keiffer
Fred Rhodes
Joseph Gilroy
Canton
Mill and Hannan
Warren
Charles Fette
Youngstown
France and Britain seek joint pledge to guard Austrian independence
Paris reports indicate France and England may issue a joint declaration to protect Austria's independence and preserve the central European status quo. A Franco Russian pledge to preserve collective security was also reaffirmed after a high level meeting with Premier Blum Delbos and Maxim Litvinoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Central Europe
Paris
Austria
Europe
Leon Blum
Yvon Delbos
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Germany
Delbos
Council of Ministers
Refugees Tell Of Amorebieta Siege At Bilbao Front
From 500 women and children fleeing Basque and Asturian retreating troops, refugees recount terror as Amorebieta makes its last stand. Militiamen torched better houses with gasoline and grenades, trapping some families in flames, while insurgents heard cries as Basque evacuees departed toward Bilbao nine miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amorebieta
Bilbao
Efimio Mola
Sa Insurgenta
Mola
Georgia Power appeals TVA power line ruling to Supreme Court
The Georgia Power company petitions the Supreme Court to review a Fifth Circuit ruling that allows the Tennessee Valley Authority to continue building power lines and selling electricity in Georgia. The case centers on conflicting orders from federal districts in Georgia and Tennessee and a Georgia injunction against TVA expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Power Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Washington
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Tennessee Valley Authority
Georgia
Northern
Georgia Federal District Court
Eastern
Tennessee Federal District Court
Georgia Court
Fifth Circuit
TVA
Tennessee Court
Georgaa
Circuit Court
Power Company
Tennessee District Court
Tennessee
Appointment Urged For Court Vacancy
Senator Robinson of Arkansas leads discussion on possible successors to Willis Van Devanter as a court vacancy appointment is urged in Washington on May 19. The push centers on naming a senator to fill the vacancy in the coming confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Pittman
Nevada
Justice van Devanter
Washington
Senator Robinson
D-Ark
Willis van Devanter
Divisive Senate Debate Over Retirement Bill And Appointment
Senator Pittman voices support for appointing Robin to a leadership post amid a split over Sumners retirement pay and constitutional prohibitions. Some lawmakers argue the act blocks appointing current members, others disagree. President Roosevelt offers no commitment as Adams weighs legal interpretations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittman
D-Nev
R Son
Congress
Supreme Court
Adams
Dent Roosevelt
Goebbels Attacks Cardinal Mundelein in Chicago Speech
Berlin May 19. Propaganda minister Goebbels' der Angriff denounces Cardinal Mundelein as malicious and crooked. Mundelein accuses Nazi immorality stories of Catholic institutions of being worse than World War II atrocity tales and asks if the holy see will retract. The piece calls on German bishops to reply to the cardinal's charges about trials of priests and lay brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels’ der Angriff
George
Mundelein
Chicago
Archdiocesan
Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Holy See
der Angriff
Voters Defeat Davidson County Building Bonds
Lexington voters reject a proposal to issue 150000 in Davidson county building bonds with a 59 percent plurality out of 2718 votes. All but two small precincts had reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Davidson County
Mansfield Mills Hit Over Labor Act Charges
Seth Brewer of Charlotte, organizer for the Textile Workers Organization, says H. B. Jennings of Mansfield Cotton Mills refused talks on alleged discharge of union members. Brewer calls the situation tense and says charges of violation of the National Labor Relations Act were filed. Mayor V. F. Lamb of East Lumberton informed him.
Bilbo Seeks Divorce in Mississippi Court
In Polarville Mississippi on May 19 Senator Bilbo and his wife Mrs Bilbo faced a courtroom session over his divorce filing on grounds of habitual cruel and inhuman treatment The testimony described Bilbo moving his wife out of the executive mansion during his 1928 to 1932 governorship and his refusal to reconcile despite her pleas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polarville
Miss
Theo G. Bilbo
United States
Mississippi
Bilbo
Farley snubs GOP pledge offer in Washington
Democratic Chairman James A. Farley declined a Republican invitation to join a political opposition group. A letter from John Hamilton urged Farley to pledge and contribute to receive a sustaining member card. President Roosevelt laughed at the episode, predicting Farley would respond. Farley called Hamilton still in the fog from election night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James A. Farley
Oin
Roosevelt
Farley
Hamilton
Man Wounded in Gun Fight On Seaboard Freight Rails
Henderson reports a gun battle with railway police as a group allegedly tried to rob freight cars on the Seaboard Air Line tracks at Norlina. Furman Hobbs of Henderson is hospitalized in critical condition with abdomen and back wounds. Sherif Pinnell says three Henderson suspects are jailed and two more sought on charges of breaking into cars and assaulting officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Norlina
Furman Hobbs
Sherif W. J. Pinnell
Warren County
C. P. Lowry, Jr
Willard Coggins
C. B. Med
Saint Bernard Kills Young Skier in Alpine Accident
In Grenoble France a famed rescue Saint Bernard killed ten year old Marianne Bremond on a Mount St Bernard slope as her father watched. The girl traveled with her father and sisters from Chesseres Switzerland. Monks at the monastery said such an attack had never occurred before and described the dog as well disposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenoble
France
Saint Bernard
Mount St. Bernard
Marianne Bremond
Chesseres
Switzerland
Berkshire Pine Spinning to Close Four Mills Tonight
Officials say three mills in Fall River and one in North Adams Massachusetts will shut down tonight for an indefinite period. The plants employ about 4,400 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. IL
Berkshire Pine Spinning Associates, Inc
Fall River
North Adams
Mass
Woman admits murder after child mutilation in Brookhaven woods
Mrs Helen Tiernan, a blonde New York waitress, confessed to police that she killed her seven year old daughter and left her five year old son Jimmy for dead after quarrel. The injured boy was found burned and abandoned in woods near Brookhaven Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Helen Tiernan
New York City
Brookhaven
Long Island
Ben L Herman Elected Prosecuting Attorney
Ben L Herman, longtime High Point Democrat and chairman of the Board of Elections, was elected city prosecuting attorney for a two year term by the city council. He won six of eight votes on the first ballot, Gaston A Johnson receiving the other two. Incumbent R Parker Waynick and others were nominated. Irvin B Ingram was reappointed clerk of municipal court and C E Reitzel as assistant clerk. Waynick congratulated Herman and offered to assist until his retirement June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Waynick
Ingram
C. E. Reitzel
Ben L. Herman
High Point Board of Elections
Democratic Party
R. Parker Waynick
Mr. Herman
Gaston A. Johnson
M. W. Nash
L. B. Williams
Claude McIver
Mr. Waynick
Irvin
Lewis B. Teague
University of North Carolina
Herman
Waynick
City of
High Point
Last Obstacle To Marriage Of Duke and Wally
In Monts France AP reports Herman L. Rogers spokesman for the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield says Mrs Warfield will become her royal highness on her June 8 wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke
Wally
Monts
France
Herman L. Rogers
Duke of
Indsor
Wallis Warfield
Mrs. Warfield
Prosecution Update From Monts France May 19
Prosecutor Maurice Carcas announces actions in Monts France on May 19 as part of ongoing investigations. Details remain limited, with officials urging patience while case materials are reviewed.
Four indicted in Bank of Reidsville robbery case
O S District Attorney Carlisle Higgins reports a grand jury indicted Nettie Jackson Isaac Coltrane Bill Barber and Guy Northcott for the 21009.60 bank robbery committed last October. The four are in custody awaiting trial at the June federal court term in Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidsville
0. S
Carlisle Higgins
Bank of
Greensboro
Nettie Jackson
Isaac Coltrane
Bill Barber
Carthage
Guy Northcott
Troy
Omaha Premiere of Idiots De Light Sparks City Debate
In Omaha 8000 attended a premiere of the Pulitzer winning Idiot's De light after Mayor Dan Butler called parts vulgar. He later recanted and allowed the lines. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne led the performance with ten curtain calls as the theater guild set a city attendance record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Dan Butler
Omaha Drama League
Theater Guild
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Howard Rushton
League
Lunt
Police Chase Ghostly Figure In Tarboro Suburb
May 19 report from Tarboro says Aubrey E Shackell received a threatening letter signed The Squeezer tied to a reported prowler in white robes. Officers chased a hooded specter through a graveyard after being called to a negro quarter but could not capture it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarboro
Aubrey E. Shackell
Shackell
Southerner
Thomasville Approves County Bond Election 3 to 2
Thomasville voters approve a Davidson County county bond measure by a 3 to 2 margin. precinct results show varied support across precincts with Yes tallies ranging from 37 to 78 and No tallies from 28 to 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Ford M. Myers
Board of Elections of
Davidson County
Ucscvass B
Ceseess
Cecesess
Sccccess
Power strike shuts off city industrial power in Bay City
Consumers Power Co employees in Bay City shut off electric power on all industrial circuits at noon signaling the start of a strike. Circuits serving homes remained energized and the city retailing circuits were left intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
Consumers Power Co
Consumers Power Company
Seventeen Year Old Pleads Not Ready For Trial In Hatchet Slaying
Gladys MacKnight, 17, testified in Jersey City court after arrest for killing her mother Helen MacKnight 47 with a hatchet. She and former sweetheart Donald Wightman 18 face trial for the Bayonne clubwoman’s slaying. A witness said she asked to see the newspapers. She wore a navy outfit. bloodstains matched type on hatchet and blue culottes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Helen MacKnight
Bayonne Club
Gladys
Emily C. Hasemiller
Bayonne
William B. Braunstein
Hughes Reported Slightly Better
NEWBERN May 19 The condition of George Isaac Hughes 97 year old Confederate veteran and father of two young children showed slight improvement today according to attending physician Dr H B Wadsworth. The doctor noted a very weak pulse and minimal nourishment as Hughes remains patients with a heart affliction and the end may come at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbern
George Isaac
Hughes
H. B. Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Parity crop pay advocated before House panel
An American farm bureau leader urged parity payment insurance to avert relief rolls and backed a proposed Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1937. He spoke to the House Agriculture Committee while noting parity would be guaranteed on a farm's production figures. The text also notes nominations for State Department posts and tariff studies in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ag Culture Committee
O. O
Kansas Farm Reau Federation
Sumner Wes
Maryland
R. Walton Moore
Virginia
Senate
William E. Dodd
Dodd
Tompson
House Ways Means Committee
Thompson
Henry Roraback Dies in Apparent Self Inflicted Shooting
Henry Roraback 67, chairman of the Republican state committee and national committeeman, was found shot outside his summer home in South Harwinton. Dr. Hanchett reported death by self-inflicted gunshot, the bullet entering from the right temple, near the barn after 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Harwintcon
Cos
J. Henryback
Republic State Committee
H. B.chett
Torrington
Repubs
Hanchett
Woman in Suffolk Jail Expresses Remorse in Murder Case
Mrs Helen Tiernan a 25 year old widow held in Riverhead Suffolk County jail on a first degree murder charge after police said she confessed to killing her daughter and trying to kill her son four year old Jimmie She sobbed and asked District Attorney L Barry Hill if she could peek at Jimmie while he slept Hill rejected the request noting her shame to face him is clear through her tears
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Tiernan
Jimmie
Suffolk County
Riverhead
Lone Island
L. Barry Hill
Hill
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Hitler
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TWOC
Lumberton
MILLA
Ben L.herman
Justice Department
New Jersey
Kansas Farm Bureau
Parity Payme
Henry Roraback
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