Danzig Nazis Await Berlin Reaction
New York socialite Dudley P. Gilbert testified to the Dies Committee on Un-American Activities that he had been trying for months to organize a campaign to prepare Americans for a Red revolution. He warned of civil war from the left and possible Franco-like steps if the regime fell, while insisting his aim was to spur a nationalist response and pressure parties to fix the economy.
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Washington
Dudley P. Gilbert
New York
Dieg Committee On Un-American Activities
J. E. Campbell
Owensboro
Gilbert
Healey
Dmass
London Colonial Secretary Defines Jewish Home in Palestine Transition
In the House of Commons on May 22, Colonial Secretary Malcolm MacDonald stated that a proper safeguard for a Jewish national home must be an integral part of any scheme during the transition toward the establishment of an independent Palestine state.
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London
Malcolm MacDonald
House of Commons
Palestine
Koo urges league to ban export of planes to Japan
In Geneva on May 22 Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, China's League delegate, urged the council to ban aircraft and fuel exports to Japan. He cited the United States move to halt warplane shipments and pressed for League action at least equal to that by non members.
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Geneva
V. K. Wellington Koo
China
League of Nations
Japan
Koo
United States
League
Belgium Qualifies for Davis Cup Third Round
In Brussels on May 22 Belgium reached the third round of the European zone in the Davis Cup after A La Croix won the decisive fifth match to defeat India. Earlier Ghaus Mohammed beat Charles Naegaert to level the series, then La Croix sealed it with a straight set victory over Y Savoor.
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Belgium
Norway
A. la- Croix
India
Ghaus Mohammed
Charles Naegaert
LaCroix
Y. Savoor
Heafner Leads Open Qualifying With Six Under Par 66
Charlotte rookie Clayton Heafner fired a six under par 66 in the first 18 holes of sectional qualifying for the National Open. Another 18 holes will be played this afternoon. Bobby Dunkelberger of High Point and Jack Toomer of Reidsville shot 69 to sit in second.
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Charlotte
Clayton Heafner
Bobby Dunkelberger
High Point
Jack Toomer
Reidsville
Supreme Court voids gold clause payments on foreign bond notes
The Supreme Court split five to four ruling that the 1983 Gold Clause law voided contracts for optional payment in gold bonds, allowing payment in devalued U S currency at face value. Justice Black wrote two opinions supporting present currency payments. Chief Justice Hughes and Justices McReynolds Butler and Stone dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Black
United States
Hughes
McReynolds, Butler
Stone
Pendergast Pleads Guilty in Tax Evasion Case
Kansas City May 22 Tom Pendergast once powerful political boss pleaded guilty to evading taxes on 445 550 and received a sentence of one year and three months in prison.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Roosevelt to speak on tax revision before Retail Federation
In Washington on May 22 sources say President Roosevelt will discuss tax revision in a speech to the American Retail Federation tonight. It was not disclosed whether he will offer concrete proposals or reiterate that any changes must avoid revenue loss.
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Roosevelt
American Retail Federation
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Organized Labor
Labor Board
Senate Labor Committee
Smith
Senate
William M. Leiserson
National Mediation Board
Leiserson
American Federation of Labor
Detroit Briggs plants shut by United Auto Workers strike
Seven Briggs Manufacturing Co plants halted operations in Detroit as UAW members walked out. More than 20,000 Briggs and Plymouth division workers for Chrysler Corp were affected. power was cut and picket lines formed. No violence reported despite police presence.
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Briggs Manufacturing Co
United Automobile
Briggs
Plymouth
Chrysler Corp
Meldrum Avenue
Hamtramck
Highland Park
Broun to Enter Catholic Church This Week
Heywood Broun, columnist for the New York World Telegram and other Scripps Howard papers, announced he would be received into the Catholic Church during the coming week.
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New York
Heywood Broun
New York World-Telegram
Scripps-Howard
Roosevelt and Somoza sign $2.5 million Nicaragua loan
President Roosevelt and Anastasio Somoza agreed to extend credit of 2.5 million dollars to Nicaragua. Of this, 2 million will fund transportation improvements and other projects to raise productive capacity and trade with the United States. Warren Lee Pierson noted U S export banks would back financing for equipment, materials, and services not available in Nicaragua.
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Roosevelt
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Reublican Republic
United States
Somoza
White House
Warren Lee Pierson
Eight Air Crashes Fatal To 15 In Weekend In U S
The weekend saw eight airplane crashes across the United States killing 15 people. Notable fatalities include Lieut. R. F. Lorenz and Private W. E. Scott after a ship struck the Lick Observatory near San Jose, California. Other victims occurred in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, Illinois, and Kansas involving army and private aircraft during training and routine flights.
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U.S
Associated Press
California University
Lick Astronomical Observatory
United States
R. F. Lorenz
March Field
Calif
W. E. Scott
Lick
San Jose
Ickes Pressed for Five Hundred Million PWA Appropriation
Secretary Ickes was reported to be pushing for a new 500 million dollar Public Works Administration appropriation. Senators said he urged support by arguing public works spur activity and build permanent assets, with relief spending likely in the year starting July 1.
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U~p
Ickes
Capitol Hill
Public Works Administration
PWA
Holt Opposes 83rd Term in Roosevelt 1940 Bid
Senator Holt of West Virginia said he would introduce a resolution opposing a presidential third term. He asserted President Roosevelt intended to run again in 1940, signaling early opposition from a Democratic critic.
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Washington
Holt
D-Wva
Roosevelt
First U S indictment charges wage theft by North Carolina firm
A federal grand jury in Raleigh indicts Morehead City Garment Company and J W Jackson for withholding wages by forcing stock purchases and delivering shirts to Beaver Shirt Manufacturing with intent to ship interstate. The 25 counts cover minimum wage violations, overtime, record falsification, and interstate shipment. Douglas Maggs notes this landmark wage and hour case.
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Raleigh
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Morehead City Garment Company, Inc
J. W. Jackson
Morehead City
Douglas Maggs
Duke University
Mage
North Carolina
Beaver Shirt Manufacturing Company
New York
Maggs
Beaver Company
Mages
Pendergast Plea Guilty To Tax Evasions
Tom Pendergast boss of Kansas City’s Democratic machine pleaded guilty to federal income tax evasion for 1935 and 1936. Judge Merrill E. Otis heard requests for medical testimony before sentencing, as prosecutors outline unreported income and straw man schemes totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Pendergast
John G. Madden
Merrill E. Otis
Hopkins Urges Higher National Income for U S Families
Secretary Hopkins told the American Retail Association forum that many households live on $15 a week and must see income rise through increased production. He warned profits from misrepresentation exploitation and resource waste undermine private capitalism and outlined a consolidation creating the Division of Industrial Economics within the Commerce Department.
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Washington
Hopkins
American Retail Association
Commerce Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Division of Industrial Economics
Highway Deaths Six on Week End
North Carolina toll rises with six dead over the weekend. Victims include Willis Wolaver and his wife from Washington DC in a fatal overturned car near Washington. Gastonia garage owner Carroll Henderson dies in a pole crash near Rockingham. Charlotte couple Lowell Davis and Joe Grier Jr. collide on a motorcycle and car, killing Davis. Virginia Benson, 4, dies. two playmates hospitalized after a wreck caused by Wilbert Byrdsall, held without bond. Langston child and relatives injured. Byrdsall severely hurt. Police note Byrdsall recently finished a drunken driving sentence.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Willis C. Wolaver
J. S. Rowe
Washington, D. C
Carroll Leonard Henderson
Gastonia
Rockingham
Lowell Davis
Joe Grier, Jr
Virginia Drake Benson
Wilbert Byrdsall
L. C. Langston
Dunn
Eugene L. Langston, Jr
Lynn Benson
Langston
Byrdsall
P. Pearce
Seek to Settle Soft Coal Strike in Harlan Kentucky
Harlan County coal operators the largest soft coal group opposing the United Mine Workers plan to meet with union members and federal state conciliators to seek a settlement. Federal conciliator John Conner says the conference opens at 11 30 a m and an agreement may come within the week. The unrest has included shootings and dynamiting with 1250 troops on duty returning fire on two occasions. A deputy sheriff killed a Negro during arrest for a minor offense but officials say the incident is not connected to the mine troubles.
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Harlan
Harlan County Coal Operators
United Mine Workers
John Conner
Germany And Italy Sign Alliance Pact
Berlin May 22 Germany and Italy sign a seven article military pact to pool military and economic resources in war or impending conflict The accord lasts ten years and becomes effective immediately Foreign Ministers Ribbentrop and Ciano signed the document in Berlin as Hitler’s aide proclaimed it a response to British French encirclement The pact requires consultation to protect shared interests and promises full support if either party’s security is threatened or if either enters a military entanglement with other powers
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Germany
Italy
Milan
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Japan Aligns with Italy and Germany in Cautious Pact
A Tokyo government source says Japan will broaden cooperation with Italy and Germany in a consultative anti Comintern framework. The three powers would notify each other before decisive steps, with no military or political clauses. The plan was approved by five cabinet ministers after weeks of study. Ambassador Grew reportedly knew the outlines before his U.S. trip.
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Tokyo
Japan
Italy
Germany
United States
Joseph
Youth Injured in Crash Not Expected to Recover
In Norfolk Virginia May 22 L O Midgette one of two youths injured when their motorcycle collided with a car at Comtag North Carolina remains unconscious in critical condition at the United States Marine Hospital. Physicians say he is not expected to recover. The other youth Roy Davis 20 of Manteo NC son of the Dare County representative in the NC legislature rests comfortably today.
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L. O. Midgette
Comtack
North Carolina
United States Marine Hospital
Roy Davis
Manteo
Dare County
Britain plans three power alliance with Soviet Russia
In Geneva May 22 British Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax reportedly aimed to present a three point alliance plan among Britain France and Soviet Russia to the cabinet. The plan would auto aid if any member was attacked and call for immediate aid if a guaranteed state faced attack with tri power consultations on unguaranteed states. No agreement yet on the pact though talks with the Soviet ambassador hint acceptance.
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Viscount Halifax
London
Britain
France
Soviet
Russia
Halifax
Moscow
Turkey
Romania
Poland
Greece
Balkan
Baltic
Ivan Maisky
League of Nations Council
German Citizen Shot By Pole Near Border
Danzig reports a German butcher Gustav Gruebner shot by a Polish chauffeur in Kalthof opposite Marienburg. A mob attacked the Polish customs house, while Polish officials claim self defense. The incident widens tensions between Danzig Poles and Germans as Berlin and Warsaw await formal protests and responses.
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M. K. Whiteleather
Danzig
Berlin
Warsaw
Free City
Marion Chodacki
Kalthof
Marienburg
East Prussia
Gustav Gruebner
Kalthoff
Tadeuz Perkowski
Gruebner
Perkowski
Pieckel
Supreme Court Rules Oklahoma Denied Negro Right to Register
The Supreme Court held that Oklahoma unlawfully denied I W Lane of Red Bird the right to register for the 1934 elections due to race. Justice Frankfurter declared the 1931 registration requirement unconstitutional, reversing a lower federal district ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Frankfurter
I. W. Lane
Red Bird
Marion Parks
Jess Wilson
Wagoner
John Moss
McReynolds
Butler
Douglas
Tenth Federal Circuit Court
Lane
Parks
Wilson
Moss
Farmers All Wrong Again Says Conservation Expert
Raleigh May 22 W G McCormick assistant state forester for the Conservation Department said farmers are all wrong in thinking burning woods and fields kills insects including ticks and boll weevils He cited federal reports noting that burning woods pastures and fields did little to control pests.
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W. G. McCormick
The
Conservation Department
McCormick
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