Labor Leaders Plot War Chest as Lewis Rebellion Grows
Washington notables say American Federation of Labor chiefs head to Cincinnati to unite 104 loyal unions against John L. Lewis. William Green aims to raise funds and force local unions into central bodies for a summer mobilization. Dues could rise from one cent to finance the campaign as insurrection within the federation deepens.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
William Green
Federation
Lewis
Executive Council
Family of Labor
Green
Drought Area Salons Claim Sum 100 Small
Dust bowl congressmen vow to push in the senate for a total relief fund increase to 1.6 billion dollars for drought relief. North and South Dakota Kansas Montana and Oklahoma lawmakers met with Secretary Wallace to press for the extra emergency aid amid crop loss threats.
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Washington
Senate
North
South Dakota
Kansas
Montana
Oklahoma
Wallace
Frazier
R-Nd
Roosevelt
House
Nye
UAWA Opens Offices For Drive To Unionize Ford Plant
Pravda reports a forthcoming treason trial in Moscow aimed at train wreckers linked to the Amur Caucasus routes. It cites 13 death sentences from the Svobodny case, naming Gregory Piatakoff and J A Livschitz, with vows of no mercy for spies and wreckers.
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UAWA
Drive
Ford Motor Plant
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Far
Siberia
Ordjonikidze
Caucasus
Gregory Piatakoff
Heavy Industry
J. A. Livschitz
Railways
Piatakoff
Lipschitz
Klan Station
Two Bank Buildings Leased Near Dearborn Line for Union Drive
The United Automobile Workers disclosed headquarters for Ford motor workers organizing in Dearborn at two bank buildings on the Detroit side of the fence marking the Dearborn city limits. Offices open Monday and will direct membership drives among Rouge complex’s 150,000 workers. Ford Motor Co did not comment on plans to resist, while Roosevelt prepared labor bill recommendations to Congress amid court-reorganization controversy.
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Detroit
Dearborn City
United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
UAWA
Henry Ford
Rouge
Richard T. Frankensteen
Ford
Frankensteen
Ford Company
Fordiam
Kansas City
Labor plan and clashes shape looming US wage program
William Green of the AFL plans a Cincinnati rally to press for a 35 to 40 hour week a $16 weekly minimum and a ban on interstate shipments of child labor products. Senate and House labor leaders prepare identical bills as Roosevelt meets with labor allies and faces court reorganization questions. Black's committee advances a federal unemployment inquiry funded up to $50 900 and a $20 000 Labor Department study on migration effects.
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Board of Three
Black
D-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Roosevelt
Connery
Rayburn
House
White House
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John St. Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Labor Movement
Robinson
Senate
Supreme Court
Congress
Labor Department
Warning note proves joke in Tarboro police report
Tarboro May 22 The city police chief said a warning note signed The Squeezer sent to Aubrey E Shackell editor was the work of practical jokers A friend admitted mailing the note as a prank over Shackells prowler stories The note was sent to postal authorities and Shackell asked charges against the writer but no conclusive evidence of The Squeezer was found
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Tarboro
W. R. Worsley
Aubrey E. Shackell
Shackell
Shackel
Gladys Acknowledges Hatchet Killers In Bayonne Case
Gladys MacKnight testified at the murder trial that Donald Wightman struck the fatal hatchet blows on her mother and threatened to kill her if she disclosed the crime. She said her mother attacked them with a knife after discovering the kiss in the kitchen. The boy, 18, sobbed as she spoke, and the court adjourned until Monday.
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Jersey City
N. J
Slim Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
MacKnight
Bayonne
Wightman
Gladys
Donald
Spark Blame Named for Zepp Disaster
Lakehurst New Jersey May 22 A spark from the sky and a broken brace wire were cited by Dr. Hugo Eckener as the probable causes of the Hindenburg disaster on May 6.
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Dr. Eckener
Spark
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Week Of Fasting Ends At Fort Oglethorpe CCC Protests
Husky Phillip A laumbgartner finished a week long fasting in protest at a wage of 105 dollars a month for his CCC job. He grew his whiskers as part of the action and noted soldiers and families earn more. The 37 year old father of six said he would keep working as long as able. He cited rising living costs and vowed not to quit his civilian post in the CCC subsistence warehouse at the army post.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Phillip A.laumgartner
CCC
Baumgartner
No Action On Report On Church Social Welfare
Montreat May 22 The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States refused to adopt or reject a committee report on unemployment child labor the sharecropper and poverty It received the report as information and adopted two recommendations urging members to study their responsibility and work to abolish child labor and ensure protection education and recreation for every child The assembly did not decide on authorizing pastors to be called for fixed terms.
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Oglesby
Britain Wins German Backing for Armistice Plan in Spain
Britain wins German approval for a proposed armistice in the Spanish civil war with Franco’s insurgents, supported by France Belgium and the Holy See. The non intervention committee will discuss the plan Monday as London notes insurgent acceptance and awaits possible Italian Italian and British alignment.
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Great Britain
Germany
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Italy
Spain
France
Belgium
Holy See
London
Millan Astray
Werner von Blomberg
Rome
Soviets Await Equipment For North Pole Base
Moscow May 22. Eleven Soviet Russians wait on an ice floe near the north pole for equipment to enable four of them to spend the summer and winter at the top of the world. Three planes stand by at Rudolf Island to deliver provisions and a portable house for the party that crossed the pole yesterday. Four men and a dog will establish the first permanent north pole air base as part of a plan for round the earth flights between Russia and the United States over the pole.
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Moscow
North Pole
Rudolf Island
Pole
North Pole Air Base
Russia
United States
Otto J. Schmidt
Schmidt
Reynolds to Speak at Carolinas Peace Officers Convention
United States Senator Robert R. Reynolds will be the principal speaker at the Peace Officers Association of the Carolinas summer convention in Asheville on June. The event gathers law enforcement officials from the region for talks and demonstrations.
Dutch Nazis Poised for Poll Showdown Next Week
Dutch National Socialists led by Anton Mussert face likely defeat in General Parliamentary Elections May 26 mirroring Belgium as the campaign pits Mussert against Liberal Premier Hendrick Colijn. The movement has energized politics with fiery rallies and anti liberal rhetoric.
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Amsterdam
Nazi Ism
National Socialists
Anton Adrian Mussert
Ora
Leon DeGrelle
Belgium
Mussert
Hendrick Colijn
Held for Murder in Charlotte May 22
Hudson Robinson, a Black man, was held on a murder charge for fatally shooting Albert Dowling and Howard Dunlap during an argument in Charlotte. Police report the incident occurred earlier today as the suspects were taken into custody.
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Charlotte
Hudson Robinson
Albert Dowling
Howard Dunlap
Fora MacDonald College Alumnae Elect Bracey President
May 22 at Red Springs the Fora MacDonald College alumnae elected Mrs. Mary Bullock Bracey of Rowland as president as the annual commencement exercises began.
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Red Springs
Fora MacDonald College
Mary Bullock Bracey
Rowland
Duke Surrounded by Americans at French Castle
The Duke of Windsor staying in a French château hosted an American visiting group. Guests included his fiancée Wallis Warfield, Mrs. Warfield's aunt Bessie Merryman, Mrs. Rogers of New York, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bate, with Bate as London head for NBC.
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Monts
France
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
D. Buchanan Merryman
Warfield
Bessie
Washington, D. C
Herman L. Rogers
New York
Frederick Bate
Bate
London
National Broadcasting Company
Chateau de
Strikers Stay In Mine As Company Negotiations Continue
In Wilsonville at Superior Coal No. 4 mine strikers endure a days long sit down amid ongoing talks. Pfahler of the company visited, urged health and sanitation, and indicated no settlement would be reached during his absence, though negotiations would resume later.
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Gillespie
Superior Coal Company
Wilsonville
Pfahler
Chicago
Planes Fly to Aid of Bilbao
Fifteen government war planes flew to defend besieged Bilbao as insurgent forces pressed a southeast drive toward the Basque capital. Weather had forced the planes to land on French soil earlier, but French authorities and the non intervention committee allowed takeoff with four escorting French planes.
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Hendaye
Bilbao
International Non-Intervention Committee
Bilboa
France
Durango
Heavy bombardment hits Madrid in three hour siege
Madrid suffered a major artillery raid when surging batteries pummeled the city for three hours. More than 100 hurt and 30 wounded as shells struck all districts including the Grand Via Puerta Del Sol and Castellana in the heaviest pounding in weeks.
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Madrid
Capital
Grand Via
Broadway
Puerta del Sol
Times Square
Castellana
Agar to Deliver UNC 142nd Commencement Address
Chapel Hill May 22 Herbert Agar associate editor of the Louisville Courier Journal and Pulitzer winner will give UNC s 142nd commencement address on Tuesday night June 8 The baccalaureate sermon Sunday June 6 will be by Dr Paul Dwight Moody president of Middlebury College since 1921 Mid dlebury Vermont son of Dwight L Moody evangelist
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Chapel Hill
Herbert Agar
Louisville Courier-Journal
University of North Carolina
Paul Dwight Moody
Middlebury Colege
Middlebury
Dwight L. Moody
Middlebury College
Caffey Seeks NC Elks Presidency at Greensboro Convention
Greensboro attorney and Guilford County representative John W. Caffey announces his candidacy for president of the North Carolina Elks Association. The annual Elks convention will be held in Greensboro on Tuesday and Wednesday with Caffey as a leading candidate.
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Charlotte
John W. Caffey
Greensboro
General Assembly
Guilford County
North Carolina Elks Association
Wallis Warfield Praised By Paris Dressmakers
Paris reports fashion experts hail Wallis Warfield as one of the most beautiful figures of the era. Designers note her large blue eyes and slender curved waist measuring 26 inches, with a trim hipline, extending to ankles and feet, while she favors skirts over slacks for sportswear.
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Paris
Wallis Warfield
Duke of Windsor
Trousseau
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