Roosevelt Opens Talks With Merchants On Economic Policy
President Roosevelt addressed about 1000 merchants in Washington urging calm business growth and continued budget and tax stance. He warned against displacing work relief with the dole, urged repurposing undistributed profits tax only with new corporate levies, and pressed a cooperative, non confrontational approach with business leaders.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Retail Federation
America
Federation
WPA Chief Predicts Fewer Relief Rolls Next Year
WPA administrator Col. F C Harrington forecast that private business gains will allow a reduction of WPA rolls from about 3 million this year to 2 million on average next year. He spoke after briefing a House appropriations subcommittee on Roosevelt’s 1.5 billion request to cover operations through the coming year. The current average is 3 million, with 2.6 million today, and the cut depends on continued business improvement.
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Col
F. C. Harrington
WPA
House
Roosevelt
Harrington
Gome
Yates Wins to Reach Third Round in British Amateur Golf
Defending champion Charley Yates of Atlanta defeated Donald Cameron of Scotland 2 and 1 to advance to the third round. Greenwich, Connecticut's Dick Chapman also moved on with a 5 and 3 win over M W Budd. Other second round results include Jim Bruen over Leonard Crawley 4 and 2 and Alex Kyle over Sam McKinlay 6 and 5.
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Charley Yates
Atlanta
Donald Cameron
Scotland
Dick Chapman
Greenwich
Conn
M. W. Budd
England
Jim Bruen
Ireland
Leonard Crawley
Alex Kyle
Sam McKinlay
Britain Opens Door to Debt Settlement Talks
Washington May 28 Britain reiterated willingness to discuss settlement of its war debt to the United States whenever circumstances warrant hope of a satisfactory result. The note to Secretary Hull from Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay cited the position as of today. An 85,670,765.05 installment on the debt came due but no payment was made.
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Washington
Great Britain
Hull
Ronald Lindsay
Gasoline Truck Crash Fatality Near Ridgeland
A gasoline truck overturned and caught fire on a highway near Ridgeland Indiana injuring two men. Leo Fousek 26 of Anderson died from injuries while driver Fred Poore 21 of Anderson received severe burns to his arms and other areas.
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8. C
Here
Leo Fousek
Anderson
Fred Poore
Nazis Seek Atonement in Polish Killing at Danzig
In the Free City of Danzig on May 23 tensions rose after Helmut Andres urged restraint following a Polish pickup shooting of Gustav Gruebner in Kalthof. A state funeral was planned, with Arthur Greiser likely attending, while authorities barred five Polish newspapers to curb demonstrations.
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Danzig
Danziger Vorposten
Helmuth Andres
Kalthot
Adolf Hitler
Andres
Tigenhof
Warsaw
Forlows
Fuehrer
Reich
Gustav Gruebner
Kalthof
Arthur Greiser
Nine Baby Names Mark King Visit in Toronto
Canadian Press reports that during the royal visit to Toronto yesterday nine baby girls were named Elizabeth and three boys named George. The event marks a themed naming response to King George and Queen Elizabeth's stay.
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Toronto
King George
Elizabeth
George
Striking Briggs Plant Halts Large Portion of Auto Industry
About 65,000 auto workers faced idleness as Briggs Manufacturing shut seven plants, cutting body supply to many carmakers. Chrysler halted 10 Detroit and Indiana plants except for Dodge trucks, affecting 43,000 in Detroit and 4,400 in Indiana, while Ford’s Lincoln division reduced operations. Federal labor conciliator James F. Dewey arrived to push a settlement.
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Detroit
Briges Manufacturing Company
Chrysler Corporation
Newcastle
Ind
Kokomo
Dodge Truck
Briggs Company
Briggs
CLO
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler
Indiana
Lincoln
Ford Motor Co
James F. Dewey
Republic Steel files $7.5 million suit against CIO leaders
Republic Steel Corp sues CIO chief John L. Lewis and Philip Murray plus SWOC and Amalgamated Assn members for 1937 strike damages. Company claims conspiratorial closures across Pennsylvania Maryland Illinois New York and elsewhere, seeking actual and treble damages plus costs. About 700 Ohioans named as defendants. strike left 100,000 idle in the Great Lakes region and ended with National Guard protection in Ohio.
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Republic Steel Corporation
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Little Steel
Republic
John L. Lewis
CIO
Philip Murray
CSO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America
Steel Company
Tom Girdler
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Illinois
New York
Ohlo
Great Lakes
Ohio
Atrike
SWOC
Royal couple visits distant Ontario towns aboard royal train
King George and Queen Elizabeth travel toward Winnipeg on the Royal Pilot Train. The White River station welcomed the royal party with flags and a 25 piece band as the 12 car special sped through sparsely settled Ontario plains. locals waved along the tracks.
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Winnipeg
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Ontario
White River
Toronto
Chapleau
Quintuplets Charm Royal Visit in Toronto Meeting
The Dionne quintuplets greeted King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II in Toronto with court dresses and bouquets, while parents and staff rested after the royal stop. The royal couple appeared delighted as the five girls kissed the queen and posed for photos before resuming their journey to Winnipeg aboard a royal train.
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Queen Elizabeth
England
Toronto
Canada
Yvonne
Cecile
Annette
Marie
Emilie
Frank H. King
Winnipeg
Dionne
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dr. Dafoe
Labor leaders fear Telegraph merger may violate Sherman Act
Labor union official Joseph P. Selly of the American Communications Association testified before a Senate Interstate Commerce subcommittee claiming Western Union and Postal Telegraph planned a merger in breach of the Sherman Act. Lee Pressman of the CIO supported fears that the deal could threaten over 70,000 jobs.
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Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Joseph P. Selly
American Communications Association
Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Senate
Lee Pressman
CIO
Selly
McWhirter Quizzed Over Semitic Links By HUAC
Indiana banker Felix M McWhirter testified before the House Un American Activities Committee that his sole purpose in inquiring about Mrs Cordell Hull's Jewish blood was personal information. He admitted asking James E Campbell of Owensboro Ky about Mrs Hull and Jewish connections of Alfred Landon and William Allen White. The hearings also explored reports of an alleged Semitic plot to overthrow the government and a mysterious Harmonie Club waiter linked to anti Semitic propaganda.
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Felix M. McWhirter
Indianapolis
House
Unamerican
Cordell Hull
Indiana Republican State Central Committee
James E. Campbell
Owensboro
Campbell
Alfred M. Landon
William Allen White
Kansas
Dies
D-Tex
McWhirter
Landon
White
Harmonie Club
New York City
Dies Committee
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Eleven Cardinal Vacancies to Be Filled in November
Vatican City May 23 A Vatican news service said today that Pope Pius XII probably would summon a consistory in November to fill some of the eleven vacancies in the College of Cardinals. Previously it had been expected that the pontiff would call his first consistory in May or June but the service said he would wait until autumn.
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Vatican
Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Prison escapees shot in battle near Cummins prison farm
Two Black convicts among a group that escaped when a windstorm toppled stockade were shot dead in a hand to hand clash with guards near Cummins state prison farm in Arkansas. Archie Goodwin and James Patterson were identified among the dead, Willie Rayford was recaptured, and another fugitive returned to camp. Several prisoners were injured by stockade collapse.
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Little Rock
Ark
Cummins
Archie Goodwin
Princeton Theological Seminary President to Deliver UNC Sermon
Dr. John A. Markey, president of Princeton Theological Seminary, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina on June 4.
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N.C
Greensboro
John A. Markey
Princeton Theological Seminary
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
Women Missionary socities meet in Statesville
A district meeting of the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference women’s missionary societies was held in Statesville on May 23.
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Statesville
Woman’s Missionary Societies
Western North Carolina Methodist Conference
Queen Mother Mary Escapes Injury After Auto Mishap
Queen Mary, widow of King George V, was not seriously hurt when the car she rode in overturned in Putney, a West London suburb. She rested at a doctor’s house, then left in a royal car after receiving crowd cheers, appearing shaken but recovering.
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London
Queen Mother Mary
Putney
Queen Mary
George V
Squalus Trapped Off New Hampshire Coast
The U S submarine Squalus with 62 crew is trapped in 240 feet of water five miles off the Isles of Shoals after a deep sea dive left a vital induction valve open. Navy divers and rescue ships work to close the valve and raise the vessel, with officials optimistic about saving most aboard.
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U. S
New Hampshire
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White Island
Isles of Shoals
C. W. Cole
Sculpin
O. F. Naquin
Britain Seeks Triple Pact With Russia France And Poland
Britain reportedly obtained Poland's approval for a three power mutual aid pact with Russia and France. Polish assent would remove a key obstacle to the agreement, with Romania possibly following suit. Cabinet deliberations focus on Soviet terms as ministers weigh pressures from Turkey France and Japan.
Three-Power Mutual Aid Pact Seen Closer With Russia
In Geneva British Foreign Secretary Halifax reportedly pursues a broader three power mutual aid pact with France and Soviet Russia. Russian insistence on guarantees and French pressure push speed as Moscow-Berlin relations loom. Halifax aims to present the plan to the British cabinet to win Russian backing for the Western front.
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Poland
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Russia
France
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Howard Kennard
Warsaw
Howard
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Geneva
Georges Bonnet
John Simon
Samuel Hoare
Moscow
Halifax
Turkey
Japan
Lord Halifax
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Ivan Maisky
Georges Bennett
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Paris
Italian German alliance praised by fascist writer
Vir ginio Gayda in 11 Giornale D Italia from Berlin hails the Italo German military pact signed by Italy under Count Geleazzo Ciano as a decisive step toward peace or war. He argues the Italo German bloc is superior to the Versailles encirclement and challenges Britain and France to a cautious, generous policy.
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Virginio Gayda
Giornale D’italia
Berlin
Geleazzo Ciano
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Europe
Britain
France
Versailles
Seversky Corporation Wins $974 324 Airplane Contract
Assistant Secretary of War John Johnson announced a $974 324 contract for an experimental group of pursuit planes to Seversky Aircraft Corporation of Farmingdale New York. The order details were not disclosed but such contracts typically cover 18 planes with streamlining to exceed 356 miles per hour. The aircraft will include flap air brakes retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit with oxygen and other systems for high altitude operation.
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Johnson
Seversky Aircraft Corporation
Farmingdale
N. Y
Seversky
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