War Admiral Scratched From Suburban Handicap at Belmont
War Admiral was scratched from the 20 000 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park on May 28. Pompeyo and six other turf titans were set to race the mile and a quarter, with the favorite watched from the 42nd turn. Mrs Dodd Dies in Purcellville Virginia heart attack claimed the former ambassador's wife. Spanish protest to Britain over bombing of Alicante signed by Barcelona foreign minister Julio el Vayo delivered to London.
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New York
Samuel BD. Riddle
Pompeo
Bennt Park
Dodd
Purcellville
William E.d
United States
Germany
Britain
London
Alicante
Barceona
Julio el Vayo
Loodon Foreign Office
Amador Pablo de Azcarate
Hull Reminds Of Briand Kellogg Pact Ten Years On
Secretary Hull reminded nations the Briand Kellogg anti war pact remains binding ten years after its signing. He emphasized no misinterpretation of United States policy should arise amid tensions in Europe and the Czechoslovakian situation.
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Hull
Washington
Rope
United
British girl cleared in spy charge in New Orleans
Federal agents absolved Sylvia May Bradshaw, 22, a British national, of links to a German agent in the United States. Detained two days at Shreveport, she reportedly photographed military fields and an army airport and sent letters to Gerry. She was to appear before a U S commissioner to decide if she violated her tourist passport by working in the United States.
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New Orleans
Sylvia May Bradshaw
Caplan
United States
Shreveport
Fed 1
Tedale Field
Army
Reveport
Gerry
Carolina Postal Clerks Gather for Annual Convention Dedication
Postal clerks from across the state meet in Southern Pines for the Carolina Postal Clerks Association annual convention. Smith W. Purdum, former assistant postmaster general, gives the dedication speech at the opening of Southern Pines' new post office.
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Southern Pines
Carolina Postal Clerka’ Assation
Smith W. Purdum
Asant
Wae
Bombs Hit Canton Station and Barcelona in World Conflicts
Associated Press reports massive casualties as Japanese planes strike the Canton Hankow railway hub, killing hundreds and injuring nearly a thousand. Simultaneously, Spanish Republic forces face air raids on Barcelona and Catalonia as Tremp battles intensify and reports claim a government division was shattered near Tremp.
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Associated Press
Carlton
Barcelona
Canton
Canton-Hankow
China
Mediterranean
Kweite
Suchow
Kweiteh
Lunghal
Catalonia
Tremp
Hong Kong Air Attacks Report Toll of 600 Killed 1000 Injured
Official estimates from Hong Kong on May 28 counted 600 people killed and 1 000 injured after a day of Japanese air attacks. The casualty figures reflect a continuing barrage with widespread damage.
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Hong Kong
Harrison Raps FDR Criticism
Senator Harrison of Mississippi denounced President Roosevelt for being misinformed about the 1938 tax bill. He defended the law as advancing progressive taxation and aiding the "little fellow" by reshaping undistributed profits and capital gains levies, while expressing concern over Treasury terms.
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Washington
Harrison
D-Miss
Roosevelt
Arthurdale
W. Va
Finance Committee
Senate
Treasury
Carroll Acquitted Of Killing Girl He Loved In Death Pact
New York May 28 A jury found Donald Carroll Jr not guilty by reason of insanity in the killing of 18 year old Charlotte Matthiesen. The boy claimed he acted at her request to spare her disgrace after she became pregnant. Judge Downs ordered psychiatric observation at Bellevue.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer
New York
Donald Carroll, Jr
Mom
Charlotte
Thomas
Fred Matthiesen
Rosenthal
Donald
Bellevue
Specters
Downs
Hancock Credits 1933 Tobacco Holiday Efforts
Rep. Hancock told Lillington audience he worked in Washington day and night for North Carolina farmers during the 1933 tobacco holiday while Sen. Reynolds toured Russia. He urged tobacco inspection service improvements and highlighted his amendment ensuring government funding with no cost to growers, warehousemen, or buyers.
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Reynolds
Russia
Lillington
Hancock
Washington
North Carolina
Oxford
Communist chief endorses New Deal unity drive
Bar Browder American communist leader described the New Deal wing of the Democratic party as essential to a developing Democratic front against monopoly capital. He urged unity of the working class and Democratic masses and extended a gesture of cooperation to Catholics in an address for the party convention.
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New York
United Political Action
Bar Browder
Democratic Party
Democratic Front
Browder
Dies Heads Probe of Unamericanism
Washington May 28 Spender Bankhead named Representative Dies D Texas as chairman of a seven man House committee to investigate un American propaganda activities Dies said the inquiry would start after Congress adjourns and he authored the resolution to create the committee
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Washington
Spener Bankhead
Representative Dies
D-Tex
House
Dies
Congress
Quints Celebrate Fourth Birthday With Ice Cream
The Dionne quintuplets in Callander Ontario celebrate their fourth birthday with ice cream but no candy or frosting. Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe governs the diet while guardians plan a quiet religious observance and limited public access. Visitors may view from screens, and plans to shield them from public gaze may follow.
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Callander
Ontario
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dionnes
Dionne
Sacred Heart
Guardians of the
Quintupleta
Piedmont Section of Southern Textile Association Meets
CHARLOTTE May 28 The Piedmont section of the Southern Textile Association met today with Marshall Dilling of Gastonia as chairman. J C Edwards of Laurel Hill and W H Hardeman of Gastonia led discussions.
Auto Death Near Farmville Involving Lancaster
Dave Barrett 41 of Farmville dies from injuries after an auto crash near here. Misa Edith Ray Lancaster 23 of Rocky Mount fatally injured. Five others hurt.
Cigarette Ads Case Near Jury in Reynolds Suit
Trial of Dr. Arthur Selwyn Brown's 1.6 million suit against R J Reynolds Tobacco Co. neared the jury stage in federal court at Winston Salem. Judge Johnson J. Hayes overruled a non jury motion, with Brown claiming the company used his ideas in advertising.
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Winston-Salem
Arthur Selwyn- Brown
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Johnson J. Hayes
Hayes
Selwyn Brown
Tobacco Company
Murder Case Heads to Guilford Jury in Mangum Slaying
Three Greensboro suspects Bat DeJournette Kate DeJournette and Elmer Williams face a Guilford Superior Court jury over the Mangum murder. Williams pleaded guilty as an accessory. The defense sought dismissal of Kate DeJournette while jurors were instructed on possible verdicts. Trials center on which defendant fired the fatal shot and how the body was disposed. The proceeding was expected to reach the jury about 5 6 o clock this afternoon.
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Greensboro
Garland Mangum
Guilford
DeJournette
Williams
Mangum
Deep River
George Younce
Spencer Bb. Adams
L. P. McLendon
H. L. Koonts
Adult Program In Education Stressed Here
Community school day exercises of the northern district of the WPA adult education program in education were held today with music and visual progress demonstrations. State director Elizabeth C. Morris spoke along with B. L. Smith, Charles F. Carroll Jr., and Capus M. Waynick. Grover H. Jones gave the welcome, calling the event a commencement for a rising national university of great significance. He noted millions in night courses and predicted broad expansion of the movement.
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Elizabeth C. Morris
North Carolina
Norris King clash over TVA investigation stance
Senators Norris and King differed on whether a congressional invest igation should continue after Dr Arthur B Morgan former TVA chairman testified. Norris found nothing new and urged committee members to decide, while King said Morgan's statement supported fears TVA policy aims to federalize utilities. Morgan accused TVA directors of mismanagement and false reports. they retorted he sought to sabotage TVA.
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Washington
Norris
Ind.-Neb
King
U-Utah
Congressional Investigation Committee
Arthur BE. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Morgan
Harcourt A. Morgan
David BR. Lillenthal
U S Building Safest Dirigible
The navy plans a $3,000,000 dirigible praised as the world's safest if designers' goals are met. officials cite safety features from the last decade plus new metals and more helium cells. President Roosevelt is studying size and power while Congress considers a $600,000 start-up grant.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Akron
Macon
Peace meeting called in Akron amid Goodyear strike tensions
Akron May 28. Con ferees summoned to craft a peace key as riot linked strike troubles continued at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant. Police and unionists clashed injuring 80 or more. a truce allowed all but a dozen officers to withdraw from the two mile area.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
C. I. O. United Rubber Workers
James P. Miller
National Labor Relations Board
Grillo
Lee D. Schroy
Charlie McCarthy
Goodyear
Peace talks advance as Czechoslovakia pursues German minority accord
In Prague May 28 representatives of the Sudeten German party and Ernst Kundt and Franz Peters met Premier Milan Hodza to regularize talks on minority self government in the Sudeten region. Officials called the dialogue a promising development as border troops watch for election disruptions and municipal polls approach. The public displayed national colors amid uncertainty about the future.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Milan Hodza
Ernst Kundt
Franz Peters
Renes
Troops closing in on Cedillo near San Luis Potosi
Federal forces chased rebel chieftain Saturnino Cedillo eight miles northwest of San Luis Potosi as troops hunted him through brush covered hills. Four followers reportedly captured after escaping by plane from Zezontle ranch. Cedillo’s eight day rebellion appeared near collapse as two transport planes were seized.
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San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Saturnino Cedillo
Zezontle
Mocking-Bird
Palomas
Lazaro Cardenas
Cedillo
Big Auto Industries Charged With Breaking Anti-Trust Law
SOUTH BEND Ind May 28 The big three General Motors Ford Motor Chrysler faced federal grand jury indictments for conspiring to violate the Sherman Anti Trust law Government attorneys said the three companies their finance arms and 34 individuals were charged with coercing dealers to finance sales to promote monopoly and damage smaller auto finance firms Alfred P Sloan Jr William S Knudsen Edsel Ford Walter P Chrysler and others are named in the indictments with GM Ford and Chrysler facing separate charges detailing affiliated finance arms and multiple executives and subsidiaries
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South Bend
Ind
General Motors Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
CABCS
United States
James R. Fleming
Standard Oil
Ihs
Milwaukee
Fleming
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
William 8. Knudsen
General Motors Sales Corporation
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Universal Credit Corporation
Edsel Ford
Chrysler Sales Corporation
Dodge Brothers Company
Desoto Motor Corporation
Plymouth Motor Corporation
Commercial Credit Company
Walter P. Chrysler
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Lung-Hai
Says Browder
Southern Textile Group
Northwestern
Waynick, Sykes
U.S
Tammany Boss
Newark
James J. Hines
Tammany Hall
Manhattan
Thomas Dewey
Hines
Dutch Schultz
CIO
Benes
Big Auto Industries
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