Governor Hoey orders bid to curb Federal control Yadkin River
Raleigh May 27 AP Governor Hoey directs Attorney General McMullan to intervene in a Yadkin County suit challenging Federal Power Commission authority over the Yadkin River High Point wants a PWA plant under state law If the FPC gains power it could affect other rivers in North Carolina The city of High Point and state officials seek to protect state sovereignty and limit federal intrusion while continuing plans for the power project
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Raleigh
Undll
Federal War Commission
North Carolina
Hoey Toy
Genal Harry McMullan
Dkin River
Yadkin County
High Point
PWA
Yadkin River
Veral
Hoey
Hight
Pew Commission
McMullan
Yadkin
Neval
Congress
Fedal
Moullan
Tucktown
Yver Commission
Therolina Aluminum Company
Federal Power Commission
E. M. Knox
Harry 8. McMullan
Know
Federal Commission
General Assembly
Department of Health
Knox
Chattanooga News Guild Signs One Year Contract
The Chattanooga News unit of the Chattanooga Newspaper Guild signed a one year contract after a strike. Officials said the agreement bars layoffs for economic reasons and preserves proportionate Guild strength in editorial and commercial departments. The deal sets a 40 hour week for the editorial staff and five and a half days for other departments.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga News
Chattanooga Newspaper Guild
Conact
E Guild
Roosevelt Prepares Estate for Royalty Visit
Hyde Park May 27 President Roosevelt dressed in old clothes and began a quiet weekend as he inspected his family estate ahead of a planned two week visit by British royalty. No public announcements were planned and a Justice Ferdinand Pecora of the New York Supreme Court met with the President in the afternoon.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Rdinand Pecora
New York
Working women being eased out
A May 27 New York report notes that in 20 states proposals to bar employed wives from government service are at the decree stage and four states have enacted bans. Mary Anderson of the U S Department of Labor argues married women face economic pressures and should not be forced from work.
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New York
Mary Anderson
Women’s Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
Reich wooing all friends in Europe as Danzig crisis lingers
Berlin hosts foreign visitors amid a growing charm offensive by the Nazi regime. Ciano arrives for German Italian military alliance talks while Bellevue Palace is renovated for Yugoslav regent Prince Paul and Olga’s June 1 visit. Goering welcomes Spaniards headed by General Yoyague as tensions over Danzig and Poland escalate.
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Berlin
Nazi Germany
Poland
Danzig
Galeazzo Ciano
Bellevue Palace
Hohenzollern
Eitel Friedrich
Yugoslavia
Prince Paul
Olga
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Hamburg
Czecho-Slovakia
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Hitler
Moderate Upturn Seen In Global and Domestic Economy
New York May 27 Financial and industrial leaders say the outlook hints at a moderate business upturn aided by improving international politics and domestic conditions. Consumers may feel the impact first with heavy industry lagging. most expect a late summer pickup after Congress adjourns and some optimism over tax revision plans.
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New York
Europe
Wall Street
Pat Harrison
Miss
Roosevelt
Wall
Artificial insemination experiment reported by AMA
Dr Frances I Seymour described a study where 17 women became pregnant from one man's sperm. Thirteen babies had been born. the method showed sterility not always detectable by microscopic exam. All inseminations occurred with spouses consent, first without contact then with a known fertile donor.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Frances I. Seymour
New York
Seymour
Broughton Lauds Woodmen At District Meeting
J M Broughton of Raleigh told a Durham district Woodmen of the World meeting that the organization upholds affirmative principles not prejudice. At the business session 8 E Newman of Elkin became president, with Robert D Holleman of Durham as vice president and Alton Parker of Winston-Salem as secretary treasurer.
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Durham
J. M. Broughton
Raleigh
Woodmen of the World
E. Newman
Elkin
J. M. Clinard
Winston- Salem
Robert D. Holleman
Mr. Newman
Alton Parker
Winston-Salem
Edgar O. Johnson
High Point
Raising Of Sub Gets Underway
Portsmouth New Hampshire May 27 The navy begins the plan to raise the $4 million submarine Squalus and 26 crew members with divers working in relays and no days off until the job is finished A plan approved in Washington accelerates the effort as divers descend to the sunken vessel and helium oxygen mixtures are used at depth The operation could take a week or more and preparations suggest possible surface breaching may take two weeks or longer
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Washington
A. I. McKee
A. R. McCann
McKee
Morgenthau Proposes Five Point Tax Plan to Congress
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau outlined a five point tax revision program to the House Ways and Means Committee aiming to remove business irritants and spur a lasting recovery. The plan calls for lowering top income surtaxes, repealing the undistributed profits tax, liberalizing capital gains rules, allowing net business losses to be carried forward, and studying federal state and municipal tax overlaps.
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Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means
Washington
Congress
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Treadway
R-Mass
X . Gop
Roosevelt
British Rebuffs To Soviet Boomerang
In London 1937 the Soviet ambassador Maisky confronts Britain over Spain and later seeks a joint stand against aggressors. After Munich and Bohemia events, Britain hints at alliance with France and Russia. New British terms aim to include Voroshilov and guarantee Eastern Europe while defending against aggression.
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London
Ivan Michaelovich Maisky
Foreign Office
Maisky
Locarno Room
Spain
Russia
Britain
Germany
Italy
Austria
Viscount Halifax
Chamberlain
Europe
Ivan Maisky
Locarno
Moscow
Special five judge court to handle railroad bankruptcy cases
The Senate approved a bill to create a special five judge federal court to expedite railway bankruptcy and receivership cases. Opposition from Senator Clark faced the plan, with concerns about potential run by adviser Thomas D. Corcoran. Judges would be appointed by the president. The measure accompanies a broader railroad relief package allowing temporary financial difficulties to seek voluntary postponements on debt maturities.
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Senate
House
Clark
D-Mo
The
Missourian
Thomas D. Corcoran
Administration OKs Six Point Plan to Revision Neutrality Act
Secretary Hull asks Congress to repeal the embargo provision and to enact a six point program to keep the United States out of war. Proposals include banning American ships from combat areas, restricting citizen travel, transferring title before export to belligerents, continuing loan laws, regulating belligerent fund drives, and maintaining the munitions board and license system.
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Hull
Congress
Senate
House Foreign Relations
National Munitions Control Board
Secretary of State
Pittman
D-Nev
Senate Committee
Bloom
D-Ny
House Group
Roosevelt
Chamberlain Eyes World Conference For Peace Efforts
London reports Neville Chamberlain, finishing two pivotal years as prime minister, may seek a world conference to settle with the Rome Berlin axis without war. He aims for a Soviet mutual aid pact and a peaceful approach to Hitler and Mussolini, while not ruling out discussing reasonable national aspirations.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Russia
Chamberlain
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