Baby Clipper Crosses Atlantic Dream Ends In Tragic Flight
Thomas H. Smith, 24, attempting to pilot a 670-pound flivver to cross the Atlantic from Old Orchard Beach to Slyne Head failed to reach Croydon Airport. Officials reported the flight ended with lights out at Croydon and no signs of the plane after 41 hours 13 minutes aloft.
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London
Thomas H. Smith
North Atlantic
Smith
Britain
Croydon
Old Orchard Beach
Slyne Head
Ireland
Europe
FDR Granted Wider Powers Under New Neutrality Act
The article reports on a proposed neutral ity bill by Rep Bloom giving the President broader authority to manage foreign conflicts. It would repeal the arms embargo and allow shipment of arms only after title transfer to belligerents, with safeguards to limit US involvement. Opposition by Rep Fish is noted and House action anticipated.
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Washington
House
Rep
Bloom
D-Ny
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Fish
Taft urges peace and nonintervention at Memorial Day
Senator Taft spoke at Arlington Cemetery urging the United States to avoid European ideologies and wars, preserve American democracy, and pursue peace while prepared for defense. He warned against embargoes that could coerce nations and emphasized not fearing imminent foreign attack.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
America
Europe
Arlington Cemetery
United States
Removal of Negro CCC Camp Threatened After Skirmish
Monroe scene heats as Moore City Council asks federal government to move a Negro CCC camp after a clash between white youths and CCC enrollees. Capt. W. H. Obenehour notes stones were thrown and reinforcements were called.
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Monroe
Moore
CCC
W. H. Obenehour
Parents Hope Fades as Tommy Smith Flies Transatlantic
In Clarksburg West Virginia Tommy Smith faces a perilous Trans Atlantic flight aboard his Baby Clipper. His parents Mr and Mrs Harvey Smith keep a vigil through the night near radio and telephone hoping for news. They cling to faith in his ability to succeed despite no report by dawn.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Tommy Smith
Ward
Harvey Smith
Smith
Tommy
Maine
Nazis seize Archbishop Waitz palace in Berlin
Nazi authorities moved furniture from Archbishop Sigismund Waitz’s palace in Berlin to state storage. The archbishop, away on a religious mission, was informed last month the building belonged to the state and would be vacated. Hitler took no action. Local officials and S S troops oversaw removal and photography of rooms.
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Berlin
Sigismund Waitz
Germany
Waitz
Hitler
Salzburg
Navy Pays Tribute To Entombed Squalus Dead
Sailors at Portsmouth observe Memorial Day for the 26 men entombed aboard the submarine Squalus. Guns boom from cruisers and destroyers while wreaths are dropped from a coast guard plane. Congress member George J. Bates and Chief Yeoman Emile De Rouin join the tribute as Squalus survivors receive medical care ashore.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Coast Guard
Brooklyn
Seemes
Navy
George J. Bates
Massachusetts
Congress
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Emile de Rouin
Portsmouth Navy Yard
de Rouin
Bates
Sculpin
Floyd Roberts Killed In Memorial Day 500 Race Crash
Indianap olis May 30 Floyd Roberts Van Nuys Calif died of brain concussion from a three car smash in the 500 mile race Bob Swanson Los Angeles relief driver for Ralph Hepburn and Chet Miller Detroit were seriously hurt Miller said to be less seriously injured Two spectators were injured Martha Ponelite Collinsville Ill and Mrs Bruce Milliken Thorn Town Ind Roberts 39 had won the classic in 1938 Meyers led at 400 miles with a time of 3 28 04 61 at an average speed of 115 342 mph The race was slowed 31 1 2 minutes while wreckage was cleared.
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Indianapolis Speedway
Floyd Roberts
van Nuys
Calif
Bob Swanson
Los Angeles
Ralph Hepburn
Chet Miller
Detroit
Roberts
Louis Meyer
Huntington Park
Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis
Meyer
Swanson
Robert
Miller
Martha Ponelite
Collinsville
Bruce Milliken
Thorntown
Ind
Shaw
Snyder
Horn
Cliff Bergere
Meyers
Doomed Loyalist Admits Public Safety Incident
Madrid report states 21-year-old Jose De lalamo Galilia confessed to striking 800 prisoners as part of an alleged investigation brigade. A military tribunal in Santander condemned him to garrote for 800 serious Madrid cases amid arrests of 3500 Nationalist sympathizers.
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Madrid
Jose Delalamo Galilia
Santander
Delalamo Galilia
South Carolina May Enter Yadkin Action Rumor
Report notes a potential move by South Carolina to join a lawsuit by Yadkin County residents challenging the Federal Power Commission license for High Point's hydroelectric project. The rumor says South Carolina would intervene if North Carolina does so, defending navigation on the Pee Dee River.
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South Carolina
Yadkin County
Federal Power Commission
High Point
Maybanks
Parks thefts of graveyard plants frighten Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa residents continue a long standing custom of stealing potted plants from public parks to transplant on graves in cemeteries. Park board executive M H Harvey said plant thefts peak before Decoration Day with this year among the worst on record and he threatened prosecution.
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Des Moines
M. H. Harvey
Park Board
Machine age saves horse from abandoned well in Simeon
In Simeon Virginia Henry Harris watched as a horse grazing near an abandoned 50 foot well sank to the bottom. Four hours later a wrecking truck pulled the animal free unhurt.
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Simeon
Henry Harris
Franco Pledges Spain to Peace in Victory Speech
General Francisco Franco vowed Spain would stay out of European conflicts during victory celebrations in Medina del Campo. He urged a fortress of peace while praising 11,000 Falangist women and Pilar Primo de Rivera for their loyalty to reconstruction after the civil war.
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Medina del Campo
Spain
Francisco Franco
Franco
Pilar Primo de Rivera
Franco Women’s Auxiliary
Portland mother’s skating lesson ends in arm fracture
Mrs. Elton Laselle of Portland Ore tried teaching her children to skate by example but fell during a outing and fractured her arm.
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Portland
Ore
Elton Laselle
GOPs Favor One-Term Idea
Washington May 30. Republican lawmakers weigh Van denberg one term pledge for 1940 presidency. Senator Wiley backs six year limit or constitutional amendment while White calls it debatable but worthy of serious consideration. In the House Michigan Republicans back a draft Vandenberg effort to form a nationwide boom for his candidacy.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Michigan
Wiley
Wiley (R-Wis.) Told Reporters He Thought Vandenberg
Congress
White
House
Erwin to Deliver Hendersonville High Graduation Address
Hendersonville May 30 Clyde A. Erwin state superintendent of public instruction will deliver the graduating address at Hendersonville High tonight.
State H D Meet Wrightsville Beach
Wrightsville Beach hosts a district meeting of the State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs on June 14. Local clubs from the region will gather for talks demonstrations and cooperation programs.
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Wrightsville Beach
State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
Presbyterians Kill Plan For North South Union
The Southern General Assembly refused to discontinue the union drive and asked its 88 Presbyteries to decide whether the permanent committee on cooperation should be abolished or kept for study. A $10,000 evangelistic campaign was approved, and the union proposal was debated amid opposition and support from clergy across several states.
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Montreat
General Assembly For
Presbyterian Church In the
Assembly
W. M. Everett
Atlanta
Tom Glasgow
Charlotte
W. C. Robinson
Decatur
W. Calvin Wells
Jackson
Miss
Glasgow
Northern Assembly
Board of Missions
UNION
T. W. Currie
Austin
Texas
A. A. Wallace
Liner Efforts to Disembark German Refugees in Cuba
Three Transatlantic liners sought to unload over 1000 German refugees at Caribbean ports while London committees urged Nazi officials to limit departures unless landings are possible. Refugees aboard the tan Luis near Havana face landing hurdles as Cuba and other nations debate immigration needs and visas.
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Washington
Caribbean
Inter-Governmental
London
Reich
New York
Cuba
Laredo Bru
Havana
State Department
Isle of Pines
Orduna
Panama
Chile
Flanders
Vera Cruz
Mexico
United States
Soviet Hints on Alliance Talks With Britain and France
Moscow May 30 The Soviet foreign minister Molotov set to address the Supreme Soviet amid reports of fighting between Mongol forces and Manchukuo troops. Observers expect Molotov to clarify policy after Stalin's no paw stance and Litvinov’s replacement. A Pravda dispatch hints Britain's Labour faction pushes for a swift tri power accord and criticizes London for the international tension.
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Moscow
Molotoff
Great Britain
France
Supreme Soviet
Outer Mongolia
Tokyo
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