Coronation Eve Delays Rain Soaks London Crowning Plans
London May 11 The Coronation eve finds King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace as officials pledge loyalty amid heavy rain and transportation woes. Prime Minister Baldwin cancels a garden party while thousands endure the downpour awaiting a glimpse of the monarch on the way to Westminster Abbey.
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Anoviaird
Torean
London
George VI
India
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Edward VII
Palace
Stanley Baldwin
10 Downing Street
Westminister Abbey
Trally
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Weather forecast for Tennessee Virginia Kentucky and North Carolina
Tennessee cloudy tonight and Wednesday with showers mainly in the west late tonight. Warmer tonight in the west. Virginia fair with increasing cloudiness and showers Wednesday especially inland. Kentucky cloudy and warmer tonight then showers Wednesday and in the west late tonight, cooler Wednesday night. North Carolina fair tonight and Wednesday with slightly warmer interior and showers inland Wednesday.
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Tennessee
West Portion
Westaton
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
North Portion
Loyalists halt rebels advance near Bilbao
In Bilbao area heavy artillery slowed insurgent push as Basques and Asturian allies defend Solube Hill and Amorebieta. Refugees stream into the city while Madrid reports stubborn resistance. Insurgent air raids strike Arsarenas and outskirts as Mola’s forces push toward Bilbao.
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Bilbao
Spain
Amorebieta
Emiie Mola
Rigsilla
Guernies
Sollube Hill
Mola
Arsarenas
Bay of Biscay
Autonomous
Basque Republic
Madrid
Manifold Duties Keep Berry Off Play List
Washington May 11 Major George L Berry new Democratic Senator from Tennessee says he never finds time to play and his friends learn. He is president of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union and manager of its orphan asylum apprentice school tuberculosis sanitarium and home for the aged. He owns and operates a large color printing plant and runs a small town newspaper while holding stock in a local bank. He is a major landowner in the south end of a giant cattle farm and Roosevelt's coordinator for industrial cooperation and labor chairman. He was sworn in yesterday as successor to Nathan L Bachman. his appointment adds a vote for the Roosevelt court bill. Berry cites his union as never striking and relaxes by talking business with friends in Happy Valley Tenn.
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Joseph L. Miller
Washington
George L. Berry
Tennessee
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants
South End
Roosevelt
Happy Valley
Tenn
Nathan L. Bachman
Berry
London learns of American waterfront fire before mayor
London, amid coronation chatter, was told by the London Daily Mirror that a waterfront fire in San Francisco caused a $200,000 blaze. Mayor Angelo Rossi said he had not heard of it until contacted by Europe. The telephones traced the blaze to a water front incident on May 11.
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San Francisco
London
Angelo J. Rossi
Europe
London Daily Mirror
Schizzoner
Baptists Gather for Annual Southern Convention Opening
Baptists from the south converged on New Orleans for the annual Southern Baptist Convention and allied groups opening today to run through the week. The women’s missionary union led by Mrs. F. W. Armstrong opened in municipal auditorium while the Pastors’ Conference began at First Presbyterian. Thousands of messengers are expected as reports show membership gains but declines in evangelism and city Sunday School attendance. The theme centers on reviving evangelism and promoting cooperation in church movements. Thirty thousand gallons of champagne are imported into the United States monthly.
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New Orleans
South
Southern Baptist Convention
Woman's Missionary Union
F. W. Armstrong
Plattsburg, Mo
Municipal Auditorium
Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference
First Presbyterian Church
E. J’. Atldredge
Water M. Gilmore
ICC Will Consider Lower Rate Fight
Nine Southern states unite to press the Interstate Commerce Commission for lower freight rates. Governors lead three subcommittees on commodity, class, and general rates with a $109,000 fund to back suits. Petition delay for a new textiles rate sought as Georgia’s Rivers pushes an immediate cotton goods rate challenge.
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Atlanta
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Clyde Hoey
North Carolina
Fred Cone
Florida
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Olin Johnson
South Carolina
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
General Rates Committee
FE. D. Rivers
Georgia
White
Mississippi
Leche
Louisiana
TCC
Seattle student tops safe drivers test in turnout of 303
Virginia McCutcheon, a University of Washington student who has never driven, scored the highest grade among 303 Seattle women at a safe drivers school. She said she took the test in anticipation her family may soon own an automobile.
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Seattle
Virginia McCutcheon
University of Washington
McCutcheon
Beakley Appointed Bridgeton High School Chief Janitor
Frant R. Beakley becomes Bridgeton High School chief janitor earning 1350 dollars annually. He resigned his prior post to take the new role after six and a half years serving as president of the board of education without pay.
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Bridgeton
N_ 1
Frant R. Beakley
Bridgeton High School
Board of Education
Proposal to call money conference by President Roosevelt
A House resolution asks President Roosevelt to convene an international monetary conference to pursue an equitable gold and silver distribution, stabilize currencies on a bimetallic base, and aid participating nations with essential raw materials. The president’s stance remains unclear as he plans a return from a fishing trip.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Texas
Anme
Capitol Hill
Wheeler
Montana Democrat
Senate Railway Finance Committee
van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago and Eastern Minors
Francis Corman
United Textile Workers
Congresa Acta
Wagner
New York
Department
Hindenburg Blaze Mystery Deepens in May 1944
Lakehurst New Jersey May 1944 The Hindenburg disaster mystery deepens as aeronautical experts weigh theories of static electricity ground spark or engine backfire. Commander Rosendahl and another expert agree the fire began on the upper left rear of the airship near the stabilizers, far from stern engines, challenging engine backfire and ground spark ideas.
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Lakehorst
N. J
Charles BE. Rosen-dahl
Rosendahl
Hindenburg
Alienation suit testimony in Detroit case
Laura Strittmatter a Home Owners Loan Corp clerk testifies in a $100,000 alienation of affections suit filed by Mrs. Cullinan of Washington against him alleging misrepresented divorce. Strittmatter says Cullinan married June 1995 and annulled a year later. Cullinan claimed to be divorced when he met her during a Detroit transfer.
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Detroit
Charles H. Cullinan
Washington, D. C
Laura Strittmatter
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Cullinan
Miss Strittmatter
Hull warns cotton industry against organized groups
Washington May 11 Secretary Hull warned the cotton industry against organized groups seeking to solve its problems by bypassing export trade restoration. He urged liberal international trade and new markets, cautioning that domestic schemes cannot replace foreign outlets. He warned such shortcuts threaten the farm and cotton sector’s future, stressing the need to expand exports while developing new uses for cotton. The main aim is general prosperity and world peace through open markets.
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Washington
Hull
Memphis
United States
Western
Europe
U S diplomat Warns of Wealth Backed Dictatorship Threat
United States Ambassador William E. Dodd wrote to Democratic leaders alleging a nearly billionaire individual ready to back and control an American dictatorship. He warned the party against internal splits and compared current dangers to past eras, urging support for the President while open to reform. The letter names no one but cites confidential sources and references figures in the Senate and press.
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Berlin
United States
William E. Dodd
Bulkly
Dodd
Ail L. Bulkly
Ohio
Carter Glass
D-Va
Lincoln
Roosevelt
South
Huey Long
Senate
Moscow
Rome
Tennessee House Debates Liquor Issue In 52 42 Vote
Nashville May 11 The Tennessee House tabled and billed a local option liquor bill by 52 to 42. Speaker Walter M Haynes argued passionately that regulation beats prohibition as Andrew Tanner of Davidson county said the state risks blend money from liquor taxes. Debate showed sharp partisan tones as opponents warned of enforcement gaps while proponents urged licensing and open regulation amid moral decline. The measure ultimately failed as the gallery packed with spectators.
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Nashville
Tennessee House of Representatives
House
Walter M. Haynes
Tennessee
Haynes
Andrew Tanner
Davidson County
Nquor Ip
Tanner
Morais
Townes Gaines
Knox
Spectacle of Imperial Sidelights At London Coronation
London May 31 The coronation eve scene sparkled with vivid sidelights as soldiers from across the empire paraded near Buckingham Palace. Lancers from India and Maharajahs, African troops in khaki, Australian guards, New Zealanders, Scots, Canadians Mounties, Arabs and Burmese mingle with royal officers. The colorful pageant unfolds amid rain and fog as vivid cultural pagesant forms fill the capital.
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Edward J. Netl
London
Edward VII
Buckingham Palace
Royal Marlies
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Amorchida
Fies
Baptists
ICC
F.D. R
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U.S
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Upi
George Pasho
Town Hall
Eldred Fisher
Winchester
Eldred Bean Fisher
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