Roosevelt seeks ratification of 21 nation peace pact
President Roosevelt urged the Senate to approve a pack pledging 21 American republics to cooperate for peace in the Western Hemisphere. The eight instruments, linked to the Buenos Aires conference, cover nonintervention, peaceful dispute settlement, and a Pan American cultural and cooperative framework. The message includes Hull’s explanatory letter and notes the agreements aim to show good neighbor policy and reduce future conflicts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Buenos Aires
United States
Americas
Arother
Hull
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Peru
North
South America
Weather notes for Virginia and Kentucky
Virginia shows tonight and Thursday expecting showers mainly in the extreme north with a cooler Thursday. Kentucky forecasts tonight's scattered showers with a warmer east and a cooler Thursday.
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Virginia
Kentucky
Loril
Thorpday
Simplicity marks nine states file Rockefeller rites protest on rates
Funeral services for John D Rockefeller were held at his Tarrytown estate in a simple ceremony attended by family and close aides. Tributes from Rockefeller Jr.'s sons adorned the hall as organist Archer Gibson played, with prayers from Rev. Lester Bent. Separate notice from Washington reports nine Southern states petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking more equitable freight rates to boost Southern industry.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D Rockefeller
Povantico Hills
Casements
Ormond
Beach
Fla
Hudson River
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Archer Gibson
New World Symphony
Lester P. Bent
Tovantica Mills Union Rhoveh
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Reorganization Court Bill Passages Still Asked by FDR
Washington May 28 President Roosevelt pushes his reorganiz ation plan amid court tests on labor power and key policies. Democrats hint at trimming the bill while noting social security gains. The wage hour bill and national planning legislation loom, with child labor limits challenging a 1918 commerce ruling.
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Wasitington
Roosevelt
Lie
Congress
Guests Accept Bids To Attend Royal Wedding
Sixteen guests, including British officials, were named for the June royal wedding of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield. Attendees include Hugh Lloyd Thomas and Sir Walford Selby with Best Man Major E. B. Metcalfe, while most British officials attend in an unofficial capacity.
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France
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Herman L. Rogers
Hugh Lloyd Thomas
Paine
Walter T. Monckton
Duchy of Cornwall
Walford Selby
Vienna
Best
E. B. Metcalfe
Alexandra Metcalfe
Rogera
Chateau de Cande
Selby
Austria
Thomas
Sir Walford Selby
Sir Walford
Edward
Bro
Baroness Eugene de Rothschilds
Enzesfeld Castle
Windsor
D. Buchanan Merryman
Baron Brownlow
Edward VIII
Church Assembly Ends in Montreat
The 77th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States closed in Montreat after a harmonious session. Commissioners, about 400 from 16 Southern states, sent overtures on reentering the Federal Council and proposed a permanent committee to study affiliations with other Presbyterian bodies. They endorsed a Korea mission policy change and scheduled the next meeting for Meridian, Mississippi, in 1938. Separately, Japan launched two destroyers Arashio and Natsugumo to modernize its fleet, each 1500 tons with 24 knots and heavy gun and torpedo armament.
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Dix Sarsfield
Montreat
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In
United States
77Th
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Korea
First Presbyterian Church of Meridian
Miss
Tokyo
Japan
Arashio
Kobe
Natsugumo
Sasebo
Debate over NRA revival sparks wide opinion in Congress
In New York on May 26 the drive for federal control of hours and wages revived the NRA debate. Economists, labor leaders, and business figures split on impact. some see gains in stability and conditions, others fear slowed recovery. Reports show a 40 hour week common in industries, and a 40 cent hourly wage broadly workable, with mixed expectations on immediate effects.
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Associated
New York
Congress
National Industrial Conference Board
George A. Sloan
Consumers' Goods Industries Committee
Old Textile Code Authority
Tewels
NRA
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland
Ernest G. Draper
Washington
French plane downed by insurgent air raid near Bilbao
Insurgent air raiders shot down a French passenger plane near Sopelana nine miles northwest of Bilbao as it neared the Nervion river mouth. Pilot Jean Galy survived a pancake landing. all five Spanish passengers were unhurt. The attack involved seven Basque‑described German built fighters.
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Sopelana
Here
Hendaye
Emilio Molg
Lemona
Valencia
Greatend
Mediterranean
Almeria
Perpigan
Spain
Barbastro
Paris
Sonelana
Nervion
Jean Galy
Sopelans
Gally
Peance
Air- Pyrenees
Jina
Bayonne
France
Aree Basque
Sopela
Bay of Biscay
Hatchet Murder Trial Near Jury Stage in Jersey City
In Jersey City on May 26 the hatchet murder case of Gladys MacKnight and Donald Wightman moved toward closure. The youth and his former girlfriend traded counter charges as the jury of middle aged men weighed who killed the girl’s mother. Donald testified she admitted it and urged him to take the blame after a kiss, claiming it would prove his love. He said Gladys kissed him and he would go through with it if she let him kiss her again.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Donald
Gladys
Confessed Slayer Helen Tiernan Moved After Picnic
Mrs Tiernan, who confessed to slaying her eight year old daughter near Brookhaven New York, was moved from New York police headquarters to Suffolk county Long Island. She had initially implicated Christie and Jover but recanted and said she had told falsehoods and cleared them of any connection.
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Helen Tiernan
Brookhaven
N. X
New York
Suffolk County
Long Island
Vatican to Ignore German Protests Over Mundelein Remarks
May 26 Vatican officials said no reply would be sent to Germany’s formal protest against George Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago. They assert the cardinal’s right to speak freely to his own flock and note no change in the Holy See’s stance.
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Vatican
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Holy City
Adolf Hitler
Mundelein
Diego von Bergen
Holy See
Berlin
Pius
Reich
Germany
United States
Baldwin to resign as England's prime minister this week
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin is expected to retire this week and hand over power to Neville Chamberlain. The last cabinet meeting at No 10 Downing Street is described, with Baldwin signaling a farewell and plans for Chamberlain to become premier. He hosted King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at No 10 in a historic dinner.
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England
Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
London
No. 10
Downing Street
Great
Baldwin
Labor battles flare as plants shut in vast steel strike
Striking CIO unionists forced seven Republic Steel plants in Ohio to close and threatened more, while leaders met in Youngstown to plan actions against Republic and Youngstown Sheet and Tube. CIO efforts extend to Inland Steel plants near Chicago. Richmond Ford workers strike over discrimination. About 55 000 idle if all plants halt operations.
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Committee For Industrial Organization
Ohio
Republic Steel Corporation
Homer Downer
Steelworkers Organizing Committee
Republic
Alabama
Minnesota
Philip Murray
Leutenants
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
United Automobile Workers Union
C. L
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Gates
Richmond
Calif
Ford Assembly
John L. Lewis
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
CIO
Inland Steel Company
Indiana Harbor
Chicago Heights
van A. Bittner
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Chicago
Bittner
Inland
Lke
W.C.C
Sharon Steel Company
Sharon
Lowell
CIO Radio Telegraphists Association
Wiliam Green
F. of S
A. F. of L
Superior Geet Company
Wilsonville
Wytheville Man Kills Wife Then Takes His Life
In Roanoke Virginia Mary 26, Mrs. Clint Fullins, 45, of Wytheville, was wounded four times by her estranged husband, a painter. He fled a Wytheville hotel and killed himself with a bullet as officers closed in. The victim remained hospitalized with critical injuries.
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Roanoke
Mary
Clint Fuillinos
Wytheville
E. M. Chitwood
Jung
AL Ateberts
Philip
Roberts
Chicago Eggs and Cars Market Report May 26
Chicago May 26 market notes show butter at 116 932 steady and unchanged prices, eggs 34 068 unsettled with extra firsts at 20, cars 20 1-2, fresh graded first six local 19, cars 19 1-2, current receipts 18 1-4, storage packed ex ne 21 G4, storage packed firsts 21 1-2.
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