Poland Prepares Firm Answer to Versailles Pact Strain
An Associated Press report outlines Poland's stance as Hitler weakens the Versailles framework. It notes the League of Nations' diminishing power and Germany's renewed demands as the 31,808 square kilometers of lost lands remain contentious and unsettled since the war.
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Poland
Hitler
Hall of Mirrors
Germany
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Senate
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Methodist church union declared accomplished in Kansas City
Bishops from the three branches called the Methodist church unification an accomplished fact and prepared to consecrate the new structure. Dr James H Straughn and Dr John Calvin Broomfield were named as bishops of the united church as 900 delegates draft governance for the merged denomination. A dissenting letter from Bishop Collins Denny surfaced while others consider potential legal action.
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Kansas City
G. Bromley Oxnam
Omaha
The
United Church
James H. Straughn
Baltimore
John Calvin Broomfield
Pittsburgh
Methodist Protestant Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Conference Judiciary Committee
Collins Denny
Richmond
Denny
Symby
Auto Accident Leaves Man Paralyzed Near Shreveport
M. E. Miller, 28, of Bernice, La., suffered a broken neck and other injuries when the car he rode in plunged off the Minden road east of Shreveport. Driver George Lindsey, 30, reported minor injuries. Lights reportedly blinked on a curve. Miller is the son of C. E. Miller, a Bernice druggist.
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Shreveport
M. E. Miller
Bernice
Minden Road
George FE. Lindsey
Miller
C. E. Miller
Pink bollworm threat looms over cotton belt in report
At the American Cotton Shippers Association meeting in Memphis a committee warned the pink bollworm could spread from south Texas to the entire cotton belt with disastrous consequences. The group urged Mexico US eradication talks, more farm aid, a western ginning lab, and a federal cotton quality body while opposing state trade barriers. Marc Anthony of Dallas was elected president with J. R. Lindsay and R. C. Dickerson as vice presidents and D. W. Brooks as treasurer.
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Memphis
Tenn
American Cotton Shippers Association
Texas
Mexico
United States
Marc Anthony
Dallas
Tex
Harmon Whitington
Houston
J. R. Lindsay
Greenville
8. C
R. C. Dickerson
D. W. Brooks
Association
Stoneville
Miss
Federal Cotton Improvement Corporation
El Karubah Shrine Teaches Growth Ahead of Jubilee
A Shreveport based Shrine temple plans a May 12 silver anniversary celebration in Monroe following a northeast Louisiana banquet at the Lotus club. The event aims to reinstate former members and attract new ones amid Shrine expansion nationwide. El Karabah temple first convened ceremonies in Monroe in 1915.
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el Karabah
Order of the Shrine
Shreveport
Louisiana
Monroe
Lotus Club
el Karubah
New Orleans
Temple
Grand Lodge of
Lou
Centenary College Burglar Gets $350
A burglar opened the Centenary College safe last night using a screwdriver and took about $350 in cash from tuition and book store receipts. The crime was found this morning by Sam Randolph, the assistant bursar, and the tool was recovered in Dr. Pierce Cline’s office. The loss was covered by insurance.
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Shreveport
Centenary College
Sam Randolph
Pierce Cline
Orleans Boy Drowns At Elysian Fields Wharf
Eight year old Pi Joseph Pamila fell through a hole in the wharf at Elysian Fields avenue into the Mississippi river. Rescue efforts failed to recover his body.
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Orleans
New Orleans
Joseph Pamila
Elysian Fields Avenue
Mississippi River
Frolicsome Cows Roaming At Large In New Orleans
Two cows led the night patrol in a rambling spree through front and back yards in New Orleans. Police booked them for roaming at large after a dairyman claimed the pair. The incident ended with the cows released from custody.
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New Orleans
Charles Hartman
Soviet Airmen Plan Double Flight From Miscou Island
Two Soviet airmen rerouted from Moscow to New York after a forced landing on Miscou Island New Brunswick due to radio and oxygen failures. Brigadier General Vladimir Kokkinaki and Major Mikhail Gordienko survived the crash with injuries as rescue plans unfold to transfer them to Moncton for a large charter plane.
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New York
Moscow
Miscou Island
New Brunswick
Canada
Constantine Oumansky
Washington
Vladimir Kokkinaki
Miscou
N. B
Mikhail Gordienko
Peter Baranov
Amtorg Trading Corporation
Louis S. Specter
Baranov
General Kokkinaki
Gordienko
Specter
General Kokkinak
Moncton
Joseph Anderson
Kokkinaki
Anderson
Royal Canadian Air Force
Halifax
N. S
John Bird
The
Canadian Mounted
Manufacturers Propose Five-Point Recovery Plan
The National Association of Manufacturers outlined a five-point program urging lower business taxes, labor law amendments, industrial financing support, a sound currency, and no immediate rise in social security taxes. Howard Coonley said no single repeal fixes recovery, stressing government support for private enterprise as the path to prosperity and jobs.
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Washington
The
National Association of Manufacturers
Howard Coonley
Association
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Hemophilia Curse May Gap with Hat Cleanser Oxalic Acid
A report to the Federation of American Scientists says oxalic acid in hat-cleaning fluid can stop hemorrhage and hemophilia. Arthur Steinberg and William R. Brown of Kensington Hospital in Philadelphia report successful cases and a rabbit test showing faster blood clotting. The finding shifts long held views on curing bleeding disorders once deemed impossible.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Federation of American Scientists For
Arthur Steinberg
William R. Brown
Kensingston Hospital
Philadelphia
University of Toronto
Hapsburg
Duce Plans Expanded Italian Army in New Expansion
Premier Mussolini announced a further expansion of the Italian army to counter British and French moves toward a European alliance. The plan increases the force from 1,250,000, adds equipment, and strengthens frontier fortifications and coast defenses, with funding to come from an extraordinary ten year budget.
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Rome
Mussolini
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
Il Duce
Pendergast Indicted Again Over Unreported Income
Federal grand jury expands charges against Boss Tom Pendergast Kansas City alleging he failed to report 1935 and 1936 income by 443 550 and that income was concealed under others names. Indictment raises prior 315 000 figure and claims total taxes and penalties due amount to 437 316. The case ties to his dominance of the city political machine and a major state insurance settlement.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Pendergast
Damages Denied in Slaying Case at Appeal
In Shreveport on April 29 the court of appeal denied damages to Mrs. Pearl Welch of Sondheimer East Carroll Parish in her suit against Henry L. Van Valkenburgh. Welch claimed Van Valkenburgh killed her husband on September 3 1936 without cause. The court ruled the slaying was in self defense and Van Valkenburgh was not indicted.
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Shreveport
Court of Appeal
Pearl Welch
Sondheimer
East Carroll Parish
Henry L. van Valkenburgh
Labor union arms accuse AFL of drafting Wagner amendments
The C I O offered to provide documentary proof that the AFL backed Wagner act amendments were drafted with help from the National Association of Manufacturers. John L Lewis charged Green and allies with collusion with reactionary corporations, while Green denied the claim and agreed to testify.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Green
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Milk Shippers Seek Federal injunction over Louisiana seizure
Mississippi officials weigh a federal injunction to protect Mississippi milk shipments bound for New Orleans from seizure in Louisiana. Shippers from Wesson contend interstate commerce rights, while Louisiana and Mississippi health officials cite standard and inspection factors. Some dairymen consider rail transport until cross state agreement is reached.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
New Orleans
Louisiana
Wesson
Greek Rice
H. G. Vernon
Kentwood
Louisiana Milk Commission
H. A. Kreeze
Mississippi State Board of Health
Poland Readies Firm Response to Hitler Over Danzig
Warsaw reports Poland strengthened frontier defenses and plans a firm reply to Hitler on Danzig and Pomorze. Beck will address the diet next week, outlining Poland's defense build up and possible British and French talks as Germany cites 1934 pact abrogation.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany claims Danzig move after aggression denial
Berlin reports Reichsfuehrer Hitler has denounced the Polish German non aggression pact and declares Germany freed from treaty obligations to reclaim Danzig. Observers expect the issue to be Hitler s next major move as he continues to align with Hungary after addressing the world on his denunciations.
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Hitler
Poland
Foreign Office
Germany
Berlin
Britain
Hungary
Europe
Paul Teleky
Stephen Csaky
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League OF Nations
Nazi Fuehrer
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Army Air Corps
Englewood
Morrow
Birmingham
Ala
Albert Durrett
Nashville
By Howard Blakeslee
Duce
Italy
Manufacturers Association
Ruerrer
France
Ignace Moscicki
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Felicjan Skladkowski
Beck
Hiteler
Austria
Czecho- Slovakia
War Ministry
Danzig
Hans Adolf von Moltke
St Louis
Seneeuns
Helena
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
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