Insurgent advance near Bilba o and spy shot at Basque lines
Reported insurgent gains push toward Lemona and Bilbao as Mola concentrates rear-guard positions near Yarre and Amorebida. A French passenger plane was shot down near Sopelana and a foreign consul was executed as a spy by Basque authorities at Bilbao.
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Salamanca
Lemona
Amorebieta
Galdacao
Sopelana
Bilbao
Air- Pyrenes” Line
Bayonne
France
Mola
le Gazpi
Mediterranean
Cullera
Francisco Franco
International Brigade
Yarre
Amorebida
Biscayan
Valencia
Death sentence after two week trial of consul
A two week trial led to a death sentence for the consul who resisted a search of his person as an insult to his country. The briefcase held military maps marked with gun positions and he was shot at dawn without protest from his country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Bilbao
France
Po Hce
French Transport Plane Downed Near Bilbao
A French Air Pyrenees transport was shot down by insurgent warplanes near Bilbao. The French pilot and a Spanish passenger were wounded, the craft badly damaged, and the crew escorted to a hospital. All passengers were Spaniards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilbao
Spain
Air Pyrenees
Soelana
Here
Neville High school graduation events reflect school progress
Neville alumni superintendent E L Neville and faculty sponsors introduced graduates of 1937 to the assembly. Informal talks by Mayor Arnold Bernstein and others praised student progress and urged loyalty to the alma mater. Entertainment included a saxophone solo, a song by six girls, and a dance.
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E. L. Neville
Beryl Madison
W. C. Spight
Neville High School
Arnold Bernstein
Harry Oliver
Minnie Ruffin
Paul Neal
Alurci
Wimpy Wimbish
Irene Quinn Renaud
Citizens' Library movement aims to boost literacy statewide
Louisiana officials and civic leaders discuss forming units in each parish to expand library access. Miss Marjorie Dixon explains membership, while Modisette emphasizes public cooperation to place books in high schools and rural areas, plan regional library service in Winn Jackson Grant parishes.
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Louisiana Library Commission
Marjorie Dixon
Citizens’ Library Movement
Modisette
Leche
State Department of Education
Winn
Jackson
Grant Parishes
Citizens’ Library
Louisiana
F. K. Hirsch
J. Lloyd Warren
Guy Stubbs
Monroe Public Library Board
Dudley Stone
Swartz
Fred Williamson
E. C. Gibson
Monroe
Princess Juliana Expected Child Heir to Dutch Throne
Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands is reported to be expecting an heir to the throne. No official confirmation yet, but talks of a royal birth have circulated since she ceased playing tennis a month ago. Juliana married Prince Bernhard on January 7 this year.
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Amsterdam
Juliana of the
Netherlands
Juliana
Prince Bernhard Zu Lippe
Funeral Service for John D Rockefeller at Pocantico Hills
A brief funeral at Pocantico Hills Union church featured Psalms and John 11 23 26 chosen by Rev Dr Fosdick. Miss Dorothea Flexer sang Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go and Abide With Me as Harold V Milligan played. About 100 Rockefeller estate employees paid their respects to the master of Pocantico Hills.
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Pocantico Hills Union Church
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Jesus Christ
Dorothea Flexer
Riverside Church
New York
Rockefeller
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Miss Flexer
Harold V. Milligan
Dr. Fosdick
Trial recounts testimonies in Gladys slaying case
Wightman testifies he did not intervene while Gladys allegedly struck her mother with a hatchet. Donald says the 17 year old urged him to take the blame and create a false tale of a petting party. Gladys watches as the defense questions witnesses and the judge plans to conclude evidence today.
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Gladys
Donald
Bayonne
R. Lewis Kennedy
Thomas F. Meaney
Farley to Visit Choudrant on Southern Swing
Postmaster General James A. Farley will briefly stop in Choudrant Louisiana next Tuesday at 3 50 p.m. during a trip from Vicksburg Mississippi to Magnolia Arkansas to officiate dedications of new post offices at both towns.
Pope Receives Alfred E. Smith in Castel Gandolfo Audience
Alfred E. Smith met Pope Pius XII for a half hour in Castel Gandolfo and presented a ten inch Empire State Building replica. The pope praised Smith’s vigor and blessed him with a pearl rosary and a Good Shepherd medal. Smith noted he did not discuss politics and described the pope as a stalwart American Catholic.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Alfred E. Smith
Pius
New York
Empire State Building
D. C
Smith
Holy Father
Ralph L. Hayes
Hayes
American College
Rome
Southern governors seek rate cuts to boost southern industry
Nine states Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Tennessee Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina petition the ICC to set fair non discriminatory rates on fiber quarry and chemical products and more. They argue current rates hinder industrial growth and expect hearings soon with a decision within a year. A separate petition seeks suspension of cotton factory product rate increases slated for June 8, 15 to 20 percent.
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South
Windsor Wedding Plans Defy Official Restrictions
The British government bans official presence at the June 3 royal ceremony but the Duke of Windsor reportedly seeks cabinet aid. Meanwhile Dr Charles Mercier, Monts mayor, conducts a private rehearsal marrying a young farm couple at the town hall.
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Windsor
London
Charles Mercier
Monts
Farley Defends New Post Office At Arlington Dedication
Farley praised the new post office as magnificent and greatly appreciated. He later corrected a historical remark about Sir Walter Raleigh, noting he never landed in North America, prompting historians to question which school books were consulted.
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Postoffice
Farley
Arlington
Sir Walter Raleigh
North Carolina
Virginis
North America
Queen Mother Mary Celebrates 70th Birthday at Marlborough House
Queen Mother Mary marked her 70th birthday with a luncheon at Marlborough House. King George and Queen Elizabeth, along with all royal family members in Fugland, were invited to pay their respects.
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Queen Mary
London
Queen Mother Mary
Marlborough House
George
Queen Elizabeth
Fugland
Norris to push regional planning agencies like TVA
Senator Norris proposes seven regional planning bodies modeled on the Tennessee Valley Authority to carry out Roosevelt's planning recommendations. The plan covers flood control navigation irrigation soil erosion and power development with focus on constitutional questions around TVA status and federal funding for municipal power plants.
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Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
TVA
Supreme Court
Wilson Dam
Bonneville Dam
Oregon
Boulder Dam
Colorado
Ohio
Bank changes hands in Shreveport at courthouse sale
Frank D. Lee chairman of the board of the Commercial National Bank in Shreveport and of the Continental American Bank and Trust company bought the majority stock of the Continental American Bank and Trust company at an auction on the front steps of the Caddo parish courthouse in Shreveport Louisiana on May 26.
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Shreveport
Frank D. Lee
Commercial National Bank
Continental American Bank and Trust Company
Caddo Parish
Vatican Will Spurn German Protest Over Mundelein Remarks
The Vatican indicated it would not reply to a German protest over Cardinal Mundelein's remarks about Hitler and German trials. Officials say Mundelein may speak freely to his Chicago diocese and that the papacy will not interfere in American political pronouncements.
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Vatican City
Vatican
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Holy See
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Pope Pius
Mundelein
Cardinal Pacelli
von Bergen
Charles Coughlin
Detroit
Debates Over Dolphin Name Across Ancient Texts
Historical notes discuss how ancient Greek writers using the term dolphin may have referred to the mammal rather than the fish. The question remains unresolved after centuries of linguistic inquiry.
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Emilio Mola
Bil- 0
England
Legion of Frontiersmen
Neville
Czechoslovakia
The
United States
Ouachita Parish
Harold Breard
Henry Scott
King
Hiram Walker
Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc
Peoria, IN
Wightman
Pope
Alfred Smith
Blaine County
Mark Garvey
Fred Bennett
John Garvey
Maxine Bennett
Mr. Snake
Ata
Harrison Sts
Gation
Tire Service, Inc
Hudnall’s
TIRE
Gutton Magnolia
Louisville
Trenton St
Weat Myroe
DeSlard St
Eee Mills
PAN AM
Magnolia
Carter
Harm- Jean
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