Seek To Break Deadlock Over Coal Contract
International News Service reports New York April 25 John R Steelman from Labor seeks to end the impasse over a bituminous coal contract to put 320000 idle miners back to work. Talks between coal operators and United Mine Workers on a closed shop and strike penalties resumed with no immediate solution.
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International News Service
New York
John R. Steelman
Federal Conciliation Department
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Steelman
United Mine Workers
Lib A. m
Jonn GL
Lewis
United Mine Workers and
Oler
Appalachian
West Side school conducts fire drill on sunny day
At West Side school on Monday scholars practiced a fire drill under guidance of teachers. Some observers noted volunteers protecting eyes from the sun. The piece notes improving spring weather, blooming daffodils at the West Side Fire Department grounds, and paving holes on Washington street near Neshannock Avenue.
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West Side
Scheol
Wook
West Side Fire Department
Smithfield Street
Washington Street
Et Neshannock Avenue
Baily Weather Report Summary for United States
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at a pm Monday show a high of 82 and low of 41 with no precipitation and a river stage of 69 feet. For the same date last year, records show a high of 67 and a low of 7 with 0.02 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Mussolini counsels against new armed coup
London dispatch reports Premier Benito Mussolini again urged Adolf Hitler to reject any fresh military coup that could plunge Europe into war. Feld Marshal Hermann Goering, recently in Rome, carried the Duce's message to the Fuehrer. Mussolini's intervention helped summon the Munich conference during the Czecho-Slovak crisis last September.
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Internatonal News Service
London
Benito Mussolini
Feld
Herman “Wilhelm Goering
Rome
Duce
Fuehrer
Mussolini
Munich
Status of Butler Sanitarium Argued
In Harrisburg on April 25 the fate of the Butler tuberculosis sanitarium was debated amid claims lawmakers would be murderers if they did not push for its opening Rep John G Check of Westmoreland urged the governor to open the new hospital citing a discharged patient Nick Figel of Monessen who would die without hospitalization Speaker Ellwood Turner called the remarks unparliamentary Rep Robert G Woodside Jr said the facility is not ready for occupancy and that existing beds at Mt Alto Cresson and Hamburg would fill the need
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International News Service
Harrisburg
Butler
John G. Check
D. Westmoreland
Check
Nick Figel
Monessen
Figel
Mt. Alto
Cresson
Hamburg
Dr Leiserson Named To Labor Board Appointment signals pace of Wagner Act changes
President Roosevelt named Dr William M Leiserson to the National Labor Relations Board as a compromise appointee to a five year term starting August 27 1938. The move follows changes in Roosevelt administration policy toward the Wagner Act and drew praise from Senator Wagner and other labor leaders. Dr Leiserson currently chairs the National Mediation Board and is a veteran labor conciliator. He will replace Copeald Wakefield Smith whose term expires then.
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Jack Vincent
International News Service
Lnt
Washington
Roosevelt
Wiliam M. Leiserson
Senate
National Labor Relating Board
Lelserson
National Mediation Board
Wagner
New York
National Labor Relations Board
Cope Ald Wakefield Smith
Kildoo Hurt In Pittsburgh Truck Accident
William Kildoo a 31 year old New Castle truck driver was seriously injured when his truck plunged 25 feet into railroad trucks at the north end of the Washington Crossing bridge in Millvale His helper leaped to safety and Kildoo was taken to St Francis hospital while Holmes Construction company works on the underpass.
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Dinternational News Service
Pittsburgh
William Kildoo
New Castle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington Crossing
Millvale
Kildoo
Holmes Construction Company
St. Francis Hospital
Hitler's Reply Set For Friday Meeting in Berlin
Berlin April 25 The Reichstag meeting to hear Chancellor Hitler's reply to President Roosevelt's peace message is fixed for noon Friday. Despite Allied pressure diplomats expect Hitler to reject the appeal and propose his own terms.
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International
Berlin
Hitler
Hitler intensifies diplomatic drive before Reichstag speech
Berlin dispatch reports Adolf Hitler pushing a dense diplomatic effort to shore up central Europe position ahead of his Friday Reichstag address. Sir Nevile Henderson, the British ambassador, returned to Berlin with claims of a personal appeal from Neville Chamberlain, but Berlin says Hitler is preoccupied with other matters. Finland’s restiveness surfaces amid Anglo Russian anti aggression talks, signaling broader European tensions.
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Pierre J. Wuss
Interiatanst
Stace
Berlin
Reichsfuerner
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Reichstag
Nevile Henderson
London
Nevile
Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Fuehrer
Shroud
Don Budge and Fred Perry Visit City Breakfast Meet
Don Budge and Fred Perry, two tennis legends, toured the country post pro debut. The visiting rivals traveled by motor, staying friendly off court, stopping for breakfast at The Castleton en route from Chicago to New York, expecting to reach New York by evening.
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Donald Budge
Ace
California
Fred Perry
Castleton
Chicago
New York
Ambassador Plans Return to Berlin
Paris, April 25. Robert Coulon dre, French ambassador to Berlin, conferred with Premier Edouard Daladier before leaving for Berlin to resume his post. Goulondre will depart Paris for Berlin at 1:18 p.m.
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International
Paris
Robert Coulondre
Berlin
Edouard Daladier
Goulondre
Film Romance Rumor Ties June Travis to Alan Lane
In Chicago, friends of screen stars June Travis and Alan Lane report a romance may have reached engagement stage. Neither confirms, though Miss Travis is daughter of Harry Grabiner vice president of the Chicago White Sox.
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June Travis
Alan Lane
Waich
June
Allan
Chicago
Miss Travis
Harry Grabiner
Chicago White Sox
Murder By Motor Is Charged In Trial
NORWALK O April 25 Friends and neighbors testified as the state sought to prove Hastings 35 Sandusky guilty of murder by car in the death of Carl Sebleit 2 Sandusky worker and relay master. Mrs Schlett widow of the slain man also faces murder charges and will be tried after Hastings. Witnesses described finding Sebleit s body beside a snow covered road near Bellevue January 27. A highway patrolman testified glass from a headlight lens found at the scene matched Hastings car.
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International News Service
Norwalk
Hareold Hastings
Sandusky
Carl Sebleit
Hastings
Frank ©. Carpenter
Hurton County
Rex Hracy
Caletta Schlett
Coal Tieop Battle Between Lewis And Green
New York April 25. P C Thomas vice president of Koppers Coal Co calls the miners union operator dispute a political fight between John J Lewis and William Green as the bitter fight over a new contract continues.
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Internaitional News Service
New York
P. C. Thomas
Koppers Coal Company
United States
John J. Lewis
Wiliam Green
Death Notices for Longmont and Mercer Street Residents
Death notices published April 25, 1939 report John Le. Brown, 79, of Longmont Colorado. Mrs. Archie Palmer, 72, Mercer Road. and A. Stanley Fox, 66, of 901 North Mercer Street.
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John LE. Brown
Longmont
Col
Archie Palmer
Mercer RD
A. Stanley Fox
North Merccer Streck
Reply Of Hitler To Determine Envoy Action
The article reports that Hitler's Friday reply to Roosevelt’s request for a ten year peace guarantee will decide the fate of American relations with Germany. A satisfactory reply could lead to Hugh R. Wilson’s return. a belligerent reply could end hopes of rebuilding ties. Wilson was recalled six months earlier amid Nazi persecution and the dispute deepened after Germany’s actions against Czecho Slovakia and Memel.
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Hitler
Robert G. Nixon
Sercion Surtt
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Wirapa
Americas
Reich
Germany
Hugh R. Wilson
Herlin
Wilson
Berlin
Chao
Lake Abe
Czecho- Slovakia
Memel
State Department
Clean-Up Brigade Harvests Tin Cans Across Wards
City workers in the Tin Can brigade reported progress as they collected 61 truckloads of tin cans in the Seventh ward and hauled them to the Velost street dump. Councilman J Myron Free praised the start of Clean-up week and observed residents following curb notices. The brigade moved to the Fifth and Eighth wards and residents of the First and Sixth wards were asked to place cans in curb receptacles tonight for Wednesday collection.
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Lovelist
J. Myron
Lewis Stone Sets 500000 Mile Driving Record
Hollywood reports film actor Lewis Stone has driven 500000 miles without an accident over 34 years. He will be honored at a safety awards luncheon by the California Safety Council on April 28, receiving a citation for the record.
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Pervicer Hollywood
Lewis Stone
California Safety Council
Stone
Aged Man Burned to Death in Home
Bellaire Ohio April 25 A 61 year old John Kanzigg was burned to death trapped in his home when a fire broke out A daughter in law Mrs Edna Kanzieg who lived nearby attempted a rescue but was unable to save him The incident was reported by Cinternational News Service
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Cinternational News Service
Bellaire, O
Henoral
Nencby
Powhaten
John Kanzigg
Edna Kanzieg
Babs Plans Florida Visit With Baron Before Citizenship Return
The social note reports Babs leaving for Florida to visit her father with the Countess Barbara Hougwitz-Reventlow dining with Baron Hubert Pantz at a New York club. It notes Babs may reclaim US citizenship after relinquishing it upon marrying the Danish count and reportedly weighs a possible Mexican divorce, without confirmation.
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Florida
Barbara
Hougwitz-Reventlow
Tve-And
New York
Baron Hubert
Pantz
Mend
Babs
United States
Hitlerites Slur Roosevelt Peace Plan in Berlin Paper
Berlin April 25 Chancellor Hitler's Voelkischer Beobachter lashed out at President Roosevelts peace proposals and says the Fuehrer will answer in person Friday before the Reichstag. The Beobae is cited as indicating Hitler may reject the American plan and hints at a German counter proposal while Mussolini and Hitler consider a limited Anglo French holiday from force and seek quick settlement through negotiations.
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Berlin
Hitler
Voelkischer Beo- Gatthier
Roosevelt
Ue Reichstag
Wates Shiring
Haiti
Dominican
Repub Mc
Halti
Dominican Republic
Beobachler
Diglor Gies
Si Nevile Henderson
Mussolini
Britain
France
Bolivia under dictator rule in constitutional suspension
Buenos Aires April 25 reports that Bolivian President German Busch dissolved the constitution and suspended all Bolivian laws, declaring a Lomiftarian form of government. He promises protection for investors while the La Paz regime becomes a combined political and financial dictatorship.
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Buenos Aires
Boliviavl
German Busch
Am Press
Bolivia
la Paz
Busch
German Vessels Near Cadiz Probe Spanish Waters
Gibraltar April 25 A German naval fleet of 40 warships in Spanish waters neared Bilbao with spring maneuvers. The vessels were expected to reach Cadiz on Thursday and proceed to Algeciras, observers said.
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Triternatorial
Gibraltar
Bilboa
Cadiz
Algeciras
Britain backs army increase in push for Entente
London reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and cabinet members weighing a planned army conscription as the Anglo French Russian talks move toward a grand alliance. Foreign Secretary Halifax outlines talks with Romanian Foreign Minister Gafencu as London hosts Highland state discussions.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Aurigie Entente
Lord Halifax
Gritcre Gafencu
Romania
Britain Names New Ambassador To United States
London April 25 The Marquess of Lothian is named Britain’s next ambassador to Washington aiming to strengthen Anglo American relations. A 59 year old bachelor who has traveled widely in the U S and once served with Lloyd George will take up duties after Sir Donald Lindsay retires this summer.
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Britain
United States
International News Service
London
Marquess of Lothian
Washington
Lord Lothian
America
David Lloyd George
England
Donald Lindsay
Lie
Armament Race Triggers Record British Tax Hike
London April 25 The chancellor Sir John Simon announced a defense heavy budget to meet the needs of world peace. Total spending for the year reaches 6.61 billion pounds with 3.15 billion devoted to defense. Revenue from existing taxes stands at 4.713 billion while borrowing funds cover the rest. The plan doubles forces and raises taxes on tobacco sugar estate.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
Britain
Cotes
John
Joan
Defense
Reorganization Moves Proposed by Roosevelt
Washington April 23 President Roosevelt proposed a phased federal reorganization plan to Congress. He urged the creation of three federal agencies the Federal Security Agency the Federal Works Agency and a Federal Scansgency consolidating government activities now operating in social services public works and related fields.
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International News Service
Washington
Sweem Jink
Ment's Credit
Social Service
Congress
Roosevelt
Federal Security Agency
Feceral Works Agency
Federal Scan
Weed Growth Dilemma and Lawn Frustrations
A fragmented note laments weeds overrunning a lawn and compares growth to the pace of a garden ad. The writer longs for a quick transformation, mentions weather marked as eighty four, and contemplates pulling weeds to reveal fresh growth beneath.
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Baily Weather Report
Dr. Leiserson
Labor Board
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Don Budge
Acea
Allan Lane
Lewis and
Green
U. S
Baron Nobert Pants
Countess Barbara
Charles A. Smith
Internations News Service
Italy
Gafencu
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Place
Cantinos
Chares A. Smith
U. S. Departments
Arthur Mometer
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