Merrill Crosses Atlantic Again From England
Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie completed the first round trip commercial crossing of the Atlantic by heavier-than-air craft. They landed near Floyd Bennett Field after crossing from England to the United States with coronation scenes pictures. The pilots were hailed by a large crowd in Brooklyn as they prepared for a possible hiatus for refueling.
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Squantum
Mass
Dick Merrill
Jack Lambie
Quantum Naval Air Base
Errill
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
England
United States
George VI
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Brooklyn
Merrill
Cape Islands
N. F
Daily Express
Merrill and
Lambie
Southport Sands
Straw Hat Season Opens Tomorrow Amid Forecast
The Beau Brummels note May 15 as the straw hat season opening. In local church work, the First Baptist basement floor is being replaced with a cement and composition surface. Rain totals this May reach 2.51 inches, close to May 1936’s 2.65 inch May total.
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The
Beau Brummels
First Baptist Church
Daily Weather Report
Daily weather data for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am shows a maximum 64. Minimum 50. Precipitation 0.79 inches. River stage 5.0 feet. For the same date last year the maximum was 76 and the minimum 34 with 0.34 inches of rain.
Indian Child Bride Slays Her Husband
Buffalo report details a sixteen year old Indian bride on the Cattaraugus reservation who shot and killed her husband William White 24 after a quarrel over drudgery and his abuse. The bride Mrs Ivory White eight months pregnant weighs 85 pounds and will be arraigned before a U S commissioner.
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International News Service
Buffalo
N. Y
Lawtons
William J. Murphy
Collins
Ivory White
William White
Rochester
White
Murphy
British Destroyer Hunter Struck Off Spanish Coast
London reports indicate an explosion damaged the British destroyer Hunter near Almeria Spain with eight confirmed dead per official admiralty release while unofficial lines suggest fourteen. Hardy and Hyperion remain at Almeria guarding the Hunter awaiting further details.
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Hunter
International News Service
London
Whitehall
Admiralty
Almeria
Valencia
Hardy
Hyperion
Movie Stars Are Heavily Guarded
Hollywood notes heavy security for film stars amid a strike standoff. Police reported rumors of 50 muscle men imported from the east and midwest to provoke trouble, as a peace proposal nears potential settlement and stars like Marlene Dietrich George Raft and Mae West hire bodyguards.
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International News Service
Hollywood
East
Middlewest
Charles Lessing
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
Los Angeles Central Labor Council
Marlene Dietrich
George Raft
Mae West
Explosion cripples British destroyer Hunter off Almeria
Official Almeria reports say 14 men were killed when a great explosion on the starboard waterline crippled the British destroyer Hunter during non intervention patrol duty. The Jaime Primero relayed the captain's account of the blast.
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Valencia
Spain
Almeria
Hunter
Ministry of Air and Marine
Jaime Primero
Experiment in local relief administration tested in six counties
Harrisburg observers awaited results of Gov. George H. Earle's experiment granting home rule for relief to Cumberland Carbon Butler Centre Chester and Clarion counties. Four member local boards led budgets personnel and aid with Clarion abstaining. A Goodrich committee sub report on outcomes was due to reveal whether local counties can manage relief without state oversight.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Cumberland
Carbon
Butler
Centre
Chester
Clarion
Clarion County
Goodrich Committee
Earle
Denial of Dispute Over Mrs Simpson’s Status
London authorities deny reports that the British cabinet and the Duke of Windsor argued over Wallis Simpson’s status after marriage. They say no questions about the Duke or his bride are under discussion and that Mrs Simpson will become Her Grace the Duchess of Windsor or Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Windsor after the wedding.
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International News Service
London
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Simpson
Duchess of Windsor
Erie Woman Is Found Guilty in Townsend Club Shooting
In Erie Pennsylvania on May 14 Mrs Elizabeth Sample was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of her employer John E Hogan Townsend club organizer. The sealed verdict followed a 10 hour jury deliberation.
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Elizabeth Sample
Erie
International News Service
John E. Hogan
Townsend Club
Reports Declares Duke Of Windsor Is Really Happy
International dispatch from France describes the Duke of Windsor as an extremely happy man after his brother George becomes king. He is reportedly healthier, laughs more, and is often with Mrs. Wallis Simpson whom he plans to marry. Royal reception remains dignified yet unstuffy at De Cande, with formal customs observed.
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Monts
France
Duke of Windsor
George
England
British Empire
Wallis Simpson
Chateau de Cande
Simpson
Herman L. Rogers
Seventh Ward Post Office Gets Modernized Upgrade
Postmaster Richard A. Steen announced modernization of the Seventh Ward branch on North Liberty Street. Washington approves screen line equipment and partition work, with W. C. Patterson awarded the installation contract. The lease for the quarters was renewed for a decade.
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Seventh Ward
Richard A. Steen
S. W. Purdum
Washington
Mr. Steen
North Liberty Street
Steen
W. C. Patterson
North Cedar Street
Local men to attend confab in Philadelphia
William Figuly of Huron avenue Martin Leonhardt of Cunningham avenue and George Kappes of Reynolds street will leave this evening for Philadelphia to attend the German American Federation Convention to be held on May 15 and 16.
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William Figuly
Huron Avenue
Martin Leonhardt
Cunningham Avenue
George Kappes
Reynolds Street
Philadelphia
Death notices for six residents listed in local column
Miss Mary Atkinson, 62, of New Bedford Road, and Mrs. Mary Jane Palmer, 68, of Wilmington Township, John Pardick, 76, of New Brighton, Harry Hawkins, 76, of 125 East Long Avenue, Frances Iretta Pfeiffer, 7, of West Pittsburg, and Miss Hannah Marie Potter, 29, of Kennerdell appear in the death notices column.
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Mary Atkinson
New Bedford Road
Mary Jane Palmer
Wilmington Township
John Pardick
New Brighton
Harry Hawkins
East Long Avenue
Frances Iretta Pfeiffer
West Pittsburg
Hannah Marie Potter
Kennerdell
Ross Begins Axe Wielding in State Treasury
State Treasurer F. Clair Ross moved to shrink the Republican job count in his department. Twelve Democrats were appointed, eight employees were dismissed, and one resigned, raising total dismissals to 20 and resignations to 12 since taking office last week. Appointees included Etta Marks of Bradford, Velma Nemcheck of Fayette City, and Sylvester McCandless of Beaver Falls with salaries ranging from 1320 to 1800.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
F. Clair Ross
Etta Marks
Bradford
Velma Nemcheck
Fayette City
Sylvester McCandless
Beaver Falls
Jury orders hold for grand jury in youth shooting case
After inquest into the death of 12 year old Robert Harris at New Castle hospital on May 11 1937 at 12 30 pm witnesses testified Tony Naples shot Harris near Pollock school at noon. A coroner's jury found Harris died from a gunshot wound and recommended Naples be held for grand jury action.
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Robert Harris
Levine
Tony Naples
Pollock
Naples
Alderman Mantz
Junior Mitchell
Moravia Street
Tony
Te Trio
Mitchell
Harris
Steel Shares Rise After Jones & Laughlin Strike Ends
In New York on May 14 announcement of settlement of the Jones & Laughlin strike spurred brisk buying in steel shares and lent a firmer tone to the market. Gains reached about $2 a share before profit-taking trimmed the advances. rails, coppers, oils and some auto stocks also performed well while General Motors lagged on labor difficulties.
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New York
Jones & Laughlin
General Motors
Miners Ordered Back To Work In Pennsylvania
SHAMOKIN Pa May 14 John L Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America ordered more than 12 000 striking miners in the Schuylkill Northumberland counties area to return to work immediately alleging they violated an existing agreement The directive aims to end the mining halt in the region.
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Shamokin
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Schuylkill
Northumberland Counties
Roosevelt Returns To Washington To Push Court Proposals
President Roosevelt returns from a 17 day Texas fishing trip to urge a roll call on adding six justices to the Supreme Court. Farley says administration has votes to win and questions compromise, with lieutenants noting a close but favorable majority.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Texas
Senate
Supreme Court
High Court
James A. Farley
Indianapolis
Farley
Doctor Stewart Heads to Honolulu to View Solar Eclipse
Dr J Q Stewart of Princeton University sails May 22 from San Francisco aboard the S S Malalo for Honolulu to observe the total solar eclipse. He will be joined by a Philadelphia scientist. they plan to study the rare event.
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Edwin W. Crawford
Wallace Avenue
John Q. Stewart
Princeton University
San Francisco
Cal
S. S. Malalo
Honolulu
Stewart
Philadelphia
Phoenix Islands
Panama Canal
Dr. Stewart
J. Cam Liebendorfer
Maitland Lane
Jand
Pittsburgh Steel Strike Near End
A tentative agreement aimed at ending the Pittsburgh Steel strike covering more than 5,000 workers in Monessen and Allenport was reached at a conference arranged by Mayor James C. Gold. The deal creates a temporary contract with Pittsburgh Steel and the CIO Steel Workers organizing Committee, becoming permanent if the SWOC wins a Wagner law election at the plant.
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International News Service
Monessen
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Allenport
James C. Gold
Pittsburgh Steel
John L. Lewis
C.I.0. Steel Workers Organizing Committee
S.W.O.C
Gold
Jones and Laughlin
Texas Legislator Held As Slayer
A Beaumont state representative B E Quinn was charged with the hotel shooting of Houston oilman Herman Hicks in a hallway fracas after noise complaints. Quinn posted $1000 bond as police and seven witnesses including a senator and John R Sterritt backed the information.
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Austin
Texas
B. E. Quinn
Beaumont
Herman Hicks
Houston
Quinn
Hicks
John R. Sterritt
Aluminum Co Wins Skirmish in Antitrust Case
PITTSBURGH May 14 The Aluminum Company of America won its first court victory in the government antitrust suit when Judge R M Gibson granted a preliminary injunction stopping Attorney General Homer S Cummings from proceeding with the case in federal court for southern New York.
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Pittsburgh
The
Aluminum Company of America Today
R. M. Gibson
Homer S. Cummings
New York
Settlement Ends Pittsburgh Steel Strike With Wagner Act Election
Thousands of Jones and Laughlin and Pittsburgh Steel employees end a 36 hour strike after a settlement reached by CIO SWOC chairmen. Work returns by 3 p.m. with an election set for May 20 supervised by the National Labor Relations Board to determine if SWOC gains exclusive bargaining rights.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
H. E. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
SWOC
Lewis
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Letting War, Politics, and Sea Fades for Daily Rhythms
A speaker dismisses politics and war as distant, busying himself with ordinary tasks. He notes Spain’s war continues, but for now he will tend the grass, plant seeds, and wait out the wet weather before reengaging in debate or action.
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Spain
Tyne
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Ashland
University of Kentucky
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Sour Mash
Miss Sparks
College of Arts and Sciences
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J. Q. Stewart
Pacific Coast
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CIO
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Jones & Laughlin Corporation
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Murray
Arthur Mometer
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