Germany Moves to Arm As Conscription Enacted
May 22 Berlin reports the government issued a decree forcing Germans aged 18 to 45 into a one year army service with immediate effect. Those over 45 will serve in reserves and everyone during wartime must contribute to the Fatherland. The army is said to number about 38 divisions though sizes are not specified. Jews face exclusion from service except in special cases. Youths under 20 are not yet called. Simultaneously Hitler signaled willingness to honor aspects of Versailles while pursuing defense buildup.
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Berlin
Hiver
Amuthor!tes
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Young Spaniard Pombo Flies Atlantic at 21
Rio de Janeiro May 22 Juan Ignacio Pombo aged 21 Spain's Nying cavalier became the youngest aviator to span the Atlantic.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Juan Ignacio Pombo
Spain
Nying Cavalier
Alaska Juneau Responds Late On Miners Union Proposals
A formal reply read by L H Metzgar to the Alaska Mine Workers Union proposes that the union be recognized as the sole bargaining body and outlines wage and hour terms. The board of directors meets to discuss the response, with no decision reached by 4:30 PM.
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Juneau
Alaska Mine Workers’ Union
L. H. Metzgar
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company
Alaska Juneau
Metzguar
LW. Metzgar
Woulkt
Abottane
Jamely
Unien
Pombo
Natal
Africa
Mexico City
Gold Creek Tunnel
Divorce granted to Mildred Hooker Cashen from Leslie Cashen
The court grants Mildred Hooker Cashen a divorce from Leslie Cashen. Pombo departed Bathhurst Gambia at 8 15 p m yesterday EST and arrived Natal at 1 10 p m today.
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Bathhurst
Gambia
West Africa
Natal
Mildred Hooker Cashen
Leslie
Cashen
International conference urged for mood cure and debt relief
Washington May 22 A motion urging President to convene an international conference in Washington proposes a common sense cure for war mood and calls for a firearms holiday and settlement of war debts. Senator Mil Tydings introduces the idea linking currency stabilization and revived world trade through a multilateral accord.
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Washington
Welt
Mil Tydings
Tydings
Colonists Due In Seward For Matanuska Farm Draw
Palmer Alaska May 22 The Army transport St Mihiel with Wisconsin Minnesota colonists aboard for the Matanuska Valley is due at Seward late today or tomorrow Arrangements are ready for a public drawing for the 40 acre farm sites as soon as the husbands and fathers arrive The wives and children will follow once household goods are placed in temporary tents There are eight or ten temporary camps near the farm sites Measles case aboard the St Mihiel and seasickness noted as the voyage continues.
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Palmer
Alaska
St. Mihiel
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Matanuska Valley
Seward
New building plans announced for Pioneers Home
The Pioneers Home Building Commission seeks bids for superintendent and nurses residences and for completing the parts wing. Public Works Administration reviews general plans and specs. Auditor Boyle notes five plan sets available for examination with deposit required to protect plans. Captain Harry Ramwell, 73, of American Tugboat Company, dead in Bremerton office.
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Public Works Administration
Frank A. Boyle
SS Eee
Old Swedish Royal Ceremony Is Observed Once Again
In STOCKHOLM on May 22 a gayly bedecked Swedish Royal Barge with 20 blue oars welcomed King Christian Queen Alexandrine Prince Frederick and Princess Ingrid as they transferred from their yacht to the Palace landing stage. The ceremony, dating to ancient royal tradition, was described as as old as Swedish kings.
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Stockholm
Christian
Alexandrine
Frederick
Denmark
Ingrid
Sweden
YAWKEY VISITED RED SOX BOSS AT WESTWARD STOP
Empire reporter sees Thomas A. Yawkey in Pullman report on two ambitions pennant and bear hunt. Notes Westward cruise to Two Weeks, barber shop visit, and praise for Grove Walberg Bishop while predicting four team race among Boston Yankees Cleveland and Detroit.
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Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Campbell Church
Yawkey
Empire
C. V. Brown
Pullman
Wash
Irlét
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Cleveland
York
White Sox
Boston
Yankees
Detroit
Connie Mack
Philadelpha Athletics
Grove
Walberg
Bishop
Letty Grove
Brownles
Rube Walberg
Seatle
Poe Ballardsis
Fisherman shoots ex wife then flees to woods near Oakville
Kills divorced wife in Oakville Wisconsin after children left for school. Higgins, a former barber, fled into the woods and is being sought by police. In Seattle, the Fish Exchange announced it will resume buying salmon with heads on and will not deduct for ico.
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Oakville
Wast
Jack Higgins
Seattle
Seattle Fish Exchange
Toms
Representatives Ignore Presidents Warning On Patman Bonus
Washington May 22 The Senate plans to take up tomorrow the Patman bonus bill after the House overrode the President’s veto. The administration fears counterfeit or risky debt implications as veterans would convert certificates into three percent bonds or cash. Leader Robinson secured unanimous consent to meet early to resolve the dispute and push for a quick vote.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Uebate
Harrison
Patman
Rob«imaon
Thomas Patman
Robinson
Huey Trips Up on Filibuster Against Bonus
A May 22 Senate scene shows Senator Huey Long delivering an uproarious prelude to a fight over the President's bonus veto. Long joked with colleagues and read from a dictionary while threatening a late night stand against the revolution, but a stumble in the Senate disrupted his bid. Senators resumed work as the session settled and a resolution was listed for a joint session debate on the veto.
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Washington
Huey Long
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Sénate
Roosev elt warns Congress on Patman bill danger
President Franklin D Roosevelt told Congress the Patman bill would trigger uncontrollable price rises and ruin savings. He warned that the measure would help able bodied veterans over the disabled and warned of economic collapse. He cited seven billion eight hundred thousand dollars spent on veterans relief to date and praised liberal disability and death benefits and rehabilitative programs. On Page Two.
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Franklin JD. Roosevelt
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Patman
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