Italy Annexes Ethiopia and Malta's Tensions Rise
Italy proclaims the conquest of Ethiopia and the restoration of the Roman empire with Mussolini as emperor and Badoglio as viceroy as the League of Nations debates the act in Geneva. Ethiopian delegate Haile Selassie’s government is deemed still in existence by Addis Ababa officials and Britain weighs recognition as naval men receive bravery awards for defending the Addis Ababa legation.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Benito Mugsolini
Disraell
India
Badogliio
Duce
League of Nations
Benito
Mussolini
League Council
Geneva
France
Baron Pompeo Alois
Wolde Mariam
Aloista
Mariam
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Baldwin
Great Britain
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Corneling van HB. Engert
Navy Department
W. H. Tanner
W. L. Pitts
Clase
United States
California Primary Defeats Landon Delegates Backed by Hearst
Landon’s delegate slate loses in California with Hoover backing the winners who are nominally pledged to Warren though freed from that pledge. Warren declares delegates free to vote as they choose. Landon managers expect some to switch on an early ballot. Democrats largely back Roosevelt. Sinn clair and Mc Groarty tickets gain modest totals. In South Dakota Landon slate loses narrowly to GorH pledged delegates.
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Landon
California
Alifornia
William R. Hearst
Merriam
Herbert Hoover
Earl Warren
Warren
Hearst
Roosevelt
Upton
Hpie
Sinclair
John B. McGroarty
Townsend Plan
South Dakota
Gorah
Red Cross Conven tion Opens in Chicago With 2000 Delegates
Admiral Caryl T. Grayson opens the annual American Red Cross meeting in Chicago with about two thousand delegates. Mayor G I Kelly, Stalph Christian of Birmingham, and Florence Nightingale Medal recipient Elizabeth H Vaughan are noted participants. Dr Thomas Parran Jr. attends as Surgeon General, with talks by Robert Bondy and others on disaster relief and activities in storm and earthquake areas.
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American Red Cross
Chicago
Caryl T. Grayson
G.l Kelly
Stalph Christian
Achoorboy
Birmingham
Alu
Red Cross
Elizabeth H. Vaughan
St. Louis
Florence Nightingale
Thoms Parran
United States Public Health Service
Robert B. Bondy
National Disaster Refer
Aoters Whi
Seo Anil
Immense German Dirigible Returns After Transatlantic Flight
The huge dirigible arriving from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst carrying 107 aboard, mail and freight, was greeted by thousands in New York. Captain Ernst Lehmann led the craft with Dr. Hugo Eckener aboard as adviser. Three days later it prepared to depart for Wrackfort-on-Main, with Roosevelt greetings exchanged. Hull signs France reciprocal trade pact at State Department, effective June 15. Details withheld. likely duty concessions on wines, cosmetics, and French imports, plus expanded French quotas for U.S. fruits and other products.
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Sdenbcag
Friedrichshafen
Lakehurst
N. J
BR. Walton Moore
State Department
Roosevelt
Wrackfort-on-Main
Ernst Lehmann
Hugo Bekener
Eckener
Captain Lehmann
Washington
Hull
France
Gruecery
Andre de Laboulaye
United States
Wafd Leader Forms New Cabinet in Egypt
Wafd leader Nasuh Pasha becomes premier and interior minister, with Wasyf Ghali Pasha as foreign minister and Gen Ali Fahmy Pasha as war and navy minister. Premier Ali Maher’s cabinet resigns as a regency is formed until King Farouk is eighteen. Also reports death of Senator Park Trammell and appointment of Manuel Azaña as Spain president amid shifts in population from the 1930 census.
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Wafd
Egypt
Ustapha Nahas Pasha
Wasyf Ghali Pasha
Ali Fahmy Pasha
Ali Pasha Maher
Farouk
Holcombe Family Roots and Medieval Crusader Tale
A Holcombe or Holecombe family origin traced to Holcombe in Lancashire with seat in Devon. Wills mention Thomas Elizabeth and three Johns. Ancestor William the Conqueror connects through marriage. John Halcombe 49 appears in early English records as a Crusader whose tale claims he severed three heads.
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Tee
Lancashire
Holcombe
County
Devon
Devonshire
Thomas
Elizabeth
Three Johns
Holecombes
William the Conqueror
John Halcombe
England
Holcombe and Pierrepont lineages traced to Dorchester origin
The article traces the Holcombe family from Thomas Holcombe born 1601 in Devonshire who settled Dorchester Massachusetts aboard the Mary and John, noting Dorchester’s naming in honor of the English town. It describes later Holcombe descendants in New England and Philadelphia, plus a Virginia branch via Andrew Holcombe. It then details the Pierrepont lineage from Norman-French origins, with Sir Hugh de Pierrepont and connections to Hastings and the Doomsday Book, noting Dorchester, Ipswich, and Rochester as early American settlements named by descendants, and George Pierrepont arriving in Ipswich and naming Dorchester.
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Mmedans
Dorchester
Oxford
England
Thomas Holcombe
Devonshire
America
John
Mass
Boston
New England States
Thomas
States
John Holcombe
Philadelphia
Jacob
Lambertville
N. J
Holcombes
Andrew
Barbadoes
Virginia
Miss Grimes
King William County
Pierrepont
Castle
Picardy
France
Hugh de Pierrepont
Ingelbrand de Pierrepont
Hugh
Pierreponts
Robert de Pierrepont
Willam the Conqueror
Hastings
Henestede
Wrentham
Suffolk
Henry Pierrepont
Robert
Ham
Derby
George Errepont
Coronaton
Edward VI
George Pierrepont
Thankful Stow
Kent
Getted
Ipswich
Rochester
Cougin
Marquis of
Ledg
Cheese trends in 1980s America and fondue traditions
A homemaker writes on cheese rising in popularity and a food expert explains eight distinct types and two groups. American cheddar dominates, with Wisconsin and New York notable sources. The piece notes European influences and domestic advances by the federal dairy bureau, plus a fondue style recipe using Swiss cheese and brandy.
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Alexander Togoroff
Mohawk Valley
New York
New York State
Wisconsin
Federal Bureau of Dairy Industry
Colorful Applique for Tea Towels Fun to Do
A vintage craft notice invites readers to make colorful tea towel appliques with seven motifs for each day of the week. It outlines transfer patterns, material needs, stitch varieties, and color ideas and requests 15 cents sent to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Department in New York.
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Household Arts Department
West Fourteenth Street
New York
Judgments Megs Judgments and Fortune Theme
A compact reflection on how judgments mirror fortune and inner truth, drawing attention to inward qualities shaping outcomes. The phrasing echoes Shakespearean tone, juxtaposing perception and fate in a brief, literary observation.
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Vito Marcantonio
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Texas
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Park Trammell
Florida
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Spain
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Madrid
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