Mussolini abolishes Deputies Chamber and privatizes industry
Il Duce dissolves the Chamber of Deputies replacing it with a Council of Guilds and ends large private industries in Italy. He pledges the state will run key industries directly or indirectly to boost economic self sufficiency ahead of possible war.
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Duce
Deputies
Chamber
Italy
Mussolini
Chamber of Deputies
Il Duce
Lone
National Council
Ey Industries
Pnese
II Duce
Grand Council
Chamber of Corporations
Piazza Venezia
Milan
Mary
Office Forces Return to Jobs After Akron Strike
Goodyear plant workers, maintenance men, and some tron employees returned to work in Akron after the United Rubber Workers Union ratified a peace proposal. The five week strike kept more than 14 000 people idle as machinery and stock were overhauled. The company expected full production to resume within a week with no discrimination or loss of seniority for returning workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Goodyear
United Rubber Workers Union
Columbus Press Club dinner draws state and local officials
A dinner sponsored by the Columbus Press Club will be held here next Saturday with attendance planned from state, city, and county officials and local newspapermen.
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Columbus—Up
Columbus Press Club
Aeronauts Form Military Band At Le Bourget Airbase
The world’s first aeroplane military band, assembled by General Denain ce’s cabinet minister of air, will feature about 80 musicians anchored at Le Bourget. The band plans radio broadcasts with music, comedy, and speeches for servicemen known as the soldiers of the skies.
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Denaince
Air Buse
le Bourget
Thomas Rhoe Repair Shop
N. Court
British Statesman Makes Personal Appeal to Hitler
Sir Eric Phipps British ambassador reportedly asked German Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath to accept the Locarno Treaty proposals for resolving the European crisis. The appeal could influence Hitler's forthcoming reply as Joachim von Ribbenstrp’s London trip may be delayed to Wednesday. In London the League of Nations committee of 13 pressed Italy and Ethiopia for an immediate armistice while awaiting Hitler’s response.
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Berlin
Eric Phipps
Eric
Konstantin von Neurath
Hitler
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Joachim von Ribbentrop
London
League of Nations’ Council
Ethiopia
Council
Africa
Germany
Rhineland
League
Police Chief Fred Kundts Dies in Ohio Crash
Columbus Police Chief Fred F. Kundts aged 42 was killed in an auto collision near Sabina Ohio. The crash killed three others and injured six more in the same vehicle. Kundts had served with the Columbus force since 1921 and planned to assist flood relief in Cincinnati.
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Fred F. Kundts
Columbus
Sabina
Ohio
Wendell Wright
Wilmington
Wright
Kundts
Columbus Force
Cincinnati
Edward F. Keister
Mogadore
Akron
Keister
Joseph Lavaco
Cleveland
Robert Lee
Ohio State Fairgrounds
Coughlin Plans Outdoor Shrine for Little Flower Ruins
Father Coughlin outlined plans in his Sunday radio address to preserve the Shrine of the Little Flower in Detroit. He said a new building will be erected to house recovered articles, preserving aisles marked by flagstones and pews as flower beds, with the altar remains protected by an ivy covered framework.
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Detroit
Charles EB. Coughlin
Little Parish
Coughlin
Hutton Extortionist Is Sentenced to Prison
Alfred Molyneux 31 of Lancashire was jailed four months for trying to extort 200 pounds from Countess Barbara Haugwitz Reventlow. The count attended the hearing but was not called to testify.
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Manchester
Eng
Alfred Molyneux
Lancashire
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventiow
Count Haugwitz-Reventiow
Senate rejects canal bill by one vote
The Senate, by 36 to 35, refused to reconsider its last decision on Fletcher’s Florida ship canal proposal. A Truman motion for another test on the Army amendment failing, keeping the $12,000,000 funding off the table.
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Washington
Senate
Fletcher
Florida Ship Canal
Truman
D-Mo
D-Fla
Milwaukee tribute to Dr Malcolm La Sallie Harris
Dr Malcolm La Sallie Harris aged 73 former president of the American Association died Sunday in Milwaukee. Harris led the association during his tenure and was noted for his medical research and leadership contributions.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Malcolm la Sallie Harris
The
American Association
Changes Made in Text Of New Naval Treaty
London reports the International Naval Conference drafting committee made about 20 changes to the new treaty with American input guiding many edits. The essential features remain intact after 14 previous drafts. The treaty is set for signing Wednesday.
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London
Oakie Marries Venita Varden Aboard Train
Film comedian Jack Oakie wed Venita Varden during a 15 minute stop in Yuma Arizona. Justice of the peace E A Freeman officiated in Oakie’s compartment as hundreds cheered from the platform. Railroad conductors Ortho Lockwood and J A Brice witnessed the ceremony.
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Yuma, Ariz
Jack Oakie
Venita Varden
Southern Pacific
E. A. Freeman
Yuma
Justice of the Peace
Onakie
Ortho Lockwood
J. A. Brice
Gunmen Kill Brooklyn Man in Coffee Shop Shootout
Two gunmen entered a downtown Brooklyn coffee shop and opened fire killing Leo Pulaski age 33 and wounding Joseph Wroblewski age 23 who was hospitalized in Kings County. Police attributed the killings to gang warfare.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Leo Pulaski
Joseph Wroblewski
Kings County Hospital
Flood Control and Relief Dominate Capitol Session
Senators and representatives from 13 flood‑stricken states were called to conference on relief measures and flood controls. President Roosevelt announced $43 million for relief as the Red Cross reported $804,000 raised toward a $3 million fund. Hagood may regain command of the eighth corps area. Senate panel pushes a war profits tax plan amid relief politics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Florida
Red Cross
Hagood
Eighth Corps
Senate Munitions Committee
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Steel Center
Wheeling
W. Va
Mississippi
Minnesota
North Mankato
WPA
Missouri River
Omaha
Duce's Planes Attack Jijiga On Ogaden Front
Italian planes bombed Jijiga the strategic Ogaden city on the southern front for a second day in a row. The Sunday air raid left many dead and described a Finnish Red Cross hospital in Jijiga destroyed with one patient killed and six wounded. Daggah Bur, 100 miles southeast, was also bombed last Saturday as officials fear a broader offensive.
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Addis Ababa
Jijiga
Harar
Ethiopia
Red Cross
Daggah Bur
Ogaden Front
Relieve Two Japanese Officers of Command
Lieut. Gen. Toranosuke Hashimoto and Lieut. Gen. Takeo Hori were relieved of their commands and placed on the waiting list amid sweeping post February rebellion reassignments in the Japanese army.
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Tokyo
Toranosuke Hashimoto
Takeo Hori
Daveys Son Escapes Blaze Near Ohio State University
Martin L. Davey Jr., 18, son of Ohio Governor, leaped from a third floor window to a connecting roof to escape a fire that swept a student rooming house near the Ohio State University campus.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey, Jr
Ohio
Ohio State University
More Jurors Sought In Vera Stretz Trial
New York judges recessed the Vera Stretz murder trial after juror John A. Croft was seated as juror four. The panel of 100 handpicked salesmen had been reduced to about fifteen, prompting additions to the jury pool.
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New York
Vera Stretz
Fritz Gebhardt
John A. Croft
Weary Officials Identify Youth From St Charles School
St Charles Illinois police say William Webster twenty was arrested after stealing two cars. Officials admit he had broken out of the institution seven times in the last four years most recently a week ago.
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ST. Charles
Ill
Chicago
St. Charles School
William Webster
William
Roosevelt Accepts Rollins College Honor with Broad Appeal
President Roosevelt received an honorary doctor of literature from Rollins College in Winter Park Florida. He urged citizens to be good neighbors and think of the country as a whole. He said education progress often faces bitter opposition and that much business and commerce activity is driven by group interests.
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Winter Park
Fla
Roosevelt
Rollins College
Riots Across Mexico Leave 27 Dead
Reports from multiple provinces say at least 27 people were killed as rural discontent flared into violence. In Durango Canacatlan town officials repelled a rebel attack, with a sergeant and two soldiers wounded while federal reinforcements and police battled dispersed clashes. The war department has repeatedly stated there is no military problem.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Canacatlan
Durango
Canacatian
War Department
Marietta Officials Hunt 3 Escaped Prisoners
Marietta officials search for three inmates who escaped Sunday from Washington County Jail by picking a window lock. The escapees are William Jefferson 28 a paroled Mansfield Reformatory inmate charged with burglary and larceny, Franklin Miller 20, and Eugene Congleton 15 awaiting transfer to the reformatory for 1 to 15 year terms for similar offenses.
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Marietta
Washington County
William Jefferson
Mansfield Reformatory
Franklin Miller
Eugene Congleton
Reformatory
Kentuckian to be hanged for murder of federal agent
George W. Barrett a 55 year old Kentucky feudist faces execution in the Marion County Jail yard Indianapolis between midnight and dawn Tuesday for the Aug 16 murder of Nelson B. Klein a United States Department of Justice agent. It is the first federal execution under a new law making the murder of a government agent a federal offense.
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Indianapolis
George W. Barrett
Kentucky
Marion County
Nelson B. Klein
U. S. Department of Justice
Seaplane Mercy Mission Near Cuban Coast
A seaplane with four coast guardsmen aboard rode rough seas near the steamer Tillie Lykes off the Cuban coast awaiting smoother water to complete a mission of mercy or return to its Miami base. The aerial ambulance Arcturus was sent to the Tillie Lykes on Sunday in response to a radio message saying a daughter of a medical officer aboard is dangerously ill. The girl's name was not given.
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Miami
Fla
Coast
Baron Rathdown Dies. West Texas Pioneer Leader
Baron Rathdown the eighth Viscount Godfrey John Boyle Chetwynd, who played a leading role in developing this area of west Texas, died Sunday in San Angelo Texas.
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San Angelo
Tex
River Crest Flood Recedes in Ohio Valley After Crest
Spring freshets from West Virginia and Kentucky push flood waters down the Ohio River valley while the upper valley recovers from historic floods. Floods injure hundreds of homes, leave 100+ dead, and spur relief efforts as towns like East Liverpool and Marietta resume operations and plan recovery.
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West Virginia
Kentucky Hills
Ohio River
East Liverpool
Marietta
Ohio
Martins Ferry
New Martinsville
W. Va
Huntington
Portsmouth
America
Red Cross
Postponement of Job Insurance Bill Asked
A joint committee of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and Ohio Manufacturers Association said 82 industrial, commercial and agricultural groups have signed a petition urging the legislature to delay unemployment insurance legislation until 1937. Signers include the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and others.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Manufacturers’ Association
The
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Insurance Federation of Ohio
Ohio Coal Conference
Ohio State Grange
Ohio Milk Distributors’ Association
G Men Publish Critique Of Third Degree Tactics
Washington report notes a publication of the G men denouncing third degree torture as barbarity. FBI special agent BE J Chayfita writes in The Investigator that forced confessions reveal failure and a bungling, bullying approach by crime investigators.
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Washington
G-men
BE. J. Chayfita
Federal Bureau of Investigation
F.B.I
General Parker Ordered to Command Eighth Corps Area
Major General Frank Parker who leads the First Infantry Division at Fort Hamilton New York was directed to assume command of the Eighth Corps Area shifting from Major General Johnson Hagood who has been relieved from command.
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Washington
Frank Parker
Fort Hamilton
N. Y
Eighth Corps
Johnson Hagood
Ask Estimate Of Losses In Flooded Cities
An appeal to flood ravaged Ohio watershed cities asks for loss estimates to fuel a flood control campaign. State Senator William B. Rodgers of the Tri-State Authority forecasts losses around 225 million dollars, with Pittsburgh area business potentially losing about one thousand dollars per minute. The plan calls for 13 reservoirs across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky, with a Grafton West Virginia site under construction.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
William B. Rodgers
Tri-State
Rodgers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Grafton
W. Va
Fe.fe. Morse
Portsmouth
Townsend Backs Borah In Presidential Drive
Washington observers weigh Townsend endorsement of Dr F E Townsend old age pension leader as support for Senator Borah Republican hoped to shift momentum. Fletcher accuses the Roosevelt New Deal of deepening the national mood and worsening conditions.
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Washington
F. E. Townsend
Borah
Townsend
Senator Borah
R-Ida
Henry P. Fletcher
Roosevelt
Wheat Dust Damage Reported Across Six States
Southwestern farmers struggled with a heavy dust impact described as the worst of the year. The haze affected six states, with reports from California New Mexico Kansas Oklahoma Texas and Nebraska as winds subsided.
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Dodge City
Kas
California
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Middleport Water Supply Error Corrected
President Downing of the Middleport Water Company denied Sunday reports that the water supply was cut off. He said there has been no trouble whatsoever including no broken lines.
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Middleport
Downing
Middleport Water Company
Nation Battles Flood After Ohio Crest Hits Mississippi Line
Flood devastation spreads from Ohio to the Mississippi as more than 425000 people are homeless and damage tops 500 million dollars. National Guard patrols Hartford to deter looting while Red Cross and WPA aid 110100 in western Pennsylvania and relief efforts surge nationwide.
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Ohio
Mississippi
National
Hartford
Connecticut
New England
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Conn
National Guard
Connecticut River
Red Cross
WPA
Homes of Friends
Saco River
Maine
Finger Lakes
New York
Lowell
Lawrence
Springfield
Northampton
Mass
Haverhill
Wilkes-Barre
Susquehanna
Milton
Nescopeck
Philadelphia
Berwick
Speedier justice in Oklahoma City jury room
Peace Justice Everett Crismore replaced soft chairs with hard ones to cut verdict times. Removing all chairs reduced times to 10 to 90 minutes, then he nailed the window shut. James Bowned only five to 25 minutes.
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Oklahoma City
Everett Crismore
James Bow
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