Franco-British peace plan sparks uproar in Europe
Premier Laval and British Foreign Secretary Hoare face widespread opposition over a plan to end the Italo Ethiopian war by rewarding Italy with most of Ethiopia and a seaport for Emperor Selassie. Critics from many nations, including Herriot and allies of the League of Nations, warn of dangerous consequences and weakened sanctions on Italy.
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Remier Laval
France
Samuel Hoare
Italy
Ethiopia
Ilade Selassie
League
League Council
Mexico
St. Halle Selassie
League Assembly
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Laval
Henry Ford
Rudolfo Graziani
Addis Ababa
Benes Favored by Masaryk for Czechoslovak Presiden
Thomas Masaryk resigns as president of Czechoslovakia at eighty six and endorses Foreign Minister Eduard Benes as his successor. Masaryk cites Benes as best suited to navigate Nazi, fascist, and communist pressures across Bohemia and Slovakia. In Mexico, Calles returns from exile triggering a political shakeup as Cardenas dismisses key generals and ousts state governors amid leftist labor support.
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Masaryk
Benes
Thomas Masaryk
Republic of
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Eduard Benes
Mazaryk
Calles
Mexico
Lutarco Elias Calles
Iron Man
California
Lazaro Cardenas
Cardenas
Medina Veytin
Valley of Mexico
Joaquin Amaro
National Military School
Japanese Troops Seize Kalgen and Tientsin Seaports
Japanese forces captured Kalgen in Chahar province, seizing railway yards and closing gates, while also taking Tientsin, a key seaport. The gains link Walsan to Peiping and extend control across eastern Inner Mongolia and adjacent areas, strengthening occupation along the great wall frontier.
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North China
Kalgen
Chahar
Ereat Wall
East
Japan
Tanhkn
Thentsin
Wopet
Walsan
Peiping
China
Tangke
Mendieta Resigns Cuba Presidency Amid Government Rift
Carlos Mendieta resigns after a fierce government quarrel over election procedure for a constitutional president. Barnet as secretary of state takes over, reappoints the cabinet, and prepares for the election.
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Carlos Mendieta
Cuba
Arlos Mendieta
Mendieta
Barnet
Egypt Restores 1923 Constitution Amid Cairo Riots
Continuous turmoil in Cairo against British rule leads Premier Nessim Pasha and his cabinet to resign. With Sir Miles Lampson refusing consent, Nessim vows to quit but yields to prevent 1919 style disorders. Britain signs a royal decree restoring constitutional government, though Britain retains control of foreign affairs and military protectorate.
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Egypt
Cairo
Nessim Pasha
Miles Lampson
Great Britain
King Land
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Britain
Farm Bureau Seeks Fiscal Reform at Chicago Convention
At the Chicago convention the American Farm Bureau endorsed reciprocal trade treaties and urged federal fiscal policy changes to raise revenues and cut expenditures for a balance within years. The group supported simplifying the Agricultural Adjustment Act and re-elected Edward A. O’Neal as president, Charles K. B. Hearst as vice president, and renewed all board members.
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Farm
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Canada
United States
Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Alabama
Charles KB. Hearst
President to Seek 100 Million for Social Security Plan
Roosevelt plans to ask Congress for a 100 million dollar initial fund to launch the federal social security program starting January 1. Funds will be distributed to states for pensions for the aged, maternity and child welfare, and aid to the blind. State welfare officials were summoned to Washington to discuss regulations and procedures. Industrial Council struggles to form as delegates clash over government involvement. unions back the plan for shorter hours and industry licensing.
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Big Sam
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Social Security Board
L. Verry
Berry
Twelve Thousand Feet and a Mix of News in Brisbane This Week
A collage of notes and anecdotes from Brisbane This Week covers sensational dating rumors, a fatal domestic shooting, a contest of beauty, and public issues. It mentions Mrs Reisman facing a jury of eleven husbands and one bachelor, Lake Titicaca at 12 000 feet, fish stocking plans, and a beauty contest between Rosemary Audree and Mardee Hoff. The piece also touches on highway deaths versus home accidents, oxygen and salmon crowds, Townsend pension proposals, and the 1936 Republican convention in Cleveland with city contributions. It closes with China Japan tensions, student protests, and stratospheric earth photographs.
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New York
Reisman
National debt, bonus plans loom in 1936 politics
Washington writers warn that immediate cash bonus for World War I veterans and Townsend Old Age pensions would swell the national debt. They note current debt exceeds 30.5 billion, with annual interest around 750 million, and argue new taxes or borrowing would be needed to fund any payment. They assess Roosevelt's political risk, campaign strategy, and party dynamics in the looming 1936 election.
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Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Roosevelt
Administration
Washington
Atlanta
Congress
Treasury
United States Treasury
United Stats
Townsend Plan
President
Troosevelt
Ig Jin
Democratic National Committee
New York
Republican National Committee
Middle West
Ags
Httle
Farley
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Loveland
Kansas City
Ohio City
Jos. Alf Landon
Kansas
Col
Frank Knox
Ralph E. Willams
Oregon
National Committee
Republcans
James A. Reed
A. Reed
Missouri
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mr. Reed
Democratic Party
Senator Lewis
James Hamilton Lewis
Russia
Moscow
Illinois
Lewis
Eduard Herriot
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Irish Free State
England
Porto Rico
American Porta
Fuad
Brisbane
Lake Titicaca
Bolivia
Peru
Sam
Rosemary Audree
Mardee Ilo
Miss Hoff
Mardee Hoffs
Sialmon
Townsend
Inn Peiping
Hergymin
King Features Syndicate
WNU
Arthur Urishane
Washington Digest
National Search
William Bruckart
National Press Blog
Harding
T. Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
General Treasury
Western Newspaper Union
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