Move Toward Peace and Europe Pact News
Western Newspaper Union reports a shift toward European peace through a Britain Italy pact designed to ease tensions and avoid a Berlin Rome axis. The agreement splits Mediterranean influence, requires Libya force limits, and opens Suez to all. It signals broader hopes for France Britain and possibly Poland joining a four power balance.
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Chamberlain
Europe
Lord Perth
Rome
Ciano
France
Mussolini
Bannet
Hitler
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Italy
Libya
Suez Canal
International
Spain
Balearic Islands
Spanish Morocco
Berlin
Daladier
Bonnet
London
Paris
Britain
Poland
Senator Vandenberg Heads Bipartisan New Deal Battle
Congress moves to approve President Roosevelts pump priming plan totaling nearly seven billion dollars. Of this, 474 billions aimed at rapid relief and revival from the depression. House Appropriations Committee opens hearings as leaders push omnibus legislation to adjourn by May 14. Sam Rayburn says broad agreement on fast passage and blocks earmark efforts.
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John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Hamilton
New Deal
Vandenberg
Congress
Works Progress Administration
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Reconstruction Corporation
Roosevelt
United States Housing Authority
Federal Reserve Board
Security Commission
President
Sam Rayburn
Washington
Ture
Peone
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jess
Jaive
Condress
Townsend Pardoned by Roosevelt on Contempt Charge
Dr. Townsend arrived at the Washington jail to serve a thirty day term for contempt of Congress. The pardon came at the urging of Representative C. Jasper Bell, chairman of the investigating committee Townsend refused to testify before. The pardon modifies ongoing contempt proceedings and frames the case as a political issue.
Rail unions reject wage cuts as railways seek relief
Congress and federal agencies weighed options to save failing railways. Association of American Railroads led by John J. Pelley and Railway Labor Executives association led by George M. Harrison met without agreement. Harrison denounced wage cuts as impossible and mocked management threats to use mediation. He accused managers of trying to reduce workers purchasing power while Roosevelt injects 4 percent billion dollars to boost demand.
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WWE Congress
Association of American Railroads
John J. Pelley
Railway Labor
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Harrison
Roosevelt
Benes Grants Easter Amnesty Amid Europe Tensions
Czechoslovakia leader Benes announced an Easter amnesty for about 4000 political offenders, mostly German and minority agitators, excluding Sudeten Germans who fled abroad. He urged readiness to meet Europe’s troubled state and to cooperate with neighbors while denying Czechoslovakia’s shift toward communism.
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Benes
Czecho-slovakia
Central Europe
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Mexican strongman Cedillo menace reshapes power balance
Gen Cedillo and Mexico’s Cedillo faction face dissident strength as Senor Mesito gains followings across provinces. The piece notes past truces, a 10,000-strong private army, and ongoing tension with President Cardenas amid agrarian reform debates. Also profiles Morris Fishbein, stalwart critic of medical quacks, as a dominant public figure.
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Porfirio Diaz
Cardenas
National Revolutionary Party Committee
Mexico
Senors
Cedillo
Wees Hls
Morris Fishbein
James H. Means
American College of Physicians
Fishbein
Journal
The
American Medical Association
Chicago
America
Hyein
Indiana
Journal of Medicine
Chuse Ie
Anna Mantel
Arabie
MN Consolidated
WNU
Roosevelts Spending Plan Sparks Washington Doubt
A Washington columnist laments the uncertain path of New Deal policy. He reviews Roosevelt’s $3.012 billion spending push, potential inflation risks, and resistance in Congress. He notes ad buyers’ caution and rumors of a rift with Garner, stressing unresolved questions about how pump priming will renew prosperity.
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Congress
Lana Nator
Roosavelt
Garner
Tostid
Crener
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Dave Beck
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New York
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