French Foreign Minister Demands German Clarity on War Risk
SERRE ETIENNE FLANDIN, French foreign minister, at Vezelay, urged Hitler to show concrete proof of no aggression in central and western Europe or France will halt negotiations and prepare for war. He warned of Germany’s resumption of expansion and pledged France will stand with its allies against Nazi moves. The report notes German propaganda in several regions and questions on Memel, Danzig, and colonial ambitions.
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Flandin
Germany
Serre-Etienne Flandin
Vezelay
Adolf Hitler
Europe
France
Saar
Locarno
Fuehrer
Danzig
Lithuania
Memel
Hitler
Austria
Danish
Schleswig
Polish
Silesia
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Reich
Hitler Wins German Election by Wide Margin
The Reichstag votes show 44,389,140 supporting Hitler and 542,808 opposing. Crown Prince Ruprecht of Bavaria and wife were among the few to abstain as Nazi gains spark Berlin celebrations and debate on Europe’s future.
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Ermany
Hitler
Ruprecht
Bavaria
Berlin
Reich
Fuehrer
Europe
Reichstag
von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Graf Zeppelin
Saar
Rhineland
New Processing Taxes Split From Revenue Bill Proposals
Roosevelt proposed windfall and partial reform taxes for corporations and farm products. subcommittee omits major processing tax from the bill and adopts different corporate levy rules. Half a million farmers may gain double benefits through soil conservation subsidies and rehab loans, linking to Tugwell’s program.
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Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
Exford G. Tugwell
Rural Resettlement Administration
Tugwell
AAA
AFL peace pact settles building trades department fight
An accord within the American Federation of Labor ends a long dispute over control of the building trades department. It provides for an impartial referee to resolve work-division conflicts, and names J. W. Williams of the carpenters as head of the reorganization department with M. J. McDonough of the plasterers as secretary-treasurer. Both had led rival factions and claimed the presidency of the department.
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American Federation of Labor
Building Trades Department
J. W. Williams
The
Carpenters
M. J. McDonough
Plasterers
House Passes Bill to Extend Electric Home and Farm Authority
The House approved the Senate bill to continue the Electric Home and Farm authority as a federal agency until February 1, 1937, or sooner ordered by the President. The agency was created to aid financing for sales of electrical appliances.
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Senate
Senate Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
Perkins
Congress
House
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Reynolds
Electric Home and Farm Authority
Lloyd George and Sloan News in Brisbane Weekly
Lloyd George urges restraint over Britain France war risk and warns against sending troops to German soil while noting a USA Britain conference. Alfred P. Sloan Jr reports GM last year sales of 1.156 billion dollars with wages exceeding 323 million, amid a strong auto market.
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Lloyd George
Cosmos
Sloan
England
Clemenceau
France
Britain
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Narrow Escape in Boiler Dives Leads to Rescue
Alex nearly drowned when a boiler filled with water as his boss returned to the site. He fought the rising flood with hammer and chisel to loosen rivets, then screamed and fainted before being dragged out by his boss. He survived but bears lasting nightmares.
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Alex Mackail
Port Chester
N. Y
Adventurers’ Club
Alex
Scotland
Glasgow
Clydebank Public School
Diamond Dick
Friday the Thirteenth Superstitions Across Cultures and Figures
A survey of beliefs about Friday the thirteenth discusses the superstition’s origins from the Last Supper to Loki, notes on European and Asian traditions, and mentions famous ties such as Louis XIII, Nansen, Wagner, and custom bride gifts reflecting 13 in various cultures.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Judas Iscariot
Valhalla
Loki
Paris
Ners
Louis XIII
France
Nansen
Richard Wagner
Halley's Comet Returns in 1986 After 76-Year Cycle
The appearance of Halley's comet is noted as a periodic visitor with a cycle of about 76 years. It was visible in April 1910 for the twenty ninth time since 240 B C and is expected to reappear in 1986.
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Farmer-Labor Party
St. Paul
Minn
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Olson
Senate
London
England
Hiram Johnson
California
Great Britain
United States
B. C
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Western Newspaper Union
M. Flandin
Russia
Manchukuo
Assolini
Ethiopia
Harar
Addis Abata
Red Cross
Jijiga
Addis Ababa
Japan
Soviet
Hough Koki Hirota
Eiji Amau
Tokyo
Manchukuan
Aman
Hirota
K. K. Yurenev
Eiji Aman
Fhatthe
Farmer-Laborites
Everal
House Judiciary Committee
R. G. Tugwell
A. F
Brisbane
Ophiuchus
Mussolini
Rheims
Louvain
Notre Dame
Madeleine
Sainte Chapelle
Lisbon
Pittsburgh
Wall Street
Utah
King Features Syndicate
Ing
WNN
Adventrers
Floyd Gibbons
Grim Reaper
WNU
Nat Jonah
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