Mussolini vows unyielding drive as Ethiopia crisis looms
Mussolini displays 15 000 Black Shirt volunteers atop a cannon and declares Italy will press a government and people to wage war unless Haile Selassie submits. Europe watches as Italy moves to seize Ethiopia after the rainy season ends in September.
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Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Il Duce
William Perry George
Addis Ababa
State Department
Seventh Day Adventist
United Presbyterian Missions
George
Italy
Hull
United States
Scheveningen
Yalual
Mussolini
Cairo
Near East
France
England
Second Republican grass roots convention gathers six states
Cleveland hosts a second Republican grass roots convention with Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee. George H. Bender declares the aim to revitalize the party as resolutions denounce the New Deal and defend constitutional government.
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Leveland
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
George H. Bender
Springfield
New York relief study urges lower pay for workers
A committee report on New York City relief administration calls for paying workers less than private industry, prosecuting alleged $24 million a year “chiselers and parasites,” and stopping “carpetbagging” by out of town executives. It cites a typical single-person allowance of $7.30 weekly, up to $19.50 for a nine-person family, with 1,400,000 people on relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ldermanic
Relief Administration
New York City
Committee of Americans advocates federal sales tax
Charles H. Sabin Jr forms the Committee of Americans to press for a federal sales tax and abolition of nuisance taxes. He aims to present a petition with a million names to the President and Congress. He says wealthy families support the committee but denies it is a wealth lobby against the tax wealth program.
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PRR
Committee of Americans
Charles H. Sabin, Jr
Crusaders
Rockefeller Reaches Ninety-Six Quietly at Lakewood Estate
John D. Rockefeller celebrated his ninety sixth birthday with no public observance at his New Jersey estate near Lakewood. His physician said he is in better health than in the past three years and spent the day with nearby relatives.
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Rockefeller
Lakewood
N. J
Heloise
Margaret Jordan
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Johnson takes helm of federal works relief in New York
Hugh Johnson assumed the post as federal works relief administrator for New York City. His secretary Robbie kept reporters at bay for a day before letting them in. Johnson lamented that the program is failing to help people and warned that jobs would vanish when funds run out.
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Hugh Johnson
Federal Works Relief
New York City
Robbie
Power Trust
Roosevelt
Rye and wheat aid program outlined by AAA in 1935
Secretary Wallace announced an adjustment program for the 1935 rye crop with undisclosed benefit payments. Representatives from 16 rye states met in Washington to discuss operations and a tentative flexible plan for wheat grower payments received farmer approval.
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Ecretary OF Agriculture
Wallace
AAA
Washington
Inland sea disaster claims 104 lives on Midori Maru collision
The Midori Maru steamer carrying holiday passengers collided with a freighter in fog, sinking quickly. Rescue boats saved 91 of 166 passengers and 56 crew members. All victims were Japanese.
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Tapan
War talk and public safety weave through Brisbane feature
Bris bane weekly outlines a mix of headlines from LaGuardia’s bid to curb crime with federal help to Italy’s Abyssinia ties and immigrant shifts. It notes need for strong police, possible G men, a statue worthy cleanup effort, a tragic Irish-American romance, and bluebird nest protection at Fort George Wright.
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New York
LaGuardia
Washington
Hercules
Fort George Wright
Maj. George S. Clark
Prayer and policy on Africa war funding in August issue
A church article argues against U S military intervention in Africa alongside Italy and praises Roosevelt's four thousand million dollar relief plan as a means to boost national capital. It questions British credit conditions and notes that the United States borrows at high rates, increasing taxes.
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Africa
Ethiopia
Italy
United States
Roosevelt
London
Reformers Fight Women on Bar Stools in Saloon Debate
Reformers argue women should not sit on high stools or drink at the bar while saloonkeepers cheer the stance. The controversy centers on decorum, dress, and drink orders as perceived moral decline in the saloon scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Cotton area survey cites AAA impact on sharecroppers
The Methodist Federation for Social Service reports that the AAA program reducing cotton crops worsens conditions for sharecroppers while benefiting landowners. The remark concludes noting one cannot please everybody as King Futures Syndicate references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Federation For Social Service
AAA
H King Fostures Syndicate
National Youth Administration outlined to aid 16 to 25 year olds
The article details the new National Youth administration with a $50 million budget led by Josephine Roche and Aubrey Williams. It aims to provide work relief, training, and schooling options for youths sixteen to twenty five not in school or employed, including programs to support high school and college students and a pathway to government service.
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Carter Glass
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles-Currie
Federal Reserve System
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Glass
Reserve Board
Reserve Banks
Ashington
CCC
New National Youth Administration
Treasury
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Aubrey Williams
Harry Hopkins
FERA
Miss Roche
National Youth Administration
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Maine
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Rankin
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Oregon
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Chicago
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Wisconsin
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Atwater, Minn
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Hiram Bingham
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