Mexico Britain sever diplomatic ties over oil expropriation
Mexico recalls Minister Michel and closes the London legation after a costly dispute over expropriated oil properties. Britain orders OMalley and staff to depart as tensions rise amid a $85 000 claims dispute and war debt echoes. Labor and deputies rally to Cardenas while Halifax takes up the matter.
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Great Britain
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Primo Villa Michel
London
Legation
Owen St. Clair O’malley
J. Dalton Murray
Cardenas
Britain
Eduardo Hay
O’malley
Michel
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Viscount Halifax
Geneva
Europe
Hull
Hanes Named to Treasury Post in Roosevelt Push
President Roosevelt nominated John W. Hanes to be assistant secretary of the treasury after a short tenure on the SEC. Hanes may take the role after the New York Stock Exchange reorganization, potentially succeeding Roswell Magill as under secretary by year’s end. Magill remains on leave from Columbia University and hopes to return to his former post.
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Treasury
Wall Street
SEC
C. D. Barney & Co
Woman Ambassador Likely as U S Eyes Moscow Post
Mrs Charles C Broy a Texan by birth widow of Representative Thomas A Sisson is under consideration for American ambassador to Soviet Russia. If appointed she would be the first American woman to hold the ambassadorship with backing from key congressional committees and many senators.
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United States
Moscow
Charles C. Broy
Soviet Russia
Joseph E. Davies
Belgium
Bray
Thomas A. Sisson
Mississippi
Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs Committees
Congress
Hull
Key Pittman
Supreme Court orders circuit court to show cause in Republic Steel case
Supreme Court directs the Philadelphia circuit court to justify orders against the national labor relations board in the Republic Steel case. The circuit court blocked the board from withdrawing the case to allow further proceedings and halted additional actions pending transcript certification. In a separate ruling the court holds that striking workers do not sever their employee relationship.
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United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
National Labor Relations Board
Republic Steel Company
Circuit Court
Labor Board
Steel Company
Republic
Supreme Court
Three Billion Dollar Relief Bill Passes House Vote
The House approved a 3 billion 154 million dollar relief bill by a 328 to 70 vote sending it to the Senate. A motion to return it to committee for state administered relief was defeated. Provisions include 2.519 billion direct appropriations and 635 million additional authorizations with farm bloc amendments expanding eligibility for relief and fertilizer aid.
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House of Representatives
Senate
WPA
Slattery Named as West's Replacement in Interior
President Roosevelt accepted Charles West's resignation as undersecretary of the interior and named Harry Slattery of North Carolina to the post. The move ends a prolonged feud with Ickes who had dismissed most of West's assistants and handed the office to Ebert Burlew. Earley said the President was seeking another post for West.
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Slattery
West
Charles’ West
Roosevelt
Harry Slattery
North Carolina
Ickes
Ebert K. Burlew
White House
Steve Early
Hungary names Bela Imredi premier to curb Nazi influence
Bela Imredi takes Hungary's helm after Daranyi resignation and backs two anti radicalization bills. He signals unchanged foreign policy and unveils a five point plan for social and economic reconstruction while promising tough action on public disorder and tighter assembly rights. He aims to enforce an anti Jewish bill if approved.
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Hungary
Bela Imredi
Daranyi
Duranyi
House of Deputies
Imredi
League Censures Japan D and Britain After Geneva Debate
W K Wellington Koo, China delegate, praised by Georges Bonnet as China earns moral support. The League of Nations adopted a resolution condemning Japan over China and urged direct aid. Russia's Sourtiz lamented the resolution not stronger while Chile quits to avoid European entanglements. Venezuela and others hint at similar moves. Switzerland withdraws from Article XVI economic pressure.
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League
Japan
W. K. Wellington Koo
League of Nations
Geneva
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
del Mayo
Spain
China
Georges Bonnet
Viscount Halifax
Bonnet
Russia
Jacob Souritz
Chile
Venezuela
Switzerland
The Clay Mask unfolds a tense moral thriller
Merrick suspects his wife Nora of infidelity as he drives home late from work to Speedwell's. Flashing color in her cheeks and memories of Mills at the country club dinner raise doubts. His thoughts whirl with dozen possible affairs while he contemplates the possibility that Nora has betrayed him.
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Merrick
Speedwell’s
Nora
Young Mills
Minette
Clay Mask Surprise Triggers Tense Home Return
Merrick Merrick arrives home early after a frenzied day and finds Nora awaiting him with a clay mask. The scene reveals simmering tensions as he confronts the moment in her private room and she muses on beauty and indifference.
Safety First Driving Tips from the 1930s Guidance
A safety note emphasizes watching rear traffic before returning to a lane, avoiding distraction, and driving at speeds suited to road and traffic. It warns dirt on lenses reduces headlight output and urges regular breaks on long trips. It notes human reaction times and warns even with modern aids, driver skill remains key.
A Happy Home Happy Shelter For A Friend
A compact reflection on hospitality citing Emerson as the source of a saying about sheltering a friend. The piece likens a welcoming home to a festal bower built to entertain a guest for a single day.
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Emerson
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