Labor Triumph in France and Texas Centennial
France sees a general strike settle with Leon Blum as premier endorsing five wage and rights goals while Texas opens a 25 million centennial exposition in Dallas with President Roosevelt attending. The period also notes the death of Speaker Byrns and legislative action on tax measures and federal appointments.
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Elue
France
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Blum
People's Front
Texas
EXAS
Dallas
Roosevelt
Texas Hall of State
United States
Exposition Farm Center
National History Museum
Byrns
Joseph Wellington Byrns
House of Representatives
Tennessee
May- Hower Hotel
Washington
Burns
Appropriations
Buyns
Aad
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Joseph @. Robinson
Aransas
White House
Senate
Chester Davis
Reserve Board
Asrcuururp
Federal Reserve Board
Chester C. Davis
AAA
Davis
Grinnell College
Montana Farmer
Howard R. Nolley
Tolley
United States Supreme
Europe
Filene
Business Advisory Council
Federal Trade Commission
Council
Lincoln Milene
Boston
Thomas Held Responsible for British Budget Leak
Thomas, once British colonial secretary, was found responsible by a special tribunal for leaking budget secrets that benefited friends through insurance against tax raids. He called the verdict cruel and insisted his conscience was clear, denying any disclosures.
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Thomas
J . Thomas
House of Commons
the Tribune
Roman Triumph for Pietro Badoglio in Eternal City
Marshal Badoglio returned to Rome in a triumphal entry as viceroy for the reconstituted Ethiopian region. Sixty thousand Romans greeted him while Mussolini watched from the backdrop. In London Emperor Haile Selassie arrived to a mixed reception with displays of Ethiopian flags and diverse crowds. Clara Dutton Noyes of the Red Cross died in Washington after a car incident. Gyrus Hall McCormick, son of the farm implement pioneer, died in Lake Forest at 77.
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Marshal Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio
Ethiopia
Etennal
Mussolini
Qt Duce
Badog
Selassie
Harvey
Anthony Eden
Red Cross
Clara Dutton Noyes
Clara Dutton Noyds
Lake Forest
Political conventions and public spectacle in 1930s America
The piece satirizes party conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia with cheeky flair, lampooning delegates, speakers, and theater-like atmosphere. It weaves in bits about Liberty League, Al Smith, and antiwar humane issues while critiquing intolerance and political theater with sharp wit. The column closes with opinions on science and animal experimentation.
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Ollywood
Calif
Cleveland
Dervighes
Gookus
Zookus
Philadelphia
Cradle of Liberty
Liberty League
du Pont
Church of 88
Midas and
Croesus
al Smith
Wen
Whittier and the march toward modern civilization
A reflective piece recalling Whittier and Thoreau, contrasting past times of religious prejudice with present religious tolerance and expanding education. It notes early 19th century limits, Westward growth, and the rise of hospitals, schools, and opportunities, urging mutual helpfulness as civilization advances.
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Europe
Whittier
New England
Household Tips and Do It Yourself Cleaning Adages
A collection of practical home hacks and maintenance advice. Tips include making cinnamon toast with bananas, thickening pie fillings with flour coated fruit, squeezing lemon juice with grape juice for a cold drink, using hinges on lattice supports for easy painting access, polishing iron with paraffin, washing mahogany furniture with warm water and soap, freezing fruit juices and ginger ale for iced drinks, removing mildew from leather bags with petroleum ointment, and repurposing old umbrella ribs as plant stakes.
Bedspreads with Delicate Lilac Motif Pattern 1152
Delicate lilac bedspread motifs feature a large floral spray with four smaller sprays for bolsters and scarf ends. Designs use lazy daisy stitches and French knots on cotton or rayon floss in lilac, orchid, or pale yellow. Pattern 1152 includes transfer pattern and motifs. send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft Dept. 82 Highth Ave., New York.
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Needlecraft Dept
Highth Ave
New York
N.Y
Ways of Giving and the Power of Charity
This excerpt contrasts donors by character and method. It likens some to dangerous weapons when pressed for aid, others to beautiful memories of generosity, and divides givers into steady springs and needy pumps, illustrating varied human impulses toward giving. The passage cites Herry Ward Beech er as the author.
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Herry Ward Beecher
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Edward W. Pickard
J. W. Byrna
Doctor’ Tolley
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
Viscount
Monsell
Samuel
Chanse of Commons
Hoare
War Department
Jewell Ag
Munitions Committee
South China
Japan
Canton
Nippon
China
Ching
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
North
Ickes
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Agricultural Department
Forestry Service
Interior Department
Borgh Isaac Hughes
Hughes
Libby Hill Hughes
Tevin S. Gobb
Seattle
Michigan
America
Gelence
Cary Halen
Irvin
Corb G
Wnu Barvica
Blake Sense
Bell Square
Atlantic Seaboard
Emergon, Whittier, Thoreau
West
Doctor Coue
Den
Associated Newspaper
Wal
U Service
Star Blades
Star
Dept. Wiis
Star Blade Division
Johnson Street
Brooklyn
Dickens
England
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