Louis defeats Schmeling in historic KO fight at Yankee Stadium
In the fastest heavyweight title bout, Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, knocks out Max Schmeling in one round at Yankee Stadium. Louis earns 40 percent of the gate with Schmeling receiving 20 percent. The crowd of eighty thousand witnessed the epochal bout.
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Detroit
Max Schmeling
Germany
Yankee Stadium
New York
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Officials urge business to back recovery drive in nationwide broadcast
Henry A. Wallace, Harry L. Hopkins, Howard A. Gray, Nathan Straus, and John J. Kingman urged business to cooperate with the administration in a broad recovery program. Hopkins said WPA projects would create indirect full-time jobs for 250,000 workers plus relief positions, while Gray projected $1,000,000,000 in orders for public works. Straus emphasized slum clearance and low-cost housing as a path to employment and better homes.
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Henry A. Wallace
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
PWA
Howard A. Gray
United States Housing
Nathan Straus
John J. Kingman
United States Army Engineers
Hopkins
Wallace
Gray
Ickes
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German Spies Indicted After Long Federal Probe
A New York federal grand jury indicted 18 individuals as spies for Germany after five months of investigation. Defendants include four in the United States who will be tried here, while others including three German officers are abroad. The charges allege efforts to obtain information concerning national defense.
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Europe
Lloyd K. Garrison
University of Wisconsin Law School
Robert Wait
American Federation of Labor
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
Henry I. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
William H. Davia
The
New York Labor Mediation Board
Anna M. Rosenberg
Social Security
New York
Charles R. Hook
American Rolling Mills Company
Marion Dickerman
Japanese Bomb Swatow and Goebbels Speaks on Jews
Japanese planes raid Swatow destroying the power plant and railroad station as the US gunboat Asheville guards 69 Americans. A Japanese spokesman in Shanghai vows to keep fighting until Chiang Kai shek is overthrown. Goebbels attacks Jews, urging elimination from business and promising legal measures to curb their shops.
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Canton
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Asheville
Consular
Hankow
Shanghai
Japan
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
Yangtze River
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Keep Out of Politics Senator Morris Sheppard Warns Agencies
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas chairs the senate campaign expenditures investigating committee and orders all government agencies to abstain from political campaigns. The panel vows vigorous, impartial probes and will prosecute suspected improper conduct. A broad warning targets senatorial candidates, their aides, and allies alike.
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Farm Champions on the Air on Firestone series
The Voice of the Farm features 26 programs with farm champions from crop farming and stock raising. Everett Mitchell interviews each winner, detailing their rise to top rating in their operation. Named champions include Schroe der, To lan, Neal, Fisher, Mathers, Chadwick, Pirani, Heilman, Stiefboldt and others.
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Champion Farmers of America
Firestone
Everett Mitchell
National
Farm and Home Hour
Albert Schroe
Der
Sarah-Ann
John Tolan
Darwin Neal
Paul Fisher
L. E. Mathers
Harry L. Chadwick
Adolph Pirani
Ralph L. Heilman
Paul Stiefboldt
Firestone Voice OF
Wise and Otherwise Paradox Calls for Honest Habits
A collection of quips suggests no doubt a tailor who asked cash in advance may have taken mags from a customer. A doctor warns small worries can rob sleep while a child grows up. A girl with fire and a man with a wall at the door reveal social ironies about honesty and consequences.
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Buddy
Buckingham Fountain Gift From Miss Kate Buckingham
The Buckingham Memorial fountain in Chicago, donated by the late Miss Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother Clarence, a former Art Institute benefactor, cost 1 million dollars. Set in a 600 foot square garden with three basins and four minor pools, it pumps about 5500 gallons per minute and features a column rising 75 feet, illuminated at night in five colors.
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Kate Buckingham
Chicago
Clarence
Art Institute of Chicago
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