Williamsburg Renaissance Moves On Under Rockefeller Patronage
Historic Williamsburg rises anew as John D. Rockefeller Jr. donates a 10 434 manuscript collection from the British headquarters during the Revolutionary War. The Britische Headquarters Papers enhance Colonial Williamsburg Inc. with vital military history to archivally anchor the living museum.
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Seucentle Press
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg, Inc
Thomas Gage
William Howe
Henry Clinton
New York
Political Fray Shapes GOP Nomination and Georgia Primary
A Chicago Daily News influence clash pits Frank Knox against Borah for Republican favor in Illinois with Borah gaining delegates and influence. Georgia sets a June 3 presidential primary despite Roosevelt support, while Hill's committee drafts a new tax bill and opposition to federal food control. James M Beck dies, Kewn and Yates mourned, and Ethiopia war news shifts to Dessye as Italy seeks peace terms.
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Chicago Daily News
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Henry Horner
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James Hamilton Lewis
Otis Glenn
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Nebraska
Alf Landon
Kansas
State Democratic Executive Committee of
Georgia
New Deal
Will Mann
Eugene Talmadge
Mir. Hoosevelt
Maine
Florida Ship Canal
Congress
United States Chamber of Commerce
Gssolini
Ethiopia
Dessye
Arshal Badogile
Addis Ababa
Africa
Geneva
Italy
Halle Selassie
League of Nations
Cornerstone Laying of Interior Department Building in Washington
The President laid the cornerstone of the Interior department building in Washington using a trowel once owned by George Washington. The 700,000 square foot, five and a half acre structure is the second largest federal office building and should be completed in December at a cost of 12 million dollars, about five million less than the Commerce department building.
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Washington
Jefferson
Monroe
John Marshall
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
George Rogers Clark
Rochambeau
Lafayette
George Mason
George Wythe
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Lees
Williamshurt
Middle Plantations
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Virginia
Maryland
Acadia
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Duke of Gloucester
Prince
Queen Anne
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Nicholson
Nasean
King
Palace
Queen
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Commerce Department
Roosevelt
George Washington
Capitol
Roosevelt seeks $1 billion food control bill
President Roosevelt said the government should concentrate on food control problems and would sign a bill appropriating a billion dollars for that purpose if Congress passes it, provided the measure meets certain conditions.
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Govrnment
Congress
Mutual defense plans considered by Britain France and Belgium
London meeting of general staffs from Great Britain France and Belgium studied defense plans against Germany. A major feature would be a serial bombardment of German industrial centers railways army HQs airfields and sea ports. Britain would rely on its navy and air power to deter aggression.
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France
Belgium
Great Britain
London
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Exiled Mexican Leaders Begin Flight to United States
Former Mexican president Plutarco Elías Calles and three prominent allies were banished by the Cardenas government. Luis Morones, Luis de Leon, and Rafael Melchor Ortega were also removed, sent first to Brownsville and then to California. Calles condemned the state of Mexico as anarchic with alleged communist influence.
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Odden
James M. Beck
Washington
Mr Heck
America
Philadelphia
United States
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Harding
Congress
Richard Yates
Ilinois
Springfield
Yates
Dupois
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Mexico
Mexicas
Callies
Luis Morones
Regional Confederation of Workers and Peasants
Luis de Leon
Interior
Interior and Agriculture
Rafael Melchor Ortega
Guanajuato
Cardenas
Mexico City
Brownsville
Texas
California
Calles
Callea
Spanish Parliament Ousts Zamora as President
In Madrid the parliament voted 238 to 6 to remove Niceto Alcala Zamora from the presidency of the republic. The action followed a Socialist motion alleging illegal dissolution of parliament and a broader radical appeal that Zamora obstructed republican progress. Diego Martinez Barrio became temporary president until elections.
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Madrid
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Republic
Zamora
Diego Martinez Barrio
Latin Leaders Propose Western Hemisphere Peace League
Three Latin American presidents Alfonso Lopez of Colombia Jorge Ubico of Guatemala and Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic formally accept US invitations to the Inter American peace conference and propose forming a league of American nations to preserve western hemisphere peace.
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League of American Nations
Alfonso Lopes
Colombia
Jorge Obico
Guatemala
Rafael Trujillo
Dominicas Republic
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