Walker Returns Home to Tumultuous Welcome at New York Docks
James J. Walker returns aboard the S. S. Manhattan to a rousing crowd at the New York docks. The former mayor, accompanied by his wife Betty Compton, expresses a wish to be a private citizen while plans to resume private law practice emerge. He avoids comment on Seabury probe.
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Hill Approves 7 More WPA Projects
Des Moines AP report says L S Hill WPA administrator approved $87,276 for seven town projects creating 484 jobs. Projects span five counties including Clinton Davis Guthrie Wright and Polk.
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Germany Will Not Supply Italy War Materials
International news notes Germany maintains neutrality and refuses to supply wartime materials to Italy. Berlin signals no move to join aggression while disputing British remarks, with officials stressing Germany will avoid entanglement and uphold a cautious stance amid European tensions.
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Germany
Italy
Crash in Iowa leaves one dead two injured
A vehicle crash in Iowa left one person dead and two others hurt. The accident investigation was underway as responders secured the scene and transported victims to area hospitals. All names and exact ages were not released pending further details.
Italian Supply Train Massacred in Danakil Campaign
An early morning assault near Danakil decimates aItalian supply column despite machine gun use. Assailants reportedly take no prisoners and threaten further operations from Makale toward Magdala and Dessye, with Italian diversions failing to deter Ethiopian resistance.
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Danakul
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Assab
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Makale
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Magdala
Ethiopian Highlands
Aegdis Ababa
Harar
Agas Voabo Duce
Addis Apaba
Dole
Tyrol
Danasis
Emperor Haile
Former Wife Claims Body Of Fernekes
The body of Henry J. Midget Fernekes, kept unclaimed at the county morgue since Tuesday, was claimed Thursday by his former wife Jennie C Hausner. The bank robber and killer, who escaped the Joliet penitentiary last August, died by his own hand in a detective bureau cell. his body was removed for cremation per instruction from Mrs Hausner.
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Chicago
Henry J
Fernekes
Jennie C Hausner
Joliot Penitentiary
Detective Bureau
George R. Melchin
North Side
AAA Ready for Adverse Ruling Amid Tax Substitutes Studied
The article notes the AAA considering alternatives to processing taxes including a general sales tax, a manufacturers excise on agricultural goods, and higher income taxes. A $500 million annual foreign loan option and export bounty proposals are discussed, though opposition to substitutes may exceed that to processing taxes. Secretary Wallace and Chester Davis condemn export bounties, and Wallace says he has yet to confer with the committee.
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AAA
Wallace
Chester C Davis
Italy Strikes Back at French Boycott
Italy rejects renewing a reciprocal tariff agreement with France, announcing it will impose full duties on French wines entering Italy starting at midnight. Border freight moves show Italy rushing needed goods toward the frontier as tensions rise over an anticipated League of Nations boycott.
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Weaf
Smuad
Pampean Chancedleries
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Ivage Saectuons
Reich
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Prince
Bevais
League of Nations
Reese
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Winston Courthill
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Italy
Paris
France
Chinese munitions dump blast kills two thousand
Shanghai dispatches report a massive explosion at a munitions dump in Lanchow Kansu province killing about two thousand people. The blast halted transportation and caused widespread disruption across the region.
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Shanghai
Lanchow
Kansu
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