Nye Munitions Bill Aims to Drain War Profits and Draft Industry
Senator Gerald P Nye's committee proposed a sweeping wartime bill to fix prices, license industry, seize corporate profits above 6 percent, and tax heavily up to 94 percent for high incomes. It would authorize President power to control raw materials and impose industrial conscription, while the House panel offered a milder measure without tax features. News notes also discuss Mussolini skeptical of peace efforts and France and Britain drafting flexible plans under the League.
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Austria defies treaty limits with force buildup
Following Hitler's lead Austria decides to disregards the St Ger main pact and to expand its armed forces at once. Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigs communique gives no size for the army or conscription status. The spring parade at the Ringstrasse is revived and troops wear new uniforms. Hungary and Bulgaria are reportedly seeking to widen armies and bring back conscription.
Eden-Moscow talks push European security pact
Capt Anthony Eden met Stalin and Litvinov in Moscow and backed a European collective security system with Britain France and Italy. Germany and Poland welcomed but not required. Pravda warned of Germany building a large army and possible attack on France as Journal de Moscou echoed high risk in arms buildup.
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Poland and Japan shift stance on European crisis
Poland aims to sign bilateral pacts and resist binding alliance with Germany or Russia and will block troop movements through its territory. Japan signals moral support to European powers but rejects a full eastern pact while considering limited demilitarization talks with Russia. Roosevelt warns on discriminatory trade and expands Belgium pact extending concessions to Canada and others. Supreme Court halts two Scottsboro cases yet upholds Texas primaries exclusion. Ethiopian border talks with Italy collapse as League of Nations monitors. Cardin als canonization of More Fisher and More.
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State recovery act questioned by Bloomington judge
County Judge Homer W. Hall at Bloomington ruled the state recovery act unconstitutional and held the national automobile code inoperative as applied to Illinois. He argued the act unlawfully delegated legislative authority, allowing prosecutions only with federal code director approval.
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Agreement averts miners strike extending coal code to June
Donald Richberg chaired talks between bituminous coal operators and the United Mine Workers. They reached a pact extending the prevailing coal code to June 16 and preserving current wages and hours. President Lewis said the union did not yield, though Richberg could have extended by executive order.
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Three Public Enemies Sought by FBI Chief Hoover
Dozens of DOJ investigators hunt for three fugitives named as the nation s worst public enemies. Alvin Karpis 25 a Barker Karpis kidnap and bank robbery ring leader Raymond Hamilton 22 a jailbreaker and killer and Thomas H Robinson Jr 28 who abducted Mrs Alice Speed Stoll a Louisville society matron.
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Augustus Lukeman dies at 64 in New York
Noted sculptor Augustus Lukeman, a leader among American sculptors, dies in New York at age sixty four. He succeeded Borglum on the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial project in Georgia after 1925 and completed carving in 1928. He also served as chief sculptor at the Chicago World's Fair.
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Roosevelt shifts to middle ground amid radical warnings
The piece analyzes Roosevelt’s tactic of appearing conservative on most issues while countering radical pressures from his own brain trust and Republicans. It notes potential third party hopes among some Republicans, the impact of Huey Long and Father Coughlin, and Montana copper interests shaping holding company debates. It also discusses a glut of undisturbed Scotch whisky stock and the tax implications for brands.
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Glimorous night rekindles old romance in garden
The couple, once parted, meet again amid cherry blossoms and wary crowds. She asks him to clip her wings while affirming their unbreakable bond, as they glimpse a future shaped by tenderness and restraint.
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