Austrian Civil War Rages as Dollfuss Regime Fights Socialists
Amid Austrian government clashes with Socialists, Dollfuss orders arms laid down or face renewed assault. Major Fey leads Vienna operations while Linz and Steyr see heavy fighting and thousands killed or wounded. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy back Austrian opponents, Czech arms smuggling rumors surface, and League of Nations cautions interference.
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Austria
Ines
Ple
Japan
Emil Fey
Ernst von Starhemberg
Dollfuss
Vienna
Linz
Gratz
Steyr
Great
Reichsbridge
Fey
Prince von Starhemberg
Hitler
Workers of Austria
League of Nations
Paris
London
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Gemundt
Pressburg
Danube
Senate convicts MacCracken and Brittin in tampering case
In a senate ruling William P. MacCracken receives a jail term for altering subpoenaed air mail files and L H Brittin of Northwest Airways is jailed. Two co defendants are acquitted. MacCracken had prior $100 fine for misrepresentation in obtaining Gen Westover.
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Senate
William P. MacCracken
L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways
MacCracken
District Supreme Court
Hopkins Orders Deep Cuts at Civil Works Administration
Harry Hopkins obtained a $50,000,000 appropriation for immediate use and paid 3,800,000 CWA workers. He also began large reductions of 50 to 90 percent across projects not on public property, aiming to shrink the CWA workforce by about 10 percent weekly, potentially ending the program by May 1. The nonpublic property order hits malaria control with 29,779 workers and rural sanitation with 82,010, plus 8,571 sealing mine work to curb Ohio Valley water acidity.
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Civil Works Administration
Congress
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
CWA
Public Health Service
Ohio Valley
Hackett Named Director of PWA Housing Division
OL, Horatio B. Hackett of Chicago was appointed director of the housing division of the Public Works administration by Secretary of the Interior [ckes. He succeeds Robert D. Kohn, a New York architect, who has held the position for the last nine months. Hackett, a member of Holabird & Root, is viewed in Washington as a move to accelerate the federal housing program funded with 100 million dollars, which has spent little so far.
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Ickes
Wallace
Dern
Perkins
Roosevelt
Civil Works Administration
CCC
CWA
Horatio B. Hackett
Chicago
Public Works Administration
Secretary of the Interior
Ckes
Robert D. Kohn
New York
Colonel Hackett
Holabird &Root
Washington
Federal Housing Corporation
House of Commons
Warren
Greece Allows Insull to Stay for Health Reasons
Premier Tsaldaris rejects multiple doctors verdicts that Samuel Insull is fit for deportation. He calls forcing travel in Insull's frail state murder and permits the fugitive American to remain in Greece until his health improves. Insull, seventy four, has shrewd advisers in Athens and may resist extradition for a long time.
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Tsaldaris
Greece
Samuel Insull
Ysaldaris
Insull
Athens
Elvin A Traylor Dies After Pneumonia Battle
Elvin A Traylor, prominent Chicago financier and resident of the First National Bank of Chicago, died at his home after a weeks long struggle with pneumonia.
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Elvin. A. Traylor
First National ‘Bank of Chicago
Mr. Traybo
Salto and President Express Hope for Pacific Cooperation
Salto stated that any political or economic questions between the two countries can be amicably resolved in a spirit of friendship. The President echoed the sentiment, pledging devotion to peace in the Pacific and willingness to cooperate with Japan across many endeavors toward shared prosperity.
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Salto
Japan
United States
Family of Nations
Pacific
Pacific Region
Direct election plan moves forward in Senate
ISDEPENDENTS and Insurgents in congress press for a constitutional amendment to abolish electors, direct vote for President and Vice President, and proportional electoral votes by state. Norris resolution approved by the senate judiciary committee with one negative vote from Senator Stephens.
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Congress
George W. Norris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Stephens
Mississippi
Model state recovery law drafts outline penalties and emergency
States would adopt a model recovery law making national codes effective locally. Violations become misdemeanors with 500 dollar daily penalties. unlicensed NRA business faces 500 dollar fines or six months to imprisonment per day. Emergency declared statewide ending June 16, 1935 unless the President proclaims it ended earlier.
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Po Errrors
Theste Enrernor
United States
NRA
Roosevelt Extends Civilian Conservation Corps to 1935
President Roosevelt orders the CCC kept at full strength through March 31, 1935, with two six month enrollment periods totalling 300,000 men. Additional local experienced workers to be added in some states in the eighth and ninth corps areas in the far West. He will request Congress to appropriate 275 to 300 million dollars for the program.
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Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Ninth Corps
Congress
Business groups react to new revenue bill in House
Washington representatives say they are fairly satisfied with the revenue bill presented to the House, noting compromises between the Hill subcommittee and Treasury. Key changes affect depreciation, consolidated returns, and corporate reorganizations. The bill retains depreciation and consolidated returns, imposes a tax on corporate earnings with consolidated returns, and modestly raises upper surtax brackets for earned income.
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Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Hill Subcommittee
Treasury Department
Subcommittee
Roosevelt quotas spark Philippine sugar controversy in Washington
The article discusses U S policy on Philippine sugar quotas and its political reaction. It cites Henry L Stimson's testimony to Congress claiming Philippine production could not exceed 750000 tons, a claim critics say is erroneous. It also covers whisky blending myths, foreign exchange stabilization funds, and gold price speculation affecting international markets.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
Roosevelt
Henry L. Stison
House
Ways and Means
Stimson
Mr. Stimson
Philippine
Louisiana
Islands
Northwest
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Manuel Quezon
Hawaii
Cuba
Henry L. Stimson
Warren
Europe
France
Clinching the diagnosis in a street confrontation
An eminent alienist identifies the robber threatening him, recalling he once saved the thug from a life sentence by proving him crazy. The thug retorts that holding up his benefactor is hardly crazy, underscoring the ironic tension in a Boston Transcript excerpt.
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Boston Transcript
Stray Stories Snippet on Suitor and Father
A brief exchange shows a suitor asking for a daughter’s hand while the father scorns the proposal. The man retorts that the daughter does not wish to marry an idiot, and offers to “take her off your hands.”
Up-To-Date Plans Aimed At Reducing School Football Accidents
The school discusses drafting rules for the year after next to prevent likely injuries in future football games. Officials emphasize proactive safety measures and ongoing preparation to protect players.
Sage Speaks on Marriage Advice From Friends
A wise old man counsels a groom to keep a clean house and be kind, even to animals, but cautions against praising the clever neighbor woman, noting that true success comes from humility and thoughtful conduct.
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London
Procrastination Leads to Unsewn Button Discovery
A quarrel over a coat reveals a missing button and a month old letter mislaid in a plaid coat pocket. The husband recalls taking off the coat to have a button sewn, which remains undone.
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John
Not His Fault in Breath Reading
Dialogue fragment shows a mother and son debating breath and mortality. The mother asks if dying is tied to every breath while the son insists stopping breathing would cause death, illustrating a tense exchange about control and fate.
Poultry Job Talk Highlights Wage Expectation Clash
The exchange quotes a job seeker demanding high wages for no poultry experience while an interviewer notes the difficulty of hard work without knowledge. The dialogue underscores wage expectations versus required expertise in entering the poultry business.
Owl Conundrum Sparks Nighttime Dialogue
An Englishman debates the sound of an owl with an American caller. The exchange asks if the owl is “owling” and playful notes whether the bird makes the noise or simply belongs to the night.
Book Seller Promises Help With Work Joke
A book salesman boasts a title that will do half your work. The reply suggests a quick workaround by faking two.
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