Hitler and Rohm purge shocks Europe in 1934 crisis
The article details Hitler's swift suppression of a Nazi revolt led by Rohm and stormtroopers. It notes Rohm's arrest and execution, Goering’s raids, and the crackdown that weakened leftist Nazis while consolidating Hitler's power. International reactions in Paris London and Vienna are summarized.
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National Socialist Party
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Munich
Hitler
Ernst Roehm
Brown Shirts
Roehm
Boehm
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Prussia
Kurt von Schleicher
Jeinrich Klausener
Catholic Action Party
Franz von Papen
von Papen
von Hindenberg
Saar
Viktor Lutze
Reichswehr
von Hindenburg
Neudeck
East Prussia
Goering
Nazi Party
Engelbert Dollfuss
Austria
Paris
London
Roosevelt Eyes Boston Mayor Carley for Key Post
President Roosevelt plans to appoint Boston Mayor James M Carley to a major post after returning from Hawaii. The Curley patronage flap unsettled officials as Roosevelt weighed cabinet or ambassador roles and postponed a Poland assignment amid shifting favors and political maneuvering.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hawaii
James M. Carley
Boston
Farley
Curley
Navy
Mississippi Valley
Italy
Mussolini
United States
Vatican
Trish Free State
Philippines
Poland
Pattern 9966 frock with cape adds formality and chic flair
A sewing pattern description touts Pattern 9966 for a sleeveless bodice dress with detachable cape, suited for both formal and casual wear. It notes sizes 14 through 48, fabric yardage for size 86, and asks buyers to mail fifteen cents and their name and address to Sewing Circle Pattern Department in New York.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Eighteenth Street
New York
N. Y
Roosevelt visits Cape Haitien during Haiti cruise
R Roosevelt landed at Cape Haitien Haiti and met President Stenio Vincent and officials. At the Union club he spoke partly in French about the planned withdrawal of marines and urged that they be remembered as friends who aided Haiti.Marine detachments have been on duty in Haiti since 1915.
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Curley
Washington
State Department
Boston
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mr. Curley
Jim Farley
Massachusetts
Mr. Roosevelt
AAA
Little Fellows
Roosevelt
R. Roosevelt
Cape Haitien
Haiti
Stenio Vincent
Island Republic
Union Club
Marie Curie Dies at Passy Aged Sixty Six
The world mourns Marie Curie co discoverer of radium who died in Passy France at sixty six from pernicious anemia linked to long exposure to radium and X rays. The Netherlands also mourns Prince Consort Henry who died, husband of Queen Wilhelmina, in 1901 and beloved by the Dutch people.
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Marie Curie
Passy
French Alps
Netherlands
Henry
Wilhelmina
US Canadian friendship highlighted by bridge dedication and mace return
Recent events showcased ties between the United States and Canada. The Roosevelt administration attended the St. Lawrence International Bridge ceremony linking Rooseveltown New York and Cornwall Canada, while the Canadian mace from the 1812 York battle was returned to Ottawa with a ceremony in Toronto.
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United States
Canada
St. Lawrence
Rooseveltown
N. Y
Cornwell
Dern
Roosevelt
Earl of Bessborough
Dominion
Upper Canada
York
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Congress
William D. Leahy
Bureau of Navigation
Ernest H. von Heimburg
Toronto
General Pike
Divine Language Exchange Unearths Global Tongue Clash
A lecturer from London says England teaches English while Miss Cay enne retorts that Almerica pays for fluent speech, highlighting a playful clash over language, travel, and wages in a tongue tied exchange.
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England
London
Miss Cayenne
Almerica
Old Lady and Porter Board Train Riddle
A humorous exchange on a rail platform plays with directions as an old lady asks which platform for the Boston train and the porter offers instructions that invert left and right. The pun hinges on spatial cues and gentlemanly chat.
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Boston
Porter
Nut Shop Confession Turns into A Nickel Bargain
A humorous exchange shows a small boy asking for a nickel’s worth of nuts, choosing any kind but requesting few coconuts, prompting the shopkeeper to query the varieties available and the boy’s picky preference.
Same Thing Wife You Dont Give Me Such Nice Presents
A brief Boston Transcript comic strip exchange shows a quarrel between wife and husband over gifts and the wife’s self-initiated offerings, highlighting domestic humor of the period.
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Boston Transcript
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Salonji
Keisuke Okada
Okada
Koki Hirota
War
Salo
Satonji
J. M. Landis
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Houston
Franklin
John
Rudolph Forster
White House
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Gus Gennerich
Richard Jervis
Secret Service
George Fox
Joseph Kennedy
New Securities Exchange Commission
George C. Mathews
James M. Landis
Robert &. Healy
Ferdinand Pecora
Eugene C. Sykes
Thad B. Brown
Paul Walker
Norman Case
Irvin Stuart
George Henry Payne
Hampson Gary
New Communications Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Lloyd Garrison
University of Wisconsin Law School
Henry Alvin Mills
University of Chicago
Edward §. Smith
James A. Moffett
Standard Oil Company of
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Oil Conservation Board
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Jerome Clarke Hunsaker
Edward P. Warner
Washington, D. C
Franklin K. Lane, Jr
California
Albert J. Berres
Snowden
MacDonald
Labor Party
Senator Borah
Seator Borah
Idaho
Republican Party
Federal Reserve Board
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H. R. Tolley
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Drouth
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Roper
Alaska
Morgenthau
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Swanson
Cummings
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