Mussolini s Victory and Ethiopian Flight
Mussolini's troops enter Addis Ababa after Haile Selassie flees to Djibouti and the British cruiser Enterprise. chaos and looting follow as foreigners are targeted and a cautious American group holds the legation. Recounts of Allied reaction and future plans hint at drawn zones and a puppet arrangement in Ethiopia.
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Italy
Addis Ababa
Mperor Hail Shlassie
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Askari
N. A. Stadin
Cornelius van H. Eggert
Hull
Legation
Mr. Engert
Washington
Haile Selassie
Djibouti
Somaliland
Enterprise
Palestine
League of Nations
Duce
Chamber of Deputies
France
Great Britain
League
Eden
Britain
One Day Commander Johnson Hagood Retires
Gen. Johnson Hagood held the Sixth Corps area command in Chicago for a single day then requested relief and retirement from active service. He plans to stay in Chicago for months doing work for a mail order house, later choosing a permanent home and writing a book on cost effective national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Hagood
Sixth Corps
Chicago
United States
Egyptian King Farouk’s Death Triggers Regency Plans
The Egyptian king dies from a gangrenous throat infection at his country residence near Cairo at age sixty eight. Crown prince Farouk is proclaimed king and sails from Marseilles to assume the throne with a British escort. A regency council is named to govern until Farouk’s coming of age. Egypt forms a new parliament with a likely Wafd majority and postponed Anglo‑Egyptian treaty talks.
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Egypt
Cairo
Farouk
Royal Military Academy
Woolwich
England
Marseilles
Italy
Farouk Suad
Wafd
Waterways Advocate Ellwood Smith Dies at 85
St Louis resident Jf Ellwood Smith, long devoted to inland waterways transport, died recently at age eighty five. He helped found and served as president emeritus of the Mississippi Valley association, leaving a lasting mark on river navigation efforts.
Chamber of Commerce meet shifts to quiet anti Roosevelt tone
At the annual meeting US Chamber of Commerce leaders steered away from anti Roosevelt rhetoric while most attendees opposed the New Deal. They warned on tax and intercompany dividend plans, feared a Roosevelt re election, and discussed stock, labor, and utility issues amid warnings from agriculture and finance officials.
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Aniel C. Hastings
Delaware
du Pont
Douglas Buck
Hastings
Ansel C. Roper
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington
Roper
Chamber
Roy C. Osgood
First National Bank of Chicago
United States Chamber of Commerce
Black Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Antti
Roosevelt
United States Chamber of
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Cleveland
Philadelphia
AAA
Department of Agriculture
Daniel C. Roper
Brazil
Prairie Dog Banquet Proposal Dropped Over Poison Risk
Duncan Oklahoma agent Nolai Young throws out a prairie dog banquet plan after farmers poison prairie dogs to prevent crop damage. He notes no live prairie dogs could be found, calling the idea for a roast crow meal a response to critics.
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Nolai Young
Duncan
Okla
Young
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Ad Promotes Strength
An 19th century drug advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic that makes weak women strong with no alcohol. It markets the product to be sold by druggists in tablet or liquid form under Adv label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Select Products, Inc
23Rd St
Long Island City
N. Y
A Friend Will A friend should bear his friend's infirmities
A short verse suggests that true friendship requires bearing another's weaknesses and misfortunes with patience and loyalty. It emphasizes mutual support and shared burdens within friendship.
Peace and Pacifism in the Face of Attack
A concise reflection on pacifist beliefs shifting when confronted with aggression. The piece explores how a majority of pacifists remain steadfast until real threat arises, prompting reconsideration of nonviolence under pressure.
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Western Newspaper Union
Borah
Utah
Ogden
Arkansas
Ward
Alf Landon
Senator Vandenberg
Henry Breckenridge
Maryland
Breckenridge
Pinan
Revolutionary “Popular Front
Popular Front
Sarraut
Radical Socialists
Communists
National Bloc
Sen. Hastings
Tinch International
House
Marcantonio
New York
London
Japan
Mr. Roper
Senate
Sen. Harrison
Pat Harrison
Halle Selassie
Hagood
Young Farouk
CCC
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fechner
War Department
Hrough
Buenos Aires
National Capital
Carter Field
Securities Commissions
Securities Commission
American Telephone
Jim Farley
American Telephone Company
New England Bell
New York Bell
Chesapeake and Potomac
Southern Pacific
Western Electric
Communications Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Northern Central Railroad Company
Baltimore
Harrisburg
New York State
Pennsylvania
New York City
Taber
Coleman Lamp and Stove CO
Wichita
Kana
Mil
Pas
Los Angeles
Calif
Bernice’ Blee
4Th Ave
Great Falls
Montana
Molers School
W. Trent
Spokane
B. Dickinson
D. W. McKenzie & Son
Dickinson
N. Dak
Lesniak
Nystrand Poultry Co
Butte, Montana
WNU
Lceae
Mars
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