France Devalues Franc Drops Gold Standard
France abandons the gold standard and devalues the franc to about 4 to 5 cents, with Premier Leon Blum’s government approving a five-part plan. The move triggers similar decisions in the Netherlands Latvia and Switzerland while a U S Britain and France seek a gentlemen's agreement to curb currency war risks.
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France
Leon Blum
Netherlands
Latvia
Switzerland
United States
Great Britain
Washington
Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Popular Front
Senate
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Franco's Forces Seize Toledo Amid Civil War Turmoil
Spanish Fascists capture Toledo driving government troops from the city as Franco's artillery and infantry surge toward Madrid. Amid raids on Bilbao and hostage violence, international leaders debate nonintervention and possible league actions while Britain calls for reforms. In Minneapolis, 1800 mill workers end a month long strike with wage and bargaining rights agreed. Four hundred National Guardsmen are demobilized.
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Toledo
Francisco Franco
Alcazar
Tagus
Madrid
Franco
Bilbao
Minneapolis
National Guardsmen
Petersen
Handsome Cloth Crocheted Pattern for Tea Table Squares
Learn to crochet a quick decorative square with a simple sample design. Pattern 5193 offers complete instructions, an illustration, stitch list, and material needs. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W Fourteenth St New York NY for the pattern.
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Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
Beware Coughs That Hang On From Common Colds
An advertisement promotes Creomulsion as a cure for chest colds and bronchial irritation. It claims the product soothes inflamed membranes and loosens germ laden phlegm, with a money back guarantee via the druggist if results are not immediate.
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Eaord
It Will Rise as Truth Emerges Amid a Flood of Words
A brief note discusses how essential facts can be buried in excess phrasing. It urges careful discernment to separate core events from surrounding commentary and distractions.
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S.S.S
Seaman Found Guilty in German Sedition Case
AWRENCE SIMPSON of Seattle, held in German prison camps 14 months, was found guilty by the people's court and sentenced to three years in prison minus time served. He admitted that he and three Communists attempted to form a popular front government, failed when one accomplice was a police spy, and that he carried Communist propaganda aboard the steamship Manhattan into Germany.
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Awrence Simpson
Seattle
People’s Court
Simpzo1
Popular Front
Germats
Germany
Manhattan
Gert
Pennsylvania and national race views clash in 1936 tilt
Washington correspondent notes Pennsylvania may stay in Roosevelt opposition while coal miners fear hydro electric power shift. He cites Labor leaders and Pennsylvania Dutch sentiment, plus Negro voting power in key states, and Massachusetts primary shifts toward Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. with Greenwood driving a Curley takedown.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
London
Keystone
Roosevelt
New York
Susquehanna River
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
United States Senate
United States
League of Nations
Massachusetts
Robert E. Greenwood
Fitchburg
James M. Curley
Greenwood
Bay State
Jim Curley
Curley
Young Lodge
Nations list for League members and outsiders
A scanned list enumerates League of Nations members including Afghanistan Albania Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bolivia Bulgaria Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Dominica Ecuador Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Greece Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Liberia Lithuania Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama Paraguay Persia Peru Poland Portugal Romania El Salvador Siam South Africa Spain Soviet Russia Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Uruguay Venezuela Yugoslavia and outsiders such as Brazil Costa Rica Egypt Germany Iceland Japan Nepal Saudi Arabia Hedjaz Tibet and the United States.
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E of Nations
A i: League
Afghanistan
Albania
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Dominica
Ecuador
Esthenia
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Guia
Iroq
Irish Free State
Italy
Latvia
Liberia
Lithuania
Luxemburg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Persia
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Rumania
Salvador
Siam
South Africa
Spain
Soviet Russia
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Brazil
Costa Rica
Egypt
Germany
Iceland
Japan
Nepal
Saudi Arabia
Hedjaz
Tibet
United States
Rays Detect Flaws In Steel With X Rays And Gamma Rays
X rays and gamma rays detect incipient cracks buried six inches or more deep in steel plates and castings. The nondestructive method reveals hidden flaws to prevent failures.
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Maine
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