Roosevelt Praises Gompers Aide at Memorial Ceremony
William Green helps dedicate a Gompers memorial in Washington as President Roosevelt urges union leaders and employers to unite for national recovery. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson advocates ending strikes and backing the NRA recovery program amid film industry scrutiny. A transcontinental United Air Lines crash near Chesterton kills seven.
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TVA Chief Announces Civil Service Tests for All Jobs
Dr Arthur E Morgan, chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, says all TVA employees will be selected by civil service tests. Examinations will follow Navy department procedures to curb patronage as elections force lawmakers to seek jobs for friends. He notes admin costs drop and staff can be redirected from handling over 1,000 daily job applications. He adds TVA is legally non political.
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Panama Grievances Push U S Canal Zone Trade Clash
Harmodio Arias travels to Washington to press Roosevelt on Panama’s claims that Canal Zone privileges undercut native business. Panamá also seeks funds to repatriate West Indians imported for Zone work who are now unemployed. The piece notes U S price fixing plans via the Commodity Credit Corporation and Japan US arbi tration talks amid growing tensions with Russia over Manchuria.
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Germany Rejects Arms Equality Demands in Five Year Polemic
Berlin issued an official statement denying Germany seeks parity in weapon numbers with France after five years. Daladier in Paris reiterated a four year restraint plan and destruction of offensive arms. Britain’s Baldwin warned that any disarmament convention must be universal or fail, else the signatory nation loses all friends.
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Germany Moves to End Free Press Under Nazi Law
Hitler regime tightens control as Goebbels drafts a law forcing editors to uphold regime loyalty. Newspapers become public institutions, with treasonable imports and distributions punishable by death or up to fifteen years. United States and others protest Nazi assaults on nationals, with thirty Americans attacked since April 12 for not saluting the flag.
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Pact outlawing aggressive war signed by six Latin American republics
At Rio de Janeiro six nations Argentina Brazil Chile Mexico Uruguay and Paraguay signed a pact outlawing aggressive war forbidding forcible territorial acquisition and creating machinery to implement the Kellogg Briand pact as a regional measure.
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Police Break Up Khaki Shirts Plot to March on Washington
Philadelphia police say they disrupted a plan by the Khaki Shirts of America to march on Washington and install a dictator. Leader Art J. allegedly organized the scheme and fled.
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NRA and Debt Debate Shape Washington Recovery Pulse
In Washington the lull in NRA and AAA activity prompts observers to reassess recovery tactics. Debates focus on labor partnerships and potential policy shifts while Britain seeks debt relief amid talks led by Dean Acheson. President Roosevelt faces congress over possible debt concessions and long term export implications for U S industry.
Promises and parental faith shape a child's future conduct
The text argues that parental promises must be kept and rewards earned. Forgetting promises harms a child's trust and faith in parents, undermines discipline, and weakens respect for rules in adulthood. Reciprocity and earned rewards are essential for stable character development. 1933 Bel Syndicate. WNU service.
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Old Timers Row Harvard Oarsmen Demonstrate Skill
The Winged Foot reports an eight oared shell of Harvard oarsmen from 50 years ago recently coursed down the Charles river. An older crew member noted they showed undergraduates how they used to win in the early 1880s when technique mattered as much as today.
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City Streets Rented for Film Shoots in Paris
Paris rents its streets to motion picture companies with charges for each actor animal and vehicle on location. Prices double after dark to cover night traffic blocking.
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Collier's Weekly
Decrease in Gaels in British Isles history
The Gaels now inhabit only the extreme northwestern districts of Britain and part of Ireland, but historians say the whole British Isles were once occupied by them. Kansas City Times.
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