Mussolini proclaims mass Italian war mobilization plans
Il Duce, addressing thousands at Avellino, vows to mobilize 8,000,000 soldiers in hours on simple order and declares Italy must reject eternal peace. He says Ethiopian war strengthened Italy’s forces and 60,000 maneuvers are only a fraction of national war power.
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Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Avellino
Il Duce
Italy
Germany
Otto Weddigon
Polish Army Chiefs Visit Paris Amid European Tensions
Gen. Edward Rydz Smigly leads a Polish military mission to France with ceremonies from Belfort to Paris and a review near Nancy. Paris honors include dinners by Lebrun, Blum, and Delbos as France counts on Poland as a Franco source. News notes also cover the Kane incident and a Bar Association stance on federal court powers.
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Europe
France
Edward Rydz - Smigly
Belfort
Rydz-Smigly
Paris
Albert Lebrun
Leon Blum
Delbos
Maginot
Nancy
Hitler
Poland
President Roosevelts Drouth Area Tour and Trio of Meetings
President Roosevelt rode a special train to Bismarck North Carolina then near by areas to survey drought impacts. He met with Acting Governor Welford and Senators Nye Frazier Wheel er Murray and later traveled to Pierre South Dakota before continuing to Salt Lake City for War Secretary Dern burial services.
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George H.dern
George H. Dern
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Dern
Utah
Mr. Dern
Army
Salt Lake City
Commerce
Roper
Woodring
Cummings
Navy
Standley
Labor McGrady
Malin Craig
Army High Command
Great Mormon Tabernacle
Roosevelt
Drouth
Bismarck
N. C
Morris L. Cooke
Welford
Nye and
Frazier
North Dakota
Holt
Wheeller and Murray
Montana
Mr. Roosevelt
Pierre
S. D
War Dern
Ickes’ Stepson Dies by Suicide at Winnetka Home
YU EMARTA ICKES son of Secretary Harold Ickes shot himself at the Winnetka Illinois home. A 37 year old married father of three, he killed himself on the anniversary of his mother's death in an automobile crash. Doctors had just diagnosed tuberculosis, and despondency over illness was blamed. Secretary Ickes flew to Chicago by plane after being informed.
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Kane
Gibraltar
Bilbao
Hull
Francisco Franco
Iran
Madrid
Oropesa
YU Emarta Ickes
Interior
Harold Ickes
Ickes
Winnetka
Ill
Chicago
Landon
Kansas
Roosevelt
James A- Farley
Knox County
Tennessee
Farley
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
Woodrow Wilson
Stalin Warns Red Army War Is Near
The article reports Stalin signaling imminent conflict as German conscription doubles and Soviet leaders warn Red Army to be ready. London papers claim a secret radio address urged comrades to prepare for life risking duty for the proletarian birthland amid growing international armament.
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Stalin
Red Army
Food Supply Near Normal Says Federal Bureau
The Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates the U S food supply for the year ending June 31, 1937 will be about 3 percent below 1935 36 and 1 percent below 1934 35 Export activity may be weaker than last year and drought has hit feed crops spring wheat potatoes and vegetables for canning The reduced feed stock is expected to push livestock liquidation in the first half of the marketing year and with a larger spring pig crop in 1938 meat supplies should stay above prior levels.
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Federal Bureau
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Landon advisers split on campaign style in fierce US race
Washington. Governor Alfred M Landon faces conflicting advice as to campaign strategy with aides split between a restrained, Kansas Coolidge approach and a punchier attack on Roosevelt. The Knox county Tennessee TVA voting upset shown Farley’s gamble may misread voter mood. Long range weather forecasting in agriculture draws note from officials and industry experts.
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Alfred M. Landon
Topeka
Estes Park
Marie of
Roumania
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Landon
Roosevelt
New Deal
United States
Jim Farley
Burgin E. Dossett
Mr. Dossett
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Browning
Knox County
TVA
Hollywood Talk and Wedding Bells Stir the Screen World
Gossip notes Doris Wester may join Warner Brothers as she shifts from radio to film after major club and screen tests. Ginger Rogers pursues theatre fun in New York ahead of future interviews, while Olivia de Havilland’s sister Joan Fontaine heads for an English debut. Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond announce engagement as Reunion is filmed with familiar faces from The Country Doctor. Joan Blondell and Dick Powell wedding rumors swirl as Powell books a New York boat until divorce finalizes. Mae Clark joins Wild Briar Kent cast. Ann Sothern’s grandmother gets a permanent wave. Ruggles shifts to drama in Exclusive with Boland.
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Doris Wester
Bowes
Rainbow Room
Rockefeller Center
New York
Joan Fontaine
Olivia de Haviland
Jesse Lasky
England
Olivia
California
Hollywood
Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
Mae Clark
Dorothy Wilson
Tealing
Brian Kent
Ann Sothern
Ann
Charlie Ruggles
Mary Boland
Torephi
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Rohde
William Jennings Bryan
Florida
William Homer Leavitt
Maj
Reginald Owen
British Royal Engineers
Rydz- Smigly
American Bar Association
Boston
Frederick H. Stinchfield
Minneapolis
Association
Farmers of America
Department of Agriculture
W. C. Bullitt
William C. Bullitt
Moscow
Mr. Bullitt
Mation
Carter Field
Norris
Maine
J. Carroll Cate
J. D. Val Crippen
Agriculture Department
Agricultural Department
Herbert J. Browne
Browne
Nebraska
Virginia Vale
Ginger Rogers
RKO
Fred Astaire
Mary
Myrna Loy
Warner Baxter
Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
Bob Ritchie
Mr. Raymond
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