Britain's New Great Ship George V Launches Amid Global Tensions
The battleship George V, a 40 million dollar, 35 000 ton vessel, enters the water as King George VI pledges blessing. Britain signals rapid build up with two more battleships planned, while France Italy and Japan face Africa Spain China in a collage of crises.
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George VI
Italy
Germany
Japan
Wrorld
Shakespeare
Chamberlain
Commons
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Mars
Spain
China
Trade links shape peace as leaders plan visits
Britain plans a Berlin and Moscow tour to foster economic ties while Germany flags export or die rhetoric. Russia seeks imports to meet Stalin’s plan with new or renewed pacts with Poland France Latvia Estonia and Lithuania.
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R. S. Hudson
Berlin
Moscow
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Poland
France
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Chamberlain
Feb dates mark anniversaries and elections across states
On Monday February 27 the sixth anniversary of the Reichstag fire is noted in Central Florida at Orlando. Tuesday February 28 features Chicago primary elections. Saturday March 4 marks Congress's 150th anniversary with Homer Martin leading the UAW convention opening in Detroit.
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Orlando
Chicago
Congress
Homer Martin
UAW
Detroit
Missing polar flyer quest leader and trial of radio operator
Sigismund Levaneffsky who aimed to fly from Russia to America over the North Pole in 1937 remains missing. Moscow has summoned radio operator M. M. Voznesensky to account for failing to relay weather data and for broadcasting false reports to rescuers. He allegedly faked his own death to save himself but was intercepted.
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North Pole
Russia
America
Moscow
M. M. Voznesensky
Levaneffsky
Voznesensky
Peru’s President Benavides Fled Lima as General Murdered
Oscar Benavides 63 headed from Lima when Gen Antonio Rodriguez allegedly declared himself leader at the presidential palace. A sergeant killed the general and three others died, with 36 wounded in the ensuing clash.
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Peru
Texas
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
Lima
Antonio Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Bulgaria balks at Balkan Entente while gears pivot to Axis
The Balkan Entente with Turkey Greece Yugoslavia Romania and Bulgaria strains over territory as Bulgaria refuses to join their alliance. Metaxas and foreign ministers from Turkey Yugoslavia and Romania meet in Bucharest to urge Bulgarian reconciliation and discuss concessions. Turkey hints at a Black Sea pact while plans to ally with Russia fade. Hungary’s Teleki says his government supports Rome Berlin axis aims.
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Yugoslavia
Rumania
Black Sea
Germany
John Metaxas
Romania
Bucharest
Aegean Sea
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Russia
Entente
Paul Teleki
Hungary
Bundsmen at Madison Square Garden Celebrate Washington Birthday
In New York the German American Bund held a rally at Madison Square Garden with 1,500 police guarding. Speakers denounced Jewish domination, calling the President Franklin Rosenfeld. A reporter was ousted and a protester clubbed as tensions rose amid hostile demonstrations and march formations.
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Peace Gestures Mark Tax Trends and Hopkins Speech
The piece notes 17 percent more taxpayers paid last spring but overall payments fell by 5.1 percent. Farley calls nurturing business essential for comfort of the have-nots, while the President signals no new power projects or tax hikes against private enterprise. Hopkins plans a Des Moines address after weeks of talks with business spokesmen.
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Commerce
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Des Moines
Washington Farm Board Loans Grow Amid New Deal Revisions
The Federal Farm Board once held 466 million dollars in farm loan investments. Now, with the New Deal, the program has expanded to 750 million, backed by 11.2 million bales of cotton as security. Congress debates halting half the cotton loans to fund relief bedding and further acreage reductions.
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Hoover
Federal Farm Board
U. S
Notable quotes from Townsend Roosevelt and peers
Dr Francis E Townsend warns against overemphasizing frugality while Mrs Roosevelt calls social security acts stop gaps. Princeton's Dean Gauss condemns supranational tyranny and Dr Raymond Pearl cautions about human adaptability amid looming crises.
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Dean Christian Gauss
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Political and legal shifts from wartime era
Wayne C. Taylor resigns as assistant treasury secretary. Hubert Pierlot forms a Belgian cabinet. Reich orders German Jews to surrender jewelry. Federal government sues eighteen tire manufacturers for price fixing totaling 1 053 474 dollars. CAA blames a pilot and two dispatchers for a California crash killing a firefighter. Alice Grosjean and husband ousted from Louisiana offices by Gov Lewey. Senate confirms Her schel Avant as U S circuit judge and Shackelford Miller Jr as U S district judge.
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Huey Long
Louisiana
Richard Lewhe
Senate
Herschel W. Avant
Ohio
U. S
Shackelford Miller, Jr
Kentucky
U.S
Navy plane crash toll rises as fog leads 8 of 12 down
A student pilot from Pensacola Naval School, without radio and with an empty fuel tank, jumped into a river after fog obscured the fleet. Eight of twelve single seat planes crashed. two fliers died, including a Brazilian officer. Navy investigates.
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Roosevelt role in world affairs faces criticism abroad
The piece reports on President Roosevelt’s overseas diplomacy as he tours exhibitions and discusses democratic ideals in the western hemisphere. It notes foreign press reaction, Senate and House actions on military and aviation funding, and debates over exporting U.S. warplanes and naval bases.
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Quiz Questions on World Ti Week Pages and Controversies
The page asks four quiz questions about concessions to Jews, papal selection reasons for an Italian candidate, Japan's justification for seizing Haiti, and a part Jewish ex premier favoring anti-Semitic law. It also asks whether the West matches the East in the Supreme Court and notes scoring for 60 or 80 correct answers.
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