Goodby 1936 A Year in Review and Global Tensions
A brief look at 1936 highlights notes Britain and France fearing German aggression as Hitler gains Austria and parts of Czecho Slovakia at Munich. Poland Hungary acquire Czech land. Nazi expansion affects Europe while Daladier and Chamberlain seek appeasement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
France
Hitler
Austria
Munich
Poland
Hungary
French People’s Front
Daladier
Chamberlain
Italy
Germany
Romania
Japan
China
Canton
Hankowi
Chiang Kai-shek
Nippon
Uncle Sam
Palestine
Russia
Far East
Preview Abroad and Global Tensions in 1939
Observers anticipate Germany taking in Danzig and Memel, with Nazi and Fascist aims likely to trouble Britain and France. Col. Leonard P. Ayres forecasts 1939 as a year of better employment and rising national income, while the Civil Aeronautics Authority aims to launch transatlantic service by next summer. Government notes hint at crops prospects and a reference to Hello Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Danzig
Memel
Britain
France
Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Washington
Congress
Year in review report on 1938 politics and economy
A broad survey notes Republicans gaining 89 new congressmen and 11 governors while Democrats retain a 60 percent majority in the 76th Congress. Spending hits 12 billion for the year with debt near 40 billion, marking a high in relief, defense, and industry activity across housing, labor, farming, crime, aviation, science, and weather events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Congress
Capitol Hill
TVA
AFL
CIO
Roosevelt
Richard Whitney
N. Y. Stock Exchange
Philip Musica
Donald Coster
Douglas Corrigan
West
Ireland
Howard Hughes & Co
U. S
World This Week Aims to Restore U S German Ties and Europe’s Shifting Alliances
The week highlights cooled U S German relations amid Berlin envoy recalls and Ickes remark defied by Sumner Welles. It covers Italy France Ethiopia tie unraveling over Africa land shares and Tunisia rights, France’s stance, Italy troop moves, and border disputes. Also notes Finland’s 1917 independence, Soviet border talks, and Hungarian clashes with Slovak demonstrators over Czecho Slovakia land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Britain
Germany
Italy
Laval
Mussolini
Africa
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Gulf of Aden
Quiz Questions from The World This Week
Questions hide in last week’s page text. Topics include reciprocal trade pact partner country Pan American Conference Lima delegates Grand Duke Vladimir Walter Pippell US crop yields 1938 false or true and ownership of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Each part carries fixed points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Notable deaths and events across many lives and posts
A sweeping item lists figures killed by own act Florence Lawrence silent-film star. Killed thirty nine Japanese as tunnel collapse in Korea. Postal deficit of 43 811 556 for 1938 fiscal year reported by Postmaster General Farley. Omaha jail-breakers captured by reporters and a radio announcer. Dr T Wayland Vaughan elected president of the Geological Society of America. Five Continental Credit Corp officers convicted by federal jury of defrauding midwesterners of 1 200 000. Marriages of Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias and others. Arrests of a woman and two men over blackmail of F Donald Coster. Died: Zona Gale Breese and many notable figures including Calvin B Bridges T Wingate Todd Hermod Petersen A C Henderson Van Tornow Robert Herrick Harry Meyers Karel Capek Emile Vandervelde Sir James Sexton Henning Ryden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Lawrence
Farley
Omaha
Nebr
T. Wayland Vaughan
U. S. Geological Survey
Geological Society of America
Continental Credit Corp
Winchester
Ind
Mildred
Babe) Didrikson
George Zaharias
John
F. Donald Coster
Philip Musica
Zona Gale Breese
Calvin B. Bridges
T. Wingate Todd
Hermod Petersen
Albert Christian Henderson van Tornow
Robert Herrick
Harry Meyers
Karel Capek
Emile Vandervelde
James Sexton
Henning Ryden
War notes and rumors swirl over Asia and Spain
Wang Ching-wei seeks medical advice for disturbing heart symptoms in French Indochina amid Sino-Japanese tension. In Bethlehem and Palestine violence mars Christmas as Franco advances toward Loyalists in Catalonia. Snowbound front across 125 miles sees 0.5 million troops clash with heavy losses and slow gains as insurgents defend Catalonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wang Ching-wei
Japan
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Supreme War Council
Wang
Hongkong
Shanghai
Spain
Franco
Catalonia
Madrid
Valencia
Mental health meeting reports rising nervous disorders across U S
Richmond delegates from the American Association for the Advancement of Science heard 100 specialists discuss mind diseases. Topics included rat experiments, timekeeping errors at the naval observatory, and rapid map making by National Geographic. Delegates from 21 nations met in Peru for the Pan American Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Richmond
Michigan
Norman Maier
American Association For the Advancement of Science
A.A
Hitler
National Geographic Society
Purdue
M. D. Steer
National Association of Teachers of Speech
Cleveland
American Physical Society
Washington
Massachusetts Tech
Harold S. Wood
Middleton
Conn
College Physical Education Association
Chicago
Abraham Myerson
Boston
Association For Research In Nervous and Mental Disease
New York
Peru
Hall of Congress
League of American Nations
inter-American Court of Justice
At Home Debs-of-the-week and notable events
Debs of the week include Brenda Diana Duff Frazier, 17, set to inherit 5 million at 21, feted at a Ritz champagne party with 20 000 dollars worth of cocktails as bands played till dawn. Also Eleanor Roosevelt, 18, debuted at the White House in the first such event since 1909, joined by Democratic and Republican kin. Meanwhile a Buffalo gale caused a death, and winter storms claim nearly 30 lives nationwide. Optional water worries in Toledo and a 112 mph Mount Washington gust are noted alongside a plane crash injuring Gov George Earle and seven aviators’ deaths in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Diana Duff Frazier
New Yorks
Ritz
Eleanor
Ellie) Roosevelt
Boston
Fdr
Hall
White House
Helen Taft
Buffalo
N. Y
U.S
Rockies
Atlantic
Toledo
Maumee River
Lake Erie
Mount Washington
Massachusetts
New Year Events and Political Moves Across Nations
A snapshot lists January 1 as New Year liquidation deadline for Jewish retailers in Germany. January 3 marks the 76th Congress convening and a White House diplomatic dinner, with Roosevelt set to address Congress on January 4. Roosevelt also leads a U. S. fleet departure for Atlantic war games among other events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Congress
Supreme Court
White House
President Roosevelt
U. S
California
Atlantic
Holidays Kill More Than 500 Across Weekend
Over the three day period 395 died in traffic accidents 22 by fires 19 by self harm 12 in railroad crashes six by drowning and 93 Romanians on Christmas night in a railroad collision injuring 250. An artificial leg to Earl Baker 11 of Coatesville Pa and 1000 plows to Romanian farmers by King Carol. Government reports liquor stocks at a historic high. Football bowls Monday feature Duke USC Rose Bowl Tennessee Oklahoma Texas Christian Carnegie Tech Texas Tech St Marys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Baker
Coatesville
Carol
Duke
Southern California
Pasadena
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Miami
Texas Christian
Carnegie Tech
New Orleans
Texas Tech
St. Mary's
Dallas
Beckworth Seeks Fresh View on National Problems
Rep. Beckworth of Texas vows to study major issues facing Congress. He and 530 colleagues will weigh relief funding, WPA and defense spending, and federal pensions as they reassess New Deal programs and reform plans this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep. Beckworth
WPA
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
U. S
U.S
AAA
Beckworth
Debating Deficit Spending Amid Debt Growth
The chart shows federal spending rising from 1933 to 1939 as the national debt nearly doubles, with $4.33 billion in 1933 spending and a $22.54 billion debt, and projected $9.09 billion in spending with a $40.65 billion debt in 1939. Senator Byrd warns of disaster, while Marriner Eccles defends debt as productive when national income grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
Berlin
America
Reich
Harold L. Ickes
Herr Hitler
Sumner Welles
Ickes
Finland
Dorpat
Moscow
Helsingfors
Czecho- Slovakia
Karen
Ray
Kanees City
Costello
Rochester
Palestine Report
Bethlehem
Christ
Bogota
Colombia
Argentina
Europe
Lima
Society Notes
Pennsylvania
George Earle
Philadelphia
Army
Uniontown
Ala
Navy
Henry Dennett
Minneapolis
Sylvester Kirby
Santa Monica
Calif
Paris
Corsica
Tunisia
Home Missions Council
Baltimore
Christmas Review
Indley Beckworth
Texas
Baby’ Beckworth
Relief & Public Works
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!