Geneva Talks on Ethiopian Crisis Bring Limited Concessions
The article describes ongoing Geneva negotiations to resolve the Italo Ethiopian crisis without war. Britain and France press Italy toward arbitration while Mussolini seeks to protect prestige. Germany faces internal unrest, with Jews and Catholics bearing the brunt as economic strains rise and Hitler's standing shifts.
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Geneva
England
France
Italy
Mussolini
League
Il Duce
Ethiopia
Germany's Schacht urges restraint amid economic strain
In a Nazi leaders meeting Hjalmar Schacht warned against Aryan supremacy rhetoric and urged stopping outrages against Jews and Catholics. He noted Germany's precarious trade with the world as Moscow's Komintern head denounces Hitler. China faces a collapsing Kuomintang, with Wang Ching Wei likely to head a Japanese backed regime as Nanking loses officials.
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Europe
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Hitler
Russia
Komintern
World Organization For the Spread of Communism
China
Kuomintang
Nanking
Chiang Kai Shek
Nationalist Party
Wang Ching Wei
Expert criticizes railroad pension plan as risky
Expert Joseph B. Eastman, federal co ordinator of transportation, told a senate committee that railroad pension legislation now would be hefty and ill conceived. He noted most railroad employees are covered by the social security bill and that evidence does not prove a special retirement system for railroad workers is socially and economically sound. His cautious stance could slow or alter the push for a new rail pension law this session.
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Oseph B. Eastman
Senate
Eastman
Congress
Missouri Pacific
RFC
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Treasury Department
Bob
Robert M. la Folette
la Follette
Will Rogers
Misguided Conscience Eouts Berlinsk News
Berlin dispatch reports 500 Jewish children barred from public playgrounds by social welfare staff this summer. Julius Streicher calls for awakening of German racial “problem” knowledge, provoking concern over the proposed path.
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Berlin
Julius Streicher
Streicher
Higher Pork Chops Boost Prices Across the Nation
Government policy and shifting consumer tastes push hog prices to five year highs. Officials defend the plan that killed 6,090,000 pigs as a necessary move to boost farm income and general prosperity. Farmers benefit from higher hog prices as demand remains strong for pork chops.
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Washington
Stock Market Recovery Buoys Utilities to Rail Strength
The stock market rises on a broad recovery in business. Iron and steel output, scrap steel, and electric power reach high levels, boosting steel and utility stocks. Rail shares gain on anticipated autumn demand and possible Missouri Pacific reorganization. Foreign and tax-news weigh on sentiment, with inflation fears easing as bonds yield to stock investments.
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Charles F. Speare
the Tribune
Consolidated News Features
New York
Hopson
Congress
Hany Industries
Westinghouse Electric
United States
Washington
Three UW Graduates Stir Senate With Nudist Book Brief
Three University of Wisconsin graduates caused laughter in the Senate territories committee when nominee Lawrence W. Cramer faced questioning about a nudist book. Cramer, 37, denied endorsing the work even as he explained his past acquaintance with its authors. The scene illuminated Cramer’s background as he sought a governorship appointment and highlighted ongoing attention to Robert M. La Follette Jr., whose early Senate career is chronicled in Current History.
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Ruby A. Black
Washington
University of Wisconsin
Lawrence W. Cramer
Virgin Islands
Senate Territories Committee
Cramer
Wisconsin University
Metcalf
Rhode Island
Frances
Mason Merrill
Europe
Thes
New York
John T. Flynn
Aline
Lawrence Cramer
Aline Smith
Milwaukee
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Current
Costigan
Colorado
Congressional Record
la Follette
United States Senate
Henry Clay
Coolidge
Rehabilitation Of Republican Party In State Planned
Wisconsin Republicans push a state wide rehabilitation effort led by national committee woman Mrs H H Thomas to organize women as a working force and sway support against parts of the New Deal while GOP hopefuls in Seventh and Tenth districts explore nominations. Socialists rally Milwaukee for state wide organization as Mayor Daniel W Hoan backs the plan.
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Republican Party
Everett Madison
Wis
H. H. Thomas
Wisconsin
Thomas
10Th
A. P. Nelson
A.P. Nelson
Nelson
Merlin Hull
Progressive Party
Milwaukee
Daniel W. Hoan
Germany tightens grip on press and faith in Nazi drive
Germany steps up actions against foreign journalists and religious groups as interior minister joins Goebbels in banning the Swiss paper Turauer Zeitung. A proposed seven point criminal code threatens severe penalties, even death, for undermining the Nazi party. Reichsführer Hitler designates Munich as capital of the movement amid a broader propaganda push and ongoing anti Semitic restrictions. Journalists including Ernst Klein are expelled or warned, while religious bodies face finance and leadership decrees.
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Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Thurzauer Zeitung
Germany
Roland Freisler
Ministry of Justice
Munich
Hans Kerrl
Dr .Carsteb
Kiel
Mazenznen Bund
Ernst Klein
Basle
Switzerland
Nachrichten
Third Reich
Rare Gasparo violin found in Cincinnati shop
Dr H L Litt of Cincinnati bought an old crate in an eastern antique shop and pulled out a splintered violin with an unusual scroll. The instrument, a Gasparo da Salo craved by collectors, is valued at $20,000 and is one of only six known to exist.
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Cincinnati
H. L. Litt
Gasparo Peberlgtt
Coast Guardsmen Mark 145th Anniversary
Washington notes the U S Coast Guard traces to an act signed by President George Washington on August 4 1790 creating the revenue cutter service. From those beginnings the service has grown to 55 ships and patrol boats 243 life saving stations five air stations and 46 planes with about 500 commissioned officers 00 warrant officers and 9000 enlisted men.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Revenue Cutter Service
Former ERA worker pleads guilty to threatening Roosevelt
George E. Jeffers of Pittsfield Massachusetts pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner Milton B Warner to writing a letter threatening bodily harm to President Roosevelt. He was held on 2500 bond for the federal court in Boston and moved to East Cambridge Jail. State Trooper Norman Peltier and U S Deputy Marshal John Hall arrested him at his sister’s Rome home Friday. No hearing date was set.
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Pittsfield
Miss
George E. Jeffers
ERA
U.S
Milton B. Warner
Roosevelt
Boston
East Cambridge
Norman Peltier
United States
John Hall
Springfield
Jeffers
Eli Parisol
Rome
Canada Seeks U S Sale of 875 Million Bonds
The Dominion of Canada filed an application with the securities commission to issue 875 million dollars of two and a half percent bonds in the United States. Proceeds would retire 50 million in five percent promissory notes due September 1 and 26 million in 4.5 percent Canadian National Railway bonds callable on September 1.
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Washington
Dominion of Canada
The
Securities Commission
United States
Canadian National Railway Company
Scotch Bonnet Triumph Eases Scout Headgear Split
A Scottish Rover Scouts row over headgear ends as Balmoral bonnet is allowed for leaders, avoiding a mass exodus from the movement. The 1939 dispute linked to Lord Baden-Powell’s bid for worldwide uniformity and broader questions about fez and turban adoption echoed in other nations. The chief scout, on a world tour, reportedly chose practicality over strict uniform harmony.
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Glasgow
Boy Scout
Scotland
Rover
Baden-Powell
Scars Spark Payoff at British Assizes in Leeds
George Thomas James, Hollywood resort chief steward, won 3259 pounds at West Riding assizes after claiming a facial scar from an English car wreck would reduce his earnings in film. He said a rule barred disfigured staff from dining-room access, risking loss of post or demotion. An Eastern scientist noted inner-ear age findings in a fish.
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Hollywood
Leeds
England
West Riding
George Thomas James
James
Curbstone Pick Ups and community notes from La Crosse
Vacation planning is delayed by weather and a jail escape as editors split vacation duties. The Fagles vote to build a new Eagles club house on Main and Fourth, with bonds funding the project. Fly control efforts reduce disease vectors, citing a study on germs carried by house flies. Obituary notes John Concileo, 72, a popular old organ grinder who sold small wares and endured disability to support himself.
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Fagles
la Crosse
J. C. Fuehr
Main and
Fourth Streets
Hogies
Eagles
Fifth Avenue
King Street
Health Department
J. M. Furstman
Tony Murphy
American Institute of Sanitation
John Concileo
John
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Princeton
Lehner
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