Cabinet shift and elections loom in Europe and Asia
Observers note shifting British politics as Conservatives gain edge amid German air strength. Mussolini backs harsher action over Ethiopia while Britain’s stance provokes Italian fury. In Asia, Japan pressures China with ultimatums to seize Peiping and Tientsin, risking broader conflict as military and diplomatic fronts converge.
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Labor Party
Germany
Britain
Mussolini
England
Hitler
Nile
Soudan
Egypt
China
Nanking
Japan
Peiping
Tientsin
Russia
Outer Mongolia
Mark Rhea Byers
French and British Leaders Pivot as Franc Decline Deepens
French politics wobble as Laval shelves crashes with budgets, while Herriot radicals lose steam and royalists riot. Europe watches Baldwin and MacDonald reshape a cautious march toward stability. Britain steadies, shifting leadership but keeping a wary balance between France and Germany. Mexico opens a long awaited highway linking border towns to Mexico City, signaling Pan American progress and regional cooperation despite unfinished mountain sections.
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Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
MacDonald
Bald- Widchinge
Baldwin
Pst
Laboraty
Conservates
Britain
Samuel Hoare
John Simon
Simon
House
England
France
Germany
Roosevelt Plan Anti Climax To Long NRA Debate
Special correspondent Charles F. Sfeare reports that Roosevelt’s modest NRA plan fails to energize a heated national debate. The piece argues the NRA is weakened, praises social justice through government contracts, and weighs the future of the AAA, securities laws, and transport regulation amid a shifting economic landscape. Several nations’ monetary moves are noted as influencing American policy.
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Roosevelt
Charles F. Sfeare
the Tribune
Consolidated News
New York
NRA
Supreme Court
Forrmer
Wall Street
la Salle Street
Boston
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
San Francisco
The Babe Ruth and the commercial terror of his end
The piece criticizes Babe Ruth’s late career as a commercial attraction. It argues his waivers from a league, then sale to the Braves, reduced him to a museum exhibit rather than a player. The author laments lost pride and warns money-driven exhibitions threaten baseball’s future and Ruth’s legacy.
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Babe Ruth
Braves
Boston
Ruth
Wisconsin Democrats Split Over La Follette Public Works Plan
Wisconsin Democratic leaders challenge Governor La Follette with a roiling split over the public works bill. Figures like James A. Corcoran and Senators Bolens and Carroll publicly oppose the La Follette plan while national figures including C. E. Broughton weigh in from Washington amid talk of Roosevelt and a possible Progressive third party. The dispute broadens to national politics as farmers and Republicans mobilize on tax and betting bills, with labor and college openings noted in a tense political climate.
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Everett Madison
Wis
la Follette
James A. Corcoran
Democratic State Central Committee
Harry W. Bolens
W. C D. Carroll
Roosevelt
Corcoran
Carroll and
Bolens
Broughton
Washington
Leo T. Crowley
Wisconsin
Progressive Party
la Follettes
John Cashman
Senate
The
Progressive Farmers
Madison
Green Bay
Senator Cashman
Legislatire
Cashman
Springfield
B. Fontaine
Harry Thomas
Sheboygan
Milwaukee
Thomas J. O'Malley
Goose town picnic set on Goose Island amid old town lore
Officials of the City of Goose town announce an annual picnic at Goose Island on June 23. The piece recalls Goosetown traditions, historic boundaries, and elected officers led by Mayor Al Hoefke with notes on city services, local industry, and past La Crosse hotel fund recollections.
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Goosetown
Goose Island
Seventh Street
Pine Street
Bard
al Hoefke
Wa Young
Bill Johnson
Frank Killian
Oscar Walter
Heine" Schubert
South Fourth Street
Oscar
Bill Roellig
Bert Jolivette
Goose
Charles F. Speed
Fred Speed
la Crosse
Evanston
Sneed
Clement C. Smith
Pasadena
Cal
Speed
Mr. Smith
South Fifth Street
Cranston Company
Mc Speed
J. P. Palliam
Millwauker
Smith
Duluth
Minn
Mc Smith
la Crossé
Fourth
State Streets
Northern Hotel Company
Northern Hotel
Butter Market Regulation Hailed By Dairying Sections
Washington report notes House passage of a bill adding butter to commodities regulated by the Commodity Exchange Commission. Rep Gerald Boileau of Wausau praises inclusion as essential to dairy prices, while Rep Andresen argues butter purchases are not mere speculation. Also reports A H Lauterbach to resign as dairy section chief to lead Inter-State Milk Producers.
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Ruby A. Black
Pribate
Washington
Commodity Exchange Commission
House
Gerald Boileau
Wausau
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Land of Lakes Organization
MIE
Chicago
New York
Andresen
Boileau
Agriculture Departments
A. H. Lauterbach
la Crosse County
AAA
Inter-State Milk Producers Association, Inc
Philadelphia
Lauterbach
Chester Davis
Congress
United States
Escapeproof jail atop Knoxville courthouse planned
In Knoxville Tennessee the Davidson county jail will be built on the eighth floor of the new courthouse. The design includes three penthouse structures for laundry kitchen and women's cell block. An elevator links patrol wagon traffic directly to the cells with no escape routes.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Davidson County
Stabbed waitress spares sweetheart in New York hospital
From a Mary Immaculate hospital cot, Virginia Drake aged 23, a waitress, refused to prosecute Charles Cauley, a St. Albans sideshow barker, who allegedly stabbed her with a screwdriver during a quarrel.
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New York
Mary Immaculate Hospital
Virginia Drake
Charles Cauley
St. Albans
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