Naval maneuvers stir Japan as Pacific tensions rise
The article weighs U S naval flights from Pearl Harbor to Midway and large scale drills, arguing they may alarm Japan and be used by militarist groups to pressure Tokyo. It questions American policy amid Manchukuo tensions and predicts potential diplomatic maneuvers involving Germany and Hitler as a broader context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Pacific
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
United States
Washington
Tokyo
China
Nanking
Mexico’s Silver Problem E
Mexico’s experts say pegging the peso to the dollar at 3.40 would improve the trade balance with the United States. When silver rises the peso cannot stay fixed. the intrinsic value or melt value of the silver affects the rate. To preserve coinage and peso at 9.60, old pesos are recalled and replaced with coins containing less silver to keep the currency stable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
United States
Europe weighs colonial swaps to curb European war risk
A key essay argues Hitler may trade European territorial claims for African colonies to ease postwar tension. It notes France likely backing such a deal if price fair, while Britain hesitates, preferring pacific British arbitration. Mussolini presses Ethiopian aggression as Haile Selassie appeals to the League of Nations.
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Hitler
South- West Africa
Tanganyika
Germany
East Africa
London
League of Nations
France
Europe
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Paris
Stresa
Berlin
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Africa
Haile Selassie
Latin America
Geneva
Political Jolts and Public Gaffes From a Three Day Span
A brisk roundup notes the senate moving a soldier bonus bill toward veto, Bronson Cutting racing to vote, Percy Gassaway feting New York with ten galleon hats and Huey Long as issue, the Michigan sky pilot addressing Cleveland yokels, Hugh Johnson on national radio from Louisville, and Governor Talmadge of Georgia railing against his own upbringing amid a looming 1930s campaign.
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Senate
Bronson Cutting
Washington
Percy Gassaway
Oklahoma
New York
Huey Long
Michigan Sky
Cleveland
Hugh Johnson
Louisville
Talmadge
Georgia
Inflation Enters Governmental Affairs Across Pol icy
The piece notes inflation as a factor shaping congressional measures and court rulings over two years, with commentary from Governor Eccless and Dr. Sprague. It discusses bonds, real estate, and earnings as inflation illusions, and analyzes the railroad pension decision and its political implications for social security and employer liability.
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Charles F. Speare
the Tribune
Consolidated News Features
New York
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
House Committee On Banking and Currency
United States
Wall Street
Josiah Stamp
Bank of England
Sir Josiantes
O. M. W. Sprague
Bank ofEngland
Treasury
Washington
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Sprague
Senate
McAdoo
Supreme Court
Clausen Mentioned as Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidate
Madison report notes Fredrick C Clausen of Horicon as a possible 1946 Wisconsin governor nominee for the Republican Party. Supporters cite his liberal Republican record on unemployment insurance and industrial labor relations, while observers discuss competing bids from H W Griswold and John B Chapple amid a four party field.
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WINTER EVERETT _ Madison
Wis
Fredrick C. Clausen
Horicon
Republican Party
Causen
Clausen
Schmedeman
Progressive Party
Roosevelt
Union
Wisconsin
Labor
Leree
Industriel
Mr. Clausen
Consolidation urged to improve Indiana schools and cut costs
Dr Fassett A Cotton, former Indiana public instruction official and La Crosse educator, promotes consolidating small school units into larger ones to save money and reduce waste. He argues county unit systems in the South better equalize taxes and access, and he cites the potential for lower costs and more efficient administration. Also noted is a Milwaukee Road veteran, John M Haran, 97, who claims a record of continuous service across decades and roles.
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Glenn Frank
Charles Kendall Adams
O. E. Pederson
Winnebago County
Adams
Philipp
Efror
Gvvernor
Charles R. van Hise
Wisconsin
William Randolph Hearst
Fassett A. Cotton
la Crosse
Cotton
Indiana
We la Crosse
Milwaukee Road Veteran Employes Association
John M. Haran
Milwaukee, Wis
Burlington
Johnny" Horan
Milwaukee
Milwaukee and Mississippi Railway
Milwaukee Road System
Mr. Horan
The
Milwaukee Road
Byron Kilbourn
H. A. Scandrett
Decision on Rail Pensions Stuns Ekern
Washington correspondent Ruby A. Black reports a five to four Supreme Court ruling invalidating the Railroad Pensions Act. Ekern, who drafted the bill for the Railroad Employes National Pension Association, faces a hard setback as Justices Roberts and Hughes give opposite views on severability and interstate commerce limits. The ruling challenges the bill’s structure, leaving Ekern and allies vowing further action while Congress and state leaders weigh alternatives and amendments.
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Ruby A. Black
Tribune Washington
Washington
Supreme Court
Herman L. Ekern
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Ekern
Owen J. Roberts
Oe Es Ekxern
Railroad Brotherhoods
Brotherhoods
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Roberts
Hughes
Louis D. Brandeis
Harlan Fiske Stone
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Congress
Hkern
Robert F.wagner
New York
Drum Corps Leaves For Prairie du Chien
Thirty three strong V F W junior naval guard drum and bugle corps left this morning for Prairie du Chien as guests of the V F W post for the day. Members from Thomas Hooney post and its auxiliary joined. They planned church visits in Prairie du Chien and will return to town to take their mothers to a show. Jack Shelley, corps director, led the trip.
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Naval Guard Dnon and Bugle Corps
Prairie du Chien
Thomas Hooney
The
Vetjerans of Foreign Ware
Jack Shelley
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Foreign Affairs
Ohio
Dillinger
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives Association
Fredrick Clausen
Herbert C. Scnenk
Teau
Science Department
University of Wisconsin
Edward H. Kiefer
Mr. Kiefer
J. W. Carow
Curbstone
Bill Roellig
Bill
Thal
Order of Eagles
C. A. Dittman
Aerie
Charlie
National Judiciary Committee
Dittman
Frank E. Her- Ting
Eagles Magazine
Siig
Oe Q& Landeau
State Bank Boighn
McMillan Building
Faris
Landeau
F. Ryan Duffy
Fond du Lac
Bernard J. Gehrmean
Mellen
AAA
Robert OM. la Follette, Jr
Duffy
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