Roosevelt Urges World War Pact to End Armed Conflicts
Roosevelts call for a universal non aggression pact drawing praise worldwide. Hitler backs disarmament plans but demands equal armament and warns of leaving the League of Nations unless Germany gains full equality. Officials in Washington see cautious optimism while Paris weighs the move against broader French interests.
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Roosevelt
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Reichstag
League of Nations
MacDonald
France
Poland
State Department
Washington
Paris
Roosevelts Peace Plan Sparks Global Reactions
Roosevelt outlined a four step disarmament framework in a special message to Congress. Nations would cut offensive weapons, start immediate steps, cap armaments to treaty limits, and bar cross border armed forces during disarmament. Reactions split from Tokyo to London with Norway accepting first, while US editorials weighed the proposal's implications.
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Roosevelt
Hull
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Tokyo
Italy
Balkans
Mexico
Norway
Russia
United States
Moscow
Russia China Ties Strained Over Manchuria Railway Sale
The Soviet plan to sell the Chinese Eastern railway of Manchuria to Japan endangered Moscow Beijing alignment. China backed away from trade treaty talks and Chinese papers warn of possible retaliation by boycotting Soviet oil, which has cut into the Chinese market over two years.
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China
Manchuria
Japan
Moscow
Russia
Roosevelt Pushes Vast Public Works Plan For Nation
President Roosevelt's bill proposes a 3.3 billion construction program to boost employment and industrial activity. Funding details remain to be decided by the House Ways and Means Committee as opposition to inflation and tax measures emerges. The plan outlines highway and naval projects plus housing and natural resource initiatives. Princeton mourns as Dr. John Grier Hibben, former president emeritus, dies in New Jersey car collision. Mrs Hibben is seriously injured.
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Rinceton University
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George N. Peek
Washington
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Moline
Ill
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Mr. Peek
Roosevelt cannot attend Century of Progress opening in Chicago
Resident Roosevelt notified Rufus C. Dawes that he would be unable to attend the May 27 opening of the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. He expressed hope to visit before the fair closes, while confirming the event would be formally opened on the scheduled date and the grounds would be ready for visitors.
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Japan
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Tient- Sin
Shanghai
Tientsin
Navy
Tokyo
Mineo Osumi
Sea of Japan
Rufus C. Dawes
Century of Progress
Chicago
Roosevelt taps trio for world economic conference
President Roosevelt selects three Americans for the London world economic conference delegation. Secretary of State Hull heads the group joined by James M. Cox of Ohio and Senator Key Pittman. The assemble will represent U S policy at the international event.
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London
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Hull
James M. Cox
Ohio
Key Pittman
Mortgage talks stall on land bank bonds in emergency act
National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart reports farm mortgage lenders oppose broad debt write downs or exchange for federal land bank bonds under the emergency act. Land banks may issue up to 3 billion dollars in bonds to refinance mortgages, with strict loan-to-value limits.
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Farm Relief Policies and Roosevelts Economic Strategy
Washington notes outline the Farm Relief Act's administration under George N Peek. It describes mortgage relief, land bank bonds, and Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans to reduce debt and stabilize farming. It also discusses Roosevelt's mixed economic nationalism and anticipated world tariff shifts.
Backward to recovery and temperance in hard times
Opinion column argues for returning to older economic practices and temperance as the path through frequent hard times. It decries prohibition as misread and cites weather, crime, and social issues while reflecting on writers, Lincoln Steffens, Oscar Wilde, and Eve in sacred history with sharp, period voice.
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Laws for aerial regulations crafted at Rome conference
An international conference on aerial legislation in Rome drafts IR laws to be adopted in a global agreement binding all adhering nations. The U S delegation is led by John C. Cooper Jr who chairs the aeronautics committee of the American Bar Association.
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John C. Cooper, Jr
Committee On Aeronautics
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