President Roosevelts reorganizaton bill sails through senate
The presidents reorganizaton bill passed the senate 49 to 42 after a fierce debate. An attempt to recommit failed 48 to 43. Opponents fear a dictatorship, as the measure moves to the house. The bill would allow executive orders to reorganize up to 135 federal bureaus while sparing the federal reserve board and other key bodies. It abolishes the civil service commission and the general accounting office, creates a department of welfare, and adds six $10,000 a year assistants to the President.
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United States Army
Board of Tax Appeals
The
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Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Civil Service Commission
General Accounting Office
Department of Welfare
Ten Men to Probe TVA Inquiry Moves Forward
Senate adopts resolution for a joint committee to investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority. Sen Alben Barkley introduces the measure, targeting malfeasance by ousted TVA chairman A E Morgan and mulling a broader inquiry into private utility companies. Bridges and Hill spar over the administration’s handling and legal questions loom over President Roosevelts action. Col Edward M House dies at seventy nine in New York after a long illness. a key WWI adviser and Versailles emissary.
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Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
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A. E. Morgan
Bridges and King
TVA
H. Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Lister B. Hill
Alabama
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Morgan
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Lesgues
White House
Bath
Edward M. House
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Europe
Versailles
Franco’s Forces Break into Catalonia and Barcelona Area
Franco insurgents swept through loyalist lines into Catalonia moving toward Barcelona as about 100 towns fell in a day. Bombardment by 200 war planes, aided by Italy and Germany, destroyed villages. Italy warned France intervention could threaten European peace per Informazione Diplomatica.
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Italy
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France
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Informazione Diplomatica
Secretary Morgenthau halts U S silver purchases
The secretary announced the United States would discontinue buying Mexican silver until further notice. The move is tied to Mexico’s expropriation of foreign oil property, seen by Secretary Hull as a setback to good neighbor policies. US silver purchases were previously active but halted amid the diplomatic dispute.
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Japan forms puppet regime in Nanking to govern China
Japan proclaims a reformed Government of the Republic of China in Nanking headed by Liang Hung-Tze as chairman, aiming to replace Chiang Kai-shek. Chinese forces resist invaders along the Peiping Hankow railway as Japanese losses mount. Meanwhile U.S. tax policy shifts under Senator Harrison with a flat 18 percent corporate income tax and a 15 percent capital gains rate, while targeted farm subsidies and wheat cotton tobacco rice taxes are dropped to accelerate relief legislation.
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Jews Ordered to Quit Vienna in Four Years
Goering announced in Vienna that 300000 Jews must leave the city within four years as part of Austria's economic reconstruction. He said Vienna must become German again, with removal to be carried out quietly by legal means. A Catholic declaration endorsed union with Germany boosting Hitler's plebiscite prospects.
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Britain Heads Toward War If Germany Attacks
Prime Minister Chamberlain warns in the commons that Britain will honor its treaty obligations to France and Belgium and may enter war if German aggression brings conflict. He asserts peace remains the aim but vows readiness to fight if necessary. Also cited are wheat crop forecasts and baseball discusses on ball construction and its impact.
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Russia
Debate Over Dead Ball Versus Lively Ball In 1938 Season
The National League adopts the dead ball for 1938 while the American League keeps the lively ball. Experts, players, and government tests probe differences as World Series approaches, weighing impact on strategy and scoring between leagues.
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Meno
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Baseball Miracle in Bonura Kuhel Swap Gains Wins
Baseball swap between Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators sends Bonura and Kuhel in opposite directions. Cronin argues Kuhel will hit over 300 against right-handed pitching with the Sox, while Bonura benefits with Washington facing more left-handers. Inside baseball logic cites improved defense and mismatched lineups as key gains, marking one of the league's shrewdest trades.
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Joe Kuhel
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Senators
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Sox
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Griffith
Boston Red Sox
Kahel
Washington
White Sox
Kuhel
Bonura
Zeke
Hitler’s grand marshal of Austrian Nazi subjugation
A chaotic digest of 1930s era figures. Joseph Buerckel is described as Hitler’s top Nazi organizer in Austria, with harsh anti Jewish actions and a background as a schoolmaster. The piece references Masaryk and Japs, mingling biographical notes and international tensions with indignant, parodic prose.
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Joseph Buerckel
Hitler
Austria
Berlin
Julius Streicher
Palatinate
Saar
Munich
Baron von Papen
Vienna
Herri Buerckel
League of Nations
Spain's Romeo and Juliet tale on Teruel legends
A garbled fragment discusses Teruel legends and a couple named Diego de Mae dy Segtra and Kaig James. It alludes to Romeo and Juliet ideas amid confusing phrases, mentioning lovers, mythic echoes, and historic Spaniards in a chaotic OCR excerpt.
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Teruel
Diego de Mae
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