War Famine and Political Turmoil Across Nations
Reports from Addis Ababa to Peking depict a brutal drive by Italy into Ethiopia, famine-beset China, and Turkish Dardanelles remilitarisation. The Geneva council fails to halt aggression as Britain and France diverge. Hungary seeks treaty revision while Hitler showcases military might. In Britain, Chamberlain unveils a high budget with a vast rearmament push amid political shifts in Illinois and Nebraska.
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Italy
League
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
East Africa
Council of the League Oe of Nations
Geneva
Baron Pompeo Ab‘al
Muscolini
Wolde Mariam
France
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Germany
Editors Condemn Seizure of Private Telegrams
American Society of Newspaper Editors adopted a resolution at Washington condemning blanket seizure of private communications. It warns that without checks the liberty of individuals and press freedom are threatened. The group calls for cooperation with law enforcement to avoid premature publication harmful to investigations. It also begins a study on preventing sensational murder cases from becoming public scandals.
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American Society of Newspaper Editors
Washington
President's Secretary and Adviser Dies in Washington
Louis McHenry Howe longtime secretary and adviser to President Roosevelt died in a Washington Naval hospital after a year of illness. Known as the president maker for helping Roosevelt reach the White House, Howe advised for 25 years shaping campaigns and policy. Also noted composer Respighi died in Rome, Italy.
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Ouis McHenry Howe
Roosevelt
Naval Hospital
Washington
Sfter En Ulness
Mr. Howe
White House
Respighi
Tiorino Respighi
Rome
Supreme Court to hear Buzzard Roost PWA suit over hydro plant financing
The Duke Power and Southern Public Utilities challenge Public Works Administration funding of a publicly owned hydro plant in Greenwood County South Carolina. The case centers on whether PWA may finance such plants to compete with private enterprise, with arguments unlikely before October term. The action stems from a $2,852,000 PWA grant for the Buysxard Roost project on the Saludg River.
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PWA
Supreme Court
Supreme’ Court
Buzzard Roost
Duke Power Company
Southern Public Utilities Company
Public ‘Works Administration
Greenwood County
South Carolina
Saludg River
Tax bill drafts by Hill subcommittee presented
Bam Hill's house subcommittee finished a draft of the new tax bill. It imposes corporate levies from 1 to 29.7 percent on net income up to 10 000 and 4 to 42 percent on income above that. Banks insurers debt-ridden firms and receivership companies gain preferential treatment, with a new tax for non-resident aliens.
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Aving
Bam B. Hill
House
Ita
Big Pay for Lobby Committee Lawyer Is Refused
The lobby committee, using its funds, bars payments over 9800 yearly to Crampton Harris of Birla, former partner of Chairman Black, and notes that some wealthy donors to the American Liberty League also support the Smab ery Committee to Uphold the Constitution, though the link to lobbying remains unclear. The Southern, led by John Heggy Kirby of Houston, opens to some of the New Dendolage.
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Crampton Harris
Birla
Black
American Liberty League
Smabery Committee
John Heggy Kirby
Houston
Texas
Capitol tax bill alarms small firms and robs profits
Washington analysis warns the tax plan will raise taxes on corporations of all sizes, not just big trusts. Small business owners believe they will be spared, while lawmakers foresee sliding scales up to 42 percent on undistributed earnings for many small firms. The plan also hints at new excise taxes, especially on textiles, to fund revenue needs as the administration pressures Congress to pass a broader tax reform.
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Amatote and
Riprésentatives
Normel Matt
Borie
Ibe
House
Roosevelt
Congress
New England
Rhode
Republian
House Weys and Means Committee
Uriff
New York
New Jersey
Corde! Hull
Hull
United States
Canada
Republican
Ways and Means Committee
Fet
Treasury Department
Treasury
AAA
Farley
Washington
Navy Department
Europe
Boston
Maine
State of
Malone
No Perfect Crime Aboard as Roosevelts Rampant Campaign
The piece surveys a 1936 campaign scene with President Roosevelt addressing 20,000 young Democrats in Baltimore. It discusses youth work age, immortality debates, and muses on rivers shaping history while noting various unrelated anecdotes from bishops, detectives, and a Frenchman on sauces. Overall it blends political rhetoric with observations on aging, civilization, and cultural digressions.
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Roosevelt
Baltimore
the Hatton
Starr
Goethe
St. Louis
Kemp Morgan the Oilfield Virtuoso of Texas and Oklahoma
Tall Tales recount Kemp Morgan famed oil driller known for mega b raw humor and feats. He battled an alum mine trapping his drill and pulled 22 inch gusher in freezing Texas norther. He drilled deep enough to tap a rubber mine in Brazil and shipped 11 foot rubber lengths to Ohio tire makers. He also cut dry holes into four foot two inch pieces for market across state lines.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Kemp Morgan
Kemp
Cora
Brazil
Kemp Tust
Ohio
Kansas
Private fish tale sparks jeweled bids in Michigan
In northern Michigan a giant fish, not a whale, was captured in 1990 by Luddig Bornik. Stanley Suchwalke notes the fish’s scales fetched a high price from a spade maker from Moline. The stomach yielded a golden throne, drawing further staggering bids and cash for the bizarre find.
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Jonah T
Jonah
Stanley Suchwalke
Michigan
Laddie
Moline
Stanley
Jongh
Despondent Grasshoppers Save Leonard's Nebraska Farm
A Nebraska farmer Leonard Ard Baller recalls a drought year when grasshoppers devastated his land after rain washed out railroads and left crops failing. He planted onions which attracted the insects. upon eating the bulbs the grasshoppers cried and drowned themselves, allowing a normal crop to be raised.
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Leonard Baller
Nebraska
Leonard
Western
Newapsper
Guapasuaio Mining Center's Gold Era Described in Splendor
The article paints Guapasuaio as one of North Americas oldest and richest mining hubs. It highlights vast wealth, dramatic bas and Pantro Juarez as symbols of the era's grandeur, reflecting tall tales around gold prosperity.
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Guapasuate
Mexico
Ethiopis to heights of free animals in Ethiopia
Fragmentary OCR mentions animals in Ethiopia and reference to freed or free status. Key entities and full context are unclear due to garbled text. cannot determine exact event, date, or responsible organizations.
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Ethiopia
Ane
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