Jeremiah Noli Prophesies Albanian Liberty Leader
The long feature frames Bishop Fan Noli as a popular Albanian liberation candidate backed by Greeks and clergy. It notes his Harvard education, his Orthodox reform, and his clashes with Zog and Mussolini, set during the League of Nations era and observed by LEMUEL F. PARTON.
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York
League of Nations Assembly
Eric Drummond
Dawes
Philippic
Harvard
Eric
Jeremiah
Fan Btylian Noli
Noli
Boston
London
New York Sun
Albania
Balkan
League of Nations
Europe
Belshazzar's Palace
America
Harvard University
Commodore Hotel
Ahmed Zog
League
Mussolini
Zog
Peace Talk Across Fronts Amid Global War Fray
The piece surveys wartime diplomacy as peace talks surface in Europe while fighting persists. In England a motion for negotiated peace fails 341 to 4. a Northampton election sees a stop the war candidate lose 1,167 to 16,587. Germany hints at ending Mussolini’s Italian venture via Turkish mediation. Portugal rumored underground peace efforts. Mussolini reshapes Italy’s armed forces, retiring Badoglio Bastico and Cavagnari.
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Europe
England
Glasgow
Clement Atlee
Northampton
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Mussolini
Bulgaria
Jugoslavia
Portugal
Hitler
Pope
Roosevelt
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Ethiopia
Ettore Bastico
Dodecanese
Cavagnari
Italy Struggles in Albania as British Drive in Egypt
The invasion of Greece stalls as Italian supply bases collapse in southern Albania. British forces attack Graziani’s troops at Sidi Barrani, taking 4,000 prisoners and killing the post commander. Lord Lothian dies in Washington, affecting Anglo American aid talks.
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Greece
Albania
Italy
Aegean
Egypt
Marshal Graziani
Sidi Barrani
RFC
England
Frederick Philips
Washington
U. S
U. S. Navy
Farm Program Seen Backed by U S Farm Bureau
The American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Baltimore urged government loans to peg major crop prices higher than market rates. Loans would rise from 75 to 85 percent parity, with marketing quotas and stiff penalties for oversales. Edward A. O Neal led the proposal noting Wheat parity around $1.12, cotton 15.75 per pound, and corn 81.5 cents per bushel.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Baltimore
Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Sir Philip's Slip Wins Public Interest Debate on News
Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté, a long serving British air marshal, caused a rare lapse by revealing German bombing locations. American papers hailed the incident as a public interest fumble amid censorship tensions. His WWI service included Royal Field Artillery then Royal Flying Corps assignments and later RAF command roles.
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Philip B. Joubert DE LA Ferte
Ministry of Information
Sir Philip
Germany
Royal Field Artillery
Royal Flying Corps
France
Egypt
Imperial Hon. College
A. F. Staff
Hitler Seeks End to Mussolini Greek War Misadventure
Edward C. Wayne analyzes how Hitler aims to stop Mussolini's misadventure against Greece while a farm group pushes for new parity loans. The piece notes British envoy Lord Lothian's death and weighs political tensions as World War II actions unfold.
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Hitler
Mussolini
Lord Lothian
U. S
New Concave Screen Debuts for Theaters
A new concave screen promises a three dimensional effect for regular films in theaters. In Atlanta Georgia the municipal general election proceeded with liquor stores open and most voters forgetful about voting.
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Atlanta
Resignations Rumored at Supreme Court After Inauguration
Life appointments to the Supreme Court loom as Chief Justice Hughes and Associate Justice McReynolds may resign soon after the inauguration. Names floated include sitting Justices Stone or Douglas for the chief seat, with others like Senator Minton, Leon Henderson, and Attorney General Jackson linked to the vacancies. If Jackson is chosen he could become a cabinet member with Francis Biddle possibly moving up.
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Charles Evans Hughes
James McReynolds
Supreme Court
Hughes
Justice Stone
Justice Douglas
Senator Minton
Indiana
Leon Henderson
SEC
Jackson
Francis Biddle
NAMES in the news highlights 1930s events and figures
A montage of persona and political items includes Elizabeth Deegan's custody by German police in Paris, Ruth Bryan Owen’s 1936 marriage, Diego Rivera’s marriage, Roosevelt's Caribbean tour, Donovan's secret trip, a Turkish refugee tragedy, a United Airlines crash, and a Tennessean's long police disguise exposure.
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Elizabeth Deegan
U. S
Paris
North Carolina
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
Boerge Rohde
Christian X
Lewisburg
W. Va
Life Guards
United States
Diego Rivera
Cupid
Freda Kohla
Bulgaria
Palestine
Istanbul
Turkey
Chicago
E. E. Sapp
Texas Police
Parity payments in farm policy face deep cuts amid budget shifts
The new budget contemplates slashing parity payments from 212 million to 50 million, with potential total elimination as defense needs rise. Farm leaders push for replacing parity loans with an income certificate plan, led by Rep. Hampton Fulmer.
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Congress
Congressional
Hampton Fulmer
South Carolina
House Agriculture Committee
Industrial mobilization faults and Washington politics.
The piece criticizes U S industrial mobilization errors in peacetime, noting lessons from 1917 18 under Baruch and the War Department. It argues coordination shortfalls waste time and money and questions why national funding concentrates in Washington while states bear costs.
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Neville Butler
Lothian
Shome
California
Public Health Service
U.S
Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
Canal Zone
Signal Corps
Navy
Frank Knox
Panama
Knox
Jarman
Harrow
U.S. S. Tuscaloosa
Martinique
Antigua
Leeward Islands
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
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Miami
Fla
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Fighting Sixty- Ninth
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Donovan
Jesse Jones
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Martin
Tom Dewey
Bricker
Ohio
Sen
Bob Taft
Senator Vandenberg
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United Auto Workers
Reuther
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Bernard M. Baruch
Kansas
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