Who's News This Week Deepens Nazi Subjugation Role
Joseph Buerckel, a 40 year old former schoolmaster, rises as Hitler’s grand marshal of the Fists Nazi subjugation of Austria. He directs Austrian Nazi fusion, spearheading anti-Semitic policy and violent party drives from Vienna. Masaryk, Matsumoto, and a Japan investor warning frame a broader world order narrative in this week’s synthesis of figures shaping Europe and Asia.
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New York
Joseph Buerckel
Hitler
Austria
Nazi 7
Berlin
Julius Streicher
Palatinate
Saar
Hitler Movement
Govrnor
Roosevelt's broad reorganizaton bill clears senate vote
Wide powers for the president pass in a 49 to 42 Senate vote. The measure would allow executive orders to reorganize many federal bureaus and agencies, abolish civil service and the GAO, create a department of welfare, and add six $10 000 a year assistants to the president. Opponents warn of a possible dictatorship, and House action remains uncertain.
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Roosevelt
Senate
United States
House
O’connor
Rules Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Board of Tax Appeals
The
Communications Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Civil Service Commission
General Accounting Office
Ten Men to Probe TVA Sen. Bridges
Senate adop ts a resolution for a joint committee inquiry into the Tennessee Valley Authority. It calls for investigation of malfeasance charges against ousted chairman A E Morgan and probes private utility suits against TVA. bridges and King had earlier made charges prompting the probe. politics and legality of Morgan’s removal also feature in the debate.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
House
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
A. E. Morgan
Bridges
King
TVA
H. Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Republican
Sister B. Hill
Alabama
Roosevelt
Chairman Morgan
TVA Board
Morgan
Jackson
Congress
Harcourt Morgan
White House
David E. Lilienthal
Arthur Morgan
Mr. Roosevelt
Norris
Nebraska
Fighting Young
Styles Bridges
William H. King
Utah
House of Representatives
Lovers of Teruel and Spain's Romeo and Juliet
The Lovers of Teruel were Diego de Marcilla and Isabel Segura from Teruel. In the thirteenth century under King James of Aragon they parted due to family feud, suffered, and died. Their bodies were mummified and buried in the chapel of San Pedro.
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Spain
Teruel
Diego de Marcilla
Isabel » Segura
James of Aragon
Tey
San Pedro
Supreme Court Upholds Wheel er Rayburn Act Registration
The Supreme Court 6 to 1 upheld the registration provisions of the Wheel er Rayburn public utility act of 1935 but avoided ruling on other aspects including the death sentence for holding companies. It sustained an order requiring Electric Bond and Share and 14 related holding firms to register with the SEC or lose mail and interstate facilities. Chief Justice Hughes wrote for the majority. Justice McReynolds dissented. Cardozo and Reed did not participate.
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United States Supreme Court
New York Federal District Court
Electric Bond and Share Company
Associated Utility
Securities and Exchange Commissions
Hughes
McReynolds
Justice Cardozo
Reed
Ed ward M. House Dies After Long Illness at 79
Col House longtime adviser to Woodrow Wilson in international affairs dies in New York at age seventy nine after a long illness. He helped shape policy before and during World War I and served as Wilsones personal representative at the Versailles peace conference before their later disagreement ended their close partnership.
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Eath
Col
Edward M. House
New York
House
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Europe
Versailles
Franco forces push into Catalonia near Barcelona
Insurgent troops crossed loyalist lines and entered Catalonia with about 100 towns captured in a day. Battering from 200 war planes reportedly supplied by Italy and Germany reduced villages. Italy warned France against intervention, via Informazione Diplomatica, citing concern for European peace.
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Eneral Franco
Catalonia
Barcelona
Italy
Germany
France
Spain
Informazione Diplomatica
United States Halts Mexican Silver Purchases
Secretary Morgenthau announced the U S would stop buying Mexican silver until further notice. The move follows Mexico’s expropriation of foreign oil properties, seen as a blow to the good neighbor policy. Silver price fell one cent per ounce. treasury had been purchasing about 5 million ounces monthly at roughly 2.5 million dollars.
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Ecretary OF the Treasury
Morgenthau
United States
Mexico
Hall
New York
Japan Proclaims Reformed Government of China in Nanking
Japan announces the inauguration of the reformed Government of the Republic of China in Nanking led by Liang Hung-Tze as chairman. The puppet state aims to replace Chiang Kai-shek’s regime while Chinese forces resist along the Peiping Hankow railway, with reports of heavy Japanese losses.
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Japan
China
Republic of China
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Liang Hung-Tze
Executive Yuan
Peiping-Hankow
Harrison floor plan alters revenue bill with tax shifts
Senate finance committee, by 17 to 4 vote, removes undistributed profits tax and adopts an 18 percent flat corporate income tax. It replaces capital gains on assets held over 18 months with a 15 percent flat rate and drops a wheat corn cotton tobacco rice tax processing scheme to fund a proposed 700 million dollar annual farmer bounty.
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Harrison
House
Senate Finance Committee
Vienna Nazi Plan Expels 300000 Jews Within Four Years
Goering announces to Austria a program to remove 300000 Jews from Vienna within four years claiming the city must be German again. He says removal should be quiet and legally carried out by Seyss Inquart with merciful methods. The Catholic hierarchy backs union with Germany boosting Hitler’s plebiscite prospects and Vatican talks.
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Vienna
Field Marshal
Goering
Hitler
Austria
Seyss- Inquart
Germany
Cardinal Innetzer
Vatican
Britain Ready to Fight to Defend Allies in Europe
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain will honor treaty obligations to France and Belgium and is prepared to go to war if those nations are unjustly attacked. He warned Germany that aggression could draw Britain into conflict, while expressing belief that peace would be maintained. He rejected calls for Soviet consultation.
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Omg
Jan G. Masaryk
St.ames
British Foreign Office
Omas Masaryk
Thoslovakia
Central
Europe
Horatius
Britain
Czechoslovakia
France
Belgium
Hitler
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Russia
Wheat Crop Outlook Reaches 830 Million Bushels
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecasts this year's wheat crop at 830 million bushels, about 160 million more than the 1932-36 average, with a 300 million bushel carryover in 1939. Spring wheat plus durum could total 200 million, and winter wheat about 630 million, supporting the 830 million projection.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Department of Agriculture
Contumacy Sparks TVA Controversy and Congressional Inquiry
Washington editor examines the TVA fire of Arthur Morgan for contumacy, Harcourt Morgan’s rise, and David Lilienthal’s role. The piece links the clash to executive overreach, probes presidential power, and notes forthcoming joint House Senate investigations into TVA operations and governance.
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White House
Harcourt
Morgan
Lilienthal Lilienthal
Mr. Lilienthal
Wisconsin Utilities Commission
Lilienthal
TVA
Arthur Morgan
Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Morgan
Western Newspaper Union
Filet Crochet for All to Admire Pattern Set
Charming filet crochet pattern 5975 from The Sewing Circle offers chair back, a matching pillow and scarf ends. Includes diagrams of stitches, complete instructions, material needs, and a design featuring peacocks and roses. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle, 259 W 14th St New York City with name and address.
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14Th St
New York City
Reckon Often Even
Quote on balancing reckonings through frequent exchange and steady effort. The line links reciprocity with habit, suggesting that continual fairness builds lasting bonds and friendships.
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