Protection Impossible And Rail Crossings In Focus
Article argues no protection from air attacks or gangster violence is possible and cites France and England. It notes President plans extensive elimination of railroad grade crossings, with future rail travel at high speeds and safer crossings. Also discusses economic trends, Russia’s potential wealth, gold, silver, and U.S. debt, plus a bill to federalize railroads starting 1936 led by Sen. Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Europe
France
England
China
Britain
India
Wheeler
Montana
King Papearee Syndicate, Inc
League of Nations
Paris
Geneva
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Baltic States
Reich
Deutsche Bank and Discount Gesellschaft
Dresdner Bank
UST
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Work Relief Act
Roads Bureau
Congress
Arthur W. Brandt
American Association of State Highway Officials
Congressional
Brandt
Secretary of Agriculture
Stresa Talks Yield Little as Big Powers Show Unity
A pivotal Stresa meeting among Italy Britain France and Germany shows limited gains with Mussolini pressing for a united front while France and Britain temper calls for penalties on Germany. The conference signals intent for broader security pacts and an Eastern Locarno effort, though no decisive resolutions emerge.
Government agencies mobilize to fight recurring dust storms
Agencies including AAA, Farm Credit, ERA, Soil Erosion Service, Bureau of Plant Industry, and Bureau of Agricultural Engineering plan fed relief to Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado. Projects cover roads, lands, and dust control with ground cover crops and listing operations. A long term aim seeks 15 million acres retired from production for crops, forests, recreation, and wildlife by July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Farm Credit Administration
Emergency Relief Administration
Soil Erosion Service
Bureau of Plant Industry
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Colorado
AAA and Relief Administration
Roosevelt Meets Harrison on Veterans Bonus Plan
President Roosevelt con fers with Senator Pat Harrison about the veterans bonus bill which has passed the house. Harrison, finance committee chair, may help shape a compromise involving cash payment by 1938 and bonds due 1945. A settlement is hoped for in the coming weeks. There is no Akron strike as Goodyear, Goodrich and Firestone ratify a labor pact allowing collective bargaining and delaying action until court tests on NLRB orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
White House
House
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Akron
Goodyear
Goodrich
Firestone
Washington
Perkins
National Labor Board
Goodyear and
Senate Btmla
Senate
Senator Nye
Rep
N. D
Nye
Flynn-Nye
Fletcher
Hastings
Bolton
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Epee
National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart
William Bruckart analyzes three topics in Washington: Winnie Mae flight by Iley Post ending at Purdue and the Winnie Mae crash eight hours twelve minutes after departure, Mosley’s anti semitic stance in Leicester, and Chicago Jewish leaders backing the American Jewish Congress. He then critiques the Nye Flynn tax bill proposals and Republican leadership concerns amid looming high taxes and political strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iley Post
Burbank
Calif
Lafayette
Ind
Winnie Mae
Purdue University
West Coast
Post
Oswald Mosley
Leicester
Mosley
London
Chicago
American Jewish Congress
Stephen S. Wise
The
Congress
Germany
Washington stakes claim as assassin in Jumonville incident
The 1754 Jumonville affair is recounted with Washington's militia killing ten Frenchmen including Jumonville, capturing twenty one, and a misinterpretation of the word assassinat leading to a broader war. The account notes the French claim of punishing an envoy and the ensuing siege of Fort Necessity, fueling tensions that sparked the Seven Years' War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
Great Mows
Pensylvania
Cowlon de Jumonville
Jumonville
England
France
Jumonvuille
Conlon de Villiers
Fort Necessity
Villiers
Eglish
Jacob van Braam
Polka Dots and Dark Horses in History
A compact survey links polka dot fashion to a Hungarian dancing master who popularized the dance in Prague and America’s first dark horse candidate James Knox Polk. The piece notes Polkas became campaign amusements and traces tobacco smoking to Puritan laws and Sunday bans, urging moderation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Prague
America
Democratic Party
Baltimore
James Knox Polk
Tennessee
House of Representatives
Polk
Henry Clay
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Brisbane
Dun &~ Bradstreet
Arctic
Arctic Circle
Northwest Passage
United States
Earth
Neville Chamberlain
McCarl
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Flandin
Isola Bella
Lake Maggiore
Stresa
Italy
Ramsay MacDonald
John Simon
Great Britain
Laval
Mussolini
Fulvio Suvich
Hitler
MacDonald
Locarno
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
League of Nations Council
League
Berlin
Puerto Rico
San Juan
J. R. McCarl
Ohn R. McCarl
Chester C. Davis
Cummings
Supreme Court
Coolidge
Nebraska Progressive League
McCarter
Mr Roosevelt
Senator Harrison
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, D. C
Henry P. Fletcher
Delaware
Ohio
Sir Oswald Mosley
BY Elmo Scott
Watson
Massachusetts
Meeting House
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