Parliament Shows Spunk In Army Row In Britain
Long excerpt notes a British parliamentary clash over the army action against conservative MP Duncan Sandys. It describes political strains, potential defections, and Sandys’ connections to Winston Churchill while detailing past and present roles. The piece also mentions Wright brothers aviation history and German general Falkenhausen amid China.
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Duncan Sandys
Mr. Sandys
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
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Cleary
Anthony Eden
John Bailey
Eton
Oxford
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Jennie Jerome
New York
Randolph Churchill
New York Times
Diplomatic Service
London
George Sandys
Hoffman Dares NLRB Over Free Speech Rights
Michigan Republican Hoffman challenges the National Labor Relations Board over free speech and press protections after the board ruled a Hoffman house speech an unfair labor practice. He plans to distribute the speech at cost, urging employees read it before joining the C I O. The AFL rebukes Wagner act enforcement as hampering democracy and accuses the C I O of dual unionism.
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N.L
Constitutional Educational League of New Haven, Conn
Labor Board
American Federation of Labor
American Federationist
National Labor Relations Board
Committee For Industrial Organization
Texas Picks a Yankee Governor in Democratic Primary
Texas Democrats nominated W. Lee O'Daniel a Ohio born flour dealer backed by a hillbilly band with a platform including the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule. Maury Maverick lost renomination to Paul Kilday while two other administration backers, W D MacFarlane and Morgan Sanders, were defeated.
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W. Lee O’daniel
Ohio
Kansas
O’daniel
Rep
Maury Maverick
Congress
Paul Kilday
San Antonio
Maverick
Kilday
W. D. MacFarlane
Morgan Sanders
Michigan Democrat urges open mind on third Roosevelt term
Frank Murphy of Michigan told state Democrats that Michigan must keep its mind open on a possible third term for President Roosevelt. He said the welfare of the nation and the New Deal's success must come first.
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Murphy
Hamilton
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Frank Murphy
Michigan
RFC proposes forcing expansion of business loans
Chairman Jesse Jones announced a policy to pit banks against each other to expand RFC backed lending. If a loan approved by the RFC is refused by the local bank, an RFC agent will push participation. if refused, contact a competitor. The Fed’s July monthly business survey shows industrial production rising and activity improving across many industries.
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Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Federal Reserve Board
Hull Urges Arbitration Over Mexico Farm Lands Seizure
Secretary Hull sent a sharp note to President Cardenas protesting Mexico’s seizure of American owned farm lands and demanding arbitration. The move has Roosevelt's approval as it risks Good Neighbor ties. Senator Pittman supports arbitration and warns of economic penalties if Mexico refuses.
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Hull
Mexico
Cardenas
Roosevelt
Sen
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mr. Hull
Spanish Rebels Take 23 Towns as Front Fractures
Insurgents drive through Estramadura in the southwest feinting to delay Loyalist reinforcements and discover weak defenses. They seize 23 towns and villages while the Barcelona government accepts an international plan to purge foreign forces from Spain. Franco expected to follow suit, aligning with a plan backed by Britain and a 26 nation nonintervention committee.
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Estramadura
Barcelona
Spain
Franco
Great Britain
Bogota Plane Crash Kills 37 at Aviation Review
A Colombian army plane crashed into a packed grandstand in Bogota during an aviation review killing 37 and injuring 150. The president and president elect were among those present as the aircraft nose-dived after clipping the stand, narrowly missing many spectators and diplomats.
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Bogota
Colombia
Fatal Haifa Market Blast Sparks Arab Jewish clashes
Thirty nine Arabs were fatally hurt and many others injured when a hazardous device exploded in a crowded Haifa marketplace. The blast intensified the fresh Palestine strife between Arabs and Jews that began July 5, triggering clashes and panic. Several American tourists who had just arrived were among those caught in the chaos.
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Haifa
Palestine
Pick-a-Back Flies Sea ME&cuRY Across Atlantic
The top part of the British pick-a-back seaplane separated from the main fuselage about a thousand feet above Foynes Ireland. It crossed the North Atlantic at moderate speed, passing Botwood Newfoundland, then flew 850 miles to Montreal and landed on the St. Lawrence. After refueling, the plane continued to New York with a total Foynes to Montreal time of 20 hours 20 minutes.
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Foynes
Ireland
North Atlantic
Botwood
Newfoundland
Montreal
St. Lawrence
New York
Film firms sued in major motion picture monopoly case
The U S government sues eight major production companies and 132 officers in New York federal court seeking to break up a cinema monopoly. Paramount Loew's Warner Brothers Fox Columbia Universal United Artists named. subpoenas ordered. aim to divest production from theater ownership and distribution facilities. The suit claims independent theaters suffer black booking high rentals and preferred playing times.
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Cummings
Federal District Court
Southern District of
New York
Henry W. Goddard
Thurman W. Arnold
Paramount Pictures, Inc
Loew’s Inc
Irving Trust Company
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc
Twentieth Century- Fox Film Corporation
Columbia Pictures
Charles P Howard Dies. union leader passes in Colorado Springs
Charles P Howard longtime head of the International Typographical Union and secretary of the C I O died in his sleep at his Colorado Springs home. He was 58 and had just lost re election in May to C M Baker of San Francisco and would have left office September 1. Owen Wister author of The Virginian died at his summer home in North Kingston Rhode Island.
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Cywers P. Howard
International Typographical Union
Colorado Springs
Colo
Howard
C. M. Baker
San Francisco
Owen Wister
North Kingston
R. I
Death Clause Case Under HCA Moves to Simplify Utility Empire
The Federal Securities and Exchange Commission opens a hearing in Washington on August 8 to decide steps for Utilities Power & Light to operate as a single integrated public utility. Chairman William O. Douglas will consider requiring divestiture from up to 45 subsidiaries as part of a section 11B action known as the death sentence. Utilities Power & Light, based in Chicago, oversees Midwest and Northeast subsidiaries and is being reorganized under bankruptcy law.
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Federal Securities Commission
William O. Douglas
Washington
Utilities
Power & Light Corporation
Commission
Douglas
Utilities Power & Light
Chicago
Farmers push back against potato marketing order
Washington dispatch notes a surprising rejection of a national potato marketing agreement covering 13 states. AAA officials say the vote was large enough to matter, yet farmers voted against it, signaling growing independence from Washington control and a shift in agricultural policy debates.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Wallace
Friends of Agriculture
Congress
Legislatures
States
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Linens Go Mexican In Interesting Motifs Pattern 6085
Transfer pattern shows two motifs 4 by 5 inches four times two motifs 3 by 4 inches two motifs 3 by 5 inches six motifs by one half inch border and color schemes with stitch illustrations Materials and sizes listed. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W. 14th St. New York City.
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Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York City
Vestibule of Wisdom Doubt and the Temple of Wisdom
A quote by Col ton on doubt as the doorway to wisdom. It asserts that solving doubts through personal effort yields lasting value that aids future understanding. The saying emphasizes self-reliance and learning through investigation.
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Temple of Wisdom
Colton
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