Whispers of Youth and Global Rumors From a Wandering World
Fragmented prose surveys children in France and America, noting letters to fathers, a dog laundry venture, and wartime goods. It references Holland, Baltimore, and a plan by Rev. Charles C Webber for a planned economy, plus remarks on world ports and aviation hubs in the United States Pacific and Atlantic regions.
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France
America
Cher Petit Pappa
Papa
Toto
Tug
Rein
Mary Ces Cottrell
Joyce Hel
Union Theological Seminary
Charles C. Webber
Caesar
Webber
God
Rev. Webber
A. B.C
United States
Paris
Europe
Miami
Los Angeles
San Diego
Chicago
Cleveland
Sanrancisco
Oakland
Bay
Asia
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Olympic Games Opened in Berlin Amid Mixed Reactions
Berlin hosts the formal opening of the Olympic Games with a flame carried from Greece, a grand parade of athletes from fifty nations, and varied reactions to Hitler as America faces mixed results in day one events led by Jesse Owens and Metcalfe.
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Berlin
Greece
Fuehrer
United States
Jesse Owens
Ohio State
Johnson
California
Owens
Metcalfe
Chicago
Helen Stephens
Missouri
Tokyo
Finland
South America
British Empire
Japan
Far East
New Locarno Pact May Give Europe Security
As European powers fear the Spanish rebellion and a potential rift between Fascist and anti Fascist governments, Germany and Italy accept Britain's invitation to a fall conference aimed at a new Locarno pact. No date set. talks likely around the League of Nations assembly in Geneva. Britain hints the talks could ease European tensions.
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Spanish Republic
Francisco Franco
Spain
Madrid
Valencia
Alicante
Huelva
Seville
San Sebastian
Italy
Morocco
France
Germany
Europe
Great Britain
Belgium
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
Britain
Zioncheck to Step Down from Congress After Term
Marion A. Zioncheck of Seattle announces he will not seek re election due to his mother's health. He shifts to private law practice and says he wants to be America’s forgotten man. Washington observers note his departure ends his eccentric congressional presence.
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Zioncheck
Congress
Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Seattle
Wash
America
Knox Speech Attacks Roosevelt on New Deal Policy
Colonel Knox delivers a forceful acceptance speech to a Chicago stadium crowd and a surrounding loud speaker audience. He denounces the New Deal as federal control over local business credit wages and conditions, calling for an end to what he terms government regimentation.
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Republican Party
John Hamilton
Knox
Chicago
Landon
Roosevelt
Congress
United Effort
America
Louis Blériot Dies at 64 in Paris
Louis Blériot, renowned French aviation pioneer and engineer famed for crossing the English Channel in 1909, dies of a heart attack in Paris at age sixty four. He also invented the automobile searchlight and influenced early flight history.
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Louis Bleriot
Tous Bleriot
France
Paris
English Channel
Lindbergh
Atlantic Ocean
Bleriot
Wheat Shortage Shifts Burden to Consumers and World Markets
William Bruckart discusses drought and government acreage cuts reducing U S wheat to about 640 million bushels short of the five year average and world production dipping further. He notes higher prices, tariff impacts on imports, and a seller's market as American farmers miss price benefits while foreign producers gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Canada
United States
Drouth
Critics urge administrative court to curb bureaucratic overreach
A Western Newspaper Union analysis argues that New Deal agencies created numerous rules with penalties and that an administration court could enforce laws fairly. It credits the American Bar Association for highlighting un-American bureaucratic control and calls for clear, hearing rights before penalties are imposed.
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American Bar Association
Def Bar
New Plan
New Deal Administration
NRA
AAA
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
American Bar Association Committee
Western Newspaper Union
Dust Storms and Trade at Ta-Ku to Peiping Journey
The narrator travels from Ta-Ku to Peiping crossing the Inland Sea and Tsushima Channel arriving at Ta-Ku and observing Chinese labor on ships and bricklaying. A dust storm rolls in darkening Ta-Ku before the Peiping train era brings a clearer view of the Great Wall and Beijing’s fading imperial past.
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Ori
Japan
Shimonoseki
Tsushima
Yellow Sea
Ta-Ku
Hina
China
Ta- Ku
Peiping
Temple of Heaven
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Union Thecal Seminaries
Swift
Klaus
Arthur Brisbane
Swine
Edward W. Pickaviet
Col. Roosevelt
New York
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Alfred E. Smith
Puerto
Ernor
Rico
Gov. Philippines
William Green
Lewis
CIO
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Green
Puerto Rico
Edro Albizu Campos
Nationalist Party
San Juan
R. A. Cooper
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E. Francis Riggs
Insular Police
Adolf Hitler
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Franco
Campobello Island
New Brunswick
Mr. Roosevelt
Campobello
Quebec
Lord Tweedsmuir
Hyde Park
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Democratic Party
James A. Farley
Wallace
Chester Davis
Drouth c Ns
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, D. C
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