Will Rogers Highway Suggestion From Brisbane
In a telegraphic column by J. D. Arthur Brisbane a proposal calls for extending Route 66 from California to Claremore Oklahoma and onward to New York to be renamed the Will Rogers Highway as a fitting memorial to the famous humorist born in Oklahoma. It argues many highways would bear his name if friends on both ends supported it.
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Rogers
Tusla
Okla
Will Rogers
J. D
Wood
California
Claremore
New York
Arta
Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representatives
Robert F. Wagner
John Lewis
Maryland
Frances Perkins
Pat Harrison
William King
Edward P. Costigan
Mussolini Presses Ethiopian Drive Amid European Tensions
The article notes Mussolini's vow to conquer Ethiopia and the hesitating European powers. Eden and Laval offered limited control over Haile Selassie’s realm before a Paris conference adjourned, with Britain pressing League action. In Addis Ababa church prayers rise as Mussolini orders his troops forward.
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Mussolin
Ussolini
Ethiopia
Europe
Duce
Anthony Eden
Pierre Laval
Italy
Haile Selassie
Paris
France
Great Britain
League of Nations Council
Japan
Manchuria
Mussolini
League
Germany
England
Baron Pompei Aloisi
Eden
Laval
Benito Mussolini
Africa
Anl
Italy Bars All Peace Talk and Britain Weighs Sanctions
A column notes Italy’s stance against peace talks as Britain signals sanctions and questions U.S. policy. It argues for nonintervention in European affairs while recalling past actions in Africa and debates the risks of a wider war. The piece cites Schacht on German trade and references Borah’s nomination, with reflections on Russia’s gold and future governance.
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Italy
Britain
Will Rogers and Wiley Post Brought Home for Burial
Will Rogers and Wiley Post died in Alaska when their plane crashed near Point Barrow. They were transported to the United States by friend Joe Crosson in an airplane for burial. Countrymen paid tribute to the pair as they lay in state, acknowledging Rogers as a comedian, humorist, and philosopher, and Post as a leading aviator.
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Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
Point Barrow
Joe Crosson
Roosevelt Pushes Broad Program Through Congress
Democratic leaders gather with President Roosevelt to chart a path for his must pass agenda. They weigh the utilities bill tax measures Guffey coal act and other items including NRA labor standards TVA act amendments rivers and harbors oil regulation and railroad reorganization while seeking compromises on key bills.
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White House
Enator Robinson
Congress
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
NRA
Dallas
Risk New Rhode Island Lawyer Sweeps Victory In Congress
Charles S. Risk, Rhode Island lawyer who defeated the New Deal candidate, entered the house with Representative Bertrand H. Snell and was escorted to take the oath. Republicans hailed him as a hero signaling great things for their party next year. Risk took his seat on his thirty eighth birthday.
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Charles S. Risk
Rhode Island
Congress
Bertrand H. Snell
Mr. Risk
Washington
Roosevelt
Western
Union
Schacht Criticizes Nazi Persecution of Jews In Germany
The article reports R Hjalmar Schacht economic dictator and Reichsbank president condemning Nazi anti Jewish policies. He criticizes Streich er and Goebbels, urges order under state control, and notes laws restricting Jewish citizenship while warning about church tensions and the need for Germany to sustain recovery.
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R. Hjalmar Schacht
Germany
Reich
Reichsbank
Julius Streicher
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Propaganda
Schacht
Third Reich
Streicher
Wheat policy reverses spark large acreage rise
In a sharp shift, the AAA increases the 1936 wheat planting area by 5.2 million acres. The move aims to reassure consumers about ample supplies while critics warn of higher prices and debates grow over crop control effectiveness.
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Wallace
AAA
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Detroit
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Agricultural Adjustment
Davis
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Department
The Perils and Comforts of Summer Air Conditioning
A Western Newspaper Union report examines how artificial cooling affects the body. It describes the skin as a radiator in heat and notes risks from rapid indoor to outdoor temperature shifts, including dizziness and nausea, urging more research, standards, and thoughtful design for summer climate control.
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Western Newspaper Union
Nye Admonishes Cuba to Pay Interest on Her Bonds
North Dakota Senator Nye, chair of a bondholders committee, urges Cuba to honor interest on $40,000,000 in Cuban public works bonds. He writes to Jose Manuel Casanova in Washington noting taxes were raised to meet obligations and says sympathy is due only if Cuba cannot pay. He insists repayment is the rightful owed interest.
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Nye
Cuba
Enator Nye
North Dakota
Jose Manuel Casanova
Cuban Social-Economic Union
Washington
Banks Write Off Over One Billion In 1934 Losses
FDIC reports banks wrote off 1.131 billion dollars in 1934 losses, offset by 650 million dollars net capital from government sources. Despite deterioration, bank assets rose from 40.61 billion to 47.87 billion, and deposits grew from 31.3 billion to about 39.0 billion.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Army Opens Large Peace Time War Maneuvers at Pine Camp
The First United States Army under Maj. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan commands about 4000 troops at Pine Camp New York. The elaborate exercises, described as the greatest war games in peacetime, occur south of the Thousand Islands in the region.
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Dennis E. Nolan
United States Army
Pine Camp
N. Y
Thousand Islands
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Russia
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Stalin
King
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House
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Lawrence W. Robert, Jr
Treasury
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Fort Worth
Shoreham Hotel
Bernard B. Robinson
Chicago
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Robinson
Charles West
Emil Hurja
Democratic National Committee
West
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Farley
Tom Corcoran
B. Robinson
Sec
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Banks
Lloyd Arnold
University of Illinois, College of Medicine
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