Brisbanes This Week: China, King Edward, and Gold
A collage of excerpts on Chiang Kai-shek urging war against Japan and China’s vast population, the King Edward farewell, Russia's rising gold output and global power shifts, plus reflections on American views of monarchy, public pandemic cautions, and political questions about Roosevelt's power.
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Roosevelt Returns to Washington Pursues Inaugural Plans
President Roosevelt lands in Washington in good health and begins a heavy workload. He will study reports, craft the state of the nation and budget messages, and plan cabinet reorganization. Inaugural ceremonies will be simple with no civilian parade participants and limited motor car entries.
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Buenos Aires
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Cary T. Grayson
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Marine Corps
West Point
Annapolis
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August Gennerich
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Boston
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Supreme Court
Hoosac Mills
Congress
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Possible new cabinet post for Hopkins or Perkins
The draft 66 Secretary of Public Welfare may come under Hopkins as WPA chief with a consolidation plan. Rumors have Perkins considered for the post, but Hopkins is favored to receive the job. A Western Air Express liner with five men and two women aboard reportedly disappeared south of Salt Lake City in fog and storm, with possible fatality assessments and traces found in a broken tree and tracks, though weather and isolation hindered search efforts.
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Office of Education
Children’s Bureau
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Foreign Service
State Department
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Wallis Warfield Simpson
Washington
Europe
Department of State
Western Newspaper Union
Henry D. Thoreau
Ribbentrop Addresses London on Versailles and Colonies
German ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop told an English audience in London that Germany will discard the discriminatory portion of the Versailles treaty and seek colonies to raise living standards. He argued a colonial solution benefits all in the long run. Britain and Italy near a mutual Mediterranean declaration as Eden warned Mussolini to stay out of the Balearic Islands.
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Cuba and Batista clash over 9 cent sugar tax for schools
President Miguel Gomez and much of the Cuban congress oppose Col. Batista who pushes a 9 cents a bag sugar tax to fund rural schools run by army sergeants. The measure wins farmer and worker support as thousands march in Havana while Chiang Kai-shek faces a crisis in China with Chang Hsueh-liang and shifting war plans.
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Manchuria
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Kuomintang
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Lianfu
Shanghai
Chiang Tingwen
Chiang Kaishek
Russia
Tokyo
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Moscow
Marshal Chang
Pan American conference signs peace and nonintervention measures
Representatives of 21 American republics in Buenos Aires endorse two key proposals to preserve peace and security in the Western Hemisphere. The plans urge consultation during continental war threats and reiterate the 1933 nonintervention pledge, with a Mexican amendment allowing consultation if intervention seems necessary.
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Britain defaults on war debt and hints at talks
Britain once again defaults on its wartime debt to the United States but signals a desire to reopen negotiations on debt reduction. Most debtors default, except Finland which pays. In other notes, electors in capitals cast 523 for Roosevelt and 8 for Landon, while a proposal to abolish the electoral college gains bipartisan support from Norris and Lea.
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United States
Finland
Franklin D Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Washington
Congress
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Clarence Lea
California
Roosevelt
Govert
Federal license proposal looms over private business power
Senator O Mahoney reveals a sweeping plan to require incorporated businesses to obtain a federal license and face possible ship to interstate retail restrictions. The article warns the measure could expand federal control, dictating production data, wages, and management while raising constitutional concerns and political weaponization risks.
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O’mahoney
Wyoming
Congress
O'Mahoney
Federal Trade Commission
NRA
The Egyptian Bloodstone and its legends
Pearson's Weekly describes the carnelian or bloodstone as cooling the blood and preventing apoplexy, bringing peace and clear skin. It quotes Hindu beliefs it stops nosebleeds, Turkish and Greek lore of protection from sorcery, and oriental use against the evil eye. It warns of Kurdistan tales of invisibility in battle and a cruel test for suspected unfaithfulness with milk.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Cloverleaf Cheese Biscuits
A vintage recipe for Cloverleaf cheese biscuits. Mix baking powder with flour, rub in shortening, add grated cheese, egg yolk and milk to form a soft dough. Shape into small balls, place three per muffin cup, and bake at 400 degrees F for about 20 minutes yields about 1 1/2 dozen biscuits.
Tomorrow Promises and Pitfalls in Everyday Life
A reflective piece notes that promises often fail while expectations collide with reality. It blends aphorisms on patience, courage, and human behavior with warnings against meddling and temptations, ending with a reminder to manage bills by paying as you go.
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