Mussolini’s Rome moves warily on world stage
In a sprawling column the author surveys Mussolini’s growing military acumen with planes supplementing tanks and artillery, the challenge to Haile Selassie, and the implications for Ethiopia. It also questions Supreme Court power, heaven anecdotes, New York loans, boxing claims, Sloan’s employee program, and Germany’s rapid air and land buildup.
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Rome
Abyssinia
Haile Selassie
Ethiopian Selassie
Solomon
Sheba
King Solomon
Selassie
Greece
Mexico
Roosevelt Falls Behind Labor in Cigarette Code Clash
President Roosevelt signed the tobacco industry code after months of dispute with the American Federation of Labor, provoking rifts as labor demands a prevailing wage clause in work relief and a challenge to administration figures like S. Clay Williams. The Senate appropriations fight for the $4.88 billion works relief bill intensifies as calls for wage changes surface. Court and defense plans loom with the gold clause cases and Pacific defense spending dominating agendas.
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Federation
William Green
Federation of Seventeen
International Unions
Senate Appropriations Committee
McCarran
Glass
Virginia
Adams
California
United States Supreme.court
Charles C. Cropley
Hughes
Eireles
Cummings
Italy Reaches Mobilization Amid Ethiopian Clashes
The League of Nations watched nervously as Italy mobilizes 100000 troops after fresh fighting with Ethiopians at Asdab. Italy plans reinforcements to Eritrea and Somaliland to organize native troops, with heavy war material shipments. Officially defensive, rumors hint at a drive toward a protectorate over Emperor Haile Selassie’s dominions.
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Manchukuo
Asdab
Italy
Eritrea
Somaliland
Tr Duce
Hailie Selassie
Roosevelt faces test over bonus payment plans
Congress weighs immediate vs staged bonus payments as President Roosevelt confronts Republican and liberal opposition. Patman cites finance concerns while the American Liberty League endorses restraint, arguing immediate payment would fuel long term pension costs.
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Patman
Texas
Frank N. Belgrano
American Legion
American Liberty League
League
Legion
Vinson
Congress
Roosevelt shifts focus from foreign to domestic policy in 1930s banking I summary
Roosevelt concentrates on home affairs as New Deal plans for public works and banking reform advance. The article critiques a proposed open market committee and centralized control in Washington over credit, warning it could erode decentralization and empower federal authority. It notes renewal moves for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Home Owners' Loan Corporation, plus requests to extend the National Recovery Administration and the National Industrial Recovery Act.
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Military Committee
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Baker Aviation Committee
MacArthur
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Frank M. Andrews
GHQ Air Force
H. H. Arnold
Marchfield
Calif
H. C. Pratt
Air Corps
Langley Field
Gerald C. Brant
Fort Crockett
Texas
Washington
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Hull
Department of State
Roper
Department of Commerce
Borah
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Department of Agriculture
Wallace
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Davis
Roosevelt
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Congress
Steagall
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Fletcher
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Federal Reserve
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Reserve Board
Open Market Committee
Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve System
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Feder Reserve System
Washington Observer
Home’ Owners’ Loan Corporation
National Recovery Administration
World War Record and League of Nations era notes
World history shows war persisted on some front for 3 421 years with only 270 years free of conflict. Eight thousand peace treaties existed, each lasting about two years on average. In the same span, 25 nation combinations formed and dissolved, akin to the present League of Nations era.
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