Brisbanes This Week Reflects on Press and Defense
A column reviews the free press role in society, quotes figures like J Pierpont Morgan and Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt, notes the death of former Vice President Charles Curtis, and discusses defense plans, wartime anxieties, and American Olympic athletes abroad. It mentions Sen Pittman, Manchukuo, and Bethlehem Steel outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pierpont Morgan
Aristotle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Curtis
United States
America
TVA Ruling Validates Federal Transmission Reach
The Supreme Court upholds the Tennessee Valley Authority Act on all issues raised by Alabama Power stockholders. The decision, read by Chief Justice Hughes, allows TVA to continue its power program focusing on Wilson Dam transmission lines. Justice McReynolds dissented. The ruling confirms federal authority to build and own transmission lines and dispose of surplus power, with future questions about surplus power and other dams left open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
New Deal
TVA
Wilson Dam
Norris Dam
Tennessee River
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Justice McReynolds
United States
Frank R. McNinch
Federal Power Commission
EVA
Grand Coulee
Bonneville
Forteck
Black's Inquisition Stirs resentment over New Deal probe
Senator Hugo L. Black faces mounting opposition as his senate committee questions opponents of the New Deal. The American Liberty League challenges compelled testimony under oath, while critics urge restraint amid fears the probe harms national policy. Germany warns Rhineland remilitarization draws reprisal threats from France Belgium and Britain pledges support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enator
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Black
American Liberty League
League
Senate
du Ponts
Germany
Rhine
Hitler
Rhineland
Zeeland
Belgium
Paris
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Flandin
van Zeeland
Great Britain
France
Military Revolt in Paraguay Succeeds
The revolt in Paraguay, led by Colonels Smith and Recaldé, veterans of the Chaco war, seized control of Asuncion after street fighting. Government forces surrendered, President Ayala fled to a gun boat. Exile Col Rafael Franco expected to head a new government from Buenos Aires.
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Smith
Recaldé
Chaco
Paraguay
Asuncion
Ayala
Col
Rafael
Franco
Buenos Aires
Italians claim victory in major Ethiopian battle at Aradam
Italian forces under General Badoglio, about 70 000 strong, defeated and routed roughly 80 000 Ethiopian fighters including 10 000 of Ras Mulugheta s guard and 70 000 under Ras Kassa and Ras Seyoum. Italians retain control of KEnderto and passes in Tembien after six days of encirclement. The March 28 division raised the Italian flag on Aradam s summit, opening a path toward Amba Alagia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethiopia
Badogno
Ras Mulugheta
Ras Kassa
Ras Seyoum
Kenderto
Tembien
Blackski
Aradam
Amba Alagia
Plan to Cash the Bonus Without New Taxes
Senate Finance Committee aide and Senator Byrnes move to amend the independent offices appropriation bill to provide 1.716 billion dollars to cash the veterans bonus with no new taxes. The plan includes using 254 million dollars in the adjusted service certificate fund and transferring 507 million dollars in bonds to repay loans on bonus certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
Byrnes
Executive Department
Independent Offices
Newton D. Baker Heads Special Bar Committee
Newton D. Baker, former secretary of war, was named chair of the American Bar Association special committee on cooperation between the press radio and bar to protect fair trials. The panel aims to define standards for lawyers newspapers and broadcasters after incidents in the Bruno Hauptmann case and related government proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ransom
American Bar Association
Chicago
Newton D. Baker
Association
A Uneement
Bruno Hauptmann
Russia and Japan Agree to Investigate Clashes
An in principle agreement to form a mixed commission to investigate clashes on the Soviet Manchukuo border was reported from Moscow. Japanese Ambassador Ota conveyed the offer to the Soviet foreign office while Mukden consulate operations were shown as closed, a spokesman saying no link to recent border clashes was stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Sese
Foreign Office
Tamekichi Ota
G. S. Stomoitiakore
Mukden
Manchukuo
Outer Mongolian
Norway Wins Winter Olympic Games at Garmisch Partenkirchen
Norway topped the Winter Olympics with 146 points at Garmisch Partenkirchen Germany. Germany took second with 117 points and the United States finished fifth with 35 points. Norwegian speed skaters and ski jumpers led the tally while Americans won only the two man bobsled title by Ivan Brown and Alan Washbond of Keene Valley New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
United States
Ivan Brown
Alan Washbond
Keene Valley
N. Y
Pan-American Peace Parley Proposed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt has sent letters to Latin American heads of government inviting participation in a Pan American conference in Washington. The agenda aims to set up peaceful dispute resolution machinery for the western hemisphere and may seek a multilateral redefinition of the Monroe Doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
State Department
League of Nations Moves Into Its New Palace
The League of Nations settles into a new white stone palace near Geneva on Lake Leman. Delays from international architect disputes push completion of the central assembly room to September and the Rockefeller library gift of 2,000,000 remains offline for weeks. The complex includes secretariat, council, library, and assembly wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Lake Leman
Geneva
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Council
Assembly
Marines Guard Chinese Tailor in Shanghai Standoff
Frank B Eckhardt recalls January 1932 Shanghai incident with Japanese patrols near Sinza road. A US Marine guard unit faced demands to seize uniforms for Chinese tailor Fong Kee, with Major warning of possible firing. Padres and officers argued, goods remained American property, truck returned to battalion. Eckhardt describes fear and near-fire danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Freddie Barker
International Settlement
Frank B. Eckhardt
Japan
Frank
United States Marines
Sinza Road
Fong Kee
Kee
Boone Road
Hong Kew
Woochang Road
Calendar of Indian Months by Twig Bundles at Calgary Reserve
A Tit Bits summary describes Sarcee medicine men using five bundles of thirty twigs each to mark six months per half year. The third bundle represents June and December, split in two, with twig orientation varying by season. The fifth bundle is used twice, and each month bears a distinctive Cree or Indian name such as Frog Moon and Goose Moon with animal gleaming symbols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alberta
Forests Filter Air and Shield Villages from Epidemics
Forests purify air as leaves trap dust and bacteria and exert hygienic influence on surrounding land. Indian villages near dense woods report protection from cholera outbreaks in their districts due to the surrounding forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Collier’s Weekly
Household tips from a mid century column
Practical guidance on kitchen tips and home care covers making pudding on the stove top and dumpling dough, cooling jars to remove stoppers, improving fudge texture with cornstarch, growing water hyacinths in a fish globe, shellac finishes for floors, portions for fish dinners, and quick desserts with whipped cream.
Miners Divide Hut at Mount Isa Dispute
Two miners at Mount Isa quarrel over a hut 20 feet by 10 feet. They sawed the structure in two and each took half, halting the dispute with a crude split of ownership at one of Australia’s largest mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Isa
Australia
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Free Press
Charles Fourier
Henry Ford
Mrs. Roosevelt
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Russia
Asia
Pittman
Nevada
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Manchuria
Outer Mongolia
Soviet Russia
State of
New York
Department of Mental Hygiene
Charlie
Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem Steel
Carnegie
G. A. Stevenson
University College of Oxford
London Times
Rome
Wland
Pverybody
King Features Syndicate
Iye
WIN
Edward
House
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
Chief Justice
Hughes
Senator Black
War Department
National Defense
Passantiquoddy
Maine
Florida Ship Canal
Gen
Badoglio
N. D. Baker
Floyd Gibbons
Jules
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Solomor
Ferry-Morse
Rochester
Mich
Salinas
Cal
Ferry-Morse Seed Breeding Institute
WSB
Ferry-Morse Seed Co
Detroit
San Francisco
Clarendon Mfg. Co
Hano More
Hite Petro
SAM B. Parks CO
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