King's Farewell and World War Echoes Across Pages
A collage of 1930s telegraphic chatter covers King George’s farewell phrases, Mussolini and Badoglio in Rome, Austria-Hungarian alliances, and looming European tension. It blends science claims about a sunlamp with naval arms talk and a dog’s strange clue to a family tragedy, ending with reflections on ancient Babylonia and a note on U.S. bomber counts.
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Badoglio
Rome
Mussolini
Napoleon
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
United States Navy
Atlantic
America
Toaweses
Ina
Danzig Crisis Surfaces as Europe Grapples with Hitler
Western Newspaper Union reports shifts in European concerns from the Italo Ethiopian sanctions to the Free City of Danzig. Haile Selassie appeals to the League of Nations for Ethiopia and Nazi influence grows as Greiser calls for independence, potentially paving the way for German annexation. Britain and France are viewed as likely to oppose a Nazi move in Danzig, while Poland's stance remains uncertain amid reports of a deal with Hitler.
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Danzig
Europe
League of Nations
League
Ethiopia
League Assembly
Haile Selassie
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Arthur Greiser
Sean Lester
Greiser
Germany
Rhineland
Lester
Britain
France
Poland
Philadelphia
Woodrow Wilson
New Deal
Roosevelt
Western Newspaper Union
Fourth of July Toll Tops 300 in U S Celebrations
The Fourth of July holiday in the United States resulted in 346 deaths from various causes. Fireworks caused 11 fatalities, while 208 deaths occurred in 36 states from motor accidents and 90 people drowned across 36 states. An additional 37 fatalities in 15 states rounded out the toll.
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U.S
United States
America
Labor Leaders Begin Drive for Steel's Unionization
Labor organizers push to enroll 500000 steel workers into a single union as the National Labor Relations Board seeks to enforce the act in court. Major steel firms rally against open unionism while pledging to protect employees from coercion amid a tense industrial atmosphere.
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National Labor Relations Board
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Chicago
Homestead
Thomas Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Texas Floods Ravage Kyle Area Killing 22 People
After late south Texas cloudbursts, floods caused millions in damage around Kyle between Austin and San Antonio. Bridges were washed out and a train wrecked as the disaster claimed 22 lives. The full extent of destruction emerged as waters receded.
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Texas
Kyle
Austin
San Antonio
General McCarl Attacks New Deal On Retirement
General McCarl retires as Comptroller General and pledges to aid the government reorganization study led by Senator Byrd. He criticizes New Deal emergency agencies as loosely set up and tax consuming, calling for a systematic reorganization to cut costs.
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McCarl
New Deal
J. R. McCarl
Senate
Senator Byrd
Virginia
Drouth Relief Follows Western State Crisis
President Roosevelt mobilizes 500 million dollars in relief funds to combat the drouth harming North and South Dakota eastern Montana and Wyoming. Henry Wallace travels to survey the area while governors meet federal and state officials to organize swift relief work and water conservation projects.
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North
South
Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Roosevelt
Henry W. Wallace
Washington
St. Paul
Minn
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Wallace
Daniel Bell
Aubrey Williams
Works Progressee
Rexford G. Bell
Tion
T of Agriculture
Tall Tales Escape in Siberia by Horace Plunkett
Horace Plunkett of England known as Hod Plunkett on the frontier recounts a near death in Siberia. While in a Russian village he hid in a sleigh as a timber wolf chased him. The wolf leaped the sleigh and was killed by locals after a dramatic chase ending with cheers for his escape.
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Paris
George of
England
John Simon
Star
Johannesburg
South Africa
Reuter
Gunia
Gibsonia
Philadelphia
Siberia
Horace Plunkett
Hod” Plunkett
Nebraska
Wyoming
St. Petersburg
Sir Horace
Humiliated Teeth Spark Salt Lake City Victory Tale
The Salt Lake City team, led by catcher Joe Jenkins famed for his mask and a clever mouthguard setup, trails Portland Beavers late but Jenkins unleashes a dramatic ninth inning home run. The quirky tale blends humor with a comeback as Salt Lake wins 6 to 5.
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Salt Lake City
Baseball
Bugs
Joe Jenkins
Joe
Salt Lake
Portland Beavers
Utah
Jenkins
One-Eyed Rooster Blinky Tops City Champion in Maury County
Humming Bird Stevenson of Columbia Tennessee describes Blinky a one-eyed Irish gray rooster with a glass eye. He recalls Blinky’s remarkable pit performances including a finale against the city champion Allen round-head and how Blinky’s strategy and taunting odds led to a decisive victory.
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Humming Bird Stevenson
Columbia, Tenn
Blinky
Maury County
Columbia
Allen
Western Newspaper Union
Class Feelings of Animals Shape Group Roles
The text notes that animal groups form customs such as an Eskimo dog team to establish social hierarchy, either dominance and submission or equality, illustrating how animal societies organize themselves.
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Brisbane
Athur Brisbane
Old England
Austria
Ita
Westinghouse Company
James Jeans
Prince Edward Island
Thas
Tower ‘Babel
Edward W. Pickard
London
Shenandoah National Park
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Williamsburg
Old Dominion
Jefferson
Alf. M. Landon
Topeka
Kan
Colorado Mountains
Kansas
Landon
Colorado
James A. Farley
Farley
Biltmore Hotel
New York
John Hamilton
Republican Party
Cleveland
Pope Pius
Pius
Justice Bailey
Jennings Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Railroad Retirement Board
Drouth
Jeffersonian Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tall Tales
Frank E. Hagan and
Elmo Scott Watson
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, D. C
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