The Black Legion and World Politics in Focus
A regional column surveys the rise of the Black Legion and its violent agenda, then shifts to global powers. It notes Soviet plans for large families, Nazi and Mussolini births drives, British Empire anxieties, tax havens for Americans, and Clemenceau’s hypothetical return. It closes with a Nazi execution linked to serial killings and a comet sighting by L. C. Wer.
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Russia
Mussolini
Stalin
Moscow
William Philip Simms
Britain
Straits of Gibraltar
Gulf of Aden
England
Rural Housewives Convention Opens in Washington
Rural Housewives of World in Review reports from Washington as Mrs Alfred Watt of Canada presides at the third triennial conference. Delegates exchange experiences, view exhibits, and attend open houses as international groups share crafts and approaches to rural life.
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URAL
Washington
Alfred Watt
Canada
Vienna
Stockholm
Hull and
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federated Women’s Institute
East Africa Women's League
Senate passes relief bill with 2.375 billion for relief work
The Senate approves a 2.375 billion deficiency bill by 62 to 14. It allocates 1.425 billion to the President for relief and work relief programs, with the rest moving to the WIA Administrator Harry Hopkins. Three Democrats oppose: Tydings Bulkley Byrd. The bill also authorizes restudy of the Florida ship canal reports and funds 10 million for its next fiscal year. Pasamaquoddy tidal project in Maine remains unaddressed.
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Senate
House
WIA
Harry Hopkins
Tydings
Maryland
Bulkley
Ohio
Byrd
Virginia
Florida Ship Canal
Passamaquoddy
Maine
New York Wage Law Declared Invalid by Supreme Court
The New York law setting minimum wages for women and minors was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court for violating the Fourteenth Amendment by restricting freedom of contract. Justice Butler wrote the majority opinion with Justices Van Devanter McReynolds Sutherland and Roberts concurring. Chief Justice Hughes and Justices Stone Brandeis and Cardozo dissented.
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York State
United States Supreme Court
Butler
van Devanter
McReynolds
Sutherland
Roberts
Hughes
Stone
Brandeis
Cardozo
Rift Deepens Over AFL Craft and Industrial Unions
The AFL faces a key crisis as the federation may suspend one of its largest unions unless the executive council secures a two thirds vote. The dispute pits craft unionists led by William Green against industrial unionists led by John Lewis of the United Mine Workers, with expulsion possible at the next convention.
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Inds
Executive Council
A. F. of L
Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
David Dublinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Union
Oil Workers
NX E
American Federation of Labor
William Green
John Lewis
United Mines Workers
Green
Chamber and Manufacturers Oppose Guffey Vinson Bill
The United States Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers oppose the new Guffey Vinson coal control bill. Harper Sibley and James A Emery recall the NRA era price fixing as a discredited model. The bill would levy a prohibitory tax on noncompliant mine products to enforce price controls.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
United States Supreme Court
Harper Sibley
Chamber
James A. Emery
Manufacturers’ Association
NRA
Japan Presses China Toward War Over North China Rail Route
Japanese officials in North China claim damage to a Tangku Tientsin railway bridge and threaten war if China resists. Consul general Sama warned China must choose mutual interdependence or war, while Tokyo disclosed demands for railroad and air base rights and a large Japanese political economic position in China.
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Japan
China
Tangku
Tientsin
Yukichiro Sama
Nanking
Garden Homes Plan Aims at Rural Housing Expansion
Housing Administrator TEWART McDONALD outlines a program for building garden homes outside large cities to move industrial workers to small country plots. He stresses it is not a benevolent grant program, relies on broadened FHA mortgage insurance, and depends on modern roads electricity and water facilities.
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Tewart McDonald
McDonald
Moley Warns Roosevelt Faces Radical Threats in Democratic Party
Former brain trust chief Raymond Moley warned in New York that radicals within the Democratic Party threaten Roosevelt by turning federal relief agencies into political tools and by pushing muckraking excesses that jeopardize civil liberties. He defended capitalism and cautioned about the cost of relief funded by the public.
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Raymond Moley
Aymond Moley
Brain Trust
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
National Economy League
New York
Doctor Moley
Congress
Moley
Germany Celebrates His Revived Navy
Germany marked three days of maneuvers reviews and ceremonies to celebrate a revived navy. Reichsfuehrer Hitler attended aboard the Grille as Adm Raeder Vice Admiral Wolf and Admiral von Prother praised both sides' heroes at Kiel monument dedication. Thousands of former sailors and colonial soldiers joined the event.
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Germany
Kiel
Jutland
Hitler
Raeder
Wolf
von Prother
Treasury Announces Record June Borrowing Plan
The U S Treasury will launch the largest peacetime borrowing in U S history offering 2 950 754 416 in government securities in mid June Secretary Morgenthau said the financing calls for about 1 billion dollars of new money plus 1 050 754 416 to meet maturing obligations.
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Treasury
MICHE
United States Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Washington readers weigh China silver policy impact
The column analyzes a U S silver purchase deal with China as a major foreign policy move. It links currency and tariff tools to Japan and Britain, notes open trade aims, and questions potential consequences for U S exporters and China trade openness.
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Washington
Treas- Silverary
China
Russia
Japan
United States
Japanese economic expansion in China and Philippines warned
The piece argues Japanese smugglers evade tariffs in North China and Japan uses economic power to press dominance. It highlights rapid encroachment in the Philippines, with Japanese colonists controlling land in the Dava valley and influencing Philippine legislation through a strong lobby. It warns US policy must not ignore these trends as preludes to wider control.
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Sir Frederick Leith-Ross
Treas
Japan
Shanghai
Ministry of Finance
Sir Frederick
North China
China
Bank of China
New York
Manila
Washington
Philippine
Dava
Philippines
Tokyo
Mind Meter Capitals Match List
List of prompts pairs asks to identify capitals or states. Includes Michigan Minnesota Cheyenne Concord Utah Austin Carson City Kentucky Oklahoma Little Rock Maryland Iowa Harrisburg Providence Jackson Montgomery Arizona Idaho Dover Connecticut Lansing St Paul Wyoming New Hampshire Salt Lake City Texas Nevada Frankford Oklahoma City Arkansas Annapolis Des Moines Pennsylvania Rhode Island Mississippi Alabama Phoenix Boise Delaware Hartford
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Michigan
Minnesota
Cheyenne
Concord
Utah
Austin
Carson City
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Little Rock
Maryland
Iowa
Harrisburg
Providence
Jackson
Montgomery
Arizona
Idaho
Dover
Connecticut
Lansing
St. Paul
Wyoming
New Hampshire
Salt Lake City
Texas
Nevada
Frankford
Oklahoma City
Arkansas
Annapolis
Des Moines
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Mississippi
Alabama
Phoenix
Boise
Delaware
Hartford
Uncle Sam's Printing Bill Highlights Government Costs
Pathfinder Magazine notes the government printed $38,000,000 from 1933 to 1985. Congress accounted for 16 percent of the total, about $6,500,000. The Post Office department spent $4,100,000 and the Agriculture department $2,100,000.
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Congress
Post Office Department
Department of Agriculture
Pathfinder Magazine
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Catholic Action Organization
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