France strengthens frontier after raids on Spain and Britain
Reports say Franco forces and German Italian air units conducted raids near the Spanish frontier prompting Daladier to order wider French patrols and anti aircraft defenses. In U S politics Wearin loses in Iowa while Gillette runs on New Deal loyalty amid labor splits and Republican shifts. Franco denies rebel planes near France though Burgos notes activity focused down Barcelona parallel.
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France
Toulouse
Barcelona
Condor Legion
Edouard Daladier
Franco
Burgos
Paris
Canton Bombings Wreak Death and Ruin Amid War Alerts
The Japanese air raids on Canton, a southern China port, killed thousands and wounded many more as government buildings, railways, and power plants were targets. Britain and the United States condemned the civilian bombing and urged a neutral inquiry while Hull spoke on disarmament and humane war aims.
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United States
Great Britain
Canton
China
Spain
Franco
America
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Britain
Hull
Nashville, Tenn
Europe
Spanish raids push into France trigger panic across border
Planes from Spain crossed the Pyrenees into France on two successive days and dropped bombs near towns about 15 miles inside the frontier. The incursions caused widespread panic and prompted calls for stern protests from officials and citizens.
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Pyrenees
France
Senate Passes Priming Bill Despite House Send-Back
The Senate approved the President's pump priming bill by 60 to 10, authorizing a $3.6179 billion package and sending it to the House for conference. Seven Republicans and three Democrats opposed earmarking funds or adding restrictions, while two anti political activity amendments were rejected. Senator Hatch of New Mexico sponsored one measure to insulate WPA staff from politics.
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Senate
House
Carl M. Hatch
New Mexico
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Otha D. Wearin
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Ber
House of Representatives
Pope
Clark
White House
Johnston
South Carolina
Cotton Ed” Smith
Walter F. George
Lawrence Camp
United States
Atlanta
Roosevelt
George
Washington
Governor Rivers
Georgia
Senator George
Sen
Fred van Nuys
Indiana
Paul McNutt
McNutt
Brady Stewart
Chandler
Kentucky
Barkley
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Warren
George F. Warren
Professor Warren
Cornell
Wall Street
Bryan
Senator Thomas
Oklahoma
Thomas
Congress
Western Newspaper Union
Lewis blocks C I O on England trade mission
President Lewis plans a commission to England to study the British trade union act. He rejects labor law modification ideas as cockeyed and warns Secretary Perkins he will prevent any C I O members from serving. The act bans general strikes, while collective bargaining remains legal though some sympathy or public-harm strikes are prohibited.
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Lewis
Roosevelt
England
John Lewis
Perkins
Riot at Stalin Automobile Works in Moscow
Report from Riga cites a bloody labor riot at the Josef Stalin automobile plant in Moscow. Workers barricaded streets, damaged machines, and set fires before troops suppressed the revolt with guns and grenades. Authorities did not release death or injury figures and arrested over 3,000.
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ROM
Riga
Russia
Josef Stalin
Moscow
Visionary magnates shape future industry and rail empires
A. W. Robertson plots a $12 million annual expansion at West-Has Remedyinghouse Electric, envisioning windowless cities and solar commerce. Robert R. Young, unknown to Wall Street a year ago, wins control of the Chesapeake and Ohio system, building a $3 billion rail empire from a $225,000 start. Their profiles, ventures, and political ties frame a dramatic shift in American industry.
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A. W. Robertson
Robertson _Board of
West
Remedyinghouse Electric For Gloom & Manufacturing Company
Robertson
H. G. Wells
Panama
New York
Philadelphia
Robert R. Young
Wall Street
van Sweringen
Mr. Young
Empire
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Canadian
Texas
the Alamo
First National Bank of Canadian
Culver Military Academy
Culver Wal.uate
Uni- Propheticversity of
Virginia
du Ponts
General Motors
Frank F. Kolbe
Young
Anita Ten Eyck O'Keefe
Williamsburg
Georgia O’keefe
Beechwood
Astor Estate
Newport
Senate
Senator Wheeler
Consolidated News
WNU Service
New Deal slate reshapes Senate primaries across states
The New Deal political machine targets Democratic nominees in multiple states including Maryland, Missouri, Connecticut, Colorado, Nevada, Iowa, and Indiana. It backs or opposes candidates with White House approval while highlighting relief fund use and internal party strategy.
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Washington
White House
Maryland
David J. Lewis
Millard Tydings
Lewis
New Deal
Senator Tydings
Sen
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Senator Clark
Wheeler
Montana
Board of Strategy
Senator Adams
B. C. Hilliard
Justice Hilliard
Senate
Nevada
Pat McCarran
Iowa
Harry Hopkins
Representative Wearin
Guy Gillette
Hopkins
Otho Wearin
Gillette
Pennsylvania
Jimmy Roosevelt
Pepper
Florida
Roosevelt
McAdoo
California
Barkley
Origins of skating traced through Norse and European skill
The piece notes skating began with primitive Norsemen whose sagas claim swift ice movement using bone runners and leather thongs. It credits Swedes, Danes, Finns, and Dutch with early development and explains how iron working in Europe in the third century enabled metal runners and improved technique.
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Europe
Carefree Cotton Fashions Patterns Teem With Summer Styles
The Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book offers designs for house dresses and jumper frocks in sizes 6 to 50 with easy sew charts. Instructions include materials like gingham and broadcloth, with trims and yardage, plus a pattern list and address for ordering from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
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Riorae
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Tallest Smokestack of Anaconda Copper Co Crowned World’s Leader
The Anaconda Copper Co of Anaconda Montana claims the world’s tallest smokestack at 585 feet high with a 60 foot base diameter and an internal volume for generating 225000 horsepower. It can burn 1125790 pounds of coal per hour.
When the Good Work Begins and Ambition in Life
Uncle Phil notes that progress comes when self dissatisfaction spurs effort, not the job itself. He discusses family college expectations, the drive to reduce large families, and the limits of whispered talk versus loud talk. A retired farmer never learns to sleep late.
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Wearin
Om Wearin
James Roosevelt
Thomas G. Corcoran
Green
A. F. of L
Co.i.0
Mississippi River
L. J. Dickinson
Lloyd Thurston
Senator Hatch
Who’s News
Eval Bruckart
Iin
Bulkley
Ohio
Elmer Thomas
Utah
Senator King
King
Far West
James P. Pope
Worth Clark
Phil
Rons
Goldsmith
Quaker State
Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation
Oil City
Ke Wes Motor Oil
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