One Big Shot Convicted And Other Global Headlines
Commentary on high profile crimes and political figures, noting Charles Luciano’s 62 counts and a range of international events. References to Dewey prosecutions, Mussolini’s Ethiopia campaign, storms in the Midwest, and shifting attitudes toward foreign goods and national pride.
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Dewey
Supreme Justice
McCook
New York City
Charles
Lucky
Luciano
Alfred M. Landon
United States
Cleveland
Landon
William E Borah
Idaho
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Col
Frank Knox
Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Borah
President Roosevelt Returns From Western Tour
President Roosevelt finishes six state tour and weighs Yale Harvard race trip pending congressional tax bill talks. He spoke at Vincennes on George Rogers Clark memorial and urged support for his program while defending AAA subsidies. Eastman proposes rail reforms including container service and improved Pullman operations.
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Poeens
Washington
New London
Conn
Philadelphia
Mr. Roosevelt
Vincennes
Ind
George Rogers Clark
Northwest
Clark
AAA
Roosevelt
Hodgenville
Lincoln
Norris Backs Roosevelt Again Amid Convention Notes
Senator George Norris of Nebraska announces support for Franklin D. Roosevelt urging unity beyond partisanship. He criticizes the Cleveland nominating process as undisclosed and says the nation needs a leader who will heed trusted guidance for the common people.
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Norris
Roosevelt
George Norris
Nebraska
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cleveland
Real Democracy in Soviet Union Promised Under New Constitution
The USSR outlines a new constitution drawn by Stalin that pledges private property protection and universal suffrage for citizens over eighteen. It creates two legislative chambers and a 31 member executive board, with the Communist Party as the sole recognized political body.
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USSIR
Josef Stalin
All-Union Congress of Soviets
Communist Party
Council of the Union
Council of Nationalities
Moscow
Death of G. K. Chesterton English Author
Gilbert Keith Chesterton known as G. K. Chesterton, died at sixty two. A convert to Catholicism in 1922 his writings favored the church and he founded a weekly in 1926. Author of about 50 books and numerous articles he was called the prince of paradoxes for his combative and unconventional style.
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G. K. Chesterton
England
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
G. K
Chesterton
Prince of
Mece
Pershing Warns Peace Outlook Not Bright at 50th AMA Graduation
General John J. Pershing told the United States Military Academy class of 1936 that world peace is unlikely to endure. He warned that another world catastrophe could reshape the nation and urged loyal citizens to prepare for potential war as 276 cadets from the 1936 class begin three months of leave before reporting as second lieutenants.
John Hays Hammond Dies at 81 In Gloucester
International mining engineer and writer John Hays Hammond, a confidant of Roosevelt and Twain, died at his Gloucester home aged eighty one. Born in San Francisco, he crafted a life of adventure from the California gold rush to South Africa, facing a famed clash with Paul Kruger before a government intervention saved him.
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John Hays Hammond
Gloucester
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt
Mark Twain
H. Rider Haggard
Cecil Rhodes
Mr. Hammond
San Francisco
California
Yale
Mexico
South Africa
Barney” Barnato
Hammond
Paul Kruger
Transvaal Republic
Two New Cardinals Appointed by the Pope
Pope Pius XI elevated Giovanni Mercati and Eugenio Tisserant to cardinal at a secret consistory. The ceremony drew twenty seven cardinals including Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia, with new American and Canadian bishop appointments announced: Leech Harrisburg Lamb Dougherty Adrian Carroll Bray and Bray St John.
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Pius XI
Giovanni Mercati
Eugenio Tisserant
Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
George L. Leech
Harrisburg
Hugh L. Lamb
William Adrian
Nashville
Tenn
Farm Mortgage Group Reports Strong Profits and Loans
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation records profits of 15,280,716 through March 81 and places the amount in reserve for loan losses. The company lists first mortgages on farm real estate at about 308 million, second mortgages at 510 million, and farm loan bonds at about 759.6 million, with total bonds outstanding of 1,047,256,900.
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Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Farm Credit Quarterly
Federal Farm Loan
Federal Land Banks
Strikes Still Anjoy New Regime in France
After a general strike that paralyzed France, Premier Leon Blum’s popular front government faced new walkouts. Despite efforts to mediate, more industries reported strikes as workers returned to work slower than expected and other sectors shut down.
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France
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Britain Signals End to Sanctions Policy Shift
Neville Chamberlain hinted that Britain may abandon sanctions on Italy as part of a broader foreign policy shift. He stated collective security based on sanctions has failed, suggesting England could move to ease the League driven penalties amid Mussolini's Ethiopian campaign.
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Britain
Neville Chamberlain
England
Italy
Chamberlain
League’ of Nations
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Townsend Plan Fallout and Seventeen Year Locusts Debate
Washington notes critique Dr. Francis Townsend’s pension scheme as unworkable and risky, condemning the House committee’s tactics while warning the public about racketeering risk. The piece delves into political strategy, contempt proceedings, and later reflects on seventeen year cicadas and Roosevelt era reforms shaping future governance.
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Washington
Francis B. Townsend
California
House
Townsend
House Committee
Representative Bell
Missouri
Senate
Doctor Townsend
United States
Bell
Bers
House of Representatives
Foreign Phrases and Sayings Amid Stumbling List
A garbled collection of Latin Spanish and French terms with English glosses and misprints. Phrases include Ad astra cogito ergo sum egalite in tondem verbis and others alongside broken fragments of translation and miswritten notes.
Postum Free Week Offer Promised By Q Company
Read the offer in another part of this paper. The Postum Q Company will send a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it. Ady.
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Postum
Postum Q Company
Ady
Noiseless House at Bad Blankenburg Erected as Silentarium
A German health resort at Bad Blankenburg unveils noiseless house called silentarium built to exclude noise. It uses materials that damp sound and overcomes church bells barking dogs and street noise.
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Bad Blankenburg
Ability and Discretion Quote by Gambetta
A concise maxim notes that great ability without discretion leads to a tragic end, attributed to Gambetta. The aphorism emphasizes balance between skill and prudent judgment in actions.
Skin blemishes fade with Cuticura remedy claim
A reader letter from Mrs. L. Whetzler of Floreffe Pa dates June 15 describes external skin blemishes that reddened and irritated her face. She credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for clearing her skin after use. The advertisement urges the products for eczema ringworm rashes and other externally caused skin blemishes with prices noted.
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Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
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