Belgium Crown Prince Leopold Takes Reins After Albert I Death
Albert I of Belgium died while mountain climbing near Namur. Crown Prince Leopold ascends the throne at 32, with Astrid of Sweden as queen. Leopold’s coronation follows the funeral, with international dignitaries present. France Britain Italy Germany Poland and the United States send representatives as Belgium enters a new era.
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Albert I
Belgium
Namur
Brussels
Elizabeth
Albert
Leopold
Duke of
Brabant
Astrid
Sweden
Cathedral of St. Gudule
Charles
Umberto
Italy
Morris
United States
Lebrun
Doumergue
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Leopold
England
France
Spain
Brazil
Stavisky scandal linked murder and spy claims in Paris case
The report ties a mystery murder to the Stavisky scandal with claims Stavisky was an international spy and swindler aided by women, amid evidence of German information selling. It notes Albert Prince’s murder, and recounts air mail hearing details with Walter Brown and Col. Lindbergh’s disclosed aviation profits and losses.
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Anthony Eden
Europe
Paris
France
Hitler
Germany
Eden
Berlin
Rome
Great Britain
Italy
Austria
Mussolini
Dollfuss
Albert Prince
Court of Appeals
Stavisky
Dijon
Senate Committee
Walter F. Brown
Hoover
Brown
Lindbergh
Senate
Pan-American Airways
Pan-American
Transcontinental and Western Air
Transcontinental Air Transport
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sandino Murder Sparks Political Tension in Nicaragua
The former rebel chief Augusto Sandino and two aides were killed by national guard members in Managua, provoking government denouncement and an ordered investigation despite guarantees for safety. The incident follows broader regional instability and diplomatic tension. The report also notes royal romance around Prince Sigvard of Sweden and Ericka Patzek and a US memo about crime in twin cities.
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Augusto Sandino
Nicaragua
Sacasa
National Guard
Managua
Sandino
Sizvard
Crown
Gustav Adolf
Sweden
Sigvard
Erika Patzek
Erika
Gustav
Berlin
London
Mr. Bernadotte
Prince Lennert
Stockholm
Mr. Lennert Bernadotte
Bankhead cotton control bill sparks debate on federal power
The Bankhead measure would cap U S cotton production at nine million bales for 1934-35 with a 12 cent per pound tax on excess. Farmers would need exemption certificates to plant and penalties could deter overproduction while raising questions about drought year rewards and certificate trading. Secretary Wallace warned of a possible market for exemption certificates and shifts away from production toward certificate profits.
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House
Senate
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
States
District of Columbia
United States
NRA
AAA
Roosevelt
Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Speeches and reflections on work and progress
The speaker lauds equality under the Constitution and recounts a Kansas gathering with Henry J. Allen. He contrasts constitutional appeals, Doc Tilden, and Darwin, arguing progress comes from steady effort and good character, while praising Edison and Bell as industrious leaders.
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ED Howe
Kansas
Henry J. Allen
United States
Wichita
Henry
Henry Allen
New York
Biltmore Hotel
Irvin Cobb
Supreme Court
NRA
Bill White
Emporia
Charles Darwin
Darwin
Bell
Edison
Edison and
Woman in Wisconsin makes public history quilt
A Sussex woman layered old letters, records, and mementos under transparent silk in a quilt. The silk allows reading the preserved family records, creating a readable history piece emulating a family Bible or album.
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Boston Post
Sussex
Wis
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Louis Barthou
Privy Seal
Patman
Rainey
White House
Wright Patman
Messige
Ustice
Roger Touhy
Chicago
John Factor
Charles W. Mayo
Alabama
KE. P. Adler
King Leopold
Mayo
Prince Sigvard
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Homer
Dalen
William B
Deal
Howe
Doc Tilden
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Denver
Plato
Philips
Valent of Venient
Phillips
N.R. A
Phillips’ Milk
Magnesia
Blackman
Blackman Stock Medicine CO
Chattanooga, Tenn
P. C. Cripps
Gency
Hildebrandt Bldg
Jacksonvile
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