Brisbanes This Week Collections and Global Tensions
A wide Somber column surveys mob violence with a lynching and a prison escape at Alcatraz. Goering named assistant dictator in Germany as parallels are drawn to Nazi policies and global fears. California’s three kinds of gold are named along with the priceless value of education and public libraries in a sweeping, opinionated summary.
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Hitler
Goering
New York
Emden
Germany
California
Italy Takes Addis Ababa as Emperor Flees to Djibouti
Edward W. Pickard reports Haile Selassie fleeing Addis Ababa after Italian forces enter the capital. The British legation and American compound resist as long as possible before evacuation. Mussolini proclaims victory, signaling a potential Amharic puppet state and new imperial zones.
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Italy
Addis Ababa
Mperor Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Askari
N. A. Stadin
Cornelius van H. Eggert
Mull
Legation
Haile Selassie
Djibouti
Somaliland
Enterprise
Palestine
Europe
League of Nations
Duce
Chamber of Deputies
France
Great Britain
League
Eden
Britain
Prance
Navy Expansion Measure Passed by the House
The House passed a navy expansion bill worth about 531 million dollars to reach treaty strength. Critics led by Representative Marcantonio of New York opposed the provision authorizing keels for two 35,000 ton battleships after 1937 if signatories under the London treaty begin a replacement program. London dispatches soon suggested Japan was weighing a 55,000 ton battleship with 21 inch guns.
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Vice International
House
Marcantonio
New York
London
Japan
Michigan Senator Vandenberg Will Present Name at Cleveland
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan says he will not seek or accept a nomination and that his name will be presented by Michigan at Cleveland for the Republican convention while he remains not an active candidate. The Michigan delegation is instructed to present his name but is free to vote as it pleases.
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Shaw
See Bowers
Alcatraz
Bowers
Aniel C. Hastings
Delaware
C. Douglas Buck
du Ponts
Hastings
Arthur A. van. Denberg
Michigan
Frank D. Fitzgerald
Cleveland
Vandenberg
Friends of
Senator Borah
Utah
Borah
Republican
Ogden
Farouk
Frusd I
Egypt
Cairo
Royal Military Academy
Woolwich
England
Marseilles
Italy
Fuad
Roosevelt
Farley
REA
Morris Cooke
State Corporation Commission of Virginia
Virginia Commission
Virginia
Cooke
New Revenue Bill Passes House In Tight Party Line Vote
The extraordinary speed of the administration's revenue bill dominated the scene as the House passed it 267 to 93. Republicans backed the measure mostly, while Democrats largely opposed. The bill mixes a graduated corporate income tax with windfall levies and preserves key taxes, promising large government revenue gains. The Senate finance committee led by Pat Harrison prepared to scrutinize the measure in secret before public hearings.
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House
Senate
Pat Harrison
AAA
France’s Popular Front Likely to Control Chamber
After elections in France the Popular Front coalition of Communists Socialists Radical Socialists and minor left groups appears set to dominate the chamber with 146 Socialist seats 115 Radical Socialist 72 Communist and 44 minor left seats while the National bloc holds 286. Uncertainty and financial panic fears accompany the interim period before June session.
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Priser
France
Chamber of Deputies
Revolutionary
Popular Front
Sarraut
Radical Socialists
Communists
National Bloc
Pioneer Champion of Inland Waterways Dies
AMES ELLWOOD SMITH of St. Louis dies at eighty five after a life devoted to inland waterways transportation He helped found and was president emeritus of the Mississippi Valley association and shaped advocacy for river transportation and development.
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Ames Ellwood Smith
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley Association
Bringing Back CCC to Its Authorized Strength
Rector Robert Fechner orders enrollment officers to expand Civilian Conservation Corps to 350000 by disregarding quotas and accepting any eligible boy from a relief family. The move aims to restore full authorized strength and mobilize relief-eligible youths across the program.
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CCC
Robert Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
Roosevelt and New Deal clash with business persists
The Washington Post notes ongoing friction between President Roosevelts New Deal and business interests. Chamber of Commerce delegates rally behind anti New Deal stance, signaling little chance of cross party cooperation. The piece also discusses federal loans to a Virginia cooperative and concerns over government competition with private enterprise and impact on private employment.
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Panel C. Roper
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington
Roper
Chamber
Roy
Osgood
First National Bank of Chicago
Fred H. Clausen
van Brunt Manufacturing Company
Horicon
Wis
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
A Visit From Jesus Zacchaeus and Honest Living
A Jericho tale shows Jesus seeking Zacchaeus the tax collector who climbs a tree to see him. Jesus forgives and stays with him, prompting swift conversion marked by restitution and generosity to the poor. The sermon urges honesty in worship and business alike guided by grace.
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Jesus
Jericho
Jordan
Joshua
Josh
Rahab
Zacchaeus
Matthew
Christ
Lil. Zacchaeus
Church of Ash
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New York Stock Exchange
New Jersey
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Tokyo
Russia
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WNU
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
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Arkansas
Alf Landon
Kansas
Henry Breckenridge
Maryland
Breckenridge
Sen. Hastings
Mr. Roper
Sec
Sen
Harrison
Hagood
Johnson Hagood
Sixth Corps
Chicago
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King Farouk
TAMIA
Chamber of Commerce
New Deal
Equity
Rooster
Perodus
P.B. Fitzwater
Vores Moodyad Institute of Chicago
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