Mussolini Seizes Addis Ababa and Parades Victory
The piece reports Mussolini entering Addis Ababa with Ethiopian looters driven out and foreigners safe, including the minister. It notes Rome’s joy as Mussolini conquers Ethiopia in seven months, with casualties and captured assets. It also highlights other scattered items from the era, including a rattlesnake death and Dillinger’s case, plus brief notes on science, royalty rumors, and social observations.
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Mussolini
Addison
Rome
Ethiopia
Turkey
Scandinavia
Italy annexes Ethiopia and League reacts
Mussolini proclaims the annexation of Ethiopia and restoration of the Roman empire with Badoglio named viceroy. The League of Nations debates the issue in Geneva while Ethiopia’s Wolde Mariam sits in a closed session and Italy faces possible sanctions. Domestic U S politics cover relief funding and WPA payroll changes.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Disraeli
India
Badoglio
Duce
League of Nations
League Council
Geneva
France
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Wolde Mariam
Aloisi
Mariam Toldhe
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Baldwin
Great Britain
Four Navy Radio Men Rewarded for Bravery
Four Navy radio men at the American legation in Addis Ababa Ethiopia aided by manning the transmitting set and reporting to Washington during rioting while aiding in fending off bandits. They are to be advanced in rating following praise from Minister Cornelius Van Hi Engert and the Bureau of Navigation. W E Tanner will be promoted to chief radio man August 15. Pitts will take a course to qualify for the same rating. C F Cavanah and J W Anslew promoted from radio men second class to first class.
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W.-E. Tanner
W.- L. Pitts
United States
C. F. Cavanah
J. W. Anslew
Blum Seizes De Facto Power In France After Elections
EON Blum, head of the National Socialist faction, predicts near total control of France as Premier Sarrout resigns on June 2. He pledges a four point foreign policy including League of Nations adherence, European peace consolidation, mutual assistance pacts, and progressive disarmament. He vows to fortify republican spirit in government and cut Fascist propaganda.
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Eon Blum
National Socialist
Popular Front
France
Sarrout
Blum
League of Nations
National Socialist Council
Ickes Hopkins Feud Shifts to Senate Fight
Supporters of Secretary Ickes were routed by Hopkins forces in the House over the Public Works administration role in next year relief funds. The clash signals a broader struggle over control of relief spending as the issue moves toward the Senate.
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Ickes
Harry Hopkins
Public Works Administration
Senators Seek Compromise on Corporate Tax Bill in Senate
In the Senate Finance Committee a bipartisan push seeks a compromise to the administration revenue bill. Treasury backs the House measure while business leaders oppose it, with Senator Tom Connally proposing to keep the 15 percent corporate income tax, repeal capital stock and excess profits taxes, and tax undistributed earnings after a 20 percent exemption. Senator Byrd notes major firms would owe no tax under the Roosevelt Will.
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Hayden
Arizona
Appropriations Committee
House
Works Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
The
Communications Commission
William P. Connery
WPA
Hopkins
Ickes
PWA
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Tom Connally
Texas
Byrd
Virginia
Morgenthau
Huge German dirigible Indenburg lands and departs California
Indenburg the immense dirigible carrying 107 people and mail traveled from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst in 61 hours 57 minutes and returned three days later to Frankfurt. Captain Ernst Lehmann commanded with Hugo Eckener aboard as adviser. R Walton Moore welcomed the ship for Roosevelt. ARK Trammell Florida senator dies of cerebral hemorrhage after influenza attack while pushing War department funding. He leaves long service in Florida and U.S. Senate.
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Lehmann
Washington
Roosevelt
Ark Trammell
United States
Florida
Senate
War Department
Trammell
Lakeland
Fla
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Denver Banker Arrested for Mail Robberies
Oliver P. Arnold assistant vice president of the Denver National Bank and ten others were arrested on charges of conspiring to loot the U S mail of 200000 and to dispose of loot. Federal District Attorney Morrisy described a well known politician with a criminal record as having fled.
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Denver
Oliver P. Arnold
Denver National Bank
United States Mail
Morrisy
Azana Becomes Spain’s President After Unanimous Vote
Manuel Azana rises from premiership to the Spanish presidency by an overwhelming 873 electors vote in Madrid's Crystal Palace. He succeeds Niceto Alcala Zamora, ousted amid malfeasance charges after a leftist election victory. Azana, a 56 year old lawyer and orator, vows loyalty to democracy and national welfare.
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Spain
Anuel Azana
Crystal Palace
Madrid
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Azana
Hull Seals Reciprocal Trade Pact With France
Secretary Hull announces a reciprocal trade agreement with France signed at the State Department by Hull and French ambassador Andre de La Boulaye. Effective June 15, the pact reportedly covers U.S. duty concessions on French wines papers and luxuries and French quotas on American agricultural and industrial exports.
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Hull
France
State Department
Andre de Laboulaye
United States
Confederate President Honored by United Daughters of Confederacy
Members of Ben Hill Chapter U D C attend dedication events for a monument to Jefferson Davis at Davis Park near Irwinville. The Davis monument, linked to his capture on May 10, 1865, is slated for unveiling June 3 with governors and U D C officers invited. A reception is planned for Fitzgerald on June 2.
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United Daughters of Confederacy
Ben Hill
Jefferson Davis
Davis Park
Irwinville
Davis
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Fitzgerald
Humbert Watson
W. E. Hale
F. E. Johnson
S. G. Pryor, Jr
Lookout Mountain Park Opens To Public Under Ochs Dream
Lookout Mountain's 2800 acre park near Chattanooga Tennessee was deeded to the United States on July 1 1935 and opened for public use. Adolph Ochs owner of the New York Times funded the cliffs slopes and terraced bluffs with 65 miles of riding trails. over 25 miles completed. Visitors may ride the electric incline to Sunset Rock and view Chickamauga Missionary Ridge and other Civil War sites with tablets marking battles. The project promises a mounting of gardens and scenic trails atop the mountain with hotel and Rock City Gardens nearby.
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Tenn
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee River
Tennessee
Point Rock
America
Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge
United States
Cav
Adolph
Ochs
New York “Times
Sunset Park
Sunset Rock
Babylon
Bluffs
Lookout Mountain Hotel
Rock City Gardens
Wauhatchie
Pigeon Delivers SOS From Stranded Boat Near Freeport
Officials of the Freeport Boatmen's Association report 17 men were rescued from a stranded craft off Squaw Island after a carrier pigeon carried an SOS message to shore. The Dawn, a 40 foot fishing boat off West Island, broke an exhaust pipe. rescue crews were dispatched after the bird's message reached the Freeport association.
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Squaw Island
Fay
West Island
Association Ely
Freeport
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