Monument to Canadian Soldiers at Vimy Ridge Unveiled
Dedication of a grand monument designed by a Canadian artist, unveiled by the king, honors Canadian soldiers who fell at Vimy Ridge. The piece lauds Allied valor, notes high casualty rates among Canadians, and contrasts with brutalities of the Spanish Civil War as reported in contemporary press.
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England
Vimy Ridge
Canada
Russia
Madrid
Hungary
Bandholtz
Harry H. Bandholtz
International Allied Commission
National Museum
Budapest
War in Spain Deepens as Nations Drift Toward Neutrality
Desperate fighting in Spain stretches beyond five weeks with neither side gaining a clear edge. Germany embargoes arms to Spain while Britain and France protest freedom of the seas. Rebels and loyalists inflict heavy losses, with French volunteers and Russian aid shaping the conflict.
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Spain
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
France
Italy
Madrid
Gibraltar
Hitler
Baltic
Germany
Kamerun
Mallorca
Sealskins From Pribilofs Arrive Aboard Vega
Rich cargo of sealskins from the Pribilof Islands arrived aboard the navy transport Vega. Seventy percent of the 52,466 skins go to the United States, 15 percent to Great Britain, and a like amount to Japan under the international sealing treaty. United States and Japan skins will be processed in St Louis and sold at auction. Great Britain’s share goes to London.
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Pribilof Islands
Navy
Vega
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Pribilofs
Alaskan
St. Louis
London
Mud-slinging politics in 1936 campaign warned
The piece critiques rising mudslinging in the 1936 campaign between Roosevelt and Landon, noting Ickes climate of class prejudice, party rivals, and the risk of personal attacks. It covers Federal Reserve actions, G-men tensions, and Treasury security service demotions, plus centralization concerns, with contrasts among Hoover, Baruch, Doherty, Howe.
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Washington
Landon
Roosevelt
United States
Ickes
Mr. Ickes
Wall Street
Rew
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
G-men
Treasury
Secret Service Corps
Secret Service
J. Edgar Hoover
Joseph E. Murphy
Treasury Secret Service
Murphy
Morgenthau
Hoover
Joe Murphy
Talkies arrive to mark ten years of sound cinema
In a tribute to Warner Bros and the Vitaphone era, the piece recalls 1926 as the year sound motion pictures began with Don Juan and predicts prosperous future projects. It notes Bette Davis amid studio disputes, Kate Smith switching to Hollywood radio, and Bing Crosby's family corporation. It also mentions Kar en Morley, Elissa Landi, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Freddie Bartholomew, and others lined up for future films across MGM Twentieth Century Fox and RKO.
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Warner Brothers
John Barrymore
Will Hays
Kate Smith
Hollywood
Film Capital
Kate
The
Pictures
Shirley Temple
Twentieth Century-Fox
Loretta Young
Twentieth Century+Fox
Lloyd’s of London
Don Ameche
Freddie Bartholomew
Sir Guy Standing
Virginia Field
C. Aubrey Smith
Freddie
Loretta Young Ameche
Lloyd's
Loretta
Katharine Hepburn
New York
David Selznick
Tom Sawyer
Claudette Cortes
Feger
Joe Hersholt
Collander
Ontario
Dionne
Wheeler
Woolsey
Europe
RKO Radio
Martha Raye
Paramount
Western Newspaper Union
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James Couzens
Michigan
Senate
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Wilson
America
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Congress
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Abilene
Tex
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Eastland
State Election Bureau
Garrett
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Farley
F. B. Olson
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Fr Loyd B. Olson
Hjalmar Peterson
Francis H. Shoemaker
Duluth
Elmer A. Benson
Ernest Lundeen
Minneapolis
Olson
New Deal
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Soviet Republic
Gregory Zinoviev
Leo Kamenev
Zinoviev
Leon Trotzky
Vishinsky
Gregory Sokolnikoff
Court of St. James
Trotzky
Kamenev
Hoenefoss
Norway
Dreyfus
Reichstag
Ogpu
Secret Police
Maginot
Maginot Line
Montmedy
Phillips
Illiam Phillips
Rome
Joseph Choate
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Reichenberg
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Navy Yards
Ro M. Green
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Green
William Saal
National Press
Paas Enn
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Hamilton
Astor
Bernard M. Baruch
Henry L. Doherty
Doherty
Louis McHenry Howe
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Marriner S. Eccles
Eccles
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Virginia Vale
Bette Davis
Danton
Max Reinhardt
Bette
Charles Laughton
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby, Ltd., Inc
Bing
Karen Morley
Charles Vidtor
Oceanside
Elissa Landi
MGM
Myrna Loy
William Powell
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