Anglo French alliance signals pooled forces for next war
Daladier Bonnet meet Chamberlain Halifax in London and announce a defense pact uniting French and British land sea and air commands. France will host ammunition stores and fuel while Britain pools war supplies and bases. Italy possibly in a future friendship pact. Food rationing planned in Britain at outbreak. Roosevelt and Ford agree government should leave business alone with fiscal policy debates.
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Remier Daladier
Bonnet
France
London
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Great Britain
United States
Britain
English Channel
Daladier
Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Spain
Senator Minton Proposes Press Censorship Bill
Sherman Minton of Indiana, succeeding Hugo Black as chairman, pushes a district wide censorship bill. It would make publishing or distributing false statements a felony with fines from 1000 to 10000 dollars and up to two years in prison. Meanwhile the American Newspaper Publishers Association in New York reaffirms defense of press freedom and constitutional rights, condemning the Minton committee actions and the Gannett organization.
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Enator
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Hugo Black
Senate
Inquisitorial Committee
District of Columbia
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
New York
Minton Committee
Frank Gannett
Ford Guest at White House Luncheon Described as Family Meeting
The White House described Henry Ford’s luncheon visit as a pleasant family meeting that could yield nothing dramatic, though observers anticipated something noteworthy from the encounter. The spokesman downplayed any major policy or announcement.
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Henry Ford
Wayside
White House
National Progressives Declare New Party At Wisconsin Rally
Gov. Philip F. La Follette led a Madison gathering announcing a third national party named the National Progressive Party. The group unveiled a red circle on white with a blue cross symbol and outlined aims including public control of money and credit, guaranteed earnings, and opposition to welfare or corporate spoiling policies. The meeting drew no nationally known Progressives and party details remain unsettled.
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National Progressive Party
la Follette
Madison
Wis
Philip F. la Follette
University of Wisconsin Livestock Pavilion
New
Nazi leader empowers seizure of Jewish property
Sneld Marshal Goering, economic dictator of Germany, authorized to utilize all Jewish properties at home and abroad. He ordered German and Austrian Jews to surrender possessions exceeding 2000 dollars. Estimated total assets threatened with confiscation reach two billion dollars.
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Marshal Goering
Germany
Corn Belt Farmers Form Liberty League to Oppose Crop Control
In the Midwest a protest movement against the AAA corn crop control program grows from Macomb Illinois. Farmers in Iowa Wisconsin Indiana Michigan Missouri and Minnesota join the Corn Belt Liberty League with Norman J. Taber National Grange leader backing the effort. President Tilden Burg declares the aim is to oppose compulsory crop control and defend freedom against Washington policy threats.
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Middle West
Macomb
Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Corn Belt Liberty League
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Missouri
Minnesota
Norman J. Taber
National Grange
League of the Grange
Tilden Burg
Washington
Business leaders back Roosevelt recovery push in joint pledge
Sixteen prominent executives including Owen D. Young and Winthrop Aldrich offered a cooperative plan to aid economic recovery. John W. Hanes released the statement after Roosevelt praised it, urging closer government business cooperation and full effort to enable legitimate profits and resumed industry.
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Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
General Electric Board
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank of New York
John W. Hanes
Securities Exchange Commission
America
Warren for Comptroller General Position Declared
President Roosevelt reportedly agreed to appoint Rep Lindsay C. Warren of North Carolina to the vacant post of Comptroller General of the United States for a 15 year term. Warren chairs the House Committee on Accounts and has frequently acted as an assistant administration leader in the House.
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Roosevelt
Lindsay C. Warren
North Carolina
United States
Warren
House Committee On Accounts
House
Roosevelt Pushes End Of Tax Exemptions Across Government
In a special message President Roosevelt urged Congress to remove all tax exemptions on future government bonds at federal state and local levels and on government salaries. He said existing exemptions arose from judicial rulings and could be ended by a short and simple statute likely to be upheld by the courts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Ford
Ford
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve System
Eccles
Congress
Earle Ousts Margiotti Amid Democratic Primary Feud
Gov George H Earle reacts to Attorney General Margiotti accusation by firing Margiotti and all deputies over charges of a $20000 bribe tied to legislation favoring local brewers Two alleged bribe supporters for Earle are named and a grand jury inquiry is anticipated.
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Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Margiotti
Earle
FCC blocks 15 percent rise in domestic telegraph rates
The Federal Communications Commission, in a 5 to 2 vote, denied U.S. telegraph firms permission to raise domestic rates by 15 percent. Operators argued higher costs and shrinking revenues justified the increase.
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Federal Communications Commission
Atlas Of Ocean Weather To Be Published By Weather Bureau
An eight decade climatic record of the seven seas will be published this year under the Weather Bureau. The study covers ocean temperatures winds and atmospheric data with charts showing monthly seasons. It includes 1560 weeks of rainfall history across 140 subdivisions and follows a $74 000 WPA appropriation.
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New Orleans
Seven Seas
United States Weather Bureau
WPA
United States
McDonald’s
Sleepless Hollow Visit Reveals Watkins impostor Atwood
A guest at Sleepless Hollow near Lake Hopatcong discovers the Cook household servant Watkins is not who he appears to be and that Atwood also shares the familiar likeness. The piece notes other quirky celebrity encounters and ends with a devotional on cooperation in Christian service.
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Fritz Ryan
Joe Cook
Sleepless Hollow
Lake Hopatcong
Cook
Watkins
Atwood
Christ
God
John
Morgan
Jesus
Geographic Society Debunks The Seven Seas Myth
Cap'n Oscar Nickerson in Chatham offered a Quahang pie for naming the seven seas. The National Geographic Society responded, noting the phrase originated in ancient times as a mythical set in India and later referred to lagoons near Venice. today it means extensive ocean travel rather than specific routes.
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Chatham
Mass
Cap
Oscar Nickerson
Seven Seas
National Geographic Society
Nickerson
India
Venice
Gardener Builds Largest Private Game Preserve
Arcadia California landscape gardener H C Sprunger has created what is believed to be the nation’s largest private wild fowl and game preserve on the C W Leffingwell ranch. He bred golden pheasants and quail as a hobby and expanded the area to house foxes opossums raccoons and many game birds.
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Arcadia
Calif
H. C. Sprunger
C. W. Leffingwell
United States
Sprunger
Perfect Murder Scene Near Red Brook Cafe
Sheriff T E Huggins investigates a blast near Clarksville Tennessee at the Red Brook cafe. The next day two men are found near a cliff with an empty shotgun shell and reddish hair. The sheriff identifies human hair and digs, uncovering a brown bird dog.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Red Brook
T. E. Huggins
Comma Change Rewards Odd Hotel Sleep Law
Discussion of a North Dakota 1929 statute where a comma error in a hotel rule leads to the joke that it is illegal to sleep in a hotel. Judges say only a legislative amendment can fix the comma to restore sensible wording.
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Dakota
Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Birds May Not Taste Smell It Belief Explored
It is believed that birds cannot smell or taste their food. Scientists suggest sensory limits shape feeding behavior, with implications for avian nutrition and ecology.
This Cheerful Peasant Apron Pattern Appeal
A new applique design features seven cheerful peasant motifs for kitchen towels. Pattern 1679 includes transfer motifs, applique pieces, stitch illustrations, color ideas, and material needs. requests 15 cents and pattern number to be sent to the Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. New York.
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Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Whiskered Exchange Sparks Civic List Quip
An Englishman with very large whiskers taunts a fellow about trimming his facial hair. The witty reply jokes that the first man should curb his own tongue before touching civil list reforms.
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Nathan Straus
Housing Authority
Robert Wagner
Mr. Straus
Western Newspaper Union
M. Daladier
National Progressives
Earhart
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Weather Bureau
South Pacific
Earth
McDonald
Jack Fulton
Madison Avenue
Fulton
Snow White
The
Boston
Times Square
Bell Syndicate
Mount of Transfiguration
Galilee
James
Peter
Erdman
Ili
L. L. Stevenson
Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Geographic Society
Gardener
Boomerang
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Nature
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Alexander Mackenzie
WNU
Denton
23Rd Street
Lone Eoney
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