Ethiopian Showdown Is Near Disasters of the Year Reviewed By Red Cross
The American Red Cross convened in Chicago with over 2,000 delegates to review a year of major peacetime disasters. Floods and tornadoes affected 20 states, damaging property for 649,000 people, with over 500 deaths and more than 9,000 injuries. The nation contributed 7.5 million dollars for flood and tornado relief as cooperation across veterans groups Scouts Salvation Army and local agencies supported a unified relief effort under Red Cross direction. Air, rail, and road networks ferried workers and supplies to flood and tornado zones where refugee centers commissaries emergency hospitals and warehousing organized aid and kept hunger at bay.
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Phil Newsom
United Press
Chicago
American Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
National Organization
Red Cross
Veterans’ Organizations
Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Admiral Grayson
Selassie Pleads with League Over Ethiopian Crisis
Haile Selassie protested Mussolini’s annexation of Ethiopia to the League of Nations as the council met in 92nd session. Italian sources hinted the Duce would quit the league rather than discuss the matter with Selassie’s envoy present. Selassie urged the league to uphold international law and requested to attend every council session. Britain remained officially ignorant of the annexation and League actions.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Geneva
Haile Selassie
Mussolini
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Duce
League
Selassie
Italy
Jerusalem
Wolde Mariam
Great Britain
Southerner with bloody knuckles questioned in Guild slaying
A 22 year old from Memphis and a second man were detained as investigators probe the killing of Lillian Guild, a 30 year old antiques expert. Officers described a sting of blood on a young suspect’s garments and collect clues from the Grant park brick used in the assault.
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Chicago
Lillian Guild
James Coleman
Raymond Farr
Memphis
Isaac Roy Hess
Guild
Weekend accident toll from Wisconsin rises to fourteen
Associated Press reports fourteen deaths over the weekend in Wisconsin. victims include William Zitnick and Marilyn Peterson among others in drownings, burns, and auto crashes. incidents spanned Madison Wisconsin Rapids Milwaukee Racine and nearby areas with diverse causes from boat swamping to train and vehicle collisions.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
William Zitnick
Madison
Wesley Johnson
Wisconsin Rapids
John Hacklander
Grand Rapids
Mich
George Poppoff
Milwaukee
Marilyn Peterson
Herbert Held
Allenton
Henry Whitish
Fennimore
Anthony Clark
Neenah
Bert Countryman
Trego
Wirth A. Jones
Fred Orlando
William Zych
Bernice Billington
Racine
Zitnick
Lake Waubesa
Gerald Taborsky
F. D. R Praises Red Cross for Valued Service
President Roosevelt lauds the American Red Cross in a message praising its healing work and broad national reach. He notes the organization as a brotherhood of service, existing to serve the people, with presence in over 750 counties, often as the sole relief agency alongside the government. The Red Cross is credited with making the country a better place to live.
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Chicago
U.P
Roosevelt
American Red Cross
Red Cross
House backs Frazier Lemke farm mortgage bill in tight vote
The House, opposing administration leaders, voted 145 to 134 to consider the Frazier Lemke bill refinancing farm mortgages with 3 billion dollars in new currency. The chamber also passed the 2.364 billion deficiency bill funding the 1.425 billion 1937 work relief program, 340 to 38, with final passage postponed.
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Washington
House
Senate
Burns
Representative Taber
Neenah to Build 115 540 Filtration System
Neenah city water plant approved by public service commission to build a 115 540 dollar water softener and filtration system using Lake Winnebago or Fox River as a source. Dual supply from wells and river to remain, with no immediate rate increase. Plant will soften water from 3 4 grains to 20 24 grains for wells and over 50 grains for city water.
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Madison
Wis
Neenah City
Public Service Commission
Winnebago
Fox River
Neenah Advancement Committee
Commission
Italy orders partial demobilization of 1911 and 1913 classes
Rome reports Italy to demobilize the 1911 and 1913 military classes as the Ethiopia war winds down. The move lowers wartime costs while signaling peace aims and hinting at European stabil ity. Mussolini’s regime pushes a stance of legal and military rights over annexed Ethiopia and calls for peace with no European escalation.
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A. E. Stuntz
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Rome
Italian War Department
Ethiopia
East Africa
Mussolini
Europe
Italy
Roman Empire
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Ialy
Victor Emmanuel
Pietro Badoglio
Asmara
Eritrea
Marshal Badoglio
Pope Pius condemns communism as common enemy of all
The pope denounced communism as a common enemy damaging family life as he spoke to Hungarian pilgrims at the Vatican. Churchmen hailed his remarks as a strong denunciation of communist propaganda urging believers to defend human civilization and pray for liberation from the menace.
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Pope Pius
Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Cardievai Sereda
Prhknate
Humgary
Wisconsin political currents race toward state conventions
Madison dispatch reports rising activity among Democratic hopefuls for governor as they seek party endorsement before a Milwaukee state convention set for June 5 to 15. Republicans plan a post national convention meeting in Cleveland while the Farmer Labor Progressives meet June 20 and 21 to influence endorsements.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Democratic State Central Committee
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Edward J. Lamp
Republican State Committee
Farmer-Labor-Progressive Federation
Philipp. la Follette
Lan Fallette
la Follette
Nelson
Tax program faces crucial test in senate session
Senate finance committee meets in executive session to decide if the undistributed profits tax bill passed by the House will reach the Senate with no major changes, be drastically modified, or be scrapped for alternate plans. Senator Byrd urged Secretary Morgenthau that large corporations could evade taxes under the current House draft.
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Nathan Robertson
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Byrd
Virginia
Morgenthau
Hindenburg Ready for Return Voyage Tonight
At Lakehurst Naval Air Station officials forecast a 23 mile per hour headwind at takeoff for Germany. Overcast skies and gusty winds could affect the giant airship as it prepares to depart near midnight with 50 passengers aboard. Favorable tail winds are expected once at sea, aiding the Frankfurt-bound voyage. The ship remains in its hangar as preparations continue and supplies are loaded for the journey.
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Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Germany
Sored
Trewand
Ats
Rand
Newfoundland
Frankfort-on-Main
Tony
Naval Air Station
Policemen Win First Skirmish Over Pension Deduction Injunction
Circuit Judge Fred Beglinger granted a temporary restraining order delaying a 5 percent police salary deduction for Oshkosh pension funds. Forty-two officers sought the injunction, set to last until further order with a $250 bond. Arguments centered on whether the ordinance reduces or deducts salaries while statutes require a pension contribution backed by the city.
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Oshkosh
Fred Beglinger
C. A. Wiechering
Police and Fire Board
Lewis C. Magnusen
Magnusen
Beglinger
Wiechering
Frank B. Keefe
Police
Keefe
Iso
Penson
Miter
Polce
State Supreme Court
James S. Chase
Rudoph F. Kriz
Herson
Galow
C. A. Woedherang
Civ
Coe
Selassie Seeks League Justice for Ethiopia in Exile
In his first public statement from exile, Haile Selassie asks the League of Nations to seek reparation for Ethiopia. He asserts the league must defend a weak nation against a stronger member and urges justice for his country.
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Jerusalem
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Ethiopa
League
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