Eden Laval plan on Ethiopian crisis faces Italian rebuff
Geneva talks by Eden and Laval seek to avert war with Ethiopia while Mussolini expands metal and fuel imports and troops head to Africa. Haile Selassie warns against foreign domination as Italy probes time limits and border ownership. In U.S. politics, Rayburn defeats collapse of anti-New Deal efforts and tax plans advance with broad fortune levies. Army officer promotions accelerate under new act.
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Congress Battles Over Tax Bill and Bank Reform
Democratic lawmakers push the President's tax plan amid Republican calls for delay and budget study, while Senate and House panels probe lobbyists. Senator Glass wins a pivotal banking act vote as Nye and Nye-backed ideas fail. Rumor of a broad Communist strike on U S Pacific coast surfaces from Moscow via Sam Carey.
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Senate passes pension restoration amid economy drive
The Senate adopted the House measure restoring 46 million in Spanish veterans pensions, with Senator Hastings of Delaware the sole opposing vote. The move follows President's cost-cutting adjustments and aims to cut federal administration expenses.
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Roosevelt exchanges Virgin Islands feud for Washington posts
President Roosevelt moves Paul M. Pearson from civil governor in the Virgin Islands to assistant director of housing in the Interior Department and transfers Judge T. Webber Wilson from the islands to the federal parole board in Washington. The shift ends a long-standing Pearson Wilson dispute linked to Ickes reform efforts and a senate investigation.
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Hits Forestry Teaching
Charles Lathrop Pack argues in the Review of Reviews that U S forest schools rely too much on European methods and call for practical field work. He says teachers should spend three months yearly in the woods and students two to three months, to produce graduates better grounded in economic factors and the lumber industry.
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Dizzy Dean Winners Prize Contest Ad
Readers are urged to check another column for the Grape Nuts advertisement and instructions on joining the Dizzy Dean Winners program to win valuable free prizes. The note promotes participation and hints at promotional rewards.
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The Other Fellows Clash Over Millennium Costs
A murky exchange hints at conflict as various parties resist bearing the cost of the millennium project. Debates center on funding, responsibility, and timetable with limited concrete commitments disclosed.
Milnesia Wafers Promise Quick Pleasant Elimination
A health ad promotes Milnesia Wafers pure milk of magnesia in tablet form to correct acidity and aid elimination. It claims the wafers work quickly without griping, with bottles priced at 85c and 60c or tins at 20c, recommended by thousands of physicians and carried by all good druggists.
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