Hitler assumes all power as Hindenburg dies in Germany
News memorializes the death of AUL VON HINDENBURG and notes Adolf Hitler's consolidation of supreme authority. The decree unites the offices of reichspresident and reichschancellor, designates Hitler as commander of the Reichswehr, and compels loyalty oaths from soldiers. The piece also covers Austrian and American political and economic developments and Roosevelt's Hawaii trip.
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von Hindenburg
Hitler
Germany
Roosevelt
Aul von Hindenburg
Gibraltar
Adolf Hitler
Reich
East Prussia
Reichspresident
Reichschancellor
Derfuehrer
Franz von Papen
Reichswehr
Werner von Blomberg
Tannenberg
Jacob Gould Schurman
Berlin
Doctor Schurman
Empire
Kaiser Wilhelm
Republic
Kaiser
Illinois News Roundup Largely Local statewide items mixed
Three bandits robbed the First National Bank at Oakland and escaped with about 500 dollars. John P. Beckman, 66, longtime Hancock County Journal postmaster and publisher, died of heart disease in Carthage. Counterfeit and liquor stamp issues appear as state concerns, with rockford arrests and philatelists allowed limited sales. Conciliatory farm debt commissions named in 45 counties under new bankruptcy act. Tax receipts show grocers leading sales tax payments, with totals by various retailer classes. Governor Horner urges voter backing for a constitutional convention while warning against drastic tax caps. Alumnae groups to attend Springfield luncheon. Bees drive workers from Havel high school, yielding honey later donated to the poor.
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First National Bank
Oakland
G. B. Hart
Joliet
Helen Petty
Raymond Petty
St. Charles
Kane County
Geneva
John P. Beckman
Hancock County Journal
Carthage
Beckman
The
Journal
Department of Finance
J. M. Braude
New York City
Rockford
Chicago
K. L. Ames, Jr
Ralph A. Hankinson
Hankinson Speedways
Horner
Illinois
Ames
Henry Horner
State Tax Commission
State Fair School of Domestic Science
Nora Dunlap School For Homemakers
Springfield
Havel
Taylorville
National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart
William Bruckart surveys Washington concerns over national defense amid Baker board findings on air power and budget scrutiny. He notes potential policy drift, debates over an integrated air service, and looming agricultural revisions due to drought. Public figures and brain trust tensions frame a tense economic and international outlook.
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Washington
Europe
U.S
Newton D. Baker
Baker Board
Congress
Budget Bureau
Air Service
United States
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Army
War Department
Army Air Service
Navy
James Doolittle
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Hancellor Schuschnigg
Austria
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Innsbruck
Carinthia
Jugoslavia
Belgrade
Hungary
Archduke Otto
Hapsburgs
Vitznau
Switzerland
France
Italy
Great Britain
Little Entente
Mussolini
Randa
Felix Dunkel
Count Hojos
Paris
Entente
Otto
Houston
New Orleans
Oregon Coast
Astoria
Columbia River
Portland
Bonneville Project
Oregon
Grand Coulee Irrigation and Power Project
Glacier National Park
American Federation of Labor
NRA
Edwin EB. Witte
University of Wisconsin
Witte
Wisconsin
la Follette
Drouth
Alaska
Jacob Baker
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Mantanuska Valley
John Troy
HARP
Department of Labor
Russia
Perkins
Walter W. Husband
Vermont
Hoover
Coolidge
Arthur Altmeyer
Husband
Moscow
Aina Langer
North Dakota
Republican Central Committee
Langer
Jim Ferguson
Texas
May
Minneapolis
Floyd B. Olson
Walsh
Olson
Father Haas
E. J. Dunnigan
Kohler Village
Wis
A. G. Schemedeman
National Guard
Kohler
Pacific Coast
Federal Board
Borgen
Peek
America
Enator
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
Allen
Long
Apan
Swanson
London
Rapid City
Holdredge
Neb
W. E. Kepner
Orvil Anderson
Albert Stevens
Paul von Hindenburg
E. E. Witte
William Langer
Gov
F. B. Olson
Illinois State News
William Bruckart
Wallace
Chester Davis
Agri
Agricultural Department
Brain Trust
Brain
Raymond Moley
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