Five Army Aviators Die In Air Mail Operations
The article reviews fatalities of five army aviators linked to air mail duties and the political backlash. It notes Roosevelt’s distress, possible private contracts restoration, and Postmaster General Farley’s defense while facing Senate scrutiny. It covers relief plans, new federal commissions for communications, and broader wartime debt and tariff debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Farley
Army Air Corps
Army
Senate
Post Office Department
Walter F. Brown
Brown
Mr. Farley
Hugo L. Black
New York
Speaker Rainey
House Rules Committee
War Department
Ben Foulois
Robinson
Indiana
Great Britain
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Relations Committee
Arkansas
United States
Dern
MacArthur
Military Affairs Committee
House
Air Corps
General Staff
Loughran Falls to Carnera in Miami Heavyweight Bout
Tom Myloughran, lighter by 86 pounds and shorter by ten inches reach, fights gamely and skillfully but loses the decision to Primo Carnera in eleven of fifteen rounds in Miami Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arren
Tommy Loughran
Primo Carnera
Miami
Fla
Picking on the Packers and the New Deal Debate
Washington analyzes the meat packing charges against ten big packers and how the confrontation could shape policy battles over government scope. It discusses the Roosevelt era, Wallaces and NRA leaders, security exchange controls, and the Federal Trade Commission's evolving role in supervising business and investor protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schall
Minnesota
Washington
United States
Hugh Johnson
NRA
General Johnson
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Steel Trust
Edward F. McGrady
Mr. McGrady
Department of Agriculture
Department
Congress
Roosevelt
Wallace
Federal Trade Commission
Federal ‘Trade Commission
Commission
Johnson
Union
Illinois State News Highlights and Tragic Events
The report covers multiple Illinois incidents including deaths by exposure in Rochelle, a large Cairo theater fire, a man driven to suicide near Batavia after his bride left him, and a fatal train crash near Pana that killed Thomas Carlock and his daughters. It notes a Woodruff Edwards strike settlement, CWA admin changes, a Soldier Field pageant, police chief Zimmer's death, funeral for Julia Alden, a prison safe-opening incident, and a progressive legislature praised for reducing state costs and enacting broader constructive laws. It also mentions NRA-related industrial dispute actions at National Lock in Rockford, a Cook County grand jury legality ruling, and a Barrington sewage injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McKinley
Rochelle
Gem Theater
Cairo
John Paul Brady
Batavia
Florence
Donald MacKay Gallie
University of Illinois College of Dentistry
Chicago
Thomas Carlock
Inez
Stella
Pana
Woodruff & Edwards
Elgin
National Labor Board
Frank DD. Chase
Illinois Civil Works Administration
CWA
Harry L. Hopkins
Illinois
Soldier Feld
Illinois Police Association
Matthew Zimmer
Police Department of
Julia EB. Alden
John Alden
Aurora
Miss Alden
Harriet
Edna Walker
Oswego
George Alden
Frank Whipp
State
Joseph Allman
Whipp
Allman
General Assembly
Legislative Voters’ League
Horner
League
Assembly
National Lock Company of
Rockford
NRA
Labor Board
Warren H. Orr
Illinois Supreme Court
High Court
Cook County Grand Jury
Otto Kerner
Jack Lieber
Joliet
Cook County
Supreme Court
Albert Costley
Mose Roberts
Coulterville
Randolph County
Chester
State Supreme Court
Springfield
Lake County
Barrington
Flint Creek
Barrington Country Club
Edward B. Shurtleff
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Manchukuo
Edward W. Pickard
Reedsville
W. Va
Federal Commission
Federal Radio Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
George N. Peek
White House
Japan
Henry Puyi
China
Kang Teh
Russia
Manchuria
Henry
Hsinking
Heaven
Yueh Hua
Soviet
Tariff Commission
Fenehanp
London
Hyde Park
Scotland Yard
Tom Mann
Harry Pillitt
MacDonald
House of Commons
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
Western Newspaper Union
D. A. Farley
Emperor Kang Teh
William Bruckart
Packers
Illinois State News
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