Global storm ravages keys to Georgia with high losses
A massive hurricane battered the Caribbean and sweeping through the keys to the southern state leaving hundreds dead and many veterans among the victims. Red Cross and relief groups race to supply shelter food and medical care as investigations into the camps begin. Shipwrecks Dixie and Doric trigger rescue operations and international tensions rise over Italo Ethiopian disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicrds
Caribbean
Keys
Georgia
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
Harry Hopkins
FERA
American Legion
Morgan
Dixie
New Orleans
New York
French Reef
Miami
Coast Guard
Italy threats and Ethiopia expulsion debated at League council
Baron Aloisi challenged Ethiopia at Geneva accusing it of slave trade and provocations. He urged the league to expel Ethiopia or Italy, while Professor Jeze warned expulsion would set a dangerous precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aron Pompel Aloisi
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Italy
Ethiopia
Aloisi
League of Nations
Community of Civilized Nations
League
Baron
League Council
Gaston Jeze
Confederate veterans plan Gettysburg reunion with G A R 1988
The United Confederate Veterans in Amarillo Texas agreed to hold a joint reunion at Gettysburg with the Grand Army of the Republic in 1988 after assurances the Confederate flag would not be banned. Paul Roy extended the invitation for Governor Earls of Pennsylvania and stated the flag would be carried freely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Confederate Veterans
Amarillo
Texas
Gettysburg
Grand Army of the Republic
Paul Roy
Earls
Pennsylvania
South
Notable Deaths Highlight Clergy Diplomat and Envoy
The report lists several recent deaths including Right Rev Walter T Summer bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon famed for battling organized vice in Chicago George C Hanson veteran American diplomat who shot himself on a steamer returning from Greece and Charles J Vopicka of Chicago who served as American minister to several Balkan countries during WWI.
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Mo Tee Ae
Walter T. Summer
Episcopal Diocese of
Oregon
Chicago
George C. Hanson
Greece
Charles J. Vopicka
Balkan
Weizmann Elected President of World Zionist Congress
Chaim Weizmann was chosen president at the nineteenth congress in Lucerne. A resolution denouncing systematic deprivation of Jewish rights in Germany passed, though the German delegation opposed it as not a constructive plan. Malcolm Campbell set a speed record on the Utah salt track driving the Bluebird, averaging 301.338 mph over a 13 mile course with a peak of 304.331 mph over one mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaim Weizmann
Zionists
World Organization
Lucerne
Germany
Reich
Malcolm Campbell
Utah
Soviet note on Communist interference sparks warning
Aveas reports Washington's four day discussion of Moscow's claim of non-responsibility for Communist Internationale actions. Officials resolved to drop the matter with a milder warning stating that Soviet tolerance of interference with U S affairs could impair friendly official relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aveas
America
Moscow
Washington
United States
Huey Long’s filibuster and Louisiana power under scrutiny
The article notes Huey Long’s one man filibuster helping the Democratic house through cotton and wheat loan issues while prompting criticism from those seeking agency relief. A congressional probe into Long’s control of Louisiana elections is expected, led by Representative William L. Granfield who authored the elections investigation bill with broad probing powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enator
Huey Long
Huey
Louisiana
William L. Granfield
Massachusetts
Long
Washington
U. S. Senate
Senate
Congress
Huey P. Long
Roosevelt
Ballyhoo
Senate Rules and Long Filibuster Stir New Deal Debate
The piece argues Senate rules allow unlimited debate and defends the tradition against changes sparked by Huey Long’s six hour filibuster. It notes the political clash with Roosevelt and New Dealers over cotton loan rates and New Deal legislation, and warns of rising debt if spending continues.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Senator Long
Congress
Guffey
New Deal
Washington
House
United States
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
United States Treasury
Treasury
Morgenthau
Four Die in New Mexico Car Crash In Velarde
RS. Anna Wilmarth Ickes wife of Harold Ickes died when the automobile she rode in overturned in a ditch at Velarde New Mexico. Three friends were injured Mia Genevieve Forbes Herrick the Turkish embassy secretary Ibrahim Seyfullah and Frank Allen driver suffered severe injuries Allen died later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Wilmarth Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes
Velarde
N. M
Genevieve Forbes Herrick
Ibrahim Seyfullah
Washington
Frank Allen
Gallup
Allen
Nebraskans clash with White House over power project
Senator George Norris of Nebraska and Arthur Mullen trade sharp remarks over a $20 million federal power plan. Mullen, counsel for two $7 million plants approved by the PWA, argues the field cannot absorb more energy nor water. The Columbus and Sutherland sites in Nebraska were approved in 1933.
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George Norris
Nebraska
Arthur F. Mullen
Roosevelt
Mullen
White House
Norris
PWA
Columbus
Neb
Omaha
Loupe River
Platte River
Sutherland
Milnesia Wafers Promise Pleasant Elimination
A drugstore ad promotes Milnesia Wafers pure milk of magnesia in tablet form. Chew thoroughly and swallow to normalize digestion, relieve acidity and gas, with bottles priced 85c and 60c or tins at 20c. Recommended by thousands of physicians. All good druggists stock them.
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Florida
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Portugal
Cunard-White Star
Doric
Formigny
Orion
Viceroy of India
Mediterranean
Jeze
Sec’y Hull
Bile
Cordell Hull
Hailie Selassie
Standard Vacuum Oil Company
Mr. Hull
Hull
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kansas
South Dakota
Iowa
Erald B. Thorne
AAA
ARLY
New Labor Relations Board
General Motors
Portsmouth, Ohio
Wheeling Steel Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Charlton Ogburn
A. F. of L
Baron Aloisi
W.l.granfield
Naren
Eta Bruckart
RSP Cca
Ator
Unies
Astridd
Switzerland
Leopold
Astrid
Brussels
St. Gudule
Roy
Laeken
Albert
National Live Stock Marketing Association
Sen
Postum Company
Scotland
Merrell
J. G. Merrell Drug Company
ST. Louis
Guatilert Guntzler
St. Louis, Mo
Helex Products CO
Malden, Mass
WNU
Grand Opera In
St.louis
Maria Jeritza
Metropolitan Opera
Giovanni Martinelli
Guy Golterman
St. Louis Opera Co
Rand
Turandon
Norma
Vaust” St
of Municipal Auditoram
Jefferson , St. Louis
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