Death of Speaker Burns Shocks Washington in 1938 Cong
Longtime House Speaker Burns dies after a cerebral hemorrhage in his Washington apartment at the Mayflower Hotel. Leaders praise him as a strategist who led the Democratic majority and chaired the Democratic congressional campaign committee. The Senate and White House mourn, and the House elects Bankhead as acting speaker.
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Wallington Byrne
Hotabi
May Flower
Byrn
Ite Dariwity
Chile
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Burns
Washington
Bertrand H. Snell
New York
Joseph ‘J. Robinson
Arkansas
Moosevelt
White House
Byrns
Adelity
Noro
Cub
Foot
Bota
Congress
Nashville
Tenn
Roosevelt
House
William TB. Bankhead
Alabama
Mart
Treasury
Ed Nich
Zioncheck
Northwest
Demonetization talk and war warnings in brisk wartime column
A dense US wartime column surveys bond sales and tax policy, noting six hundred million in 2 percent bonds and one hundred million in 1 percent notes oversubscribed. It reflects on democracy, Civil War veterans, Memorial Day, and warnings against new wars, while mentioning Supreme Court rulings on minimum wage and calls for industrial renewal.
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New York
Duwck
Jeshan
Sietna
New York City
Pleasant Grove Review Gay Cotton Dresses For Maiden
Gay cotton prints for older and younger girls feature a simple easy to sew dress with French bodice effect and flared skirt. Pattern No. 1882 8 by Barbara Gell offers sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with yardage guidance and 15 cent pattern order from The Sewing Delo Pattern Dept San Francisco California.
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Pleasant Grove
Ess
Delo Pattern Dept
New Montee
San Francisco
Onlif
Holiest Site Adam’s Peak Claimed by Four Religions
Pilgrims from Buddhism Hinduism Islam Christianity and Islam converge on Adam’s Peak in Ceylon also known as Sri Pada. The summit bears a stone footprint revered as the mark of Buddha Siva Mohammed and St Thomas the Doubter among other legends. The rock draws worshippers from across the region.
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Atholics
Pius XI
Pontu
St. Peter's
Rome
Catholic Action Organization
Prus XI
Pius
Vatican
St. Peter's Square
Basilica
Papal
Adam's Peak
Ceylon
Buddha
Hindng Gay Siva
Adam
Deny Pourth Clain
St. Thomas the Doubter
London
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Haile Selassie
World
Edward W. Pickard
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Pietro Bapoglio
Ethiopia
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Trimph
Preander
Mussolini Modely
Daceenw
Dotholweks
Wort
Selumle
Elep
Harvey
Helilan
Belaewle
Welcoiie
Ethiopian Association
Friends of
Ethopia
Pan-African Federaon
Dtblaplv
Clara Dutton Ndyts
Aixty-Six
American Red Croxa
Mins Noyes
American Red Cross
Parkes
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Cyrus Hal] McCormick
International Harvester Company
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Alfred Watt
Canada
Vienna
Stockholm
Hult and Wallace
Franklin di Ttoosevelt
Federated Women's Institute
The
East Africa Women's League
France
Spain
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Aturusto- Bartels
Reverement
Ministries of Labor and the Interior
Department of Agetentiare
Senate
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Wallace
Mom
Forestry Service
Interior Department
Pacific
Federal Trade Comunentum
Cuimet
Lincoln Pitena
Mastunle
Perposala
Thomas
House of Commons
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HIB
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Tydings
Maryland
Bulkley
Oho
Byrd
Florida
AW York State
United States Supreme Court
Butler
van Devanter
Mcleynolds
Rutherfard
Roberts
Hughes
Stone, Brandeis and Cardozo
War Department
Munitions Committee
Inder
Armeticap Federation of Labor
Renpedl
Coune! Mam
Calted
Lewis
Sidney Atthman
Dublinsky
Loterna
Barogue
Brisbane
Acthae Triebane
Persuin
Mra. Roosevelt
America
United States
Riches
Alfred P Sloan, Jr
Palas
Looth
Brel
Pat
Hazard
Roseman
Newhouse
Salt Lake
Hotel Newh
W. E. Sutton
Chauncey W. Wis
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