Pact of friendship may redraw Europe's balance of power
Britain and Italy sign a treaty of friendship aiming to reduce conflict in the Mediterranean and Near East. France and possibly Poland may join later, with Berlin stressing the Berlin Rome axis remains intact. Italy to withdraw from Spain and Libya, with naval limits and nonintervention in the Spanish war observed.
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Chamberlain
Europe
Lord Perth
Rome
Ciano
France
Mussolini
Bonnet
Hitler
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Italy
Libya
Suez Canal
Spain
Balearic Islands
Spanish Morocco
Berlin
Daladier
London
Paris
Bitain
Poland
Franco advances toward Barcelona in western push
Reports describe panish insurgents reaching Villaroz on the Mediterranean, cutting Catalonia from loyalist Spain. Veteran Spanish and Italian troops under Garcia Va Uno and Miguel Aranda storm Viñarod in a day, while Valino drives toward Tortosa as Franco’s next major target and navy and air forces join the advance.
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Mediterranean
Villaroz
Catalonia
Spain
Garcia Va Uno
Miguel Aranda
Vinaroz
Valino
Tortosa
Franco
Barcelona
Valencia
Madrid
Ready for Battle by Spendres and Little Spenders Fined
Congress fights over President Roosevelt’s pump priming program seeking nearly seven billion dollars. House appropriations hearings begin as leaders push for omnibus legislation and May adjournment while Rayburn predicts swift passage and defeat of earmark attempts.
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John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Hamilton
New Deal
Vandenberg
Congress
Works Progress Administration
Farm Security Administration
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Reconstruction Corporation
Roosevelt
United States Housing Authority
Federal Reserve Board
Security Commission
House Appropriations
Com‘mittee
Sam Rayburn
House
Rail workers oppose wage cuts as agencies work to save railways
In tense talks with the Association of American Railroads and government representatives, railway labor leaders led by George M. Harrison rejected pay reductions. Harrison denounced wage cuts as impossible while management warned of potential use of the railroad mediation act amid Roosevelt's 4 billion dollar expansion to boost buying power.
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Congress
Association of American Railroads
John J. Pelley
Railway Labor
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Harrison
Roosevelt
Benes Grants Easter Amnesty for Czech Offenders
President Benes proclaimed an Easter amnesty for about 4,000 political offenders, excluding Sudeten Germans who fled abroad. He pledged to meet Europe’s troubled state and pursue good relations with neighbors while denying Czech oslovakia’s move toward communism.
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Benes
Czechoslovakia
Central
Europe
Congressmen Vexed by Tax Bill Reconciliation Efforts
Congress debates reconciling tax bill versions as Roosevelt urges retention of the undistributed profits tax. Senate leaders push to preserve amendments while some fear a veto if the feature is dropped, signaling tension between chambers and the president. Senator Pat Harrison criticizes the approach while defending Senate modifications.
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HILE
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Pius declares three new saints during Easter rites at St Peter's
Pope Pius presided over Easter ceremonies in St Peter's Rome and canonized Andrea Bobola Salvador de Horta and Giovanni Leonardi. In Jerusalem British troops and police maintained order as Christians Jews and Muslims observed the holy day.
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Pere Pius
St. Peter's Church
Rome
Basilica
Andrea Bobola
Poland
Salvador de Horta
Spain
Giovanni Leonardi
Italy
Jerusalem
Orville Wright Honored at Ford Tribute in Detroit
More than 200 aviation leaders gathered in Detroit at the invitation of Henry and Edsel Ford to honor Orville Wright the first man to fly an airplane. The event celebrated the restored Wright buildings at Ford's Greenwich Village in memory of Wilbur Wright who died in 1912.
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Orville Wright
America
Detroit
Henry
Edsel Ford
Wright
Ford
Greenwich Village
Wilbur
Mayor Dore Dies After Long Illness
John W. Dore, Battle’s spectacular mayor and brilliant lawyer, died after a long illness. He failed to win renomination in the recent primaries and was known as a fighting executive allied with labor leader Dave Beck.
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Dore
Battle
John W. Dore
Dave’ Beck
Roosevelt cautions nations against threats to hemisphere peace
An American day featured President Roosevelt's address broadcast worldwide. He warned aggressor nations that the peoples of the American republics will not permit threats to peace. He reaffirmed the good neighbor policy and cited the hemisphere's example that justice and law can replace force.
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Roosevelt
Central
Revolt by Harvard Physician Against AMA Leaders
Prof. James H. Means of Harvard Medical School and president of the American College of Physicians urged physicians who believe in popular government to organize an opposition party to the American Medical Association. It marked the first open revolt against AMA leadership by a figure of Means’ standing.
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James H. Means
Harvard Medical School
American College of Physicians
American Medical Association
Means
D A R Elects New President General
Mrs Henry Robert Jr of Annapolis Maryland was elected president general of the Daughters of the American Revelation, succeeding the previous leader in a recent ceremony.
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Robert New
Henry Robert, Jr
Annapolis, Md
The
Daughters of the American Revelation
Pretty Fashions Bloom in the Spring Patterns
Spring sewing patterns advertise easy to follow designs with sew charts. Gay and Perky Apron promises a secure fit and dresslike charm while a swingy dress shows waist shirring puff sleeves and bright trims. Sizes and material requirements listed. order details for The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. in Chicago.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Memory Over Thought Quotations on Memory and Thinking
The saying argues that excessive memory hinders true thinking as a man becomes trapped in recollection rather than analysis. It reflects a critique of overreliance on memory over creative thought.
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