Anglo Italian Plans and Hitler Threats Stir European Tension
In a dramatic Commons session Chamberlain outlines an Anglo Italian truce plan with a four power pact including Britain France Italy and Germany. Perth and Ciano discuss terms recognizing Ethiopia conquest and naval parity in the Mediterranean while halting anti Italian propaganda. Hitler repudiates restraint declaring Germany seeks vast power, supports Italy and Japan, warns against Austria Czechoslovakia and vows to ignore western powers.
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House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Italy
Britain
France
Germany
Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Lord Halifax
Labor Party
Earl of Perth
Rome
Ciano
London
Perth
Ethiopia
Mediterranean
Libya
Suez Canal
Near East
Bari
Spain
Hitler
Mussolini
Franco
Europe
Schuschnigg
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Halifax Succeeds Eden Lord in British Cabinet Shakeup
Halifax appointed to succeed Eden as foreign secretary while Anthony Eden and Viscount Cranborne resign amid Britain's rift with Chamberlain and anti Nazi policy. Crop Insurance: Missouri man Green named manager of the federal crop insurance corporation with a $100 million program to insure wheat growers. Cecil A Johnson named secretary. Green formerly led the agriculture division of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics since 1935.
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Neville Chamberlain
Germany
Italy
Anthony Eden
Viscount Cranborn
Viscount Halifax
Eden
Hitler
France
Halifax
India
Britain
Berlin
Green
Missouri
Insurance Corporation
Tmder
Cecil A.’ Johnson
Ames
Iowa
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
France and Britain Align on Four Power Pact Defense
France signals alignment with Britain on a four power pact only if Czechoslovakia and Austria receive protection. Delbos warns Chamberlain while Chautemps presses for security guarantees. France budgets 855.4 million for arms expansion to defend the Czechs against German aggression amid shifting European alliances.
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France
Britain
Delbos
Europe
Chautemps
Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Russia
Poland
Germany
Marshal Goering
Hitler
Warsaw
Moscicki
Beck
Smigly‘Ridz
Stalin
McNutt reception fuels 1940 Democratic buzz
McNutt, the U S high commissioner to the Philippines, returns to Washington to report to the President and is toasted by supporters aiming to make him the 1940 Democratic nominee. Administration leaders dismiss candidacy while others push him, though no cabinet member attended.
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Pan V. McNutt
Philippines
Washington
Roosevelt
Roper
McNutt
Sherman Minton
Townsend
Indiana
Kentucky Governor Chandler enters senate race against Barkley
Governor A. B. Happy Chandler formally announced his candidacy for the senate seat held by Alben W. Barkley. He pledged to focus on state issues but would oppose the Roosevelt administration if it intervened in the primaries on Barkley’s behalf.
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Overnor
A. B
Happy
Chandler
Kentucky
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Roosevelt
Barkley
Labor quarrel shakes Pennsylvania unions for power
The American Federation of Labor revoked the Pennsylvania state federation charter to counter John Lewis and his C I O influence. President Green said 400000 loyal members cannot be delivered by self constituted leaders seeking political power. Lewis backs Lieut Gov Kennedy as governor. The national coal commission, amid growing litigation, voted to suspend soft coal minimum price and marketing rules after court actions.
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John Lewis
Pennsylvania
American Federation of Labor
Green
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Turbulent Spain advance and Romania constitutional shift
Rancos insurgents seize Teruel and push toward the Mediterranean while claiming 16 000 prisoners and 9 000 government dead burial. Rebel warships bombard Valencia Sagunto as government planes strike back. Romania becomes a fascist guild state under King Carol with a new constitution limiting parties and empowering the crown.
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RANCO
Teruel
Spain
Mediterranean
Valencia
Sagunto
Hungary Considers Readjusted War Debt Payment Plan
Hungary proposes repaying the United States the full original loan amount with no interest as part of a readjusted war debt. The report also notes the death of Parker Gilbert, once an agent and war reparations general, who later joined J. P. Morgan & Co. in Berlin. United States Army planes completed a mass flight from Miami to Buenos Aires with a stop in Lima, carrying 48 men under Lieut. Col. Robert Olds.
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Hungary
Ohn Pelenyi
United States
S. ' Parker
Gilbert
New York
Berlin
J. P. Morgan & Co
Air Corps
Miami
Buenos
Lima
Peru
Andes
Robert Olds
Roosevelt’s price policy drives tensions in trade and trusts
A NORTHERN column reviews Roosevelt era shifts in farm price supports, reciprocal trade treaties, and the trust busting drive. It notes rising then falling prices, new farm aid laws, and concerns that foreign competition under trade pacts hurts American farmers while government action hints at a balanced expansion but risks blurred policy signals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Federal Trade Commission
Aluminum Company of America
Wallace
United States
al Smith
Madison
Wis
NRA
Congress
Ickes
Department of the Interior
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Senate
Department of Justice
New York
Aluminum Company
Knox
Walter Rice
Prince Still Plays Polo At Seventy One In 1929
Frederick H. Prince, Boston banker and longtime power in American business, remains active at seventy one. He owns vast wealth around 250 million, controls many railroads, and champions money that works. He left for Europe to escape business worries and predicted the market would rebound after the October 1929 cloud.
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York
Frederick H. Prince
Boston
Europe
Washington
Armour & Co
Pau
France
O. H. P. Belmont
Newport
Accident Taps Riches Treasure Near Cairo in Ancient Burial Site
An excavator, by accident near Cairo, uncovers 5000 year old graves of middle class Egyptians. Art objects in alabaster schist dolomite and breccia are found, including unknown vessels, a near transparent flint knife, and a goddess statuette with gold crown and jewelry. A chess set hints at ten fewer pieces in early Egyptian games.
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Cairo
Egypt
Yesteryear Charm Bedspread Crochet Pattern
An heirloom popcorn bedspread pattern 5908 offers crochet squares with a lacy mesh background. Instructions include square diagram stitches material needs and a photograph. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY for the pattern.
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Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
14Th St
New York
N. Y
Citizenship and Loss of U S Citizenship Abroad
A natural born citizen does not lose U S citizenship by living abroad for any length of time unless he renounces it by becoming naturalized in another country. The rule preserves citizenship unless a formal naturalization elsewhere is taken.
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United States
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