Pennsylvania primary turmoil reshapes party leadership
Gov George Earle and allies routed Duffey Lewis C I O faction in crowded Pennsylvania Democratic primary. Kennedy beats Kennedy for governor, Jones wins senate nom over Kennedy. Pinchot edges rival in GOP, while Davis renominated. AFL leader Green calls results a complete repudiation of the C I O. Roosevelt plans South America voyage then Arthurdale visit and John Roosevelt wedding in June.
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Earle
C.I.D
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Duffey-Lewis-C. I. D
Wilson
Philadelphia
Charles Alvin Jones
Pittsburgh
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers of America
Duffey-Lewis
Jim Farley
National Committee
Kennedy
Keystone
Arthur James
Gifford Pinchot
John L. Lewis
Lewis
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Japan Seizes Suchow as Chinese Forces Fall Back
Okyo announces Japanese forces captured Suchow a major rail hub in Central China after fierce street fighting. Reinforcements attacked from multiple sides as the nation prepares to advance toward Hangkow. About 200000 Chinese troops believed trapped in Sunghai zone, many likely to escape.
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Okyo
Suchow
China
Foreign Office
Japan
Hang Kow
Sunghai Zone
F D R Plans Visit to South America Announcement
At the White House an official note states President Roosevelt is planning a trip to South America. The announcement indicates extended talks and diplomatic visits during the journey.
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F.D.R
Daladier Defies Italy in Franco Italian Talks
Daladier breaks off Franco Italian negotiations over Italy's bid to split France from Russia. France vows to defend its frontiers against violence as arms shipments to loyalist Spain trigger the rupture. Britain’s wider European settlement influences loom large behind the dispute.
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Daladier
Italy
France
Russia
Spain
Britain
Germany
West Named Undersecretary as Roosevelt Accepts Dispute
President Roosevelt accepted Charles West as undersecretary of the interior and named Harry Slattery of North Carolina to replace him. The move ends a long feud with Ickes who had dismissed most of West’s assistants and handed the office to Ebert K. Burlew. Earley said the President was seeking another post for West.
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Slattery
West
Charles West
Roosevelt
Harry Slattery
North Carolina
Ickes
Ebert K. Burlew
White House
Steve Early
Woman Ambassador Candidate for Soviet Russia Post
Mrs. Charles C. Broy, Texas born wife of an American foreign service officer and widow of Representative Thomas A. Lismire, is considered for the U S ambassador to Soviet Russia. If appointed she would be the first American woman ambassador. She is backed by congressional leaders and presented to Secretary Hull by Senator Key Pittman.
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United States
Moscow
Charles C. Broy
Soviet Russia
Joseph E. Davies
Belgium
Broy
Thomas A. Lismire
Mississippi
Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs Committees
Congress
Bray
Hull
Key Pittman
Jersey City Civil Rights Inquiry Ordered
Attorney General Homer Cummings ordered a thorough investigation into Jersey City civil rights suppression under Mayor Frank Hague. He said the probe, prompted by newspaper reports and citizen complaints, will determine if federal rights were deprived in Jersey City.
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Jersey
Jersey City
Frank Hague
Justice Department
Homer Cummings
President orders red tape study by central statistical board
Officials report frequent complaints that government filing and questionnaire demands burden business. The President requests Chairman Rice to examine consolidating fact finding across departments to reduce red tape.
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Central Statistical Board
Rice
Plane Crash Kills Nine Near Los Angeles
Nine people died when a luxury airliner crashed on a mountainside near Los Angeles while en route to St Paul for Northwest Airlines. Authorities say the pilot attempted a shortcut, risking the beam directed route through the mountains.
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NWE
Los Angeles
St. Paul
Northwest Airlines
Mexico Recalls Minister as Britain Expropriation Sparks Rift
President Lazaro Cardenas orders Primo Villa Michel recalled and the London legation closed while Britain removes Owen St Clair O Malley and staff. The move follows a dispute over expropriated oil properties and a claimed $85 000 annuity for British interests. Foreign Minister Hay hands a check but notes unfulfilled monetary obligations.
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Great Britain
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Primo Villa Michel
London
Legation
Owen St Clair O'Malley
J. Dalton Murray
Cardenas
Britain
Eduardo Hay
O'Malley
Michel
Unemployment Census Reports 7,845,016 Jobless Lineup
Direc tor Biggers notes that the United States has 7,845,016 registered unemployed from a November census. Sixty one point three percent are under 25 or over 45. Among registrants 5,833,401 are wholly unemployed while 2,011,615 hold emergency jobs with programs like WPA NYA CCC and others.
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Biggers
United States
Works Progress Administration
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Hanes Named to Treasury Post in Roosevelt Plan
President Roosevelt nominates John W. Hanes an SEC member of under five months to be assistant secretary of the treasury. He may succeed Roswell Magill as under secretary by year’s end, with Magill seeking return to Columbia University. Hanes could wait for New York Stock Exchange reorganization to finish.
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Roosevelt
John W. Hanes
Securities and Exchange Commission
the Treasury
Hanes
Roswell Magill
Magill
Columbia University
New York Stock Exchange
New Deal
Wall Street
SEC
C. D. Barney & Co
Treasury
League censures Japan at Geneva sessions
The League of Nations council adopted a resolution condemning Japan for its actions in China and urged member nations to provide direct aid to China. Chinese delegate R K Wellington Koo played a pivotal role, while Haile Selassie and Del Mayo were noted as less successful.
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R. V. K. Wellington Koo
League of Nations
Geneva
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
del Mayo
Spain
Japan
China
Cookies Teach Simple Baking In Old Time Lesson
A nostalgic cooking feature describes how cookies are made from flour and sugar with tips on dough texture chilling and oven temps. It lists several recipes Christmas cookies like Sugar Cookies New Deal Cookies and Macaroon Cookies plus methods for drop and wafer cookies and notes on baking times and temperatures.
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New Deal
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Red Accents Highlight Modern Kitchen Design
Powder blue walls frame a kitchen with a soft red door and matching red cushions and cupboard linings. A dark blue floor is separated from white-edged edges and a deep blue baseboard. Triple-window curtains add a touch of red.
Helena Plans for a Yellow Flowered Bedroom Makeover
Household hints note Helena’s plan to refinish a small farm-house bedroom with yellow flowered paper, white ground ceiling with dots, ivory Jenny Lind bed, oak dresser, and repurposed washstand. Readers propose paint schemes including gray floor, yellow ceiling color, white woodwork, yellow dressing table skirt, and mirror frame ideas.
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Helena
Make Yourself Pretty in Barbara Bell Summer Frock Designs
Early Summer Days invite new dresses. Diagrams show easy pattern frocks flattering to larger sizes with v necklines, puff sleeves, front fullness, and waist darts. Prints include georgette chiffon voile and silk. Patterns 1504 and 1502 listed with sizes and fabric yardage. Spring Summer Pattern Book offers 109 designs with sew charts. order from Barbara Bell at The Sewing Circle, Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Few Days Left to Enter Our Cake Recipe Contest
Contest urges readers to submit favorite cake recipes for cash prizes. First prize is 25 dollars, five second prizes of 10 dollars each, and ten third prizes of 5 dollars. Entry details not specified.
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C. Houston Goodiss
Cake Recipe Contest Promises Cash Prizes
A newspaper contest invites readers to submit cake recipes by May 31, 1938. Fifteen cash prizes total with a $25 first prize, ten $5 third prizes, and five $10 second prizes, judged by Experimental Kitchen Laboratory staff in New York City.
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Experimental Kitchen Laboratory
New York City
Lady Baltimore
C. Houston Goodiss
East 39Th Street
Tangerine Woodwork Described in a Room Color Scheme
A sleeping room features three horizontal wall sections in tan maize and ivory with a ivory ceiling. Deep tangerine woodwork is used on doors and trim and the same tone lines the shelves.
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National Air Mail
Juneau
Fairbanks
Alaska
Pan American Airways
Western Newspaper Union
Gov
South America
Panama Canal
Santiago
Chile
Annapolis
Harvard
Naval Academy
Arthurdale
W. Va
Massachusetts
John
Anne Clark
M. Daladier
J. W. Hanes
Edith M. Barber
Prissy Kent
Prissy
Betty Wella
C. Houston
Goudiss & East
39Th St
New York
Floir
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhom
Nature
Pinkham
Lydia
Pinemam
Wery
Seneca
Stanoor
de Kalb Ave
D'Klyo,n.y
Daisy Fly Killer
Reco Deen
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