Hope for League rebirth under new Russ British pact
Analysis argues the League of Nations under Secretary-General Avenol has failed to deter aggressors in Manchuria Ethiopia Spain and China. It notes a potential revival via a British French Russian pact to preserve peace, contingent on Avenol's retirement amid Chamberlain Halifax Hoare Simon leadership. Distributive costs in 1929 show wholesalers took 18 percent of US distribution expenditures though profits were modest.
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Avenol
Geneva
League of
Manchuria
Ethiopia
Spain
China
Mr. Avenel
Albania
Italy
Russia
Great Britain
Ivan Maisky
Czecho-Slovakia
League
Britain
France
Anti-Communist crusade and submerged exploration mix
The article surveys anti-Communist groups like the American League for Peace and Democracy and figureheads such as Martin Dies. It notes anti-Semitic currents, arrest of Fritz Kuhn, and political angles from Dewey and LaGuardia. It then shifts to St James on St Kitts, where Captain Robert Hall plans a summer expedition walking submerged streets using helium suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
American League For Peace and Democracy
Texas
Martin
U.S
Isms
S.S
Mr. Dies
George van Horn Moseley
Dudley P. Gilbert
New York
Knights of the White Camellias
George Deatherage
St. Albens
W. Va
Moseley
Dies
Fritz Kuhn
Fuehrer
Bund
Atlanta
St. James
St. Kitts Island
Nevis
Lesser Antilles
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts
Detroit
Robert Hall
Science
Hall
Rhine Floods and Global Power Shifts in 1940s Balance
The piece notes German fortifications failing to withstand Rhine floods after 1938 and Germany’s looming stalemate, while France anticipated the flood rise. It details U. S. Pan American economic ties with Cuba Brazil Nicaragua Chile and argues U S naval buildup aims to reduce European and Asian dependency. Major plan includes 773 million dollar funding and 15 battleships in service with several 35 000 ton and 45 000 ton ships to follow, none ready before 1945 or 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Italy
Germany
Washington
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Roosevelt
Brazil
Oswaldo Arahua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Santiago
North Carolina
South Dakota
Indiana
Massachusetts
Alabama
Roosevelt faces tax revision clash with Harrison in Senate
Washington opinion centers on a tax revision battle led by Senator Harrison and backed by Capitol Hill. President Roosevelt seeks to block action while weighing vetoes and the loss of earnings taxes, with Hopkins and the Chamber of Commerce stirring debate about business profits and war financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Alben” Barkley
Barkley
Senate
John W. Hanes
The
Treasury
Hopkins
William O. Douglas
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Home Sewn Aids To Summer Beauty
Barbara Bell pattern book offers simple designs for summer frocks and accessories. No 1643 and No 1752 provide step by step sew charts, multiple sizes, and yardage needs for fabrics like linen and voile. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago for patterns and instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Armament and Rubber Outlook Amid Global Tensions
Soviet Russia raises defense budget by about 50 percent with an estimated 8.0 billion dollars, as Germany and Italy push arms pace. Rubber demand forecast to rise 50 percent over a decade per J M Slattery, Fisk Tire. 1938 gasoline use up slightly, car registrations down. Berlin tightens ghettos for non Aryans under Nazi rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Germany
Italy
J. M. Slattery
Fisk Tire
U.S
Berlin
Justice Lauer to resign over smuggling conviction
Justice Edgar J. Lauer of the New York Supreme Court plans to resign on June 15 after his wife was convicted and sentenced for smuggling. A separate item notes semiannual war debt payments due June 15 with detailed arrears and payments across 13 governments. Also announced are June 17, 18th Arctic expedition launch by Commander MacMillan and June 23, Paul V. McNutt's arrival in San Francisco to campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar J. Lauer
New York Supreme Court
Finland
Hungary
Donald B. MacMillan
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Arctic
Paul V. McNutt
U. S
Philippines
Indiana
San Francisco
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Joseph W. Labine
Western Newspaper Union
John
Twentieth Century Fund
Kuhn
Hitler
Munich
Fiorella LaGuardia
Thomas E. Dewey
Mr. Dewey
Fuehrer Kuhn
Ole Man River
Rhine
Adolf Hitler
Limes
Reich
Chile
NAVY
Carter Field
Josh Lee
Homer T. Bone
United States
Verdun
Washington Star
G. Gould Lincoln
Lincoln
John Nance Garner
Harry Flood Byrd
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Prema
Pinkham
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