Move Toward Peace In Anglo Italian Pact Signals Shifts
The Anglo Italian treaty of friendship moves Britain toward a potential four power line with Paris Rome and London and Berlin await Daladier Bonnet London visit. Italy agrees to reduce Libyan forces and follow naval limits while open Suez to all nations and nonintervention in Spain with no territorial aims. Opponents blasted New Deal priming schemes as temporary gains funded by borrowings and outlined three fiscal groups for relief and public works.
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Lord Perth
Rome
Ciano
Friendship
France
Mussolini
Bonnet
Hitler
Berlin
Britain
Italy
Mediterranean
Near East
Spain
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
Chamberlain
Red Sea
Libya
Suez Canal
Balearic Islands
Spanish Morocco
Daladier
London
Paris
Poland
Congress Opens Battle Over Roosevelt New Deal Relief Plan
Senator Vandenberg leads pre spenders and small spenders ready for the congressional fight over President Roosevelt's pump priming program seeking nearly seven billion dollars. The House Appropriations Committee begins hearings as leaders push to pass an omnibus bill by May 14 with Sam Rayburn forecasting swift House action and opposition to earmarking.
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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 Committee
Sam Rayburn
Franco Forces Advance Toward Barcelona After Catalonia Split
Panish insurgents reach the Mediterranean port Villaroz and push along the coast, severing Catalonia from loyalist Spain. Generals Garcia Valino and Miguel Aranda lead veterans into Viñatox, then drive north toward Tortosa as Franco eyes Barcelona and coordinates naval air support for a western assault.
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Villaroz
Catalonia
Spain
Garcia Valino
Miguel Aranda
Vina- Toz
Valino
Tortosa
Franco
Barcelona
Valencia
Madrid
Townsend Pardoned by Roosevelt After Refusal to Testify
Dr. Townsend arrived at the Washington jail to begin a thirty day contempt of Congress term but was pardoned by President Roosevelt. The pardon came at the urging of Representative C Jasper Bell, chair of the investigating committee.
Rail wage cut plan rejected by rail workers union leaders
Congress and agencies debated saving railroads from bankruptcy. John J. Pelley for the Association of American Railroads and George M. Harrison of the Railway Labor Executives’ Association pressed for pay cuts, but Harrison dismissed the idea as unthinkable and warned against government coercion.
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Congress
Association of American Railroads
John J. Pelley
Railway Labor
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Harrison
Roosevelt
Easter amnesty proclaimed for 4000 Czech political offenders
President Benes announced an Easter amnesty covering about 4,000 political offenders including agitators for German and other minorities. Sudeten Germans who fled abroad are excluded. He pledged to meet any arising European situation and to pursue good relations with neighbors, denying Czechoslovakia was going communist.
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Benes
Czechoslovakia
Central
Europe
Senate and House Clash Over Tax Bill Revisions
Senators and congressmen wrestle to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the tax bill. President Roosevelt sends a pointed letter urging retention of the undistributed profits tax, signaling a possible veto if the feature is dropped. Senator Pat Harrison opposes concessions and aims to press Senate amendments in conference.
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House
Roosevelt
Congress
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Pope Pius Blesses Easter Crowd and Canonizes Three Saints
Pope Pius conducted grand Easter rites in St. Peter's Rome and blessed a vast crowd. He canonized three new saints Andrea Bobola of Poland Salvador de Horta of Spain and Giovanni Leonardi of Italy. In Jerusalem British troops and police maintained order as Christians Jews and Muslims observed the holy day.
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St. Peter’s Church
Rome
Basilica
Andrea Bobola
Poland
Salvador de Horta
Spain
Giovanni Leonardi
Italy
Jerusalem
Wright tribute honors Wright brothers at Ford event
More than 200 leaders in aeronautics gathered in Detroit invited by Henry and Edsel Ford to honor Orville Wright. The ceremony celebrated the restored Wright group buildings at Ford's Greenwich Village and remembered Wilbur Wright who died in 1912.
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America
Detroit
Henry and
Edsel Ford
Orville Wright
Wright
Ford
Greenwich Village
Wilbur
Mayor Dore Dies After Long Illness
John F. Dore, prominent mayor and attorney aligned with labor leader Dave Beck, died after a lengthy illness following his failed bid for renomination in the recent primaries.
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Dore
Battle
John F. Dore
Dave Beck
Roosevelt Addresses Pan American Day Unity and Peace
President Roosevelt spoke to Pan American Day warning aggressor nations not to threaten the hemisphere. He urged all American republics to stay resolute for peace, even at the cost of life, and reiterated the good neighbor policy with Central and South America. He cited the hemisphere as a demonstration that justice and law can replace force.
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Roosevelt
Pastures Prove Profitable With Planned Stock Rotations
Farmers note pasture grazing reduces labor and machinery costs and can improve meat per acre even on tillable land. A four year rotation of corn and small grain with clovers, alfalfa and grass, plus careful alfalfa grazing to avoid bloat, forms the core advice for better pasture outcomes.
Forecast Predicts Insect Outbreaks Across Several States
Federal entomologists forecast grasshopper plagues in the Midwest with major outbreaks in central and eastern North Dakota, much of Iowa, and eastern Wyoming. Mormon cricket eggs are abundant in northern Nevada while hessian fly appears in early wheat across Missouri Kansas Indiana Ohio and eastern Pennsylvania. Squash bug increases are noted in Minnesota and Iowa.
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Department of Agriculture
Lee A. Strong
Bureau of Entomology and
Nevada
Missouri
Kansas
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Iowa
Dried Egg Whites From Foam From Egg-Drying Process
Indiana Farmers Guide notes a new process turning egg-white foam, once waste, into dried egg white. Foam in a 500 gallon fermenting tank can total about 25 gallons when thinned into a watery liquid for drying. Dried egg white serves in foods like bakery products and confections and in textiles, leather, varnishes, and pharmaceuticals among other uses.
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Indiana
Trucing a Grindstone True by Simple Rod Method
A method to true grindstones involves placing a quarter inch soft iron rod near the stone edge to shave high spots and make the stone round and true. The stone cuts best when dry, and large power stones in machine shops are often trued this way.
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Wallace
Glamorous Barbara Bell Patterns for Easy Sew Designing
The Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book offers 109 designs with complete sew charts. Includes sizes 14 to 48 and easy cutting, priced 15 cents each, from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Preserving Oilcloth Edges and Home Craft Tips
Practical notes on sealing oilcloth edges with bias tape to prevent fraying, hemming sash curtains to uniform length, protecting wallpaper during molding painting with cardboard, searing meat to lock juices before slow cooking, enhancing baked potatoes by scooping and rebaking, and rinsing silk garments in barely warm water with multiple rinses. Lemon slices suggested as an attractive garnish.
Household Tips And Precautions From A Page
The article offers culinary notes on housewives adding paprika parsley mint or pimiento to dishes. It also gives a window deodorizing tip using oil of lavender in room corners and safety guidance on wrapping a rubber hot water bottle before use beside a patient to prevent burns.
Purpose as a life guiding force in action and virtue
This piece argues that purpose fuels self creation and noble striving. It contrasts living by low desires with pursuing aims through unity of body mind heart and soul and urges faithfulness in small duties as a pathway to life action.
Hidden Benefits of Light-Oil Furniture Polish
A housewife learns that a good light-oil furniture polish not only adds luster but also feeds and lubricates the wood. Cheap polishes with heavy oil bases dry out and crack wood, while quality oils keep furniture healthy and lasting longer.
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