Uproar at Washington as 1000 small businessmen demand action
In Washington the Department of Commerce hosts 1000 small business men who angrily demand tax relief and government spending controls. Speakers clashed as they urged the President to end third-term talk and oust theorists. Nine groups were formed to study taxes, wages, housing, and unemployment for White House submission.
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Roper
Washington
Department of Commerce
Roosevelt
Ernest Draper
Draper
Fred Roth
Cleveland
RFC
Jesse Jones
White House
James G. Daly
Columbus
Ohio
W. K. Gunter
Gaffney
S. C
Howard D. North
Bernard McLean
Dallas
Texas
D. H E. McAvoy
New York
O. L. Roach
Windsors Kaiser Plot Rumor Surfaces in Berlin Dispatches
Berlin reports say a crisis between German army officers and Nazi leaders intensified by the Blomberg resignation over a marriage. Hitler may seize the war portfolio as Mussolini did while rumors circulate of a monarchy revival with the Duke of Windsor as Kaiser.
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Berlin
Werner von Blomberg
Hitler
Mussolini
Duke of Windsor
Germany
A F L Seeks to Build Buying Power Behind Manufacturers
The American Federation of Labor at its Miami convention vowed a national drive to spend 6 000 000 000 annually on goods from federation affiliates, aiming to sign contracts with as many manufacturers as possible for a guaranteed market. A national educational campaign and a Cincinnati exhibition May 16 21 were announced, with a push to solidify craft union representation in bargaining.
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A. F. of L
American Federation
Miami
Union Label Trades Department
William Green
Cincinnati
Federation
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Washington
Japs Raid Our Salmon Beds Off Bristol Bay
Japs raid Bristol Bay waters as Alaska delegate J Dimond warns to extend U S jurisdiction along the Alaskan coast. He notes prior incursions and a 1936 sighting of a Japanese vessel, with last year’s floating canneries intensifying activity and threatening the salmon industry.
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Amery
J. Dimond
Alaska
House
Bristol Bay
Alaskan
Dimond
United States
Japan Warns Foreigners in Central China Evacuation Warning
Japan warns foreigners to evacuate over 100000 square miles in central China as battles near the Yangtze intensify. Reports say Japanese troops occupy Chefoo on the Shantung peninsula and air raids hit the Amoy area between Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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Japan
Shanghai
China
Yangtze River
Chefoo
Shantung
Amoy
Hong Kong
Lights of New York and habits of the rich in a busy city
A Walford-Astoria houseman finds a box containing a pearl necklace and jewelry, later returned to its owner after a mix up with a missing wrap. A $1,200 platinum watch is also recovered from soiled linen. The piece notes street thefts, purse snatchings, and women drivers protected by closed windows. It closes with a humorous reminiscence of Hollywood and a French market memory.
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Waldorf-Astoria
Waldorf
New York
Brooklyn
Malaria Spreads North by Travel and Trailer Life
Malaria is spreading in northern regions of the United States, once rare a decade ago, per Dr. Marcos Fernan Nunez of Maratte University. He cites four factors: more northerners wintering in the South, rising trailer travel, more rock gardens, and growing airplane travel.
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Milwaukee
United States
Marcos Fernan-Nunez
Maratte University
Fernan-Nunez
Stubbornness Seen as Cause of Most Blindness
New Orleans doctor Dr. Charles A. Bahn says two thirds of blindness stems from stubbornness. He cites four factors: letting dirty objects touch the eyes, abuse, taking unnecessary risks with eyesight, and failing to live intelligently.
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New Orleans
Charles A. Bahn
New Orleans Society For Prevention of
Ice Pack Sets Speed Record For Alaska Glaciers
In Fairbanks Alaska scientists report the Black Rapids glacier moving at unprecedented speeds. Otto William Geist and E N Patty note average advances near 25 feet daily with possible higher peaks, aided by earthquakes avalanches and accumulating snow pressure.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Black Rapids
E. N. Patty
Alaska Ecollege
School of Mines
Patty
Otto William Geist
University of Alaska Museum Department
Geist
Pupils Protest Diet of Pie at Shelton High School
Shelton Connecticut pupils protested the cafeteria menu preferring pie to sandwiches. Superintendent Harry E Fowler confirmed an investigation after pupils complained that nothing but pie was for sale. Mrs Mary Wright, in charge of lunches, said sandwiches were not bought when available.
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Shelton, Conn
Shelton High School
Harry E. Fowler
Fowler
Youth Hostels Spread Across Pennsylvania State
The Horse Shoe Trail Club expands ten hostels from Philadelphia to the Canada gap along the Appalachian trail for hikers horsemen and cyclists. Rates start at 25 cents a night. St John Catchpool of the English hostel movement urged world youth to share nature for mutual benefit.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Europe
Canada Gap
Appalachian Trail
Horse Shoe ‘Trail Club, Inc
New England
St. John Catchpool
America
Train Took Its Time Got There at Last
S R Biering of Galveston recalled a freight train that took 18 years to run from Beaumont to Galveston Texas. The train began during the 1900 Galveston storm disaster when tracks were washed away. Railroad men rebuilt tracks and right of way, and the train arrived in Galveston eighteen years later.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Beaumont
Galveston
S. R. Biering
Southwest Railway
Washington wage row shows limits of federal labor oversight
A Washington wage board debate over tipping in DC restaurants highlights the clash between worker pay and business costs. The issue, whether tips count toward minimum wages, stimulates broader questions about government meddling in private industry and the balance of power between employers and workers.
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Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
Government loans to small manufacturers debated in New Deal press
The piece critiques left wing New Dealers proposing federal loans to small manufacturers to expand plants and hire workers. It notes talk of a new agency to administer loans, fears federal control of assets, and references Roosevelt Hoover era emergency actions via the Interior Department funding and car purchases as emblematic of emergency spending.
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Franco
Generalissimo
Spain
Nitwitt
Great Banking Trust
Roosevelt
New Deal
Senate Committee On Public Lands
E. K. Burlew
Senator Stiewer
Oregon
Burlew
Western Newspaper Union
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Farouk
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Reames
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Reed
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