Hitler moves to tighten grip as Austria Nazification advances
Adolf Hitler pressures Kurt Schuschnigg to reorganize Austria's cabinet and grant Nazi control, with mass amnesty for Austrian Nazi prisoners and reinstatement of pro Nazi officials. Berlin hosts Seyss Inquart to discuss further conquest steps as Britain and France seek assurances Austria's independence.
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London
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Europe
Czechoslovakia
Bagdad
Refusal Triggers New Naval Race By Major Powers
Japan has refused to reveal naval plans, prompting talk of a global shipbuilding race led by the United States with England France and Japan in competition. Washington officials say the escalation clause of the London treaty may be invoked to authorize larger and more powerful battleships, with the President possibly ordering increased battleship production.
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Hull
Great Britain
France
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Massachusetts
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Roosevelt
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Wallace
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Drouth
England
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Barton
Thomas
Oklahoma
Tomorow
Relief Bill Advances in Senate and House Action
ENATE leaders expect quick passage of a $250 million emergency relief appropriation with limited delay. The House approved the measure 352 to 23. one amendment barred relief to aliens temporarily in the country. The Works Progress Administration will administer the new funds, with about 490 million of its regular 1.5 billion appropriation on hand. The WPA reports the money will support at least 2 million people on relief until June 30.
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ENATE
House
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Congress
Senate approves bill wiping RFC debts to treasury
Without debate the senate approved a house bill writing off more than 2.5 billion dollars in Reconstruction Finance Corporation debts to the treasury. Senator Byrd of Virginia called the move a return to honest bookkeeping. He noted the RFC had listed about 2.5 billion dollars advanced for relief and expenditures as assets.
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House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Treasury
Byrd
Virginia
RFC
Jones Urges Tax Revision Action in Congress
Jesse Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, urged treasury officials to hasten congressional action on tax revision. He told Undersecretary Roswell Magill that the nation waited for modification of undistributed profits and capital gains taxes. Jones believed the bill, with the Ways and Means Committee, faced delay from opposition to taxing undistributed profits of closely held corporations.
Great Battle in China Tough fight as Japanese drive south
In central China a major clash unfolds as Japanese forces smash a Chinese army of 15 000 and push it back across a destroyed bridge. Five Japanese armies push toward Kai feng while three advance from the Hwai river. Chiang Kai-shek counters with 400 000 troops to defend Lunghai corridor.
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Yellow River
Kaifeng
Henan
Hwai River
Chiang Kai-shek
Romania under Cristea regime faces siege and shifts in power
Romania after Goga falls to fascist pressure names Miron Cristea premier with dictatorial powers as King Carol consolidates control. A coming Crown Council and army driven authority shape a new constitution while France Britain seek friendship without angering Italy Germany. Meanwhile drought blights Kansas Oklahoma and Texas panhandle grain prospects with dust storms and soil loss.
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Alcazar ruins kept as war shrine in Toledo Spain
The Alcazar fortress in Toledo is to be preserved as a war shrine by Franco's government. The ruins draw visitors paying pesetas, with exhibits of besieged insurgents devices and weapons. Guides recount the 1936 siege and the stay of Colonel Moscardo’s forces, including a fatal exchange over his son.
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Dreath Foreseen From Canadian Glacier Recession
Canadian scientists predict a future drought era as Rocky Mountain glaciers retreat. Dr Madeleine Fritz of the Royal Ontario Museum notes tropical conditions 400 million years ago with coral reefs in Ontario. Dan McCowan argues ongoing glacier recession could shrink rivers to rivulets within decades.
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Ont
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Madeleine Fritz
Royal Ontario Museum of Paleontology
Dan McCowan
Fritz
Ontario
Hamilton
Petersborough
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
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Schwingmetall: German metal rubber alloy for quiet rail wheels
German experts report a new vulcanized alloy named Schwingmetall made from metal and rubber. It aims to absorb shocks in bedplates ship parts and vehicles, reduce vibration in propeller machinery and elastic couplings, and enable rubber sprung wheels with rubber rings for rails to quiet operation.
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Berlin
China
Sailors' Girls Wear Souvenir Garters in Durban
South African girls in Durban display garters bearing naval unit names. A sailor from the Amphion who recently visited Durban made the garters from tally ribbons and sold them to mates, who then gave them to girls as keepsakes.
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Durban
South Africa
Amphion
Barton program aims to repeal many federal laws
Washington column argues Bruce Barton's drive to repeal numerous New Deal statutes would restore freedom and restore congressional power. It critiques proposed actions against the Thomas amendment, export import banks, Guffey coal law, dollar devaluation, and silver purchase, while noting Barton’s potential political impact and a milestone U.S. Army Fifteenth Infantry departure from China to Fort Lewis.
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Bruce Barton
New York
Manhattan Island
House of Representatives
Barton
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Coal Commission
Circuit Court of Appeals
Guffey
Lights of New York and Escape for City Dwellers
A reflective piece on New Yorkers seeking escape from urban life through winter ski trips to the Berkshires snow trains ice skating at bridges and parks and seasonal travels. The author recalls memories of York life and contrasts formal dress trends with urban job seekers and the lighter side of city wanderings.
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Berkshires
Sheepshead Bay
Florida
California
New York
Hollywood
Poles Placed by Dynamite Charge on Outer Banks
Ingenious method brings poles into place for a cooperative power line from Hatteras to Avon. Workers dig no holes in sand but drive a hollow pipe, attach a dynamite charge, set pole upright, then detonate to drop the pole into place. If misaligned, another hole is blown. Convicts stage sanitary play at San Quentin titled The Fish.
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Avon
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