Rhineland crisis dominates League council meeting in London
France and Britain press for action against Germany’s re militarization of the Rhineland while Hitler’s forces parade in the territory. Locarno allies fear a broader war as Paris mobilizes and London weighs new peace covenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhineland
France
Poland
Russia
Germany
League of Nations
Great Britain
Hitler
Reichsfwehrer
Europe
Locarno Nations
Council
League
London
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Sarraut
Paris
Little Entente
Reich
Flandin
Baldwin
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Belgium
Britain
League Council
Reichstag
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Netherlands
Lithuania
Michigan briefs from across the state on taxes roads and schools
A collage of short items reports Lansing tax collections up and down, a $4 million highway grant, planned consolidation of school districts, WPA projects, and local efforts from Battle Creek to Saginaw. Notable notes include 1936 4-H premiums, a new C O D service, and a push for municipal bath beaches in Cheboygan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Michigan
Cadillac
National Youth Administration
Health Department
Jackson
Michigan Taxpayers’ Service League
Battle Creek
United States
Canada
State Highway Department
Works Progress Administration
Cheboygan
Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Board of Commerce
James M. Cole
Lansinge
Port Huron
Grand Rapids
Sebewaing
WPA
Ransing Office
Saginaw Bay
Huron
Tuscola
Owosso
Emerson School
Emerson
Highway Department
Munising
Wetmore
Muskegon
Commercce
Saginaw
Federal Housing Administration
Hancock
Houghton
Portage Lake
Ingham County Conservation League
Bobby Olds
Alpena
Auditor General
Vanderbilt
Stanley M. Oswalt
Pigeon River
CCC
Department of Conservation
State Agricultural Department
Isle of Jersey
Ross Waffle
Shiawassee County
France
Regular Army
Waffle
New York Central
Michigan Central
Cincinnati Northern
A. E. Sauer
Jackson Division
Sanilac County
Nawaygo
Roosevelt Seeks New Taxes to Pay for Vast Reform
National Topics editor notes President Roosevelt’s push for nearly a billion in tax revenue, framing it as a stark choice for Congress to either approve heavier levies or face constant political attacks. The piece highlights bipartisan pressure, political risk for incumbents, and criticism of the Supreme Court’s rulings on processing taxes tied to AAA subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jowers
Federal Trade Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Association of Manufacturers
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Commission
House of Congress
PEANS
TVA
Knoxville
Tenn
PWA
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Tennessee Public Service Company
District Supreme Court
James J. Farley
al Smith
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Smith
Washington
Treasury
Congress
Capitol
House
Senate
Frank Kent
Supreme Court
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Tax Fights and Star Route Plea Echoed by Western News
In remarks labeled by the Western Newspaper Union, the writer criticizes Congress and President Roosevelt over the bonus veto, notes voting patterns against him, and discusses proposed taxes on undistributed corporate profits and new windfall taxes. The piece urges action to aid Star Route mail carriers and improve postal service, arguing forgotten workers deserve congressional relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Harrison
Mississippi
Byrnes
South Carolina
Radcliffe
Maryland
Post Office Department
Senator Black
Alabama
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paraguay
Chester Davis
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
M. Flandin
HIEF
Alfred 4A
Black Senate Committee
Chicago
Silag H. Strawn
Western Union Telegraph Company
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Rafael Franco
Hester GC. Davis
Davis
Agriculture Wallace
Wallace
Edward VI
Arl Beatty
Admiralty
Batt Jellicoe
Lord Beatty
Heligoland Bight
Dogger Bank
Jutland
Ethel Field
Marshall Field
Workers’ Alliance of America
Harry Hopkings
Victor F. Ridder
New York
Morgenthau
Koki Birota
Japan
Juichi Tarauchi
Osami Nagano
Hirota
Hachiro Arita
China
Shanghai
Manchukuo
Koki Hirota
Robert K. Giovannoli
Lexington
Dayton
Otto
Logan Field
Baltimore
Giovannoli
Elkton
Thumb
Flint
Welfare Board
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, D. C
High Court
mLemit
Western Nawspaper Union
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