Townsend Contempt Sparked by Washington Inquiry
Dr Francis E Townsend clashed with the House committee probing his aging pension movement. He refused to answer, called lawmakers fools, and fled Washington with Gerald K Smith to Baltimore. The panel seeks contempt citations as Townsend claims to retire from inquiries.
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Francis E. Towns
House
Doctor Townsend
Gerald K. Smith
Huey Long
Washington
Baltimore
Townsend Club
Walter Townsend
Gilmour Young
Townsend
Britain and France Likely to Default On War Debts
Britain and France show no intent to pay installments due June 15 on the American war debt, with other debtors, including Finland, likely to default. Eden and Blum discussed the issue in Paris but offered no payment plan, while the United States still restricts such bonds under the Johnson Act.
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Great Britain
France
Finland
Eden
Leon Blum
Blum
Paris
America
United States
Notable arrests and political shifts across Europe and Americas
Dr Pavelic and his lieutenant Kvaternik released by Italian authorities after October 1934 Turin arrest. France sought extradition denied by Italian tribunal. Bolivia sees Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano resign under a bloodless coup led by Col German Busch. Col David Toro to assume presidency later. US reaffirms nine power pact stance on China and Japan in North China. policy unchanged on not initiating curb efforts. Sara Delano Roosevelt, at Hyde Park, recovering from a fall with hip injury. President Roosevelt concerned but visiting mother.
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Ustashi
Alexander of
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Marseilles
Eugene Kvaternik
Turin
Alexander
France
Ose
Luis Tejada Sorzano
Bolivia
la Paz
Col
German Busch
David Toro
Paraguay
Chaco
Toro
Japan
China
State Department
Washington
United States
Hull
Henry L. Stimson
Hoover
Sara Delano Roosevelt
New York
Hyde Park
Mr. Roosevelt
Michigan News Roundup Shows Oil Output Rise and Campus Plans
Michigan reports a record 16 straight months of oil output exceeding a million barrels monthly with April production at 1 025 852 barrels. The state moves to fund forestry and biology schools at Notre Dame and confirms highway tests using cotton mats. Police administration courses, Red Cross first aid efforts, and a Mackinac County WPA restoration are noted alongside local crime and traffic concern updates.
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University of Notre Dame
Michigan
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Alma
Emory Church
Alaska
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Oakland
Wayne
American Red Cross
Detroit
National Retail Credit Association
St. Ignace
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W. P. Preston
Mackinac
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Grand Rapids
Rob W. Godfrey
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Godfrey
Anneliese
Tonia
Jackson
Detroit House of Correction
Michigan Reformatory
Reformatory
Wayne County
Kent County
Muskegon
Manistee
Manistee National Forest
Manistee Lake
William F. Girard
Gladstone
Saginaw
Stream Control Commission
Crystal Field
Pine River
Fish Creek
Vernon
Salt River
Dow Chemical Co
Midland
Tittabawassee
Critics Doubt New Soil Conservation Program
The Western Newspaper Union reports on the early phase of the new soil conservation program launched by the Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. It notes varying practices, regional rate differences, and concerns about red tape, implementation favoritism, and political influence, with doubt whether central rules fit diverse farms.
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Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Land Grant Colleges
Experiment Stations
Soil Conservation Service
Adjustment Administration
Western Newspaper Union
Two New Deal Upsets Spark Capital Court Debate
The Supreme Court and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled two Roosevelt New Deal experiments unconstitutional, striking at federal relief policies led by Tugwell. The decision casts doubt on large federal social programs while leaving other parts of the relief budget unresolved.
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Guffey
Pennsylvania
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Charles O’neill
National Conference of Bituminous Coal Producers
Rexford Guy Tugwell
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Somerset County
New Jersey
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Europe
United State Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Tugwell
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