Farm Relief Faces Five Year Test With Wallace At Helm
Five years into the Farm Relief program under Henry A. Wallace, critics say the policy has failed to deliver promised relief. Despite a $3 billion outlay and subsidies, farm income lags, foreign buyers shift to rival producers, and Congress weighs new price fixing and export subsidy measures as Wallac e travels to Montreal to discuss market division with Canada.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Ilona
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
AAA
Congress
Farm Bureau Federation
Henry Wallace
Washington
U. S
Wallace
Montreal
North America
Labor Unions Clash Ahead of September Protests
Labor factions led by William Green and John Lewis threaten renewed hostilities as the A F of L and the C I O plan rival campaigns, with Mexico City meetings and a looming confrontation shaping the scene. Subplots include Dubinsky seeking peace, and labor leaders eyeing new battlegrounds amid international tensions.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
John Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Atlantic City
A. F. of L
Executive Council
Houston
Washington, D. SO
Washington
Mexico City
Vincente Lombardo Toledano
Green
Lewis
A. F. of L. Foes
Pan- American Federation of Labor
Mr. Green
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers
Garment Workers
Mr. Dubinsky
Mr. Lewis
Life Span Up Deaths Drop Across Nations Says League
Geneva reports a fall in world death rates and a rise in life expectancy across age groups. In 1935 a U.S. white girl born had 64.72 years expected. a Danish boy 63.8 years. India showed the lowest at 27 years for infants. Some countries surpassed earlier peaks, while birth rates declined. Austria and France had deaths exceeding births.
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Geneva
League of Nations
United States
Denmark
Australia
New Zealand
India
Japan
Austria
France
United Kingdom
Twins Like Two Peas In A Pod Share Life And Jobs
Cleveland reports on Hol and Bill Day identical twins who have lived in sync for 54 years. They order double everything and work as foremen, sharing a bed, morning routines, meals, and even clothing when rushed. The only separation came during two weeks when they played on different baseball teams.
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Cleveland
Hol
Bill Day
Italy Plans Motorists Paradise in Ethiopia
Rome reports Mussolini aims to transform the former hell hole creation into a motorists paradise. More than 1400 miles of macadam roads are being laid in Italy’s African colonies with the Victory Highway first. The road will link Addis Ababa with Asmara and Massaua along Marshal Badoglio’s wartime route.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Rome
Mussolini
Ministry of Public Works
Marshal Badoglio
Addis Ababa
Asmara
Massau
Red Sea
Exportation of Spiders in Jelly Now Planned
British chemists experiment with preserving spiders in jelly for export to the East. Eastern races believe swallowing spiders cures ague malaria and other diseases. They seek species unfamiliar to them.
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London
Well Diggers Find Fish 200 Feet Down
In Decatur Michigan oil drillers on a farm near Fish Lake report a fish story. At about 200 feet the water pump clogged and two pike became entangled in the mechanism during inspection. The well lies roughly 80 rods from the lake.
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Decatur
Mich
Fish Lake
Lake Geneva Quiet Amid Global Peace Talks Charm
National Geographic describes Lake Geneva as a serene hub of diplomacy while noting its geography and towns. The piece highlights Jura peaks, Mont Blanc views, Nyon Castle, and lakefront charm with orderly promenades and cobbled streets despite modern traffic.
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Lake Geneva
Ita Follies
Nyon
Mont Blanc
Europe
Jura
Grand Lac
Pottery and Politics Shape Nyon Legacy and Lakeside Farms
The piece highlights Nyon famed for 150 years of pottery in a historic factory, its hand made wares now rare and sought after. It then surveys Lausanne as a conference city on lake Geneva with vines on steep terraces, scarecrows on slopes, and a 20th century treaty history from 1912 to 1923.
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Franklin Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Pacific
Georgia
South Carolina
Maryland
New York
Jim Farley
Feacher Farley
Hyde Park
Nyon
Lausanne
Ouchy
Switzerland
Turkey
Italy
Columbus
America
John Calum
Lausanne Hills and New York Street Vendors Across Time
A reflective urban sketch contrasts Lausanne’s hillside layout with New York street life as Commissioner Morgan ends hot corn and baked sweet potato peddler licenses. The piece notes vendor culture, court battles, relocation of pushcarts, and a charity comedian’s private fund aiding the down and out.
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William Fellow Morgan Sr
New York
Fourteenth Street
Morgan
Coney Island
Lower East Side
Midtown
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Seven Inmates Earn High School Diplomas in Prison
Sonia Michigan inmates at the Michigan reformatory received state diplomas for completing high school courses in the prison academic school. The seven graduates, ages eight to twenty-one, are serving sentences for offenses including automobile theft and larceny.
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Sonia
Mich
Michigan Reformatory
Reformatory
State Department of Public Instruction
Fence of 1830 Still in Use in Mexico Missouri
A rail fence erected in 1830 by William and Jerry West on a local farm remains standing near Mexico Missouri. It is believed to be the oldest fence of its kind west of the Mississippi River.
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Mexico
Cordell Hull
Lazaro Cardenas
William and
Jerry West
Mississippi
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