Rhode Island by election shocks Republicans in national mood
Republicans hailed Charles F. Risk after he defeated Antonio Prince in Rhode Island's First District by about 13,000 votes. The result sparked talk that President Roosevelt could be unseated next year, with leaders in and out of Congress weighing the implications for the New Deal and party dynamics across multiple states.
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William Phillips
Rudolf Leitner
Germany
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Goebbels Urges All-Out War On Nazi Enemies
Propaganda minister Goebbels, in Essen, calls for drastic measures against Jews Catholics the foreign press and Stahlheim veterans promising Catholic press suppression intensified anti Catholic campaigns nationwide dissolution of Stahlheim and a ban on intermarriage of Jews and Aryans He accuses the foreign press of Judah internationalism and defends Nazi policy amid warnings from Schacht and others.
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Paul Joseph Goebbels
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Goebbels
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Death of Frederick H. Gillett Former Speaker of House
Frederick H. Gillett former Massachusetts representative who served six years as speaker and later as a United States senator died in Springfield at eighty three. Known for his dignity and courtesy he was highly regarded by congressmen across parties and was called a man who did much with little. Frank H. Hitchcock Tucson Daily Citizen publisher died of pneumonia after months of illness. A Republican figure who led Taft’s 1908 campaign and postmaster general was also noted for aviation interests.
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Secretary Swanson Plans New Pacific Naval Bases
Secretary of the Navy Swanson announced fortified naval bases to be built in the Pacific after the 1987 treaty expiration. He said Pacific stepping stones are inevitable and noted lessons from May fleet maneuvers near Hawaii and the Aleutians. He cited Japan and Britain as having more bases along major traffic routes.
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Aleutian Islands
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Law Enacted to Promote Thousands of Officers
Congress passed and the President signed a bill to promote about 5,000 army officers. It speeds promotion below colonel, takes effect September 1, and increases colonels by 158, lieutenant colonels by 864, and majors by 890. Over 1,000 second lieutenants advance to first lieutenant, 1,760 become captains, totaling 4,918 immediate promotions.
Bureaucrats and Broad Policy Clash Over AT&T Experiment
Washington digest outlines a dispute over the Federal Communications Commission asserting jurisdiction over AT&T experimental coaxial cable work. It argues the FCC oversteps law, threatening investment, innovation, and national benefits, while warning such control could erode public confidence in government. Also notes 30 day duck hunting season under strict migratory bird protection rules, with regional dates and prohibitions to restore bird populations.
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Executioner Elliott’s grim task across states revealed
Charleston Mass reports on Robert G. Elliott, the official executioner for Massachusetts and other states, who has supervised multiple electrocutions including Sacco and Vanzetti. The 61 year old lives quietly in Richmond Hills, NY, methodically performing each night’s duty for a fixed fee while avoiding publicity. He values law’s outcome, not the act, and has survived a bombing that followed Sacco and Vanzetti’s deaths.
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Mass
Robert G. Elliott
Massachusetts
Delaware
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Morton
Irving Millen
Abraham Faber
Eliott
Elliott
Boston
Nicolo Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Richmond Hills
N. Y
Sacco
Vanzett
Wag Uses Legs of Dummy to Scare Street Crowd
In Warren Ohio a man used a dummy’s legs to frighten a street crowd. Reported by a motorist, onlookers fled as two mutilated legs without a body lay in the road, later revealed to be cloth shop props. A nearby village reportedly laughed at the hoax.
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Wag
Warren
Ohio
Girl Hitchhiker Gives Advice and Four Donts
Tucson woman Miss Shirley Williams outlines hitchhiking rules Dont thumb rides Dont travel at night Never ride in trucks or on freight trains Never accept rides of less than 100 miles She averages over 400 miles a day and has crossed the country four times stopping in Tucson on her fifth trip She reports a contract with Paramount when she reaches Hollywood
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Ariz
Shirley Williams
Paramount
Hollywood
Armless Girl Teaches Herself to Play Piano
Helen Wilhelmi, a nineteen year old girl, learned to play piano using her nose and chin after birth left her arms undeveloped. She also operates a typewriter with a pencil held in her mouth, demonstrating remarkable self taught skill and adaptability.
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Helen Wilhelmi
Helen
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