Francoist Spain Mutiny Fails Amid Arrests and Exiles
The Franco regime faces revolts among Fascist troops in Spain and Morocco. Plotters are executed after arrests, with mutiny linked to the Moroccan front. Reports say Italian troops may be aiding to crush rebels, while government forces push toward Pozoblanco. Britain and France warn against blockading merchant ships as the conflict deepens.
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Spain
Spanish Morocco
Ceuta
Morocco
Air Force
Cordoba
Pozoblanco
Great Britain
France
Walkout of Soft Coal Miners Over Wage Deadlock
A wage deadlock triggers a soft coal miners strike in Pennsylvania and West Virginia with spread risk other fields. John L. Lewis leads United Mine Workers in long negotiations while Edward F. McGrady assists labor efforts and keeps the White House informed. About 400,000 miners quit work as maintenance men stand by.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Edward F. McGrady
White House
Roosevelt Discusses Textile Labor Crisis and Sitdown Fears
President Roosevelt met with Secretary Perkins and Sidney Hillman chief organizer of the CIO drive to unionize textile workers. Hillman urged cooperation and arbitration and reportedly promised no sitdown strikes. Senator Wagner charged that a few giant corporations drive the sitdown and questioned federal enforcement of labor relations act as the root cause. Representative Martin Dies spoke before the House.
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Perkins
Sidney Hillman
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Wagner
New York
Senate
Martin Dies
Texas
House
Public Stand Calls Grow Over Sit-Down Strike Return
U Mere te fabse public stand con ers to take a public stand con the sit-down strike. President returns from W Springs and meets with Vice President and Senate Majority Leader Joe to discuss the crisis.
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W. Springs
Gaeuae
Senate
Joe
Norris aims to create national power authority modeled on TVA
Senator George Norris of Nebraska plans to push a bill in the current Congress to establish a national power authority to control rivers and develop hydropower as a byproduct of flood control. He said experts are assessing feasibility and mapping details, and the idea has Roosevelt's apparent approval.
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George Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Death of Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln in Washington
The article reports the death in Washington of Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln at age ninety. She was the daughter-in-law of President Lincoln and mother and grandmother to his only living descendants Mrs. Charles Isham and Mrs. Jessie Randolph and their three children. Her father James Harlan was an Iowa senator.
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Washington
Robert Todd Lincoln
President Lincoln
Charles Isham
Jessie Randolph
Lincoln
James Harlan
Iowa
Icafield
Arthur
Roosevelt selects U.S. delegation for King George VI coronation
President Roosevelt names James W. Gerard Gen John J. Pershing Admiral Hugh Rodman and aides to represent the United States at King George VI's coronation in Westminster Abbey on May 12. Curtis Bok will be secretary, Col. James L. Collins aids Pershing, and Commander Frank E. Beatty aids Rodman. The article also reviews Supreme Court upholding three New Deal laws including minimum wage for women, railway labor act provisions, and the Frazier-Lemke mortgage moratorium act.
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United States
George VI
Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
Roosevelt
James W. Gerard
Germany
John J. Pershing
Hugh Rodman
Curtis Bok
Philadelphia
James L. Collins
Pershing
Frank E. Beatty
Admiral Rodman
Supreme Court
Washington State
New York
Owen J. Roberts
Sutherland, Butler
McReynolds
van Devanter
Hughes
Justice Stone
Louis D. Brandeis
Senators Seek Compromise on Roosevelt Court Plan
About fifteen senators undecided on the President’s court expansion bill pursue a compromise to back Roosevelt without appearing to back packing. Senator Carl Hatch proposes limiting new justices to two at a time and creating a flexible court of fifteen to nine judges with temporary appointments and offset by not filling an equal number of vacancies after retirement.
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Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Judiciary Committee
Hatch
Many Cash Crops Found in Forests
Farm woodlots yield various income streams beyond timber. Besides saw timber and cordwood, farmers sell Christmas trees, press brush, fern-picking rights, seeds from acorns to cones, poles and pea brush, fence posts, rails, novelty items from birch, maple syrup, and even colored wood cones. Market scouting opens new outlets, boosting farm income from forest by products.
Windbreak Advice Counts Spruce and Fir as Best
J E Davis of the University of Illinois ext forester says Norway spruce and Douglas fir are the most satisfactory windbreak trees. Details cover location soil spacing protection and care plus recommended distances from buildings and timing for planting.
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J. E. Davis
Extension Forester
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Silage Feeding for Young Cattle Marketing This Spring
E T Robbins of the University of Illinois recommends large amounts of silage to feed thin yearlings or older cattle planned for spring sale. Add 3 4 pounds of cottonseed meal or soybean oil meal per head daily, with dry roughage as desired. Corn is added in the final two months, cattle sold at about two thirds fat.
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Acto E. T. Robbins
College of Eeericulture
University of Illino
Agricultural trends and crop notes expand across states
Agricultural notes show the corn borer moving southward. California reports a 1936 potato crop up 500000 bushels from last year. Putnam county, once swampy, has become a key agricultural area. Over 900 cabbage varieties are now grown in the United States.
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California
Putnam County
United States
Being True Thyself Inspires Honest Living
Poem fragment urges overflow of heart to feed truthful speech and genuine action. It links inner truth to outward influence, claiming living truly creates a noble creed and fruitful deeds that reach others.
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Horatius Bonar
Enchanting Gifts of Lacy Crochet Pattern 1345
A pattern offers a 6 inch crocheted lace medallion with directions to make chair sets scarfs pillows and buffet items. It promises low cost lasting value and gift potential. Send 15 cents for pattern 1345 to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept New York with name and address.
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
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