Legislative clash over coal bill and war munitions embargo
Edward W. Pickard reports frantic Senate and House action as the Guffey coal bill faces opposition led by Senator Walter F. George. A concurrent push to bar munitions shipments in wartime and TVA expansion moves pass, while international tensions mount with Mussolini, Eden, and Britain weighing alliance rumors.
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House
Senate
White House
Congress
Walter F. George
Georgia
United States
Democratic Party
George
Bil
SEC
TVA
Joseph B. Eastman
Mussolini presses toward Ethiopia as Europe trembles
The Italian dictator seeks conquest of Ethiopia with personal prestige at stake. Eden and Laval proposed a mandate over Haile Selassie, but the plan failed. The Paris tri power conference declared the action and Italy must be ruptured, with Britain pressing the League council for Sept 4 discussion.
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Ussolini
Ethiopia
Europe
Duce
Anthony Eden
Pierre Laval
Italy
Haile Selassie
Paris
Great Britain
League of Nations
Council
Japan
Hunter Ines
Pettengill attacks Corcoran to trigger lobby probe
Democratic representative from Indiana sparks a House clash by challenging the lobby committee to summon Tom Corcoran, the White House lobbyist accused of pressuring lawmakers. Rumors of administration lobbyists profiting from stock deals tied to utility legislation surface as maneuvers begin. Military maneuvers in New York see 30,000 troops in muddy fields with taxicabs from New York City used as a feature.
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Ganar B. Pettengill
Indiana
House
Tom Corcoran
White House
Pettengill
House Lobby Committee
Corcoran
New York Stock Exchange
Washington
Capitol
ORB
Armed Service
New York
Dennis E.i Nolan
First
National
New York City
Ping Camp
Thousand Islands
William N. Haskell
New England
Morris B. Payne
New Jersey
John J.toffey
Massachusetts
Navy maneuvers stir APAN tensions near Central America
APAN has protested navy actions including fleet maneuvers at Hawaii and the Alaskan coast. The moves extended to the Panama Canal and off the western Central American coast. Roosevelt and the navy high command argued the shift was not in response to Japanese criticism.
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APAN
Hawaii
Alaskan
Panama Canal
Central America
Roosevelt
Navy High Command
Ecuadorian President Ibarra Dismissed By Military Coup
President Jose M Velasco Ibarra attempted to rule as dictator imprisoning opposition leaders. The senate opposed him, congress was closed, and the army acted. Col Nicanor Solis arrested Ibarra, political prisoners were freed, and Pons became president.
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Latin America
Jose M. Velasco Ibarra
Ibarra
Senate
Congress
Col
Nicanor Solis
Pons
Two American icons laid to rest after Alaska crash
Ysa Rogers and Wiley Post died in an Alaska plane crash near Point Barrow and were buried in the United States by friend Joe Crosson. A nation paid tribute as citizens of all ranks offered words and actions to honor the beloved comedian philosopher and renowned aviator, who lived adventurously and died gallantly.
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Ysa. Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
Point Barrow
Joe Crosson
Roosevelt Cotton Textiles Committee Reports to Congress
The Roosevelt administration's cotton textile committee, led by Daniel Roper and including Perkins Wallace and Hull, urged a friendly Japan export limit and continued NRA labor standards via government measures. It opposed subsidizing exports, noting cotton loans stabilize markets, and favored maintaining the cotton processing tax. Separate Senate House probes linked to lobbyist activity surfaced at the Shoreham hotel involving Amon Carter and Bernard Robinson.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Daniel Roper
Perkins
Wallace
Hull
Japan
Senate
House
Marvin H. Macintyre
Lawrence Y. Robert, Jr
Treasury
Amon G. Carter
Fort Worth
Shoreham Hotel
Bernard B. Robinson
Chicago
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Robinson
Washington
Carter
Charles West
Emil Hurja
Democratic National Committee
West
Hurja
Olson signals Senate bid in 1936 from Chicago stop
Minnesota governor Even B Olson, en route to Washington, told reporters in Chicago that he intended to run for the United States Senate in 1936. The remarks were described as a blind statement by Republicans.
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B. Olson
Minnesota
Washington
Chicago
United States ‘Senate
State News Birth Notice and Tax Collection Totals
A son, Robert, was born to Mr and Mrs Floyd Mield of Aurora formerly York. He has many grandparents and a great great grandfather in York and a great great grandmother in Ta bor Iowa. Gasoline tax collections in July reached 1 179 272 dollars. Deducting the one cent tax for benefit purposes 943 433 dollars remained, 160 547 more than July 1934. Relief fund collections totaled 235 858 dollars.
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Floyd Mield
Aurora
York
Robert
Robert Grewell
Tabor
Iowa
Nancy Jane Hurst
W. B. Banning
Agriculture and Inspection
Banning
Valley to Build PWA Financed Sewage Plant
Work began on Valley's new PWA financed sewage disposal plant with ten men on preliminary tasks. Project sponsors expect 70 to 80 workers once underway, and the federal government has contributed 17 thousand dollars.
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Valley
PWA
Southwest Nebraska delegation to press concrete paving on Highway 6
Holdrege hosts a mass meeting with about 200 attendees where speakers from Minden Axtell and Funk urge a firm demand for concrete paving on Highway 6. The planned caravan will seek an audience with Governor Cochran and State Engineer Tilley to push for concrete over the proposed bituminous mat.
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Holdrege
Nebraska
Cochran
Tilley
Minden
Axtell
Funk
Funke
Nebraska to receive flood relief and rural electrification aid
Acting Administrator James R Smith announced a $500000 flood rehabilitation grant to be used with WPA funds for bridges county roads reclamation and river control under state supervision. In Nebraska Kearney county farmers push a model rural power project aiming to electrify farms for cheap pump irrigation amid drought and corn moisture concerns.
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WPA
Nebraska
James’ Rsmith
Smith
Washington
Cochran
National Capitol
Kearney
Morris Cooke
Rural Electrification ‘Administration
Useful Hint for Candy and Cookies from The Housewife
A practical tip from The Housewife advises dropping peppermint mixture onto waxed paper instead of a plate and placing paper on baking pans for easier removal. This method reduces stickiness and simplifies cleanup.
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THE
Housewife
Public Ledger, Inc
WNU
Bronze Statue Stolen From Herculaneum Excavations
Police in Naples report an ancient Roman bronze statue of Hercules valued at $80,000 stolen from recent excavations at Herculaneum. The statue had been left on site for visitors to view amid guarded ruins and vigilant workers.
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Naples
Italy
Hercules
Herculaneum
Vesuvius
Dizzy Dean Winners Ad Seeks Free Prize Joiners
A newspaper column advertises entering the Dizzy Dean Winners program with a Grape Nuts ad urging boys and girls to read another column and learn how to join for valuable free prizes.
Not Boastful Customer Dialogue Sparks Barber Recollection
A humorous exchange finds a customer asking if the barber is his own boss and the barber replying with a quip about wanting to be single again. The vignette captures a light moment of barber shop chatter.
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Barber
Milnesia Wafers Offer Quick Safe Elimination
Purported milk of magnesia in tablet form equal to a tablespoon of liquid milk of magnesia. Claims include correcting acidity, reducing bad breath and flatulence. Sold in bottles for 85c and 60c or tins by thousands of physicians and by all good druggists. Start using these pleasant tasting wafers today.
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Samuel Hoare
League
Usi
Hitler
Senator
Guffey
T. G. Corcoran
Maj. Gen
Nolan
Mitchell Irrigation District
Thact
Wyoming
BE. W. Barrett
North Platte
Mitchell District
R. H Willis
Mitchell
Nebraska Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Roper
T. Robineon
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Idea Box
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BES
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