Barbour Attacks Share the Wealth Bill but Passes House
The House approved the President's share the wealth measure though attacked from all sides and with doubts about its aims. It increases high income taxes, shifts to a graduated corporate tax, taxes inheritances and gifts, and taxes excess corporate profits to raise 250 to 270 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Senate Finance Committee
W. W. Barbour
New Jersey
Barbour
Congress
Roosevelt
Japanese Outrage Over American Caricature Of Hirohito
Japanese anger rose after Vanity Fair published a caricature of Emperor Hirohito. Japan banned the issue as insulting to the imperial house. Ambassador Saito rushed from Britain to Washington to report and seek Tokyo guidance. Tokyo faced whether to protest formally or press editors directly. U.S. officials noted no free press sovereignty, while Japanese papers critiqued the embassy for allowing indignities to be published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanity Fair
Hirohito
Japan
Hiroasi Saito
New
Iglind
Washington
League Delays Settlement of Italo Ethiopian Quarrel
Geneva talks with Eden Laval plan stalled after Mussolini rejects the approach. Arbitration to resume in a month with a deadline of Sept 1. Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie fears war as chiefs urge action in Addis Ababa. Parliament approves India government bill creating a federal parliament and self government for Burma and Assam. Spanish war veterans pensions restored by Senate vote, Hastings of Delaware lone opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
Geneva
Italy
Ethiopia
Premier Laval
France
League Council
Mussolini
Baron Aloisi
Ualual
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
India
Burma
Assam
Senate
Hastings
Delaware
Germany Seeks Punishment for Bremen Attackers
Germany demanded punishment for the assault on the liner Bremen in New York harbor. Acting Secretary Philip s briefed the German chargé d affaires on police efforts and arrests. Roosevelt declined to comment, while defending religious liberty amid Jewish protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Bremen
Roosevelt
Philips
Goebbels Calls For War On All Enemies Of Nazidom
Nazi propaganda minister Paul Joseph Goebbels declared in Essen that the state would act against all enemies including Jews Catholics the foreign press and the Stadlheim veterans. He forecast measures such as suppressing Catholic press dissolving Stadlheim and a ban on marriages between Jews and Aryans. He blamed the foreign press for defending Jews and accused it of internationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goebbels
Hjalmar Schacht
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Essen
Third Reich
Stadlheim
Judah
Death of Frederick Gillette Former Speaker of the House
Frederick H. Gillett, Massachusetts representative and six year speaker who later served as a United States senator, died in Springfield at eighty three. He was esteemed by congressmen across parties and known in his hometown for doing much with little. Frank H. Hitchcock, Tucson Daily Citizen publisher, died after months of illness from pneumonia. A prominent Republican, Hitchcock directed Taft’s 1908 campaign and served as postmaster general, with long involvement in aviation progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Gillette
Rederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
United States
Springfield
Mass
Gillett
Frank H. Hitchcock
Daily Citizen
Tucson
Ariz
Hitchcock
Taft
Bald Eagle Declared Nation’s Emblem Since 1782
The bald eagle, chosen as the nation’s emblem by Congress on June 20, 1782, is praised for its size, strength, and swift flight. It feeds mainly on fish, robs prey from other birds, and is noted for hunting near water and in Alaska where it preys on salmon despite controversy. Benjamin Franklin favored the wild turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Wetmore
National Geographic Magazine
What Is Wealth and the Meaning of Riches
A court heard a woman with 200000 dollars would not call herself rich while a bankrupt earning 10000 dollars a year said he never felt wealthy. An actress earning over 20000 dollars annually described spending 380000 dollars. The piece notes such people miss many pleasures, contrasting with a man who feels rich with a single dollar in his pocket, who is far better off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Eng
Sunday Chronicle
Camp Meeting's Value in Desplaines Area
The Desplaines annual camp meeting under Methodist Episcopal auspices is a long running Chicago area religious event. Duncan Clark notes in the Chicago Daily News that for seventy six years it has rooted Methodism from Lorenzo Dow onward and served spiritual needs where churches were scarce. It shaped sturdier lives though its theology was narrow and its appearance emotional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
S. 7
Duncan-Clark
Chicago Daily News
United States
Lorenzo Dow
God
Milnesia Wafer Elimination Promises Pleasant Relief
A vintage health ad promotes Milnesia Wafers as a quick pleasant method to cleanse the intestines. It claims the wafers, with magnesia, correct acidity and reduce gas and bloating, available in 85c and 60c bottles or 20c tins, and recommended by thousands of physicians.
Secretary Swanson Plans Pacific Naval Bases
Secretary Swanson said naval bases would be fortified in the Pacific after the 1937 treaty expiration. He noted naval stepping stones are an inevitable result and cited May fleet maneuvers near Hawaii and the Aleutians as underscoring the need. The report critiques Allied base distribution versus Japan and Britain's extensive routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
Swanson
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Navy Lec'y Swanson
Hawaii
Aleutian Islands
Navy High Command
Great Britain
Law Enacted For Widespread Army Officer Promotions
Congress passed and the President signed a bill accelerating promotions for about 5,000 army officers. The act raises colonels by 158, lieutenant colonels by 364, and majors by 890, with over 1,000 second lieutenants advancing to first lieutenant and 1,769 first lieutenants becoming captains. Immediate promotions total 4,018 officers.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edward
W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
O'Mahoney
NRA
J. ©. O’mahoney
Wyoming
Supreme Court
Foreign Office
Frank Crowninshield
Census Bureau
Philadelphia
Rexford G. Tugwell
Resettlement Administration
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Mississippi
New York
Georgia
Connecticut
Saito
Paul Goebbels
Bald Eagle
Simoniz IS
Life Insurance
Simoniz
Peaury
Joe
Spears
Dizzy
Ozzy Dean
Dirty Dean
Ae A Be Meri
Ihe A
Diacortica
Dizzy Dean
Battle Creek
Mich
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!