Spy Ring Breakup Hits European Power Secrets
Government agents and New York police broke a ring selling U S military secrets to a world power un named. Three arrested include a former U S sergeant, an army private, and a German liner hairdresser who acted as liaison and paymaster. Rumrich confessed to obtaining and forwarding secrets. Glaser supplied air corps codes. Hofman held secret keys and money. Armed guards protected military centers along the Atlantic coast. Mitchel Field housed a bomber with a top secret bomb sight.
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New York
Johanna Hofmann
Dresden
Germany
Guenther Gustav Rumrich
United States Army
United States
Europa
Ring
Guenther
Gustav Rumrich
Europe
Erich Glaser
Mitchel Field
Army Air Base
Air Corps
Rumrich
Johanna Hofman
Army and Navy Journal
Army
Atlantic Seaboard
Reorganization Fight Splits Senate Over Executive Power
A Senate clash over Roosevelt's executive reorganization plan pits a cross party coalition against broad presidential powers. Wheeler proposes a sixty day congressional veto. Byrnes argues for expanded power while critics warn of dictatorship. Supreme Court decisions favor union labor in several rulings, limiting employer and nonunion rights.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Supreme Court
Borah
Idaho
Vandenberg
Michigan
McNary
Oregon
Wheeler
Montana
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Burke
Nebraska
Congress
Byrnes
South Carolina
Soviet Chiefs Face Death in Stalin Purge Trial
A military tribunal sentenced 21 Soviet leaders to death amid Stalinist purges. Accusations included plotting with foreign powers to break up the USSR, assassinating Lenin and Stalin, inciting Kirov’s murder, and avenging Gorky’s death. Leading defendants included former Premier Alexei Rykov and Nikolai Bukharin.
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Soviet Russia
Stalin
Soviet Union
Lenin
Sergei Kiroff
Maxim Gorky
Alexis I. Rykov
Nikolai Bukharin
Izvestia
Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg Suppresses Nazi Uprising
Austrian Chancellor Schuschnigg moves to curb illegal Nazi activity as thousands of peasants plan a Graz march. Army patrols guard approaches to the city while Vienna garrison sends motorized units and planes scout for marching columns. No shots were fired.
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Hancellor Schuschnigg
Hitler
Austria
Styria
Graz
Walts
Vienna
Senate to Probe Reds in Merchant Marine
Senator Copeland of New York pushed a resolution for a special Senate investigation into subversive Communist activity in the merchant marine. The probe will be conducted by a committee named by Vice President Garner. Meanwhile Harry Bridges of the CIO arrived in Washington to resist deportation as an undesired alien and sought hearings before the commerce and labor committees on maritime labor relations and railway labor act extension.
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Senate
Redsenator
Copeland
New York
Garner
Harry Bridges
Washington
Bridges
Senate Committees On Commerce and Labor
National Mediation Board
Anglo Italian plan backing in Commons fuels appeasement push
Britain moves toward a rapid peace with Italy as Prime Minister Chamberlain reshapes policy. Lord Halifax replaces Eden, Labour opposition challenged. Perth and Ciano discuss London Rome treaty aims including Ethiopia recognition, Mediterranean pact, Suez safeguards, and halting Italian propaganda. Hitler reportedly agrees to demand Spain volunteers withdrawal.
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House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Italy
Britain
France
Germany
Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Lord Halifax
Labor Party
Earl of Perth
Rome
Ciano
London
Perth
Ethiopia
Mediterranean
Libya
Suez Canal
Near East
Bari
Spain
Hitler
Mussolini
Franco
France backs four power pact with cautions on Czechoslovakia
France signals alignment with Britain on a four power pact but insists protection for Czechoslovakia and Austria. Chautemps warns Chamberlain while secrecy groups push an arms expansion totaling 855.4 million dollars to deter German aggression. France seeks peaceful terms with Italy and Germany but rejects central European hegemony. The chamber backs the policy 439 to 2 as isolationists gain and defense boosters cheer a large navy bill.
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France
Britain
Delbos
Europe
Chautemps
Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Germany
Chamber
May Cut Farm Subsidies Tighten Major Crop Deductions
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration set detailed rules for subsidy payments from the 500 million dollars authorized for the new crop control law. Major crops including cotton corn wheat tobacco rice and potatoes face drastic deductions for harvests above allotments. Assistant AAA administrator J B Hutson said soil conservation subsidies aim to improve soil fertility and align production with crop needs.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congress
J. B. Hutson
AAA
Dieterich Drops Out of Illinois Senate Race
Senator W H Dieterich of Illinois withdraws from the Democratic renomination race in the April 12 primaries to aid party harmony. With his exit the contest remains a two man scrum between District Attorney Igoe backed by the Kelly Nash machine and Congressman Scott Lucas allied to Governor Horner. Dieterich has long backed the administration and may receive a federal appointment in consolation.
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Dieterich
W. H. Dieterich
Illinois
Igoe
Chicago
Scott Lucas
Kelly-Nash Machine
Horner
Historic Hoaxes and the Lost Explorer Saga
A look at famous hoaxes from 1920s Wisconsin to 1910s journalism. Woodsmen faked a petrified expedition member in Ladysmith, misattributed to Columbus diary frauds, and newspaper pirates caught by reverse spelling tricks.
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Rom
Wisconsin
Middle West
Wisconsin Historical Society
M. D. Hinshaw
Edward Richardson
Ladysmith
Rusk County Journal
Rusk County Lyre
Oddest Hall of Fame in Genoa by Collier's Weekly
The world's oddest hall of fame is in Genoa Italy dating back 500 years Collier's Weekly notes any citizen could elect himself and buy fame Donors receive statues seated standing bust or tablet based on money donated Over 100000 entitled to seated statue 50000 to 100000 for standing 25000 to 50000 for bust under 25000 for tablet
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Columbus
Angel Delmore
Havana
Cuba
Christopher Columbus
Azores
Chaucer
San Francisco
Genoa
Italy
Collier's Weekly
How Sew a Slubbed Couch Cover Adds Fresh Room Charm
Spring brings a lift to rooms and this navy blue couch cover with cream cord delivers a modern or period look. It guides sewing a snug slipcover with a curved candlewick tufting needle and cord threading, while Mrs Spears book Sewing for the Home Decorator offers further techniques for curtains, lamp shades, and dressing tables. Readers can order the book from Mrs Spears at 210 So Desplaines St Chicago Illinois for 25 cents.
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Spears
Pineapple Cream Dessert With Marmalade Twist
Marjorie H. Black shares a Pineapple Cream dessert recipe using crushed pineapple whipped with pastry cream and marmalade. Drain and save juice, fold into cream and pineapple, flavor with any jam for variety, and serve over cake slices suitable for a bridge party or luncheon.
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Marjorie H. Black
Famous Food Expert To Conduct Feature
The paper announces a new series by C Houston Goudiss famous author lecturer and radio personality to run weekly in the food department. The aim is practical health oriented advice for parents and households presented in clear accessible language and designed for housewives to scrapbook.
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C. Houston Goudiss
Ady Yourself First Be That Which You Would Make Others
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription touted as a tonic helping women for nearly 70 years. Ady promotes Yourself First and echoes Amiel's advice to embody the virtue you wish to see in others.
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Amiel
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Milwaukee
Ferdinand A. Geiger
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
New York Court of Appeals
Senator Borah
Alexis Rykov
Ize
Hull
House Naval Affairs Committee
Pacific
Lieut
Reflipe
W. Thernz
Joseph Pulitzer
World
Hearst
Journal
Reflipe W. Thenuz
Thenuz
Jacksonville
Fla
Temehtmormelots
Metropolis
Met
Oddest Hall of Fame
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Luden’s
Devan
Arenes
43rdSt
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