Mussolini eyes peace as Ethiopians face siege on front
Italy reports success in the northern Ethiopian front with Amba Atoji taken and Tembien in Italian hands. Ethiopian losses are estimated at 10,000 dead. Ras Desta Demtu’s army gathers as Badoglio’s troops besiege Abbi Addi. League sanctions possible if Mussolini refuses peace talks. Emperor Haile Selassie proposes status quo negotiations with Britain as intermediary. In Japan, Okada’s government collapse follows a military uprising, new national military leadership looms, and assassination-heavy events spark changes. In New York, a Building Service strike cripples offices citywide, with 150,000 workers walking out and heat, fire, and communications disrupted.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Amba Atoji
Tembien
Addis Ababa
Ras Desta Demtu
Geneva
Paris
League of Nations
Mussolini
League
Europe
Haile Selassie
Great Britain
Edward
Juan
Okada
Viscount Makoto Sako
Korekiyo Takahashi
Jotaro Watanabe
Hirohito
Japan
Takahashi
Akron Strike Forces Health and Civil Emergency Orders
Westin newspaper reports union health officials prepared a conference to declare a civic emergency and direct the health commissioner to ensure tenant health and sick care in tall residential buildings. Akron law enforcement warned a general strike could follow if picket clashes at Goodyear plant break the blockade. About 14,000 Akron workers remained idle amid the dispute over seasonal layoffs.
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Rice
Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Boulder Dam Turned Over to the Government
Boulder dam and its power houses were completed two and a half years ahead of schedule and turned over to the reclamation service. Six Companies received 54.5 million dollars. total project cost will be about 165 million. President Roosevelt signed the new soil conservation farm relief act to replace the AAA, directing plans to spend 500 million and place millions of acres in soil conserving crops.
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Boulder Dam
Reclamation Service
Frank Crowe
Companies
Inc
Ralph Lowry
Roosevelt
AAA
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Memphis
Chicago
New York
Salt Lake City
Breckinridge Entering Ohio Democratic Primary
O A Weinman of Columbus said he secured petitions signed by Col Henry Breckinridge of New York to enter his name on the Ohio ballot. He plans to gather 1000 signatures from 80 counties. Breckinridge is not seeking pledged delegates and is an attorney for Col Charles A Mlodbergh and a member of the American Liberty league.
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Breckinridge
Ohio
Presient
Roosevelt
O. A. Weinman
Columbus
Henry Breckinridge
New York
American Liberty League
Col
Charles A. Mlodbergh
Vandenberg Declines Ohio Primary Seeks Wise Convention Role
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan declines to enter the Ohio presidential primary but says he will not rule out the Republican nomination. He writes the Ohio Republican committee that his sole interest is in the convention making wise decisions on leadership and policy. Frank Gannett of Rochester, publisher, agrees to back Borah in Ohio’s 52 delegates to counter a blocked nomination.
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Enator Vandenberg
Michigan
Ohio
Republican ‘State Committee
Vandenberg
Borah
Frank B. Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Idaho
Gannett
New York
Nye War Profits Bill a Senate Battle Line
North Dakota Senator Nye vows to force consideration of the war profits bill, threatening a filibuster to remove it from a finance subcommittee led by Tom Connally. The Nye plan calls for heavy taxes on earnings and confiscation of income above ten thousand dollars during war. Eugene Talmadge in Georgia faces funding crises after ousting state officers and using temporary funds from multiple sources amid legal challenges to de facto authority.
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Nye
Nyed
North Dakota
Tom Connally
Texas
Eugene Talmadged
Georgia
General Assembly
Washington
George Hamilton
William Harrison
Treasury
Hamilton
United States Post Office
Mall
M. J. Yeamann
Talmadge
Crocheting a Fluffy Lacy Afghan Heirloom Project
The article promotes a simple pattern for a fluffy lacy Afghan designed as a family heirloom. It describes warm crochet stripes resembling daisies in three shades of one color and notes directions, an illustration, materials, and color ideas in pattern 5254. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle for the pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
W. Fourteenth Street
New York City
Machine Turns Cloth Into Metal In Minutes At Chicago Museum
A device at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago converts cloth into metal in minutes. The machine uses a high speed air turbine and a metal spray to coat objects with copper, steel, aluminum, lead and other metals. It coats wood, cement, and fabric quickly and permanently.
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Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago
Voice of Firestone Concerts On N. B. C. Network
Richard Crooks and Nelson Eddy join Margaret for Monday evenings on the Nationwide N.8 network’s Firestone program. The broadcast features vocal selections and light commentary as part of the popular radio series.
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Firestone
Richard Crooks
Nelson Eddy
Margaret
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Hill McAlister
Tennessee
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Highth Corps
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Metcalf
Rhogo “Island
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Dern
House
WPA
CCC
Cc. C. Davis
Dan Glover
Glover
Oolton
Select Products, Inc
Ste
Long Island City
Milnesio
Saened
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
Firestone Tire
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