Italy Threatens Addis Ababa as League Fails
A review notes Italy presses toward Addis Ababa while the League of Nations paralyzed by France and Britain yields no military sanctions. Ethiopia pleads for penalties under Article 16 as civilians flee the besieged capital and Mussolini's regime seems poised to conquer the empire. Mayhem and famine reports ripple from China’s Sichuan region amid political upheaval and looming war.
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Italy
League
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
East Africa
Council of the
League of Nationgs
Geneva
Baron Pompeo Alesi
Mussolini
Wolde Mariani
France
Britain
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Germany
Legation
League of Nations
Dardanelles
Soviet Union
Turkey
Balkan States
Bulgaria
Aegean Sea
Kemat
Austria
Vienna
Respighi Dies in Rome at Age Fifty Six
Noted Italian composer Ottorino Respighi died in Rome at fifty six from heart disease following blood poisoning. His passing shocked music lovers and left a void in modern Italian music.
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Yftorino Respighi
Rome
Illinois Primary Produces Knox Borah Delegates Clash
Illinois primary results show Col Frank Knox leading with 31 delegates to Sen Borah's 26 in the Republican preferential vote. The advisory result boosts Knox's roll call prospects and Borah's prestige. Gov Henry Horner wins renomination battle against the regular Democratic machine while Democrats endorse Sen James Hamilton Lewis for renomination. Republican Otis Glenn named to oppose Lewis in November. Washington centers see potential GOP gains amid intra Democratic strife.
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Hvely
Col
Frank Knox
Chicago Watty News
Borah
Idaho
Iinels
Chicago
Knox
Ohio
Henry Horner
Democratic
Kelly Nash
Bundesen
James Hamilton Lewis
Otis Glenn
Big Pay for Lobby Committee Lawyer Is Refused
A House vote 158 to 187 defeated a resolution to pay Senator Black’s lobby committee $10,000 for special counsel. The decision limits future payments to $3,600 yearly under general law, affecting former partner Crampton Hariing of Birmingham. The committee continues its work with its own funds.
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House
Black
Wiliam Randolph Hearst
Crampton
Hariig
Birmingham
Ala
Liberty’ League
Southern Committee
John Henry Kirby
Houston
Texas
Dei
Editors Condemn Seizure of Private Telegrams
The American Society of Newspaper Editors adopted a resolution in Washington condemning blanket seizure of private communications. It warned such practices threaten liberty and press freedom, urging members to cooperate with law enforcement while guarding against premature publication of information.
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American Society of Newspaper Editors
Washington
Primary ballots show Gorah on Republican line in Nebraska
In Nebraska voters printed Gorah on the Republican preferential ballot while about one sixth wrote in Governor Landon of Kansas. Roosevelt faced no opposition in Democratic preferences in Illinois and Nebraska. The tax bill draft proposes a corp levy graded by earnings with preferential treatment for banks insurers and debt ridden firms, but railroads lose a segregated deduction plan.
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Georgia
Roosevelt
Democratic Executive Committee of
Wu] Mann
Eugene Talmadge
Nebraska
Gorah
Alo Landon
Kansas
Sam B. Ths
Art Thcomie
Allena
Fletcher
Association of American Railroads
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Western Newspaper Union
China
Chengtu
Szechuen
Eville Chamberlain
Army
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Ouis McHenry Howh
Naval Hospital
Howe
Albany
Dardanelles Zone
Kemal Ataturk
Gune
Sea of Marmara
Kemal
Titumania
Hungary
Thtler
Reich
Ritter
Senate
Halsted
Florida
United States
Foundation of the
American Republic
Judgeter
Congress
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Worlda Ship Canal
United States Chamber of Commerce
PWA Power
Supreme Court Sring
Supreme Court
Puke Power Company
Southern Publie
Public Works Administration
Baron Aloisi
H. L. Ritter
Respighi
Roogevelt
England
Belgium
London
Bea
Iliinois
Sam B. Hill
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