Italy began a new Ethiopian
offensive.
“Spain to Vote on Revolu
tion Issue Today,” one Sunday
paper said. Soon leftists (a new
term yet, to many Americans)
were clamoring for release of
political prisoners—30,000 were
freed.
Morgan Defines Leisure
The Franco publicized in Feb
ruary, however, was not the fu
ture Spanish warrior, but a South
American who thanks to arms, be
came Paraguay’s Provisional Presi
dent.
Art critics discussed Francisco
Goya’s gory pictures. Ginger Rog
ers and Fred Astaire appeared in
"Follow the Fleet,” while movies
held “bank nights.”
J. P. Morgan distracted Senate
munitions investigators by warning,
"If you destroy the leisure class
you destroy civilization,” and de
fining this vital elment as families
with one or more servants.
Los Angeles had a “foreign le
gion" keeping jobless out of Cali
fornia. Strikers formed a human
chain around Akron tire plants.
Charlie Chaplin mocked “Modern
Times” mechanisms, then trudged
awsy, with pretty Paulette Goddard
at his side.
Miners Contribute
“The interests of downtown New
York,” thundrered John L. Lewis,
are boasting they can raise enough
money to elect, a Chinaman to the
White House." United Mine Work
er's answered with a $2,000,000 Nev.
Deal campaign gift.
AAA’s substitute was being born
TVA wen the right to sell power, 3
to 3. as the Supreme Court con
sidered one dam at a time. WPA
funds were called stage money by
Major General Hagood, and before
long he lost the Eighth Corps Area
command.
Rhore Island Senators voted a
bonus to Sergeant Evael O. W.
Inesba (Absent Without Leave).
Reviewing recovery, the Chamber
of Commerce saw no recession.
Hostesses .steered talked to:
George Santayana's "The Last
Puritan."
The dentists' new p.nn-kill
Walter Johnson’s stunt, hurl
ing a dollar across the Rappa
hannnock.
