President signs neutral defense bill during fishing trip
Congress faced budget battles as Roosevelt fished off Port Aransas. A $418 million deficit loomed unless lawmakers cut or reallocate funds. The capital debated four relief and spending proposals while House and Senate approved treasury post office funding and a crop insurance delay, with vacation plans uncertain. Hoover caught a giant trout nearby as Mrs. Roosevelt visited Seattle.
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Navy Air Corps Drill and Mississippi Spillway Evacuation
The article details a Pacific air war drill with 300 planes at Muroc dry lake in California and a Mojave desert exercise. It also recalls Cairo Illinois flood evacuations at Birds Point New Madrid spillway where 1 500 toilets closing a major gap influenced whether the spillway would flood, as farms face wet weather and delayed plowing.
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High Cost Of Living Drives Labor Dept Findings
The Labor Department confirms rising living costs for housewives and wage earners. In 32 cities, costs rose 1.7 percent for the three months ending March 15, led by food and household furnishings. The Housewives League of America seeks half a million members to curb price-boosting taxes, with President Mrs. Wilbur Fribley of Chicago noting taxation largely drives price hikes.
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Wilbur Fribley
Chicago
Burlesque Faces Court Fight After City Ban
In New York burlesque moved from 14 theatres to a courtroom as the city banned the entire industry urged by church leaders. Show girls in 1937 refined stage undressings and risque routines sparked the toughest opposition yet.
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William S. Knudsen
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Wild turkeys released near Blacksburg yield hardy poults
The biological survey released 24 captivity reared hens on a wooded tract in Blacksburg Virginia with wings clipped and range fenced. They interbred with wild stock from surrounding woods producing poults that stood up well under shooting. Nearby Salt Lake City’s Mountain Territory features a 20 acre municipal plot with a crystal bottle tower in progress.
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Ireland Eyes Sovereign Republic Under De Valera Plan
Eamon de Valera pushes a new Irish constitution to sever some ties with Britain while keeping trade links. The proposed state would be sovereign and democratic with Gaelic as the dominant language, a seven year presidential term, and a united Ireland by envisioning islands and seas under the name Eire. Northern Ireland remains cautious and the proposal faces ratification this summer.
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Labor strife hits film studios as Gable faces pickets
In Hollywood labor trouble spreads across 10 unions in the Federated Motion Picture Crafts, led by actors' guild head Robert Montgomery. Stars protest while production crews strike. off the film set Sigmund Knudsen rises to GM leadership after a long ascent from bicycle factory work to Ford and GM executive roles.
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Detroit
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Voltaire
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Double Bill For Britain
The narrative frames the Simpson affair and Edward VIII's abdication era as a royal reunion scene. It notes Mrs Simpson's impending freedom to marry, Edward’s carefree voyage and impending Austrian honeymoon, and hints at coronation plans and republican strain amid a London bus strike and royal ceremonial debates.
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Baldwin
Firsts and changes in law across several states
Legal beer comes to Kansas for the first time in 56 years while Alabama allows legal liquor after 22 years. Italy to pay new babies, New York bans marriages for 72 hours post license. Philippine women gain vote. US Senate funds repatriation for indigent aliens. Judge in Illinois limits citizenship for sit down protest supporters. A 52 day fast ends in Tennessee. Mexican court rejects state limits on priests. Gen Douglas MacArthur marries Jean Faircloth in New York.
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Italy
Hunter
Kankakee
Ill
Jackson Whitlow
Stooping Oak
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Chihuahua
Quotes From Leaders Debate Society And Politics
Capt Arthur W Brandt of the New York state highway commission voices a controversial view on safety and driving while Joseph Goebbels asserts the need for national socialism for German artists. Dr W Reid Blair of the New York Zoological Park offers a stark comparison of cruelty to exhibits and mercy. Mrs Carl R Gray comments on women’s role in society.
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New York
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Germany
W. Reid Blair
New York Zoological Park
Carl R. Gray
Pulitzer winner Margaret Mitchell battles words in victory
On the same day 1934 Pulitzer winner Caro line Miller faces a final divorce decree amid jealousy claims. Theodore Dreiser defends against a publisher seeking royalties, denying being a recognized American author.
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Theodore Dreiser
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