Jones Wallace Talks Target AAA Crisis Action Likely
Rep Marvin Jones and Senators Byrnes Bankhead conferred with Secretary Wallace on confidential AAA issues. They indicated plans could move quickly if the Supreme Court strikes down the Agricultural Adjustment Act, with administration farm leaders preparing for swift congressional action.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Texas
House Agricultural Committee
Byrnes
South Carolina
Bankhead
Alabama
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Supreme Court
AAA
Administration
Congress
Townsend plan and old age aid draw mixed public comment
The piece critiques Townsend plans for funding elderly support and questions feasibility and impact on youth initiative. It notes religious debates, migration to Catholicism by some Episcopal clergy, and opportunistic musings on Alaska, fox farming, and silver caches as distractors from the central fiscal discussion.
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Labor Department
Tragedy Follows Man's Fear of Not Providing for Wife
William Lifford and his wife Patsy Ann Jamison Lifford were found dead in their Greenwich Village apartment with a bullet in each head. Police suspect Lifford shot his wife as she slept then killed himself over his sense of failure to earn a living, with neighbors noting their devoted, evening-only time together.
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U.P
William Lifford
Greenwich Village
Lifford
Liffords
Conference battles and airmail feats highlight federal power
A survey of congressional conference procedures explains how House and Senate conferees resolve differences on bills and the limits of their authority. It notes delays from protracted negotiations and cites the “death sentence” clause struggle as an example. It also mentions the China-Philippine Clipper cutting time in air travel and debates on oil vs gold strategic reserves.
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Capitol
California
Manila
Ferees
Utility Holding Company
Three Legion soldiers dead in raid near Tinghir Morocco
Three Foreign Legion soldiers were killed and three civilians wounded when two desert bandits attacked a Moorish cafe near Tinghir. The bandits fled and a Legion patrol pursuing them killed one of their followers. The piece notes khaki uniforms first used in 1848 by the Guides in India.
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Morocco
Foreign Legion
Tinghir
Legion
Guides
India
Three Men Die in Truck Collision on Dallas Fort Worth Highway
In Fort Worth on January 3 three workers Floyd Hulme 27 Jimmy Wilson 38 and Jim Chaney 54 died when steering failed on their WPA project truck causing it to cross into an oncoming car. The truck overturned and all three died instantly per Justice of the Peace Hal Hughes. Separately Washington announced new bids for pursuit aircraft to April 15 as the Army Air Corps seeks planes meeting updated requirements.
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Floyd Hulme
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Jim Chaney
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Justice of the Peace Hall
Hughes
Washington
Harry H. Woodring
Army
Army Air Corps
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