Abolition push shakes Roosevelt plan on utility holds
Senator Norris and President Roosevelt clash over a proposal to abolish holding companies deemed not in the public interest. Public utility stocks rally protests while Congress considers investigations into propaganda and impacts on stock values.
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Bertrand H. Snell
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Norris
Nebraska
Federal Trade Commission
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Protesting Group Marches on Minnesota Capitol demanding Rarons
A roughly two thousand strong contingent marched into St Paul to harangue legislators on behalf of the SOE ranks. They threatened to picket the capitol unless their demands were met.
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Minnesota
St Paul
Soe
Agriculture aid bill eyed as 1936 funding set
AP reported action on the Department of Agriculture appropriations for fiscal year 1936. The bill would total 3,278,758 dollars with large cuts to the AAA item, while Secretary Henry Wallace urged higher industrial output to support agriculture. Also noted were tax publicity repeal prospects and other international and financial developments.
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AP House Appropriations Committee
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Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Senate
Internal Revenue
House
Mind reading act clues a real ship tragedy
Comedian ED Wynn recalls a stage bit in which he guessed a man’s pocket contents and foretold travel on the steamship Scythia. Four weeks later a letter from England described how the man with the name W L Cowen died aboard Scythia, prompting Wynn to wonder if a psychic message was involved.
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ED Wynn
Europe
W. L. Cowen
England
Scythia
University of Pennsylvania
Cowen
Dogs in Ghost Hunt at Haunted Lincolnshire Farm
At South Reston Hall near Louth, Lincolnshire, nightly guards with dogs search a 400 year old farmhouse after reports of strange phenomena. Incidents include room confusion, pantry theft, soot in chimneys, large holes in ceilings, and a bed disturbed. A woman recalls an animal with pointed nose and bushy tail. A suspected escaped monkey is considered but not found. The Master of the East Lincolnshire Oller Hounds brought dogs and a terrier into the roof. the terrier reacted but no intruder found. A heavy sack blocking the chimney for 50 years was moved, suggesting an unseen force.
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Lincolnshire
England
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Costliont Political Confab at Golden Palace
The costliest pelutral conference in W story tow phe on The lord of the Cloth of Gol near Andres France. Henry VANS Fruneig greeted a magnificent palace with chapel wing and gold decor for entertainment of Henry and the nobility of Eughind and Franace. After 17 days nothing was accomplished. A large fountain ran wine from morning until midnight.
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Andres
France
Draneta F
Henry Vans Fruneig
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Oviliere
Vagaries of Trade Rat Plague Camping Parties
An account from the Detroit News describes the lushy tailed wood rat or trade rat. It raids camp sites stealing spoons forks tins and other items, leaving a bone or stick as a marker. The marauder caches goods under stones or brush piles and returns for more, often moving any portable article it can carry.
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Detroit News
Victory and Habit of Work Quote by A Bolton
A Bolton quote notes that victory is partly won through the habit of work and perseverance. It emphasizes how consistent effort leads to success, suggesting that routine labor builds the foundation for achievement.
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A. Bolton
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