Business group presses for reform of taxes and policy
Washington meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States reports delegates urging tax relief and repeal of or reform to labor and trade policies. Leaders from 600 associations press for private enterprise and less government control while noting Roosevelt's limited direct input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Chamber
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
John W. O’leary
Roosevelt
South Atlantic
Jesse Jones
RFC
Woodring
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Board
White House
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
N L R B Moves to Reopen Ford Inquiry
The National Labor Relations Board seeks to reopen its probe into Ford Motor Company after Ford counsel pressed to take testimony from board members. The board asks the Covington circuit court to withdraw its petition to enforce an order from December that required Ford to stop alleged Wagner Act violations and to rehire certain former employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Nut
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Covington
Ford
FDR Urges Federal Inquiry Into Monopolies
President Roosevelt urged Congress to authorize a $500000 federal inquiry into concentration of industrial power, to precede a broad revision of antitrust laws. He asked for study of current conditions and proposed only immediate action on legislation to regulate bank holding companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
Italian hydroplane crash kills nineteen including bride guests
Nineteen people die when a hydroplane from Tirana Albania crashes in Italy on the return from King Zog's wedding. Helen Lindheim of New York is among the dead. Jewelry valued at 1,052,000 dollars owned by Paris and Vienna firms is destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Tirana
Albania
King Zog
Helen Lindheim
New York
Paris
Vienna
Golf's Golden Jubilee Marked in the United States
The article recounts golf’s 50 year history in America from its 1888 origins in Yonkers New York, where John Reid and Robert Lockhart started a club in a cow pasture, through key figures like Francis Ouimet and Bobby Jones, noting the growth to over 6000 courses nationwide and golf’s place in American life.
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Yonkers
N. Y
United States
America
John Reid
Reid
Robert Lockhart
Land
John B. Upham
Harry O. Talmadge
Kingman M. Putnam
Harry Holbrook
City of
England
Francis Ouimet
Harry Vardon
Brookline
Mass
Bobby Jones
New York
Diamond Dynasties in Major League Baseball’s Second Generation
Six major leaguers in 1930s baseball are sons of former stars, including Jim Bagby Jr. of the Red Sox and Myril Hoag, son of Tracy Hoag. Dixie Walker, Billy Sullivan Jr., Bobby Mattick Jr., and Karl Maggart Jr. also follow fathers who played in the majors. Three sets of brothers—Wanners, Ferrells, and Dimaggios—emerge, with Joe DiMaggio and Vince DiMaggio anchoring the Yankees and Bees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Jim Bagby
Jim Bagby
Cleveland
Indians
Brooklyn Dodgers
Old Jim
Young Jim
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Myril Hoag
Yankees
Tracy Hoag
Dixie Walker
Detroit Tigers
Ewart
Dixie) Walker
Washington
Billy Sullivan, Jr
White Sox
Ed Walsh
Bobby Mattick, Jr
Cubs
Waners
Ferrells
DiMaggios
Lloyd
Paul Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Wes
Rick Ferrell
Washington Senators
Joe DiMaggio
Vince
Boston Bees
Remember When The Old Cubs Set Historic Baseball Record
The piece recalls the 116 win season by the Cubs and notes that even the modern Yankees have not matched it. It contrasts old stadium practices with modern ones and mentions legendary boxers Jack Britton and Ted Kid Lewis drawing crowds in 22 fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cubs
New York Yankees
Jack Britton
Ted Kid Lewis
Una
Rare racing prints on exhibit at French Lick Springs spa
A $150000 collection of 100 antique lithographs of famous race horses trotting and pacing from the 19th and 20th centuries is on display at the spa at French Lick Springs Indiana. Currier and Ives works and signatures appear on about a third of the pieces. The set was assembled by Thomas D. Taggart Jr. including The Jockeys Prayer 1868 and Proctor Knott 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spa
French Lick Springs
Ind
Currier and
Ives
Thomas D. Taggart, Jr
Indianapolis
Rae Smith
New York
Ben Herring
Proctor Knott
Sheepshead Bay
Ryskyk
Hambletonian
Billy D
Foxhall
Goldsmith Maid
Budd Doble
Sidney Dillon
Major Del‘nar
Memphis
Lucy
Ipswich
Mass
Suffolk
John Smith
Saratoga
Bitter Row Between Roosevelt and Newspapers Deepens
The piece details a growing animosity between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and national and Washington media. It notes eroding press support since 1935, harsher White House exchanges, and editor discontent sparked by the Managing Editors' meeting. It mentions Senator Minton's critique and a push to curb political influence on radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
White House
Mark Sullivan
New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
Mr. Roosevelt
American Newspaper Publishers Association
New York
Minton
Sen
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Senator Minton
New Deal
Charley McCarthy
Norris
Nebraska
Schwellenbach
Senate
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Chicago
Association of American Railroads
F. E. Williamson
New York Central
Fred W. Sargent
Northwestern
J. J. Pelley
Association
Western Newspaper Union
Chester Navis
George Harrison
Association of Railway Labor Executives
D. B. Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Mary Norton
Labor Committee
Rules Committee
American Federation of Labor
Owen D. Young
General Electric Board
Chirman
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank of New York
John W. Hanes
Securities Exchange Commission
F.D.R
Golf
U. S
George A. Barclay
Walter J. Travis
Diamond Dynasties
Jim Bagby, Jr
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Pluie
Wea Tea
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