Prevailing wage clause shakes up relief bill fight
Washington reports a heated Senate committee vote on the $4.88 billion work relief bill as the insurgent bloc adopts a prevailing wages amendment likely to pull workers from private jobs to relief work. Administration allies push to overturn, while drought land purchases are expanded under eminent domain powers.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Glase
Virginia
Mr. Roosevelt
Byrnes
South Carolina
American Federation of Labor
McKeller
Tennessee
Tydings
Maryland
New York
Philippines
Glass
National Association of Master Plumbers
Roosevelt
Norbeck
South Dakota
Gulf of Mexico
McCarrean
Nevada
Dionnes May Reclaim Care Of Quintuplets
In Chicago on February 7, Mr. and Mrs. Oliva Dionne weigh whether to renew guardianship under the Canadian government for their quintuplets. The couple discuss hospital care, home safety, and their equal affection for all ten children, with plans pending as of July 24, 1936.
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Chicago
Oliva Dionne
Oliva
Eizire
Reclaims Memory Miller Youth Returns Home From Springfield
Morris Dana Scott 20, OSU student missing since Monday, telegraphed his parents from Springfield Missouri that he regained memory after hitchhiking. He said his father, a mail carrier, had been transferred to San Francisco and he arranged police help to return to Ohio by bus.
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Washington Courthouse
Morris Dana Scott
Ohio State University
Springfield
San Francisco
Ohio
Nevada City
Calif
Liberty
Clarence Frechette
Michigan
Robert Brown
Kalamazoo
Frechette
California
Truckee
Harry W. Anderson
Anderson
Joseph Blake
State Highway Patrol
Brown
Orient
Denver
Salt Lake City
Elko, Nev
Roy Brow
Robert
Mabel Brown
Elko
Charles W. Struble
Hauptmann Defenses Supporters Ready to Testify
At the Hauptmann trial a line of potential witnesses forms as Carl Henkel and his wife Greta, Hauptmann's playmate, join Henry Uhlig and Isador Fisch in awaiting their turn on the stand.
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Daya
Bruno Hauptmann
Carl Henkel
Greta
Hauptmann
Henry Uhlig
Isador Fisch
Wilentz
Koehler
Reilly
Walter Manley
Bronx
CWA
Fredericksen
Karl Henkel
Gerta
Augusta Hile
Henkel
Fisch
Unconstitutional payroll tax debate sparks justice study
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee considers federal payroll tax legality as National Association of Manufacturers argues the 3 percent unemployment insurance levy may be unconstitutional. Attorney General Cummings to appoint aide to assess constitutionality amid secret committee sessions.
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Washington
Justice Department
James A. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
House
Ways and Means Committee
Emery
Doughton
Democrat
North Carolina
Cummings
Coughton
Treasury
Justices Dine With Roosevelt as Gold Clause Case Awaits
Washington February 7 The Supreme Court justices gathered at the White House for a formal dinner with President Roosevelt. The occasion, long planned, focused on the court’s pending gold clause decision rather than the gold issue itself. Seven justices attended while Brandeis and Van Devanter were absent due to health and personal reasons.
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Supreme Court
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
William Demitz Brandeis
Willis van Deventer
Justice Brandeis
Justice van Devanter
Charles Evans Hughes
James Clark
West Virginia House votes to double legislators salaries
The West Virginia House approved a resolution to amend the constitution raising lawmakers salaries from 500 to 1000 dollars annually by a 64 to 24 vote. The Senate rejected a tax bill on oleomargarine from coconut oil and lawmakers debated weekend sessions to speed lawmaking.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
Senate
John C. Meyers
Marshall County
Franklin County Officers Cited in Grand Jury Conspiracy
A federal grand jury indictment links Franklin county officials and others to an internal revenue and whisky operation. The list includes Commonwealth's Attorney Charles Carter Lee former Sheriff D Wilson Hodges and Ferrum Mercantile Company. 34 defendants named plus 565 co conspirators. Capiases issued and defendants to be moved to Roanoke for trial.
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Harrisonburg
Franklin County
Virginia
Commonwealth
Rious
Internal Revenue Acta
Charles Carter Lee
Young Common Wealth
D. Wilson Hodges
Eafely
Ferrum Mercantile Company
Sterling Hutcheson
United States
Eastern District of
John Paul
Capiuses
Rocky Mount
Roanoke
Bethlehem Steel to Expand Cambria Plant Amid Mood Improvement
Johnstown Pa Feb 7 President Eugene G Grace of Bethlehem Steel says expanding operations show industry mood has improved with General business better at most plants except railroads which have not yet entered 1935 field. He cites the 16 year employee representation plan as a forerunner in industrial democracy and announces a half million dollar expansion at the Cambria plant.
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Johnstown
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cambria
Grace
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Head
Lobbyist pressure and veto halt oleomargarine tax plan
Charleston West Virginia February seven. Senate debate features charges of lobbyist control and pressure on members as the 10 cent per pound tax on coconut oil oleomargarine fails. House had passed the measure. supporters argued benefits for farmers and cattlemen. Senator Paull accuses extensive lobbying with two visitors from Washington and Chicago. Many senators explain votes against final passage. Before, Senator Barnhart wins reconsideration of a Sunday shooting range ban, killing its effectiveness, as the bill is re-passed with the amendment.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Paull
Brooke
Finance Committee
Washington
Chicago
Barnhart
Unborn babies show heart rate rise when mothers smoke
In a study at Antioch college, researchers led by Dr. Lester W. Sontag and Dr. Robert F. Wallace report that unborn babies exposed to maternal smoking exhibit faster heart action. Observations on eighty one tests with five pregnant smokers show four habitual smokers' babies averaged 144 beats per minute, rising within 8 to 12 minutes after a cigarette is lit.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Antioch College
Lester W. Sontag
Robert F. Wallace
Antioch Scientiata
Fay Webb Offers To Abandon Suit In Bizarre Vallee Case
New York court proceedings in the Fay Webb Rudy Vallee dispute feature sobbing testimony and accusations of misconduct. Counsel for Webb offer to drop the suit to invalidate a $100 weekly maintenance agreement if she sues Vallee for divorce and if Vallee agrees to end the maintenance pact. The judge maintains order as arguments over telephonic records and conference details unfold.
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New York
Fay Webb
Rudy Vallee
Webb-Vallee
Supreme
Salvatore Cotillo
Thomas I. Sheridan
Fay
Vallee
California
Sheridan
Hyman Bushel
Paraguay Moves Toward End of Chaco Conflict
Buenos Aires reports Paraguay advances toward Villa Montes as Gen. Jose Estigarribia uses cautious tactics to tighten the siege and press toward Bolivia's oil fields. Estimates put Paraguayan forces at about 40,000 against similar Bolivian numbers near the Villa Montes region.
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Paraguay
Chaco
Buenos Aires
Villa Montes
Asuncion
Jose Estigarribia
Bolivia
Estigarribia
Pilcomayo
Agua Blanca
Tararire
Hsterigarribia
Hauptmann Defense Eyes Two More Witnesses In Lindbergh Case
Hunter of the defense Ed Reilly plans two additional witnesses before resting. Witnesses played into the ladder controversy as experts clashed over rail material and nail holes. Prosecution tied a key ladder plank to Hauptmann’s attic beam while defense contested the connection.
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Reilly
de Bisechop
Edward J. Reilly
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
de Bisschop
Arthur Koehler
Hauptmann
Koehler
Erastus M. Hudson
New York
Hobby
Dales of Drinks in Hotels and Diners Under State Control
Charleston Feb 7 The house judiciary committee wrote into Governor Kump’s liquor plan an amendment allowing drink sales in hotels and railroad dining cars. The panel voted 11 to 7 to base control on a state monopoly with licenses and room-based fees, while debating public place definitions and local option elimination.
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Charleston
W. Va
H. G. Kump
House Judiciary Committee
House
Kump
Control Commission
Judiciary Committee
William Lafon
Monroe County
Senate Judiciary Committee
James Paull Jr
Brooke
Carl Galbraith
Ohio County Democrat
H. G
Trace of hunted outlaw 15 found
Memphis reports Raymond Hamilton, the Texas desperado, abandoned a ride and carjacked victim Edward Hewitt Davis in a Gulfport Mississippi encounter. Davis, a 29 year old A A A auditor from Clarendon Virginia, was forced to drive for 30 hours by Hamilton and an ally known as Al. Davis aimed to visit Austin Texas when detained by the pair.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mid-South
Raymond Hamilton
Texas
Edward Hewitt Davis
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Washington
Clarendon
Hamilton
Davis
Department of Justice
Austin
E. J. Davis
Gadalup Street
Gulfport
Miss
Jack
Sheriff's Office
Dad
Bix
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Toady
Grace Curran
Charles W. Strube
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Miss Curran
Senator J. C. Meyers
Luther Jones
Boone
Jones
Lantz
Wetzel
West Virginia University
West Virginia State
Education Committee
Urees
Watts
Wayne
Righter
Harrison
Lafon
Franklin County Officers
U. S
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Rudy
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. de Biaschop
Waterbury
New England
David T. Wilentz
Dales
Bill
Ride
Rob
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