Baby Bond Bonus Passed Over President's Veto
Congress enacted a baby bonds payment for veterans to be available June 15 after overriding President Roosevelt's veto. Senate 76 19. House 824 61. Support from 57 Democrats 16 Republicans 3 Progressives. opposition mainly among some Dems and Republicans. Treasury and Veterans Administration to mobilize quickly with $7.5 million and 2.5 million needed for processing.
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Senate
House
Roosevelt
Huey Long
Laa Follette
Wisconsin
Shipstead and
Reason
Minnesota
Treasury
Veterana’ Administration
Al Smith Attacks New Deal at Liberty League Dinner
Al Smith denounces Roosevelt policies in Washington, signaling Conservative Democrats' revolt. He blames the administration for abandoning the 1932 Democratic platform while Progressive groups and Republican critics sharpen responses amid looming confrontations at the Democratic convention.
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Alfred E. Smith
American Liberty League
Washington
Jeerson Jackson
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Smith
Joseph T. Robinson
Senate
Donald Richberg
Melvin D. Hildreth
National Progressive League
Richberg
Mr. Smith
Liberty League
United States of America
Funeral of King George V Draws World Delegates in Windsor
A two minute period of silence marked the funeral rites at St George's Chapel Windsor for King George V. The archbishop of Canterbury led the last rites as crowds filed by Westminster Hall where the king lay in state. King Edward VIII, in admiral of the fleet uniform, followed the catafalque with brothers beside him as foreign dignitaries and leaders, including Norman Davis of the United States, attended the service.
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England
London
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
George V
Canterbury
York
Westminster Hall
Edward VIII
Catafalque
United States
Norman Davis
France forms Sarraut government with pro League stance
Albert Sarraut’s new government aims to endure to spring elections and adopts a stronger League of Nations line than Laval. Pierre-Etienne Flandin and Joseph Paul-Boncour lead league affairs while Regnier remains finance minister defending the franc. Flandin visited London for King George’s funeral amid loan talks of three billion francs.
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Albert Sarraut
Italy
League of Nations
Laval
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Joseph Paul-Boncour
Mussolini
Sarraut
Regnier
Flandin
London
George
Paris
Plans for Jewish Exodus From Germany Announced in St Louis
Leaders of world Jewry announced a plan to organize an exodus from Germany to haven Palestine and other free countries. Sir Herbert Samuel said a method would soon be set to emigrate at least 100000 of Germany's 480000 Jews, funded by about 15000000 dollars from English and American Jews.
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St. Louis
Germany
Herbert Samuel
National Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare
German Reich
Morro Castle Jury Convicts 4 in 1933 Disaster Trial
In New York federal court acting Captain William I Warms chief engineer Eben Starr Abbott and Henry H Cabaud plus the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co are found guilty of criminal negligence in the Morro Castle fire that killed 134 on September 8 1933 off Asbury Park. Survivors testified that Abbott ordered an assistant below to check the fire while Warms allegedly delayed sending an SOS.
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United States District Court
New York
William I.’. Warms
Morro Castle
Asbury Park
Warms
Eben Starr Abbott
Henry H. Cabaud
New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company
Ward Line
Six Army Flyers Dead In Honolulu Plane Collision
Night formation flight near Honolulu ends in tragedy as two Army planes collide above the Hawaii air base. Six airmen killed instantly, two parachute to safety. Names include Lieut. William G. Beard San Francisco pilot and Staff Sergt. Bernard F. Jablonowsky, with Private John B. Hartman Chicago and others from Pu yallup Olney Yorkville.
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Honolulu
Hawaii Military Air Base
William G. Beard
San Francisco
Bernard F. Jablonowsky
John B. Hartman
Chicago
Bruce Taylor
Puyallup
Wash
Truman J. Gardner
Olney
Gordon M. Parkhurst
Fortythree
Yorkville
Hawaii
United States
Crown Remains as Kings Pass and War News Stir
Windsor burial rites for King George VI draw a broadcast audience of hundreds of millions as the crown is placed before the altar. The piece notes a massive two and a half billion dollar veteran bond payoff and warnings on taxes, while reporting on Red Cross flags in a Swedish field hospital and various war and public health items. The Dionne quints, Haile Selassie news, and Huey Long's governor's death are also touched, with critiques of night formation flying and a Milwaukee man known as Soda Ash Johnny.
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Windsor Castle
Eton
England
George
King Edward VII
Queen Victoria
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Red Cross
Associated Press
Ras Desta Demtu
Anti-Roosevelt Stuff Too Raw
A critical column by Earl Godwin denounces anti Roosevelt material as libelous and widespread. It cites defamatory mailings and radio sketches portraying the President and remarks on tax policy and relief programs, plus commentary on the Supreme Court and the bonus program.
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Ashington
Henry Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Henry
Huey Long
Bronson Cutting
South
Roosevelt
United States
Relief Administration
Incomplete State Sentences Test Answers
The correct completions are Harold L. Eickes is the present secretary of the interior and Carson City is the capital of Nevada. Demosthenes was a famous Greek orator. The color is pale green. The Rio Grande flows into the Gulf of Mexico. The modern birth stone for January is hyacinth. The Grand canyon is located in Arizona. The state having most square miles of water surface is Minnesota.
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Harold L. Eickes
Rio Grande
Pacific Ocean
Carribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Bay of Biscayne
Grand Canyon
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona
Nevada
North Carolina
Florida
Texas
Minnesota
Average marriage ages shift over a generation
The 25 year comparison shows women now marry at about 21.7 years and men at about 24.8 years. Women marry roughly four months earlier and men about eleven months earlier than 25 years ago, according to Collier's.
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United States
Collier’s
Bayer Aspirin Reveals Safe, Fast Pain Relief Claims
An advertising pitch urges readers to consult doctors before using any pain remedies and promotes Genuine Bayer Aspirin as safer for the stomach and heart. It notes Bayer Aspirin’s discovery changed medical practice and claims it provides rapid relief for headaches and common pains, advising buyers to request Bayer Aspirin by name.
Rarely Happen All Who Expect Lives of Joy
A reflective line notes that happiness without victory is tied to belief in miracles, implying aim for joy may outstrip winning. The sentence presents a philosophical view on fate and hope beyond concrete success.
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