Death of Charles Curtis Former Vice President of the United States
Charles Curtis former Vice President and long time Kansas congressman died at 76 of heart disease at his brother in law Edward Ganns Washington home. He was the first Indian blooded Senate leader and served as senator from 1907 1913 and 1928 1933. Funeral held in Topeka Kansas with expressions of grief from President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner.
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Charlie” Curtis
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Farm policy fights shake Congress over funding and power
Senate panel rewrites the farm bill on soil erosion prevention with Democratic opposition and Republican support. Senate Walsh calls the measure dangerous and autocratic, while House members seek White House tax guidance and expect possible levies over 500 million dollars. The American Liberty League criticizes wealth sharing as impractical. Michigan Democratic chair LMER B O Hara, A J Wilkowski and 16 others are convicted in a Detroit recount scheme linked to the 1984 election, with eight acquittals and two earlier guilty pleas.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
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Doughton
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Burns
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Lmer B. O'Hara
Wayne County
Detroit
A. J. Wilkowski
O'Hara
Macomb County
Wayne
Raskob
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
al Smith
American Liberty League
Pierre S. du Pont
New Deal
Supreme Court rules Louisiana ad tax on newspapers unconstitutional
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down Louisiana's tax on newspaper advertising as a deliberate attempt to curb press circulation. Justices warned the levy favored a select group of papers and violated the free press guarantee. The decision references Huey Long era politics and stresses the press as a key interpreter between government and people.
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Supreme Court of the United States
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FHA to be strict with borrowers in renovation loan defaults
Stewart McDonald, FDA administrator, says defaulting on government guaranteed modernization credits will be pursued as rigorously as tax delinquents by the Treasury. The policy directs collection through FHA after lender files a claim, emphasizing firmness in debt recovery while considering borrowers’ situations.
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Relief Contrast: Industrial States Get Less Federal Aid
Illinois Manufacturers' Association argues industrial states like Illinois New York Pennsylvania and Ohio pay most internal taxes yet receive far less in federal relief than agricultural states such as North Dakota South Dakota Mississippi Alabama New Mexico Arkansas and Arizona. It cites 1935 figures showing Illinois 323 million taxed and relief 115 million. New York 672 million taxed and 263 million relief. South Dakota 1.54 million relief on 27.6 million taxes. North Dakota 1.75 million taxes with 25.1 million relief. Mississippi 18.7 million relief on 24.4 million taxes.
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Borah joins the presidential race in Ohio primary
Senator Borah of Idaho formally enters the Republican nomination by declaring in writing for Ohio’s May 12 primary. He plans to place eight delegates at large and will campaign across Ohio presenting his issues. Huey Long’s widow Mrs. Huey Long takes seat in the Senate to finish her husband’s term, with Allen Allender set to succeed. Senator Vandenberg urges investigation of the Florida ship canal, citing shipper letters doubting its value and noting high costs and risks.
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Illiam BE
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Allen Allender
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Michigan
Florida
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Buckeye
Chester Bolton
Wall Street
Charlie Hilles
New York
White House
Britain Plans Massive Rearmament Drive for New War Fears
Britain prepares a large rearmament program financed by a loan near 2 billion dollars. Plans for army navy and air force expansion will be presented to Parliament in March with likely mechanization. Mussolini’s Ethiopia war prompts fear of a wider conflict as Italian planes bomb Dessye, Haile Selassie’s Ethiopian capital field HQ.
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Mussolini
I Duce
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Ethiopia
Dessye
Haille Selassie
Leisure class and press freedom in a turbulent era
A clipped column reflects on the free press as a nation’s mirror and interpreter amid rising defense needs and global tension. It cites Arthur Brisbane, J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs. Roosevelt, and Fourier while noting Charles Curtis’s death and weighing U S defense posture, taxation, and global events including Japan China and Europe.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Aristotle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Real Struggle of the Campaign
Earl Godwin Ashington argues the 1930s political fight centers on the clash of Progress versus Reaction. He predicts Roosevelt’s New Deal will redefine policy, notes court pushback, and warns Liberty League actions threaten social programs and relief efforts. He cites Borah’s presidential bid and critiques polls like the Literary Digest.
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