New Deal debates and court cases mark turbulent era
The Supreme Court challenges key New Deal measures with opinions split among justices. Debates cover gold payments, state quotas on oil, and federal relief costs. Huey Long attacks Roosevelt policies while legal and financial strains grow across government.
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NIRA
Supreme Court
Washington
Theas
Congress
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Jusice Cardozo
Slaty the Snowbird and Nest Secrets on the Farm
Peter talks with Slaty the Junco about staying for winter and nest building habits. Dotty alerts to danger as Black Pussy the Cat creeps near, prompting the birds to seek shelter in the field edge.
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Peter
Slaty
Dotty
Peter Rabbit
Black Pussy the Cat
Hoover Elected Director of New York Life Insurance
Former vice president Herbert Hoover was elected a director of New York Life Insurance Company. He accepted after being offered two years ago following Cal Coolidge’s death, aiming to protect and advance the interests of millions of policyholders, especially women and children.
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Herbert Hoover
New York Life Insurance Company
Alfred F. Smith
Caltin Coolidge
Hoover
Public Works Chief Ickes Battles Arizona Over Parker Dam
Public Works Administrator Ickes renews clash with Arizona over Parker Dam in the Colorado River and seeks Supreme Court aid to stop interference by a small navy and militia. Arizona’s governor deployed militia and state forces to block dam completion claiming irrigation water distribution would be affected.
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Ickes
Arizona
Parker
Colorado River
Supreme Court
Bute
Iseow
Bizes
Slesult
Lemier Bennett Seeks Support With New Den Platform
Lemier of Canada appeals for backing of his administration promising a New Den modeled after Roosevelt's economic and social program. He outlines proposals in a speech calling for an end to reckless exploitation of human resources.
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Huey P. Long
Senate
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Square den Association
Baton Rouge
Huey
Lemier
Bennett
Canada
Dominion
Veteran Dredge Busy on Major Project
A brief reads of a dredge vessel at work on a large assignment. The note mentions a sick man and medical guidance over two days. It includes a quip about Americans in Scotland and a light-hearted letter from the Associated Newspaper WN Barvies.
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Scotland
WN Barvies
Around the Dining Room Table by Anne Campbell
A nostalgic scene recalls a family studying at a dining table with a brown head and a fair sibling pair. A memory of a previous table with a china lamp and apples on copper plate, popcorn, and shared learning merges with a mother’s smile and attic dreams of days gone by.
Army enlistment near brother in Seventy-fourth Seventy-fifth
A reader asks how to join the army to stay near his brother in the Seventy-fourth regiment. The reply advises writing to the government to request transfer to the Seventy-fifth unit.
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Mr. Wynn
Seventy-fourth Regiment
D. Zerter
United States Government
Army
Seventy-fifth
Through A Womans Eyes by Jean Newton
Neurologists tested three British soldiers on how attitude affects strength. Grip strength dropped from 101 pounds to 29 under a belief of weakness, then rose to 141 when told they were strong, showing self hypnosis can both empower and hinder. The piece notes the need to follow through after belief changes.
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oNbes
Bell Syndicate
Whnu Fervice
Captain Cook Killed at Kealakekua Bay in 1778
Kealakekua Bay on Hawaii’s west coast is the site where Captain James Cook was killed by locals in 1778. The encounter ended a voyage that linked Britain and the Pacific, marking a pivotal moment in exploration history.
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Kealakekua Bay
Island of
Hawaii
Captain Cook
Green Wool Coat by Chanel Featured in Bright Wool
A Chanel coat described as bright green wool with elegant linen texture. The garment’s high low waist treatment and tailored cut appeal to both larger and smaller figures.
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Chanel
Witty Kitty by Nina Wilcox Putnam
The girl chum says if these international bridge tournaments keep up all hope of world peace will be shattered. Perfect Commonwealth The perfect commonwealth is a society of free men and women each at once ruling and being ruled.
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Kitty
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Chum
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Robinson
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Fairbanks
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Jobn Perrone
Bronz
Arthur Johnson
New York
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Fisch
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Wills van Devanter
United States Supreme Court
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Great Britain
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St. Pierre
Miquelon
Consteuard
Pierre Laval
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England
France
Rumania
Slaty the Nice
Hleara
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Farmer Brown
G. T.W. Burgen
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Yuma
Calif
Bey
By Anne Campbell
Olne
Elsie Dinsmore
ED Wynn
V. Gates
Evl
By Jean Newton
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Ecuador
Colombia
McClere Nawspaper Sradiesta
Japan
Pahs
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