Relief Halts Perilous Mob Spirit in West Coast Unemployed
In 1935 Los Angeles, unemployed men on relief rolls discuss revolution and support for Roosevelt. Interviews describe a persistent, organized urban unemployed bloc across California, with views on tax hikes, centralized government, and the anticipated political shift for 1936.
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West Coast
California
Los Angeles
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Dcross
America
Supreme Court
NRA
Sinclair
Bellamy
Voters speak as Roosevelt era shift sways coast
A San Francisco traveler records roadside remarks from California residents on Roosevelt’s New Deal. Attitudes vary from support for relief measures and NRA to fear of taxes and war chest influence. Across Santa Maria and San Francisco voices note party shifts, economic worries, and expectations for 1936 outcomes.
Voters in California eyes on Roosevelt as 1936 hopes rise
In Garberville and Eureka residents share mixed views on F D R. Some fear taxation and call for a third party while others back Roosevelt, noting no strong Republican alternative. Across the coast, many see Roosevelt remaining ahead, with upcoming developments like Grand Coulee dam promised.
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Eureka
Legion
Roosevelt
California
Salvage Ship Graph Shows Small Wreck Discovery Hint
The report describes a salvage vessel pursuing a wreck tied to a Lusitania mystery near Kinsale. fog delays and 700 miles logged in search, with a large hull still buried in the sea. The expedition aims to locate the Lusitania while noting the need for a fractional cent coin bill.
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Kinsale
William Stephens
Orphir
Lusitania
Seca
Treasury Renews Push for Fractional Cent Coins
Washington AP report says the Treasury Department restarts its campaign for a midget coin. Chairman Somers of the Coinage Committee criticizes the shelving of the bill, noting the move by the House committee to table the measure.
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Treasury Department
Morgenthau
Treasury
Washington (Ap
House Coinage Committee
Somers (D
N. Y
Coinage Committee
$200 000 In Jobs Open In Canadian Officialdom
Ottawa reports vacancies in the Canadian government service totaling about $200 000 yearly. Sixteen senate seats, one Supreme Court justice, several Superior Court judgeships, three deputy ministers, posts in marine, post office, and interior departments, heads of the railway and civil service commissions, Dominion archivist, patent commissioner, and two new commissions on unemployment insurance and housing. Positions to be filled before election.
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Supreme Court of Canada
Superior Court
Marine
Post Office
Interior Departments
Railway Commission
Civil Service Commission
Dominion Archivist
Patent Commission
Scourge Of Crickets May Provide Fish Bait
Boise citizens officials and civic bodies fought an insect infestation of thousands of crickets. A resident shipped five gallons to California hoping the insects serve as fish bait. If successful a company could contract for 10 000 gallons of crickets.
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Boise
Idaho
Boy Scouts
California
Will Rogers on tax soak of rich sparks debate
Beverly Hills columnist cites a White House claim that 58 of the wealthiest Americans avoided federal tax on 37 percent of their income. He notes Roosevelt’s Brain Trusters seeking ways to tax the rich while lawyers plan defenses, with public debate mostly in press rather than at the cash register.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
U. S
Roosevelt
Farmers threaten tariff reprisals across southwest
Texas Agricultural Association leaders warn they will wreck protective tariff laws in response to AAA processing tax injunctions. They vow a united national front, inviting other farm groups to regional meetings and a planned national gathering in Tennessee.
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College Station
Tex
Southwest
AAA
Texas Agricultural Association
United Front
Memphis
Vicksburg
H. G. Lucas
Texas’ Group
Lucas
Tennessee
Schultz Acquitted by Jury Sparks Judge's Rebuke
Arthur Flegenheimer known as Dutch Schultz was acquitted of income tax evasion after 28 hours of deliberation by an Adirondack jury. He announced plans to return to New York while facing further charges in the Southern District for conspiracy tied to tax evasion. Judge Bryant condemned the verdict as undermining law and justice, while Schultz drew cheers from locals upon the ruling.
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Malone
N. Y
INS
Arthur
Dutch Schultz
Flegenheimer
New York
al Capone
Lewisburg
Schultz
Frederick H. Bryant
Bryant
Relief for Amish Dobbins in Hutchinson seeks horse trough
Amish farmers and merchants in Hutchinson petition officials for a downtown horse trough after the last stable, Osgood livery, closed. In Decorah, nearly 25 miles of primary highways will be resurfaced this fall with Winneshiek county’s re-employment service guiding most workers. Calamus examines a 45 percent federal grant path for a municipal water system with a potential bond election if approved.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Hutchinson
Osgood
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Calmar
Fayette County
Minnesota Line
Cresco
Spillville
Calamus
R. W. Gearhart
Cedar Rapids
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