Roosevelt proposes expanding Supreme Court and faster justice
President Roosevelt seeks congressional power to appoint six new federal judges, reform court procedures, and create an administrative proctor to manage dockets. He argues for automatic aging provisions and direct appeals to the Supreme Court to reduce delays and ensure faster, more equal access to justice across federal courts.
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Roosevelt
Republic
Congress
Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Eviction Writ Topic in GM UAW Negotiations
The piece recounts ongoing GM UAW talks over union recognition as the sole bargaining voice in plants closed by strikes. John L. Lewis and William Knudsen press the demand while GM resists for nonunion workers. President Roosevelt’s involvement follows long negotiations and a late update with hopeful tone.
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John Thomas Smith
G-M
C. E. Wilson
UAW
General Motors
Libbey-Owens-Ford
Murphy
GMC
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
William Knudsen
Lewis
Knudsen
Flint
Cummings Letter Urges Swift Federal Justice Reform
Attorney General writes to the President dated February 2, 1937 urging prompt administration of justice. He argues delays undermine public trust and that litigation should be measured in months, not years, across federal courts.
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Supreme Court
United States
Homer S, Cummings
White House
United States Coffee Consumption Figures
The United States consumes about one billion pounds of coffee annually. Per capita intake is nine pounds per person each year.
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United States
Sit-Down Lover Sits Through Ball and Chain
A hotel lobby scene centers on a sitter named Hulen who endures constant visitors and the din of phones. A moustached Helen and others observe, while a hardware vendor and press workers circulate as Mayor Lodwick and Police Chief Payne plead for public quiet.
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Helen
John S. Lodwick
Bill Payne
Hulen
Ban on liquor sales amid Flint General Motors strike
State Liquor Commissioner Gormely ordered beer taverns near GM plants closed and bottled spirits sales halted to support police and 600 special authorities during strike tensions. Union leaders urged action while sit-down strikers guard two Fisher bodies plants and a Chevrolet plant.
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Flint
Mich
General Motors
Vincent F. Gormely
Fisher Body Company
Chevrolet
Tennessee Legislature Bans Child Marriages
The Tennessee legislature unanimously passed a bill to outlaw future child marriages after a nine year old wed a 22 year old in Sneedville. The proposal by Sen. George Freeman would bar marriages for anyone under 14 even with parental consent and moves to the house for consideration.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Sneedville
George Freeman
Petersburg
John Mason Brown At Cornell Tonight
John Mason Brown of New York reviews Broadway plays and shares backstage sidelights in interviews during a lecture at 8 15 tonight in the Cornell college chapel in Mount Vernon.
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the Gazette
Mount Vernon
John Mason Brown
New York
Cornell College
Iowa Senate Backs Reform Plan On Party Solicitation
In Des Moines the Senate backed a reform bill while the House stood firm on its moratorium. The chamber approved a campaign chest measure prohibiting contributions from state employees and from out of state firms, with Democrats adding a pre 1936 mortgage protection clause. The House rejected the moratorium 81 to 13, sending the bill to a conference committee for conciliation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate
du Pont
Delaware
E. P. Donahue
New Hampton
Probes Into Iowa Old-Age Aid Arrangements Considered
Des Moines AP Two separate investigations into Iowa old-age assistance were under consideration in the Iowa House with plans for a bipartisan six member panel and a rival bid for a 12 member joint committee. House action followed adjournment as Senate debated C B Murtagh’s reappointment as state comptroller while liquor commissioner Andrew Stewart’s nomination awaited.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa House of Representatives
Robert D. Blue
Eagle Grove
LaMar Foster
Est
Blue
House
Senate
C. B. Murtagh
Algona
Andrew Stewart
Chicago Lawyer Claims Kidnap and Detention
Quin O'Brien assistant corporation counsel was missing from his home Tuesday night and returned Thursday claiming he was kidnapped robbed and held prisoner by four men who forced him into their car at a north side intersection He said he talked the men into releasing him and described being tied to a bed in a frame house near DeKalb Illinois before being dumped in suburban Oak Park He testified before Judge Frank Hayes over a dispute about fee sharing with a former partner.
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Chicago
Quin O’brien
O’brien
Frank Hayes
O'Brien
DeKalb
Oak Park
Government seeks steel relief to avert Navy shortage
Washington officials plan Friday to consult organized labor leaders on suspending Walsh Healy Act labor restrictions for steel makers. The move aims to free metal for the U S naval building program and prevent a threatened shortage.
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Washington
U. S. Naval Building
Keith Vawter of Cedar Rapids Dies
Keith Vawter founder of the chautauqua circuit dies at Cedar Rapids after a long career shaping the lecturing and entertainment movement. Survived by daughter and grandson, sister Rena Field of Ann Arbor, with funeral plans pending.
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Keith Vawter
Chautauqua
Vawter
Drake University
Sretary
Redpath Lyce Bureau
Dar Rapids Savings Bank
C Ter Point and Walker Bank Trust Company
Sunnys Farms Company
Disciples of Christchurch
Maso
Cedar Rapids
Lo Jenks
Des Moines
Keith Jenks
Rena Field
Ann Arbor
Mich
Marion
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Love
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England
Bohumir Kryl
S. Parkes Cadman
Frank Gonzales
Mr. Vawter
Walker
Vante
Coggan
Center Point
Chattauquas
Lyceu World
Cicuit Chautauqua
Coe College
M Vawter
Advan
NV Vawter
Middle West
Indianola
John Beverly
Cora E. Ki
Oskaloosa
St. Ward Lecture Bureau
I Moines
Vaw
Ripath Lyceum Bureau
Chica
Redpath Chautauquas
Redpath-Vawter System
N York
New England
Drake U. Board
Pierce
Py. Pierce's Clinic
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Star Jewelry
Second Street
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