House Leaders Dodge Inflation Threats in Early Congress
Washington reports outline a double fight as House leaders seek to shelve the Patman inflation bonus bill and block the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage plan. Burns and Patman clash over a $2 billion bonus. Lemke risks passage with a $3 billion mortgage refinancing proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patman
Washington
Burns
House
Wright Patman
Texas
Htal
Roosevelt
INS
Congress
Hunt Boss Of Girl in Death Plunge
Chicago police sought the former employer of Esther Dickson a seventeen year old girl who plunged from a north side hotel. Esther's sister Elizabeth Dickson 23 said the man attacked her sister weeks earlier while she worked as a nursemaid in his home and that the girl had been shamed and despondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Esther Dickson
Galf
Church Bonds Burned During Watch Night Service
In Ottumwa Iowa the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal church held New Year’s watch night services and burned 2500 dollars in building bonds retired this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Wesleyan Methodist Epicopal Church
America Rings In 1936 With Roaring New Year Celebrations
The nation welcomed 1936 with exuberant parties and citywide revelry from coast to coast. Cities reported record reservations as officials imposed limited noise curbs in places like New York and Chicago, while some leaders chose quiet fireside evenings or prayer for peace amid global tensions and ongoing conflicts in Ethiopia and Sino-Japanese matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
America
Hamilet
New York
LaGuardia
Chicago
Loop
Miami
Hollywood
Reno
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Henry Banks
St Paul
Roosevelt
Garner
East Africa
Mussolini
Ethiopia
China
Edgar Hoover
G-men
Dick Powell
Nelson Eddy
Seattle
San Francisco
Chinatown
Congress to Hear President at Night Session Planned
Congress to hear Roosevelt at a nighttime session after noon talks in Garner's office with Speaker Burns and leaders. The plan aims to address relief funding and neutrality with a budget message possible next Monday. No banking legislation is expected this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Garner
Burns
McNary
Oregon
Representative Snell
House
Rules Committee
Snell
Chamber
Senate
Huey Long
Roosevelt
Money Changer In Bremer Kidnaping Buried In Chicago
Chicago report reveals John J Boss McLaughlin once called money changer in the Bremer kidnapping case is buried after diabetes death at Leavenworth. Father Hayes disclosed a funeral formality. Our Lady of Sorrows notes may have protected secrecy surrounding the death. Calvary cemetery burial followed at Chicago’s north side site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John J “Boss’ McLaughlin
Edward G Bremer
St. Paul
Alvin Karpis
Thomas Hayes
St. Patrick’s Church
McLaughlin
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Father Hayes
Boss McLaughlin
P J Hursen
Our Lady of Sorrows Parish
St. Patrick's
John
Calvary Cemetery
J Mulhern
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Leavenworth
New Year Recovery Measures for Labor and Industry
Secretary Perkins discusses integrated activity among employers workers and farmers to boost purchasing power with government aid while Robert L Lund cites resolutions to improve understanding between government industry and public to speed recovery. Green notes 11 000 000 unemployed as the nation faces 1936 and calls for shorter work days and profits balanced with fair wages and farm prices. Roper urges business to seek constructive cooperation with government to solve economic problems and rebuild working partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guffey
Perkins
United States
Robert L. Lund
National Association of Manufacturers
Green
Federation of Labor
Farr
Roper
Reco Okpeed
Four Die At Grade Crossing Near Wrights
AP report says four men from Wrights died when their auto was struck by a passenger train south of Tinhead. Victims identified as Paul Sottodahaved driver, his brothers Howard and Foul Korgan, and Benjamin Stinnett all residents of Wrights. all were married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrights
Tinhead
Paul Sottodahaved
Howard
Foul Korgan
Benjamin Stinnett Ail
Government payroll reveals thousands of aliens on federal jobs
Washington report says Rep. Charles Kramer and Rep. Dies disclose that about 6 000 000 known aliens reside in the United States with unofficial totals near 8 000 000 including illegal entrants. The inquiry also cites 600 000 noncitizens on relief and outlines immigration reform plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Rep
Charles Kramer
California
Congress
House
Senate
Kramer
Rep. Dies
Texas
United States
Dies
Hollywood
House Immigration Committee
Named Slayer of Oil Station Men
Robert Kennedy 31 received 25 years in an Iowa prison for armed robbery. He was named as the slayer of James and Edward Burmeister at a filling station last summer. Albert Ross of Davenport testified Kennedy told him of the murder while traveling on a freight train. Ross also pled guilty to murdering Kankakee grocer William Ziems and chose 150 years in prison over the electric chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Robert Kennedy
Iowa
Tuesday
James
Edward Burmeister
Albert Ross
Davenport
William Ziems
Ross
Kennedy
Bob Williams
Tuscola
Burmeisters
Hines
Keokuk Ta
Kanka
Federal Tax Deadline Set to March 16
Commissioner Helvering announced that federal income tax forms will be available in January and returns must be filed by midnight March 16. The date is fixed because March 15 falls on a Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tay Gus T. Helvering
Jones Sees End of Nation's Low Mood In Rose Bowl Trip
Jesse Jones chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corp arrives in his private railroad car to attend the Rose Bowl game between Stanford and Southern Methodist in Los Angeles. He says America is out of the low mood and only its aftermath remains to be cleaned up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
America
Jones
Houston
Tex
Stanford
Southern Methodist
Borah Boom Worries Old Guard in Key Primaries
In Washington a Borah for President surge reaches Wisconsin New York Ohio and Illinois with 114 electoral votes. Borah allows Ohio primary consideration May 12 and mobilizes support in Colorado and Minnesota ahead of a January 28 New York appearance. Roosevelt plans few pre convention appearances with Jackson Day dinner set for January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William E. Borah
Wisconsin
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Borah
Colorado
Minnesota
State Committee of Progressive Republicans
Roosevelt
National Executive Committee
National Lawyers’ Committee
National Advisory Council
American Liberty League
Debates Over New Neutrality Bill and Presidential Power
Senate negotiators discuss a forthcoming neutrality measure as Pittman and Hull weigh a draft. Nye and Clark push limits, with the State Department seeking presidential discretion on embargoes, not a blanket shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittman
Hull
State Department
McReynolds
Nye
N D
Clark
America
Senate Munitions Committee
Ins
Boy Only Survivor Of Family Dying In Explosion On Farm
Dorrance, eight, is the sole survivor of the Floyd Dent family after an explosion at their farm home near Cuba City Wisconsin. The father, mother and four children Donna Mae six Merrill fourteen Robert three and Betty Jane twelve died within the last eighteen hours in a Platteville hospital. Not much hope is held out for Dorrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba City
Wis
Doryance
Floyd Dent
Here
Donna Mae
Merrill
Robert
Betty Jane
Platteville
Dorrance
Discount Rate Cut By Bank of France
Paris AP reports the Bank of France cut its discount rate from six to five percent and reduced securities advances from seven to six percent. The move follows Premier Pierre Laval's chamber of deputies triumph and ends a long series of French gold losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bank of France
Pierre Laval
Chamber of Deputies
Lone Woman Bank Bandit Gets 5 To 40 Years Prison
Mrs. Mary Lyons, formerly of Goodhue County, Minn., pled guilty to first degree robbery. She received a five to forty year sentence at the Shakopee women's reformatory for the December 18 robbery of the State Bank of Twin Lakes, during which about $700 was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Minn
Mary Lyons
Goodhue County
Twin Lakes
Shakopee
Lyons
State Bank of
Scientists View Rocket Flight Film
Scientists watch a 12 foot Goddard rocket launch filmed on a tower. The device uses gasoline and liquid oxygen, with a gyro controlled flight path and automatic parachute recovery. President of Clark University praises Goddard’s progress while noting fuel and material limits remain money constrained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Goddard
Goddard
Abbot
W. W Atwood
Clark University
Rose
Hey
Earth
Maytag Gifts 200000 Endowment for Newton Park
Newton Iowa Maytag founder announces a 200000 endowment for Fred Maytag park a 40 acre community park project. The endowment consists of 6 percent preferred securities to sustain the park with 250000 allocated to building and completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton, Ia
F Ll. Maytag
Maytag
Fred Maytag
Craemer's to Expand Ond Ave Store for Better Service
Craemer's plans a large expansion of its Ond Avenue building to extend the rear by forty feet and add an elevator, widened aisles, and a possible shoe department. The store has operated at the current location since 1893 and aims to improve customer convenience while maintaining its popular-price policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craemer
Hilo radios for aid against lava flow
In Hilo Hawaii officials and plantation owners urged Gov Dexter to mobilize federal funds for 1000 guards to defend the city and water supply from Mauna Loa lava. A crisis meeting outlined building a road to mountainside and using dams ditches and dynamite to halt flows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilo
T. H
W. B. Poindexter
Mauna Loa
National Guard
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Kilauea U. S. Army
Candy Theft Might Kill Thief In Chicago
A thief stole 400 pieces of candy from Otto B. Ruwoldt's car. Each candy contains enough arsenic to cause death or serious illness, Ruwoldt said. He warns the poison acts as a preservative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Otto B. Ruwoldt
Ruwoldt
Grand jury foreman orders finger print in Thelma Todd case
Angeles foreman Georg Rochester ordered that finger prints of rental chauffeur Ernest Peters, who drove Thelma Todd from a party at Cafe Trocadero, be taken as part of the death investigation. Peters was the last to drive Todd before she was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Georg Rochester
The
Angeles Grand Jury
Thelma Todd
Ernest Peters
Peters
Miss Todd Frend
Cafe Trocadero
Lindberghs Visit Relatives in Wales Amid Security
Charles Lindbergh and his son Jon arrived in Liverpool aboard the American Importer after delays. Police escorted them ashore as crowds cheered, while reporters from several nations captured the scene. The trip appears linked to privacy concerns and Lindbergh's aviation advisory role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindberghs
Wales
Jon
Lindbergh
Liverpool
Dravn
Perhead
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cade
White House
Ways and Means Committee
Vinson
American Legion
Patmon
Lemke
North Dakota
Hunt
Girl
Church Burns
Byrd
Glass
Virginia
Federal Reserve Board
Morgenthau
Daniel Bell
Bremer
Vicks Va
Vicks
Grace Voor
NBC
Sera
Lone Woman Bank Bandit
Hawaii
Thomas A. Jaggar
Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Gladstone
Mersey River
Home Office
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Cedar Rapids
Tam
Sen~son
Lake Shore Athletic Club
Garfield Mark
TTT
2Nd Ave
Ordar Rapids
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!