Senate No Longer Draws Big Crowds
United Press staff writer notes the U S Senate has become a muted show with fewer crowd-pleasing figures. Huey Long and other dynamic speakers are gone, leaving Carter Glass and Gerald Nye as the standout moments in a chamber once famed for theater and debate.
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C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Senate
Ike
Cole Blease
Tom Hefflin
John Sharpe Williams
Jim Reed
Tom Schall
Minnesota
Roosevelt
New Deal
Huey Long
Long
Capitol Hill
Sen
Carter Glass
Virginia Democrat
Glass
Woodrow Wilson
Virginia
Gérald P.nye
Senate Munitions Committee
Nye
Wilson
Carelessness Cited in Plane Accidents
The Department of Commerce reports 124 civil flying fatalities in the first half of 1935 with 56 deaths in 37 accidents due to regulatory violations. Illegal acrobatics and unlicensed operations contributed to many losses. miscelaneous cases included overloading and flying for hire with expired licenses.
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Bureau of Or Commerce
Department of Commerce
Ltollows
Luxury Automobiles Sought in Britain
British auto makers push larger finer models amid US six and eight cylinder competition. Ford spurred a shift to high powered cars while British tax policy eased and tariffs kept prices high. Morris six cylinder and a 21 horsepower model illustrate the new luxury trend with speeds near 80 mph.
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London
United States
Henry Ford
United State
Bord
Fralane
Lord Nuffield
Morris
Ford
Oat Olympia
Nazi Swastika Barred By British Boy Scouts
London AP reports the British Boy Scouts will remove the swastika from the Thanks badge and Medal of Merit to keep politics and religion from the movement. The emblem was chosen before the Nazi era by Lord Baden-Powell. Existing wearers may exchange for redesigned badges.
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London
Germany
Great Britain
Lord Baden-Powell
Royal Artillery
French Vintners Cheer As American Wine Demand Grows
Paris AP reports French wine exports to the United States rose each month last year. October shipments reached 381,840 bottles, more than double October 1934. Vintners, disappointed by repeal effects, now see a brighter future for American sales.
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Paris
United States
America
All Wood French Clock Records Three Centuries
A wooden clock built in 1640 from seasoned oak by craftsman Hughes Portal in France keeps good time in a local home. The clock has no metal parts, a four-wheel movement driven by a weight and pendulum, and a carved dial with a single hour hand.
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Brioade France
Hughes Portal
Wallace Proposes New Farm Measure Facing Constitutionality Questions
The plan, labeled emergency aid to farms and state cooperation, expands secretary powers to subsidize land use and crop production while limiting grants after 1937. Senator Smith questions constitutional compliance and vows to seek legal guidance from Wallace. The policy emphasizes soil preservation and stable farm purchasing power with federal aid before 1938 and state action thereafter.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Smith
Wallace
Supreme Court
Agriculture Department
AAA
Inflation or Taxes Faced by Congress
The Chamber of Commerce warns of huge new prospective expenditures not in the President's budget and rising outlays ahead. It argues higher taxes seem inevitable despite political resistance as unemployment relief wanes and revenues rise with better business. Lawmakers debate new taxes while eyeing summer elections. The Frazier Lemke bill to refinance farm mortgages faces uphill battle though its sponsor predicts a floor vote rush.
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Chamber of Commerce
House
Harrison
Doughton
Rep
Boland
Pennsylvania
Burns
Rep. Bankhead
Alabama
Bankhead
Rep. Lemke
N. D
Two Die in Nationalist Riots in Syria
Beirut Syria AP reports two persons were killed in nationalist riots in Syria on Saturday raising four day death toll to eight.
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Syria
Beirut
Youth Sought On Break in Charge For Two Years Arrested
Charles Heiss 19 of 223 Twelfth Avenue SW was arrested Saturday afternoon on a breaking and entering charge in a case linked to several burglaries. Four co defendants W A Scheoenover D A Ladage Mariel Lingard and Harold Kness had been convicted and given suspended ten year terms on January 4 1934. Chief Earl Stanley said Heiss faces charges tied to thefts of poultry and produce near Kenwood.
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Charles Heiss
Twelfth Avenue SW
W. A. Scheoenover
D. A. Ladage
Mariel Lingard
Harold Kness
Heiss
Earl Stanley
Kenwood
Al Smith Attacks Roosevelt Policies In Fiery Speech
Al Smith denounced Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal as regimentation and socialism. He told crowds that Americans cannot be bullied or bribed into surrendering liberty. The event featured Borden Burr and Nell Carothers with strong partisan rhetoric and calls for constitutional government.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smith
Burr
Roosevelt
Nell Carothers
Lehigh University
Dawson
Public figures rail against expansion of federal power and New Deal laws
Speakers attack a central government overreach aimed at eroding state relations. They warn that forced constitutional changes would betray the nation, while criticizing NRA AAA and treasury policies as a harmful mix of inflated currency and deficits.
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New Deal Treasury
Carothers
Smiaty Miles
RFC Faces Large Losses From Bad Loans In 1935
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation shows outstanding loans of about 1.548 billion at year end 1935 nearly unchanged from 1934. Cash nearly doubles to 11.54 million while the treasury debt to RFC rises to 4.347 billion. Earnings total 33.47 million from 95.22 million income, after 61.75 million expenses.
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RFC
United States Treasury
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wisconsin Democrats Endorse Delegates For Roosevelt
Wisconsin Democrats at Wisconsin Rapids endorsed a slate of national convention delegates pledged to back Franklin D. Roosevelt. In a 31 degree below zero crowd of more than 1,500 from across the state, they framed plans for the Philadelphia national convention and to counter the La Follette progressive faction.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Wisconsin
Democrats
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
la Follette Progressive Party
Philadelphia
Water Too Precious To Waste On A Fire
In Mungindi on the New South Wales Queensland border four shops and four homes burned as drought left no water for firefighting. Water for residents is carted from a river at 50 cents per hundred gallons, illustrating severe scarcity.
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Sydney
Mungindi
New South Wales
Queensland
Lowden proposes new farm program
Former governor willson Lowden outlines a new land use plan centered on soil conservation and state college supervision. He urges federal grants under college administration to fund erosion control and shift a portion of cultivated land to permanent grasses, arguing neglect risks national famine and urban decline. He warns of rising erosion losses and potential desertification of western grazing lands.
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Sinnissippi
Madison
Wis
State Colleges of Agriculture
H. H. Bennett
Federal Soil Erosion Service
Eil
Water supply not blamed for intestinal flu says Blomquist
Stomach and intestinal illnesses are not caused by city water according to WHFP waterworks superintendent Blomquist. He noted the water quality has remained high and bacterial counts well below standards, with daily analyses and weekly reports to the state board of health.
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Blomquist
WHFP
United States
State Board of Health
Des Moines
Pronunciation Shift for Beyser Name in Early Records
The original pronunciation of Beyser later became anglicized as Byker. Early spellings show readers heard geeser Thos wes vy tey, evolving through phonetic changes before settling in American usage as Byker.
Public Opinion and Justice Debate and Reader Complaint
The column discusses a conspiracy allegation in a prolonged state investigation and urges O'Connor to bring those conspirators to justice. It critiques a defense demand for an impartial court and notes a reader's call to stop persistent telephone solicitations. It reflects on public sentiment and demagoguery during distress.
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the Gazette
O’connor
Department of Justice
O'Connor
Woodbury County
Sioux City
Democrat
The
Gazette
Even Dozen du Ponts At League Banquet
Washington AP reports an even dozen du Ponts attended the Liberty League dinner on Saturday. The seating list includes A Felix Jr Granogue Del A V Wilmington Del Mrs A V Wilmington Emile F Louviers Del Eugene E Greenville Del Henry B Wilmington Mrs H B Ardmore Pa Irenee Wilmington Mrs Irenee Wilmington Miss Octavia Wilmington Pierre S Wilmington Mrs Pierre S Wilmington.
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du Ponts
Washington
A. Felix, Jr
Granogue
Del
A. V
Wilmington
Emile F
Louviers
Eugene E
Greenville
Henry B
H. B
Ardmore
Irenee
Octavia
Pierre S
Hutchins Skips Hawaiian Welcome Sparks Laughter
In Honolulu Dr Robert Maynard Hutchins Chicago university president slept through his arrival as an aloha party gathered at the liner. Dr and Mrs Hutchins failed to heed raps on their stateroom door and the group returned ashore with leis. Hutchins later apologized saying he did not know Hawaiian custom.
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Honolulu
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Chicago University
Hutchins
David L. Crawford
University of Hawaii
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