Court rebuke fuels tax and banking debates in Midwest notes
The article surveys reaction to the judiciary committee's rejection of a plan and the Supreme Court, noting calls for reform and concern that tax and bank gambling issues in Iowa and Texas reflect broader state rights tensions. It cites Doughton and others urging caution against undermining property rights while warning of federal overreach.
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Supreme Court
Herring
Masure
Henry Wallace
Judiciary Committee
France faces crisis as Blum fights for dictatorial powers
In Paris the chamber of deputies clashed as communists threaten to block Premier Leon Blum’s bid for dictatorial powers to stabilize the franc and curb speculative raids. The debate, following futile efforts at compromise, risks overthrowing Blum’s popular front.
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Chamber of Deputies
Leon Blum
Popular Front
Blum
France
Weste Spence
Bank of France
Marx Dormoy
Interior
Chamber Finance Commission
Commission
House Labor Group Chairman Is Dead
Rep. William P. Connery chairman of the House labor committee died in Washington after a brief illness from food poisoning. He was en route from Massachusetts when stricken early Tuesday and suffered a fatal relapse later the same day.
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Washington
William P. Connery
House Labor Committee
Massachusetts
Constitution demands popular vote on proposed theft
The text notes that the Constitution specifies only one procedure for approving the theft, a popular vote. It emphasizes that this method requires citizen participation rather than legislative enactment, underscoring the democratic mechanism involved.
Everyday Living and Life Lessons in 1937 Reflections
A 1937 column offers meditations on religion building brotherhood, imagination over prosaic truth, youthfulness as happiness, and self-acceptance. It emphasizes personality, hidden selves, and the danger of clever fools, ending with a note that faith can triumph over disillusion.
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Oery
Goethe
Bela Kun Arrests, Stalin List Enemies in Soviet Move
Reports say Stalin orders Bela Kun arrested as part of a new list of red army generals and alleged enemies. Rumors of unrest sweep Russia with claims of government officials jailed and police acting at border points. Generals Gorbatschev Haecker Miranov named in dispatches from Warsaw and Soviet border posts.
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Stalin
Bela Kun
Russia
Warsaw
Soviet
Hungary
Gorbatschev
Moscow
Haecker
Foreign Department
War Commissariat
Miranov
Foreign Office
Juliana Scoops Broadcasters On Blessed Event
AMSTERDAM UP Princess Juliana led a Tuesday night news broadcast in what correspondents called the first royal scoop on a blessed event. Officials noted she softly hinted the happy event may be true amid widespread royal pregnancy reports tied to the coronation visit in London.
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Amsterdam
Juliana
Wilhelmina
Bernhard Zu Lippe Biesterfeld
London
New Cincinnati City Manager Is Named
Washington AP reports Col. C. Sherrill, president of the American Retail federation, accepted appointment as city manager of Cincinnati. He will replace C. A. Dykstra, who resigned to become president of the University of Wisconsin.
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Washington
Col. C
Sherrill
American Retail Federation
Cincinnati
C. A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Senate victory in first relief bill clash reported
Washington officials report the senate defeated an Adams amendment to reclaim about 223 million dollars in unobligated relief funds from seven prior relief and recovery approvals. The 25 to 53 vote cleared the way for further battles over funding, including a Byrnes proposal requiring 40 percent local matching funds.
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Senate
Treasury
Senate Appropriations Committee
Alva B. Adams
Colo
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
McKellar
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Byrnes
Joe T. Robinson
Negro Carnival Worker Shot in Louisiana? Noted incident at show train car
Alva Campbell of Techula Mississippi, a Royal American Shows worker, was shot in the right side near the shoulder blade around 10 p.m. Monday in a carnival train car behind Washington High School. Matt Davis, another show employee, fled after the shooting. Campbell's bullet was extracted and his condition improved to good by Tuesday morning. Davis is described as 5'7", about 145 pounds, 40s to 45, with a medium black complexion, a longtime head porter.
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Alva Campbell
Techula
Miss
Old
Washington High School
Matt Davis
Campbell
Mercy Hospital
Davis
House Passes Flood Control River Funding Bill
WASHINGTON RP A $194,328,000 appropriation bill to finance flood control rivers and harbors improvements and other public works passed the house Tuesday and went to the senate. It includes $52,500,000 for flood control under Copeland and Overton acts and $128,000,000 for maintenance and new river and harbor projects.
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Washington
House
Senate
Overton
Baseball Standings and Results From Coast to Coast
United Press summary of American League and National League games with team records, key pitchers, and scoring lines. Highlights include Cleveland and New York tied at .600, Chicago and Boston struggling, St. Louis and Philadelphia close in standings, and multiple outings featuring Ruffing, Dickey, and other notable hurlers.
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United Press
Cleveland
New York
Harder
Brown
Heving
Pyt- Isak
Ruffing
Dickey
Seven of ten members of cruiser crown when boat sinks
A 35 foot cabin cruiser Teal sank off Mohawk Shoals in Delaware Bay. Three survivors, all men aged 29 to 50, were brought ashore to Dover hospital after twelve hours at sea. Skipper Lloyd Davis, 20, of Bowers Beach, was missing and presumed dead. Dead include Herbert Linn, 51, Howard Buzzard, 42, James Dublin, 76 and his son William, 38, William Ebner of Altoona, Ww. Fishburn, 48, and Theodore Watson, 38 of State College.
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Teal
Mohawk Shoals
Delaware Bay
Lloyd Davis
Bowers Beach
Dover
James E. Stine
Altoona
Edward C. McKee
Charles W.stoddard
State College
Herbert Linn
Howard Buzzard
James Dublin
William C. Dublin
William Ebner
Altoonac
Altoonac, Ww. Fishburn
Theodore Watson
Abandon Plans for Farm Bill Passage
Congressional leaders met with Secretary Wallace and decided to drop efforts to pass the administration farm bill this session citing budget impact roughly 100 million in new outlays plus 500 million for soil conservation, congressional workload, and tentative support. They plan hearings and quick passage next session while pursuing the crop insurance and Bankhead tenancy bills.
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Wallace
Congress
Senate
Robinson
Ark
Jones
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Pope
Ida
Bankhead
Ala
Senate Agriculture Committee
F D R Sets Aim to Grow National Income in Second Term
President Roosevelt revealed to reporters that his major objective for the new term is to raise the national income by spreading wealth to the ill nourished and ill housed. He outlined steps already taken and noted a possible increase in aid under the social security act while promising further details in a future fireside speech or press conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joint Congressional Committee
Sugar lobbyists blamed for delaying quota bill stalemate
President Roosevelt said the sugar quota legislation is blocked by lobbyists in Washington. He did not name the groups but called them the most pernicious seen in the capital. The sugar bill has lingered in committee over clashes on Hawaii Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
News From Russia Spain Better Than Cooling Beverage
A satirical column by Arthur Bugs Baer comments on Russian and Spanish news, jokes about a firing squad reprieve and generals, and notes Al Smith’s Paris speech boosting American politics. The piece playfully asserts America is like home cooking once you leave it, then returns with a quip about iced tea.
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Russia
Spain
al Smith
Paris
America
Report Bilbao Refugees Shot Down By Planes
Nationalist war planes swept over Baracaldo on Bilbao western outskirts killing refugees, many women and children fleeing Basque capital. Thousands fled on foot toward Santander as 80 planes spread havoc, bombs dumped on northeast suburbs. Davila drives toward Nervian river as Durango radio says Galdacano occupied.
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Baracaldo
Bilbao
Santander
Bay of Biscay
Jose Fidel Davila
Francisco Franco
Davila
Bruno Alonzo
Valencia
Apes ‘Antonio Aguirre
Fare
Esque
Durango
Galdacano
Nationalist troops mass along roads to Bilbao suburbs
Jubilant nationalist forces massed thousands along roads into the suburbs of Bilbao ready to consolidate their greatest victory since the insurgents reached the gates. The report notes field headquarters outside Bilbao and indicates continued coverage on Page 2.
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Bilbao
Ibao
Improvement In Poultry Quality At Departure Point
Ames AP The first Iowa poultry institute drew about 100 middle western producers. James M. Gwin Armour Produce department urged improving egg quality at departure to boost returns on eastern markets and maintain higher prices. He noted distance affects quality but main issue is original quality.
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AMES
James M. Gwin
Armour Produce’ Department
Iowa
Gwin
Garbage seen as clue to kidnapping at Parsons estate
Federal agents and state police questioned a young couple and three garbage collectors at the William H. Parsons estate in Illinois about the missing Alice Parsons. The trio said they found garbage outside on the kidnapping day and were then asked to enter the house. An emigre house member, Anna Kupryanova, allegedly directed them to the bins before authorities intensified the case.
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Stony
Brook
William H._ Parsons
Alice
Earl J. Connelley
Arthur Chadwick
Arnold Cox
George Winfield
Parsons
Anna Kupryanova
General Cronkhite Dies At Pittsburgh
Major General Adelbert Cronkhite, 76, longtime commander of the Eightieth Division in World War I, died of pneumonia in Mound Park hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, on Tuesday in Pittsburgh.
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INS
Adelbert Cronkhite
Mound Park Hospital
St. Petersburg
Fla
Roosevelt criticizes steel firms for refusing sign contracts
President Roosevelt denounces independent steel companies for declining to sign wage hour contracts with striking workers while hoping for peaceful settlement of steel strikes. He notes verbal agreements should be written and discusses implications for CIO demands. Republic Steel sues Farley over mail handling amid the strike. hearings set for next Tuesday.
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Roosevelt
John’ L. Lewis
CIO
Republic Steel Corporation
Farley
Tapenes
Republic
National Labor Relations. Board
Republic. Steel
Karl A. Crowley
Steel strike talks collapse as threat of violence grows
Reports from Cleveland say peace negotiations in the steel dispute collapsed Tuesday night. Union and company leaders widened the front as a bitter showdown loomed. Officials feared a rapid confrontation in about a dozen steel centers, with warnings of dangers echoing through Pennsylvania and Michigan.
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Pennsylvania
Michigan
Returns To Prison After Disliking Outside Conditions
Lincoln AP Nebraska pardon board officials said Paul Ewing 33 of Alliance returned voluntarily to the state penitentiary after six months of freedom. Paroled January 13 after serving one year term for horse stealing. Since no payroll violation occurred, he will remain in prison until he finds a job.
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Neb
Nebraska Pardon Board
Paul Ewing
Alliance
State Penitentiary
Beccause
Illinois House Passes Women’s Eight Hour Bill
SPRINGFIELD AP The women s eight hour bill, first of the major proposals to be acted on, was approved by the Illinois House on Tuesday on a 108 to 22 vote.
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Illinois
Springfield
Nor Horner
Fiveyearold Charles Logan Drowns in West Okoboji Lake
ARNOLDS PARK AP Fiveyearold Charles Logan son of Mr and Mrs C W Logan Moville drowned Tuesday afternoon in West Okoboji lake near their cottage on Hayward's Bay. The boy was playing near the water when he disappeared. A search found him submerged and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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