Wagner Labor Bill Passes House Amid Dispute
The House approved the Wagner labor disputes bill to abolish company dominated unions and set up a permanent labor tribunal. It made two major changes including an independent board to adjust employer-employee differences and limited worker representation to one employer per unit.
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Washington
House
Senate
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Department
Perkins
Ramspeck
Senator Couzens Donates 550000 For Michigan Model Farm Colony
U S Senator James Couzens of Michigan donates 550 000 for a social economic experiment creating a colony of model farm homes for automobile factory workers to grow their own foods during off hours near Pontiac Oakland County. The gift was announced Wednesday by William J Norton secretary of the Michigan Children's Fund and Dr William Haber administrator for state emergency relief with acceptance by Federal Progress Director Harry L Mopkins.
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Detroit
Mich
Ins
U. S
James Couzens
Michigan
Oakland County
Pontiac
William J. Norton
Children's Fund of
William Haber
Harry L. Mopkins
Wise Man in Drama Nabbed for Forgery
Claude Vale of Topeka Kansas played a wise man in a Biblical drama in Clarinda. He was arrested by Audubon county officers on forgery charges as his performance ended and he became a prisoner in the Audubon county jail.
Will Reduce Rates on 1935 Corn Loans
Secretary Wallace said 1935 corn loans will carry a lower rate than last year and the exact figure will be set after October 1. He noted the corn crop is late and weather this spring was unfavorable, but no changes were needed in the 1935 corn hog contracts.
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Washington
Wallace
Mussolini Plans Independent Policy On International Pacts
Rome reports Premier Mussolini will act in future like Britain by signing accords without league consultation. Italy approves the method if applied generally while noting past criticism of East Africa policies. Britain’s naval pact with Germany cited as a model amid Japan and China tensions.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
League of Nations
United Press
Britain
Germany
League
Japan
Geneva
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Il Duce
England
France
Italy
Abyssinia
Mussolini
Sardinia
China
Move to Oust Roosevelt Aims in Texas Youth Clubs
In Dallas a plan to remove Elliott Roosevelt from the vice presidency of the Young Democratic clubs of Texas gains momentum. A resolution condemns him for trying to push the Amarillo state convention to back a constitutional amendment aimed at overturning a Supreme Court ruling invalidating the NRA.
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Dallas
Tex
Elliott Roosevelt
Young Democratic Clubs of
Texas
Roosevelt
Amarillo
Supreme Court
NRA
WARDEN AND MINE CHIEF DESCRIBE MUTINY VICTORY
Warden Tacey Simpson recounts the Kansas Penitentiary mutiny where 344 convicts seized the mine for 21 hours with no injuries. Guards, mules, and officials faced no concessions as mine workers prepared to release officers and regain control.
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Tacey Simpson
Kansas State Prison
President Roosevelt proposes share the wealth tax plan
President Roosevelt submitted a broad share the wealth tax program to Congress, urging action this session. The package includes higher estate and gift taxes, a 1 million dollar income tax floor, graduated corporate rates, taxation of income from tax-free bonds, and abolishing holding companies to curb surpluses.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Doughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Harrison
Finance Committee
LaFollette
Couzens
Heavy Protection Plan for U.S. Mints Revealed
Washington report says Treasury seeks 200000 dollars to arm and harden every federal mint with machine guns flood lights armored shields and bomb capable alarms to guard nine billion dollars in gold and silver. The program follows an Morgenthau ordered facilities review and would place guards at all mints.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
The Cure for Boredom in Everyday Living
A renowned physician links nervous breakdowns to monotony not work or worry. He cites Gorki and Eliot on dull routines and urges using imagination to add color and variety to daily life, warning that bored living is a form of death and the mind holds the key to escape.
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Gorki
Eliot
Harvard University
Pia
Conference In Washington Over Iowa Democrats Troubles
Iowa Democratic members of the congressional delegation met in Washington to discuss party organization in the state. They decided not to take direct action, while acknowledging a need for reorganization. Senator Louis Murphy and others would not lead the effort, though the meeting signaled the urgency of reforms.
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Washington
Iowa
Louis Murphy
Congress
Murphy
National Democratic
James Farley
Senator Murphy
Agreement Prevents South Bend Strike
In South Bend Indiana workers at Oliver Farm Equipment accepted terms from company executives and a general strike that could have left about 20 000 employees idle Wednesday was averted. The threat of a walkout had loomed over the region.
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South Bend
South Bend, Ind
Oliver Farm Equipment Company
Prison mutiny at Kansas jail ends in surrender
About 40 inmates faced solitary confinement as warden Lacey Simpson disciplined leaders of a 21 hour riot at the Kansas penitentiary. Damage from the mutiny topped 25 000, with sabotage and fires in the coal mine. the protest demanded Dr. Parker’s removal and better conditions. No charges were announced.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas Penitentiary
Lacey Simpson
Kansas
F. Parker
Prison Board
Simpson
Huey Will Take Big Noise Along On Tour
Senator Long plans a barnstorming tour this summer to promote his share the wealth program. He will bring two sound tracks and begin with a speech in Stamford Connecticut, with schedule to be announced.
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Huey
Big Noise
Washington
Senator Long
Stamford
Conn
Indicted in Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping Case Involving Waleys Mahan
Federal grand jury returns three indictments charging Harmon Waley Margaret Waley and William Mahan with kidnapping and mail fraud in the Lindbergh era case of nine year old George Weyerhaeuser. Waleys held in Olympia bail set at 100000 Mahan a fugitive.
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Tacoma
Wash
Harmon Waley
Margaret
William Mahan
George Weyerhaeuser
Waley
Olympia
Mahan
Grant
E. E. Cushman
Waleys
Cushman
Department of Justice
Salt Lake City
John Philip Weyerhaeuser
John Doe
Lindbergh
Weyerhaeuser
United States
Margaret Waley
Choate Plans Resignation Amid House Clash
In a clash with Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee Joseph H. Choate Jr. chairman of the federal Alcohol Administration said he would resign soon and return to private law practice in New York.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
Federal Alcohol Administration
New York
Memory Of Three Teachers Honored By Gifts To Camp
Three Washington high school teachers recognized for inspiring Cedar Rapids residents are memorialized through gifts to the Camp Good Health Fund. Miss Abbie S. Abbott Miss Emma J. Fordyce and Miss Elizabeth Cook are honored for their years of service and influence as the community watches potential young health assets grow through camp.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Camp Good Health Fund
Abbie S. Abbott
Emma J. Fordyce
Elizabeth Cook
Camp Good Health
Miss Abbott
Fordyce
Cook
Camp Good
Abbie Abbottes
Emma Fordyce
Elizabeth Cock
Jos, Mekota
Mitchell Fails to Show Ship Graft Evidence
Washington AP Mitchell ousted assistant secretary of commerce told the Senate commerce committee he had no direct evidence of bribes in ship subsidy grants but urged a grand jury probe to determine if criminal acts were involved. He cited widespread appearances of favoritism and criticized the shipping board while noting Keenan’s competence to pursue prosecutions.
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Washington (Ap
Ewing Y. Mitchell
Senate Commerce Committee
Joseph B. Keenan
Vandenberg
Mich
Keenan
Mitchell
Roosevelt
United States
Hinev Leviathan
Fletcher
Fla
Roper
Missouri
Commerce Department
Shipping Board
Cami
Co-Ed Guilty Of Assault With Intent To Kill
Louise Thompson, a Northeastern Oklahoma Teachers College student, convicted of assault with intent to kill Daniel Shaw, a Chinese student, by a district court jury. The jury set the penalty at 30 days in jail.
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Oklahoma
Tahlequah
Okla
Louise Thompson
Young
Northeastern Oklahoma Teachers College
Daniel Shaw
Arbitration board fights seniority issue in Omaha car strike
Governor Cochran and a three man arbitration panel wrestled with seniority in Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway strike. The company stuck to its claim that seniority cannot be arbitrated while the union reportedly waived the closed shop and sought limited arbitration. National guardsmen arrested Louis Binder and his sons Joe and Frank over brickbatting and shooting at a street car Tuesday night.
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Omatitia
R. L. Cochran
Omaha
Omaha and
Council Bluffs Street Railway Company
Sam Reynolds
American Legion
Ernest Bowerman
John Ledwith
Tuincoln
Cochran
Omatia
INS
Louis Binder
Joe
Frank
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll for 1935
Civil authorities report toll figures for Cedar Rapids in 1935 with 183 accidents 209 injuries and 0 deaths recorded in the preliminary tally.
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Cedar Rapids
Social Security bill passes Senate shaping national plan
The Roosevelt social security measure clears the Senate 76 to 6 and heads back to the House with amendments. It creates a national old age pension fund funded by a 1 to 3 percent payroll tax, exempts farm labor and certain workers, and provides for unemployment insurance and welfare aid to be matched by states.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Clark
Lonergan
The
Treasury
Hastings
George
Lily Damita Weds Errol Flynn in Yuma Arizona
Lily Damita the yellow haired screen star married Errol Flynn in an afternoon ceremony in Yuma. Judge E A Freeman approved the union after Damita kept her fourth marriage promise. Bud Ernst planned a double wedding with Lyda Roberts but could not locate her before takeoff. Roberts remains on location. The couple departed for Hollywood with work awaiting them.
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Yuma, Ariz
Lily Damita
Errol Flynn
E. A. Freeman
Bud Ernst
Lyda Roberts
Yuma
Lyd
Miss Roberts
Hollywood
Aud
Errol
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