Senate Rejects Florida Ship Canal Funding Amid Budget Debate
The Senate voted 39 to 34 against a 12 million dollar appropriation for a Florida ship canal project. Democrats opposed, led by Senator Vandenberg. critics warn work relief funds should not seed unapproved public works. The move signals a push to curb executive overreach and restore legislative balance amid unemployment relief needs.
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United States Senate
Florida Ship Canal
Vandenberg
Michigan
Florida
Congress
Senate
Florida Canal
Sabotage A La Russe Branded as Bolshevik Sabotage
The article contrasts Soviet efforts to raise milk production with American cautions about sabotage. It notes a Moscow item claiming bolshevik saboteurs fed needles and nails to cows, reducing yields and cow numbers, while decrying American factory vandalism as milder by comparison.
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Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Cost of Relief Falls On Federal Budget In Prolonged Effort
The president seeks an additional 1.5 billion for relief as unemployment remains the nation’s main problem after three years of federal effort. Officials warn that the true relief outlay is hard to calculate due to mixed appropriations and overlapping programs.
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Congress
AAA
Relief expenditures under New Deal programs cited in fiscal review
The document analyzes relief vs non relief spending and classifies costs under general and recovery and relief. It lists 1934 1935 and 1936 relief totals, noting WPA and CCC allocations and projecting total New Deal relief near six billion by year end despite retrenchment.
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AAA
RFC
Treasury
The
Surplus Relief Corp
Feelings Hurt Reflect Vanity Say Dad in 1936
A 1936父 letter from Dad counsels humility to avoid pouty feelings. It argues hurt emotions stem from vanity, notes snobbery and self-importance, and urges normal head size. The piece includes fable lines on citizenship, relations, and a quiz on correcting a mangled sentence.
Parrot Weathered Winds and Autobiography Notes
A rambling column blends musings on grammar and winds with autography fans and an offhand list of literary figures. It recalls personal histories, travel jokes, and a painter in the Shetland Islands detailing a primitive landscape and future plans.
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Shetland Islands
Paris
Westport
Connecticut
Shetland
Scotland
Dean Cornwell Sees World’s Largest Match Packet Flap Exhibit
A department store hosts an exhibit of match packet flaps. The feature notes the largest collection in the world with about 22,000 items owned by an army major in London. Maurice Geralty, Tom's son, is also said to hold a sizable collection in Hollywood.
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Dean Cornwell
London
Maurice Geralty
Tom
Hollywood
Ben Finney
Atlantic liners and nightlife lure as ships head out
A collector stacks champagne corks as the Queen Mary’s new gilt fluted pier awaits. Nearby a chic dockfront night club eyes late sailings while the Normandie is prepped for the voyage. The speaker dismisses the idea of a sea trip, preferring a quiet Central Park skiff.
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Normandie
Policy Holder Seeks Receiver for Union Mutual Life
Frank L. Sawyer, a policy holder, filed suit in Des Moines asking for a receiver for Union Mutual Life Insurance. Polk County Judge Russell Jordan set a March 27 hearing on the receivership. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Ray Murphy requested the AG to file to name Murphy as receiver after the department revoked permits for Union Mutual Life and Union Mutual Casualty.
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DES Moines
Edward L. O’connor
Frank L. Sawyer
Union Mutual Life Insurance Company
Des Moines Insurance Company
Polk County
Russell Jordan
O’connor
Ray Murphy
Iowa Insurance Commissioner
Murphy
Iowa Insurance Department
Iowa
Insurance Company
Union Mutual Casualty Company
Proposal to pay veterans in flood areas in advance
The Veterans of Foreign Wars urged President Roosevelt and Congress to accelerate bonus payments for veterans affected by floods. Adjutant General R B Handy Jr said the plan would start by June 15 with $50 bonds that are immediately negotiable.
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Kansas City
Roosevelt
National Headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
R. B. Handy, Jr
Evening Radio Listings Long Entrenching Music and Talk Across Stations
A dense schedule of radio programming shows concerts, talks, and orchestras across CBS NBC and local stations. Entries include performances by Nino Martini Jimm Farrell Grace Moores and Vincent Travers with many orchestras and hosts listed by network and channel.
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CBS
WBBM
WCCO
KMOX
NBC
WJZ Chain
WEAF
Weaf Chain Message of Israel
WGST
Tom Coakley
Carl Hoff
KYW
Boston Symphony Orch
Ww. Chain
Wm. Borah
WJZ
Nino Martini
WABC
WBB
Woc
Rutenott
WLW
Col. Stoppnagle
Budd
Wabc Chain
WLS
al Jolson
Charlie Ruggles
Weaf Wow
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Eugene Talmadge
George Olsen Orch
Weaf Kyw Wow
Jimm Farrell
Ade
Lyman Orch
N. Ae Morgan
WGST_KMO
Glen Gray Orch
Chain
Charles Ornberger Rch
Tommy Harris
Eady Duchin Orch
Bernie Cummins Orch
Stan Woods Or
Weaf c N
Griff’ Williams
Jack Benny
Eddie Cantor
Weaf Oe
Nelson Orch
Pitelny Orch
WJZ —Gluskin. Orch
Grace Moores & Lees
WEAP
WMAQ
Freddie Rich
Vincent Travers Orch
Wecco
Shandor
Ac Chain
Adell Starr
Ua Orch
Isham Jones Orch
Ted ‘Lewis’ Orch
Ray Pearl Orch
Washington Sideshow by Fulton Lewis Jr on Hopkins and the boondoggle
The column critiques WPA chief Harry Hopkins for pushing Passamaquoddy Quoddy and Florida canal Projects as relief and later federal works. Congress balked at authorizations, while a loophole in the public works bill diverted funds to Ickes and Hopkins. Hopkins now faces “five white elephants” he cannot finish or forget. Office of Florida’s Rep. Mark Wilcox is depicted as a showroom of South Florida commerce.
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Nebraska
Vienna
Universal Service
Washington
WPA
Harry Hopkins
New Deal
PWA
Passamaquoddy
Florida
Ship Canal
Hopkins
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Capitol
Congress
Ickes
Momar
Quoddy
Florida Canal
Handsome Harry
Grandma B Keeps Life Rich With Curiosity and Friends
A brief profile of Grandma B who remains mentally sharp and zestful in old age. She enjoys life by exploring people and events, has many friends across ages, and finds life rewarding rather than lamenting aging. The note ends with a playful letter from Dear Miss Manners style.
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MA B
Grandma B
Relief funds in jeopardy as mutineers guard river bill
The piece notes Hopkins faces funds shortages for relief amid Congress blocking money. Quoddy and Florida canal projects have begun. Mutineers who altered the rivers and harbors bill are said to lie in wait for the next relief measure ready to insert strict bidding provisions.
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Bult
Hopkins
Quoddy
Florida
Congress
Rivers Harbors
Morning Radio Schedule Across NBC CBS and WABC Networks
A fragmented sequence lists daily radio programming from NBC CBS and affiliate stations. Entries include musical programs, dramas, religious services, and variety shows with station call signs WEAF WJZ WABC and others, spanning morning to early afternoon.
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Weaf Chain
Tone Pictures
WJZ _ chain
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WGST
Permarch
Chain Chains
WEAF
Southernaires
WJZ Chain
Church of the Air
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WCCO
Axve
WJZ
KMOX
Rake City Choir
Eer Johnson Orch
Weco
Weaf i Church
WEAP
Wid Chain
Weap Ain
A Laman Orch
Wabc Kmox
Jack Shilkret
Wabc X
Epaty King Orch
WJZ Phil S
Britain Orch
Variety Evans
Wabo Int
Noted Musician Crossword Clue Puzzle
A themed crossword lists many clues across horizontal and vertical entries. Includes references to concert player, ingenuous, Indian, armadillo, eggs of fishes, bard, indigo source, permit, mulberry bark, Scottish speech, and more. Filled grid features clues for both directions with definitions like mature, Spain, secrete, stocking, like, pillar, tipster, stag, courtesy title, needy, container weight, the tip, his father trained him first in his half an em.
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Spain
Northeas
Country life notes a farm girl’s steady ambitions
A 13 year old country girl writes of work, schooling plans, 4 H and Camp Fire membership, Sundays and movies, saying country life suits her. a city reader replies that life in the country can be fulfilling and invites more letters.
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Miss Manners
Maytag President Buys La Gorce Island in Florida
E H Maytag of Newton president of Maytag company announced purchase of La Gorce Island in Miami Beach Florida for 400 000 dollars. The island will be developed for residential use and the deal is described as one of the largest single realty transactions in Miami in a decade.
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Newton (Ap
E. H. Maytag
Maytag Company of
Newton
la Gorce Island
Miami Beach
Fla
Miami
Herman Faris Dies in Missouri Car Crash
Herman P. Faris 77 a former prohibition party presidential nominee in 1924 and ex banker of Clinton Mo died in a late Friday crash when his car struck a bridge near Deepwater Mo. He was alone in the vehicle.
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Sedalia
Herman P. Faris
Prohibition
United States
Clinton, Mo
Deepwater
Faris
Prohibition Party
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