Congress Back of Direct Vote for President
The seventy fourth congress backs a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college but keep electors in states and assign votes by each candidate's share of the popular vote. Norris and Lea spearhead the effort with Roosevelt backing. If tied, the most popular vote wins. small states keep two votes.
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William 8. Neal
Washington
INS
Congress
Senate
House
Norris
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Rep
Lea
California
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Brass Slug Incident Sparks Times Square Riot
In Times Square subway station a crowd of about 2000 swelled after a man tried to insert a brass slug into a turnstile, prompting a police riot call. George Howard, 31, was beaten and hospitalized with severe facial and hand injuries and possible skull fracture. witnesses say two men claiming to be officers restrained him during the assault.
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New York
Times Square
George Howard
Howard
Voters Register Tops Half Million for Saar Plebiscite
Saarbrucken reports 543 323 names on preliminary voter lists ahead of the January 19 plebiscite to determine Saar sovereignty. The League of Nations commission received 107 145 complaints and granted half. It added 18 540 names to 132 000 provisional voters while 7 217 were removed as duplicates or ineligible. The final tally may change on appeal to the superior plebiscite tribunal.
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Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Saar
League of Nations
Federal Reserve Directors Named
Edward R. Estberg of Waukesha Wis was elected a class A director of the Federal Reserve bank of Chicago to succeed himself Stanford T Crapo of Detroit Michigan was elected a class B director for a three year term to succeed himself beginning January 1
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Chicago
Edward R. Estberg
Waukesha
Wis
Friday
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Stanford T. Crapo
Detroit
Mich
Business and banks back Roosevelt program in 1935 plan
The chamber of commerce backed continued collaboration with President Roosevelt hoping to avoid a 30 hour week and inflation as Congress would push New Deal measures. Finance committee warned against endless deficits and urged cutting emergency spending to prevent debt from rising toward 30 billion by June 1935.
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House
Seventy-Fourth Congress
Roosevelt
Chamber
American Bankers’ Association
Finance Committee
Treasury
Chamber of Commerce Finance Committee
Atlantic City to Host 61st WCTU National Convention
The 1935 national convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union will meet in Atlantic City New Jersey in September. It will be the 61st annual meeting of the temperance organization.
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Cleveland
The
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Atlantic City
N. J
Temperance Organization
Des Moines Chest Drive Surpasses Goal In 1934 Campaign
Des Moines AP report notes the Des Moines Community Chest campaign reached 204,676 dollars, beating expectations though short of the 282,252 dollar goal. Solicitors reported the drive as a notable push for charitable funding in the area.
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DES Moines (Ap
Des Moines Community Chest
Caviar Finds Hungry Boy After Soviet Train Stop
Railroad workers at Stolpce on the Polish frontier station found a case of caviar that broke open and released a semi conscious 15 year old boy named Aleksy Michwej. The cans of caviar surrounded him in the box and suggested he had been hidden there to escape hunger.
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Warsaw
Stolpce
Aleksy Michwej
Post to Stratosphere Flight If Weather Allows
Wiley Post plans a stratosphere flight Saturday from Chicago in the Winnie Mae seeking 60 000 feet to surpass Renati Donati s record of 47650 feet The updated Lockheed Vega features 1200 horsepower a new supercharger heavy glass portholes sealed door asbestos heating suit and heated motor Post delays due to poor visibility and aims for clear skies with return to the original airport as required by record rules
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Chicago
Wiley Post
Winnie Mae
Post
Renati Donati
Jugoslavs Plan Direct Charges Against Hungary
Paris report says Jugoslavia will lodge direct charges against Hungary at the League of Nations over King Alexander’s assassination. Foreign Minister Laval reportedly pledged French support, with action to be grounded in article XI of the League covenant. Jugoslavia delayed immediate moves to avoid provoking war over alleged Hungarian involvement.
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Paris
INS
Jugoslavia
Hungary
League of Nations
Alexander
L'Intransigeant
Kosta Fotith
Jugoslavian
Laval
France
Two Sentenced For Defrauding Relief Commission
Chicago municipal court judge sentenced Frank Scaglione to one to five years and Martin Anklan to one year for conspiring to defraud the Illinois emergency relief commission. Judge Steffen noted Scaglione’s sentence could have been harsher if Matthew Mertz had received a heavier penalty. Hector Pena remains at large as a fourth member.
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Chicago
Walter P. Steffen
Illinois Emergency Relief Commission
Frank Scaglione
Martin Anklan
Relief Commission
House of Correction
Steffen
Scaglione
Matthew Mertz
Mertz
Hector Pena
Life term for killing cop in bank holdup case
AP reports Rus sell O Loughlin, 18, received a life sentence in district court after confessing to the second degree murder of Patrolman Law rence Tierney. Tierney was shot while pursuing a holdup suspect after a $2 robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Lawrence Tierney
Russell O'Loughlin
Iowan Named Assistant Professor at Colorado A and M
Dr. N F Christensen of Dayton Iowa was appointed to succeed Dr Jean Flint as assistant professor of veterinary medicine at Colorado Agricultural College. Dr Flint resigned to enter private practice and Christensen a graduate of Iowa State College will start December 1.
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Fort Collins
Colo
N. F. Christensen
Dayton
Jean Flint
Colorado Agricultural College
Flint
Christensen
Iowa State Agricultural College
Police Car Tagged for Overtime Parking Twist
A police car bearing fake plates 57 15493 was tagged for overtime parking. The plates had been issued to a car slated for junking, prompting a search for the owner. The plates were found inside the police station, and no further action has been reported.
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Noone
Court House
Iowa
Old Age Pension Arrangements End in Tragic Death
William Edgar Scott, 69, of 413 Sixth Street SE, died of a heart attack after he and his wife arranged for old age pensions. He walked home from a doctor's visit and collapsed. coroner Vorpahl ruled the death due to heart attack as the county rel ief office was summoned for aid. His body lay at Beatty's mortuary awaiting funeral arrangements.
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William Edgar Scott
Sixth Street
Iowa State Notes Pioneers In Corn Breeding History
Wallace cites corn breeding progress from 1920 driven by H. D. Hughes at Iowa State. He honors J. S. Leaming James Riley H. J. Goddard and R. Hogue as founders of improved strains. Future aims include higher yields drought resistance and varied corn types for hog cattle and human use.
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Wallace
H. D. Hughes
Iowa State College Farm Crops Department
J. S. Leaming
Ohio
James Riley
Indiana
H. J. Goddard
Fort Atkinson
R. Hogue
Nebraska
Middle West
Perry G. Holden
Donald F. Jones
Connecticut Experiment Station
F. D. Richey
Federal Agricultural Department
Biddle Named Head of U S Labor Board
President Roosevelt appointed Francis Biddle of Philadelphia to succeed Lloyd K. Garrison as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Garrison returns to the University of Wisconsin as dean of its law school. Biddle will join the board on Monday and is noted as a member of the prominent Pennsylvania Biddle family and a great grandson of Edmund Randolph, first U S attorney general.
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Washington
Roosevelt Friday
Francis Biddle
Philadelphia
Lloyd K. Garrison
National Labor Relations Board
Garrison
University of Wisconsin
Biddle
Pennsylvania
Edmund Randolph
United States
Reynolds Kin Seek Share In Estate
The three surviving children of R. J. Reynolds, Jr. filed a new proposal for settlement of Zachary Smith Reynolds estate. The estate is valued with a share around 25 million dollars. Libby Holman Reynolds and Christopher Reynolds had earlier sought the entire estate.
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Winston-Salem, N. C
INS
R. J. Reynolds, Jr
Friday
Zachary Smith Reynolds
Libby Holman Reynolds
Reynolds
Christopher
Shelby County Farmer Dies From Road Bank Collapse
W. S. Lamaster, 56, a prominent Shelby county farmer, died in a Harlan hospital from injuries after a road bank caved in while he worked on a county road. His widow and four children survive. TODDVILLE Monroe township high school will host a supper and program Saturday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. with the program to follow.
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Shelby County
Harlan (Ap
W. S. Lamaster
Toddville
Monroe Township
Radio Schedule Glimpses from Morning to Late Night
A dense hourly grid lists radio programs across networks NBC CBS and WJZ for morning afternoon and evening slots. Entries include orchestras hosts and acts such as Grace Eddie Tosy Yale Princeton fame Don Pedro and Dorothy Page with stations WEAF WJZ WABC WBBM WMT and others. The listings map a full day of concerts talks dramas and variety shows across major Chicago regional stations.
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Johnson Arch
CBS
WBBM
WMT
Grace and
Eddie
NBC
WJZ
WMAQ
Tosy
WJZ Chain
WEAF
Wwoc- Who
Carnegie Hall
Cbsi
WHBM
Down Veers Lane
WABC
Farm Forum
Yale-Princeton
Longfellows
Don Pedro Orch
Kegsen Orch
Don Carlos Orch
Gurbarn
Orch
Ranch Boys
One Man's Family
Ferdinando Orch
Navarra Orch
Bai
Deck Armstrong
Whrbmn
Woody and
Willie
Noble Kiter
WLW
Red Granree
Dorsey Orch
Sermbores
Russo Orch
KMBO
Pickens Alaters
Floyd Gibbons
Public
Siemund Romberg
Hmsean Phelps
America
Roxy Gang
Grace Hayes
Olsen Orch
Ethel Shutta
Himber Otch
WCCO
Gibpen Sage
D'anna’'S Band
WHAS
KMOX
Hal Kemp
Ira
MBC
Atarent Susan
Southernaires
Cleveland String Quartet
Ralph H. Isham
Mormon Choir
Mayor Bowes
Woc- Who
Roger Whitman
Shouse
Radio City
Tito
Chicago U
Round Table
Sir
Kassel Orch
Ralph Kirhery
Lewyard
Anthony Frome
WOW
Ruth Chatterton Sn Aketch
de Wolfe Hoover
Kenn
City Symphony
Martin Orch
Irene Castle McLaughlin
Koestner
Who
Mears
Jack Benny
Bester Erch
WSM
WFAA
Caster Melodies
WABCG
Uncle Ezra
Joe Penner
Nelson Erch
Chicago Knights
Queena Marie
Graham McNamee
Vennell Hall
F. D. Roosevelt
Amerine
Trade official calls talk of war with Japan stupid
Kansas City AP report: Paul WR Steintorf, U.S. trade commissioner to Japan, denounces talk of war as foolish. He notes Japan is the United States third largest customer after Canada and England, and cites mutual commercial ties and the risk of destroying trade by conflict.
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Kansas City
Paul WR Steintorf
United States
Japan
Canada
England
America
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WLM
Alexander Woollcott
Wcco Kmox
Col. Stoopnagte
Bill Corum
WOWO
WGST
John Haynes Holmes
Jane Froman
Biach
Woc-Who
Jack Little
Roxanne Wallace
Lesne Crawford
Welch
Irene Rich
Westfield
N. Y
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Irene Rick
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