Congressional Clash Over Relief Spending Looms
The article outlines a looming congressional battle over relief spending and a potential push toward a balanced federal budget within one to two years. It notes the administration may seek $500 million in relief funds to finish the current year and that may face sharp opposition from Congress and local relief advocates seeking about $1 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt
Sanea
Enaing
Treasury
Nathan Robertson Washington
Make This Model At Home Pattern 4178 Frock
A vintage sewing pattern notice promotes Anne Adams Pattern 4178 a simple house frock designed for slim lines and easy making. It features novel sleeves that unbutton and lay flat, choice of cotton broadcloth or percale in bright prints, sizes 16 through 44, and step by step illustrated instructions.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily Pattern Department
17Th St
New York
N. Y
Crowbar Not Now Considered As Clue In Wreck
Central of Georgia Railway officials announced that a crowbar found near the derailment scene was not being treated as a clue. The tool had been identified as one used by railroad workers to clear the track after the Friday night wreck that injured 50 passengers in Birmingham Alabama.
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Birmingham
Ala
Central of Georgia
Paroled shoplifter jailed again in Wheeling
Will Costello, serving a shoplifting sentence, won Christmas parole but was back in jail within an hour after officers saw him leaving a store with a pajama suit and an alarm clock hidden under his coat.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Will Costello
Letters to Santa Claus from Decatur children 1935 36
A collection of Christmas wish letters from Decatur and Madison area children dated 1935 and 1936. Young readers request dolls, bicycles, a BB gun, a chemistry set, a typewriter, a rocking horse, a dog, a red wagon, a piano and other gifts while thanking Santa for past kindness and remembering teachers and siblings.
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Santa
Decatur
Ala
Miss Holland
Elam
Mary Lee Hightower
Makeup Advice For Brunet Beauty In Gladys Glad Column
Gladys Glad, “America's Most Famous Beauty,” discusses brunet makeup rules from natural tones to skin matching. She outlines shade guidance for fair and olive brunets, eye makeup for day and night, and invites readers to request her beauty pamphlets and answer questions via mail.
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Gladys Glad
America
Charles II
England
Miss Glad
Death by Own Action Verdict Found in Death
County Investigator Evans ruled today that Marie W. Mitchell 30 died by her own action after being found shot in the head in her Birmingham home. Foster Mitchell her husband said he discovered her after two shots rang out. The body was sent to Blacksburg for burial. Survivors include the husband and a six year old son Kenneth Preston.
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Birmingham
Ala
Evans
Marie W. Mitchell
Foster Mitchell
Mitchell
Blackstone
Kenneth Preston
Consolidation of Agencies Planned in Washington
President Roosevelt may seek executive order authority to consolidate or eliminate minor agencies rather than a full government reorganization bill. He favors a functional grouping of agencies, but some fear congressional inaction could invite pressure from stakeholders and derail the plan.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Injunction Clouds TVA Expansion Plans in Tennessee
James L. Ply of the Tennessee Valley Authority called a federal injunction restricting expansion serious but not a cause for large layoffs. The order will mostly affect jobs in construction already completed, with final approval awaiting Judge Gore's signature in Nashville after a week.
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Knoxville
Tenn
James L. Ply
TVA
Fry
John J. Gore
Nashville
Treasury moves to freeze gold inflows and curb credit
Washington on December 22 reports the treasury acting to shape borrowing powers into a new credit control instrument. The plan aims to freeze gold inflows and neutralize their double-edged threat to the domestic economy.
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Washington
Treasury
Washington gridiron club lampoons 1936 politics at dinner
The Gridiron Club staged a satire of the 1936 election and political scene at its semi annual dinner in Washington. President Roosevelt and Gov. Landon were depicted in caricature roles while Norman Thomas and Baruch Browder attended as guests. The show featured skits lampooning Roosevelt’s potential 1940 run and the New Deal era figures.
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Washington
Gridiron Club
Roosevelt
Rome
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Knox
Norman Thomas
Bar! Browder
Organization of Washington
Landon
White House
Wagerman
al Smith
Prophets’ Union
Elisha
Isaiah
Harry Hopkins
James A. Farley
Farley
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rexford Tugwell
Christmas Story Impresses at Austinville Methodist Church
A large crowd attended the Christmas story at Austinville Methodist Church. The service featured a candlelit processional, song, Bible readings, and stereopticon as Frances Carpenter read, with a choir including Walden, Carpenter, Roper, Stephenson and others and lighting by Kenneth Carpenter. A free will offering supported the Methodist orphanage at Selma.
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Austinville Methodist Church
Frances Carpenter
Dick Walden
Imogene Walden
Donald Carpenter
Dewey Clark
Ray Walden
Sarah Walden
Beatrice Roper
Mavis Roper
Doris Roper
Martha Stephenson
Leonie Rothfuss
Elmer Bussey
Turner
Miller Riggle
Alvah Mitchell
Rena Martin
Kenneth Carpenter
Selma
Dolan Named Captain of Spring Hill 1937 Football Team
Richard Dolan, a junior back from Savannah, Georgia, will captain the Spring Hill College football team in 1937. Charlie Phillips of Chicago was made alternate captain at the annual banquet.
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Mobile
Ala
Richard Dolan
Savannah
Charlie Phillips
Chicago
Tax collections in Jefferson up in year
Tax collections in Jefferson county show better business. County collector J W Hamilton said 1,259 taxpayers paid nearly $2,000,000 into the county treasury, compared with about $15,315 last year.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
J W. Hamilton
Roosevelt Social Scene At White House Event
Mollascs business gains admission to the Union League Club amid a bright red undershirt. Mrs Roosevelt hosts her annual White House party for the gridiron widows whose husbands attend the banquet. Newspaperwomen present a stunt program featuring a Romeo and Juliet trio with Ethel Du Pont and Franklin Roose vel t Jr and others. Mrs Roosevelt offers an off the record stint.
Windsor Receives Initial Christmas Gift From Cannes
Windsor’s Christmas at the Chateau winds toward festivity as a small, heavily insured gift from Cannes arrives for the Duke of Windsor reportedly a ring or jewelry. Wallis Simpson waits in Cannes. a portrait of Baroness De Rothschild is promised.
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Enzelfeld
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Cannes
Wallis Simpson
England
Baroness de Rothschild
Kitty
Baddie
Bruderschaft
Windsor
Chateau
Edward
Lost dog Bud spotted near 303 5th Ave
A large yellow bulldog with heavy leather harness and trimmed ears answers to Bud. Last seen near 303 5th Avenue West. Contact phone number 385 for information.
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5Th Ave
Bud
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