Farm leaders push for control plan to replace AAA
Tolley and other agricultural experts back a Washington effort to replace the AAA with a production controlled program. Proposals include cash grants for acreage shifts to conserve crops and building farm cooperatives under the Capper Volstead act. Administration weighs funding via excise taxes, while a Delaware suit seeks to bar government action pending constitutional ruling on the AAA.
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Federal District Court
Liberty league attacks Roosevelt as mislead and Congress urged to investigate
E Smith will be chief speaker as Raskob and duPont back the Liberty league which denounces the New Deal as misleading. The group calls for Congress to probe the entire governmental structure while Interior Secretary Ickes tours Caribbean possessions. He says Puerto Rico sugar estates will be broken up and lands homesteaded to place thousands of landless people on the soil. It is unclear if he takes on Puerto Rico dissatisfaction with federal representatives.
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Supreme Court orders refund of $200 million in processing taxes
Supreme Court unanimous ruling directs refunds to taxpayers on processing taxes totaling 200 million dollars impounded by the courts. The decision does not settle whether processors must show they absorbed the tax to recover. Louisiana rice millers brought the case. district court expected to rule next.
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WPA regulations seek to curb chiselers and protect workers
ARRY L. HOPKINS WPA administrator sent guidelines to state admins aimed at shielding WPA workers from misleading employers and maintaining wage standards. The rules require full time private work be at going wages, not conflict with unions, and allow return to WPA after temp jobs.
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Philadelphia wins 1936 Democratic convention bid over rivals
Philadelphia secures the 1936 Democratic National Convention after bids from Chicago and San Francisco. The prize costs $200,000 plus prizes and concessions, with the opening set for June 23. Hauptmann remains on death row, appealing via counsel as New Jersey authorities reject a commutation.
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Rainy Season Stalls Italian Ethiopian Advance
Heavy rains across Ethiopia halt Italian advances for weeks as roads wash out landslides disrupt routes and observers call a ceasefire possible. Mussolini schedules troop dispatches amid debate in League of Nations on oil embargo and US neutrality laws. Red Cross chief in Addis Ababa warns withdrawals if bombing continues. Nye probes Morgan and Lamont on war loans and neutrality posture.
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Lewis Opposes President Neutrality Measure in Senate
Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois opposes the President's neutrality bill, warning it would close Middle West markets to world commerce. He proposes an executive power to regulate embargoes with Senate assent, arguing the measure could cut off oil, coal, copper, cotton, grain, and Western manufactured goods to nations at war.
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Japan demands parity in naval talks as conference stalls
Delegates at the London naval conference resumed deliberations but Admiral Osam Jo Samo demanded parity for Japan with Britain and the United States as a prerequisite. The move halted discussions on information exchange and threatened early collapse with Foreign Secretary Eden forced to intervene. Japanese spokesmen emphasized total tonnage equality as their primary objective.
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United States
Anthony Eden
John F. Hylan Dies. New York Mayor and Justice
Former New York City Mayor John F. Hylan dies after eight years in office. City flags fly at half staff as officials note his service including his role as a justice of the children’s court and his funeral draws wide attendance.
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Freighter Iona Foundered in Gale Near Columbia Mouth
In a ferocious gale the States freighter Iona broke up on Peacock Spit at the Columbia River mouth. All hands aboard, a crew of 84 officers and men from Astoria and Cape Coast vessels, perished, with only wreckage and scattered reports surviving the tragedy.
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Roosevelt faces the Supreme Court ruling and farm crisis
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration grappled with the Supreme Court ruling on the Agricultural Adjustment Act and farm benefit payments. Analysts note party leaders fear political fallout in November as plans for new taxes, potential constitutional amendments, and alternative farm relief schemes are weighed amid debate over Townsend proposals and McNary-Haugen ideas.
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Three Days Cough Signal Prompts Creomulsion Ad
An advertisement urges readers that a three days cough signals danger and promotes Creomulsion as a guaranteed remedy. It promises refund if not satisfied after the first dose and notes druggists can guarantee the product.
Too Much Patience Takes the Spirit Out of a Man
A brief reflection argues patience can dull courage and resolve, warning that excessive forbearance may erode initiative. The piece Uplifts perseverance while cautioning against passive endurance reducing one's vigor.
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