Debate Over Utility Holding Plans Divides Congress
In a 258 to 148 vote the House rejected the Senate’s death sentence for utility holding companies and adopted a substitute bill under SEC regulation. The body then passed the substitute 322 to 81 while launching investigations into lobbying by both sides. The clash paves the way for a 1940 showdown as party loyalties and lobby power shape the outcome.
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Congress
House
Senate
Securities and Exchange Commission
Capitol
John H. Hoeppel
California
Hoeppel
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Thomas G. Corcoran
Passamaquoddy
Brewster
Tonkin
Mississippi
Moran
Roosevelt
Charles West
Farrey
Emil Hurja
Carter Gliss
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles-Currie
Federal Reserve System
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Eccles
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
National Treasury
Glass
Reserve Board
Johnson Takes Federal Works Relief Post in New York City
Hugh Johnson assumed the New York City federal works relief administrator role and vented to reporters his frustration. He said the program helps nowhere, fears funds will end, and jobs will disappear once money is cut off. Robbie, his secretary, kept reporters at bay all day.
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Hugh Johnson
Federal Works Relief
New York City
Robbie
Washington
Roosevelt
CCC
Veterans’ Bureau
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Police Training School Opens in Washington July 29
Attorney General Cummings announced a new school in Washington opening July 29 to train state county and city police in law enforcement theory and practice. A twelve weeks course will be offered free to selected officers.
Hoover won't seek 1936 GOP nomination despite hinted return
Former President Herbert Hoover will not run in the 1936 Republican presidential race and plans to remain in private life. He may issue a formal announcement this summer and backs the party’s candidate, while critics expect his future criticisms to be less authoritative. In Paris, World War veterans from Allied and Central Powers met to condemn new wars and reaffirm treaty-based international relations. American delegates included S P Bailey, Julian W Thomas, Bernhard Ragner, and Harold L Smith.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover
ORLD
Paris
Fiduc
S. P. Bailey
Winona
Minn
Julian W. Thomas
Salt Lake City
Bernhard Ragner
McKeesport
Harold L. Smith
Coatesville
Young Attorney Climbs at Huey Long in Washington Hotel
URR T Ansell, son of Gen. S T Ansell, sues Senator Huey Long for libel. He allegedly struck Long at a Washington hotel during a party. a Long associate grabbed Ansell’s arm and the pair fled after the confrontation.
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Urr T. Ansell
Gen
S. T. Ansell
Huey Long
Long
Washington
Ansell
Lloyd George Returns to Politics With Reluctant Resolve
Veteran statesman AVID LLOYD GEORGE resumed active participation in politics saying he will go on with it despite poor reception of his New Deal program. He addressed the national convention of the peace and reconstruction movement warning that the menace to peace and global economic confusion is worsening.
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Avid Lloyd George
National Convention
Anthony Eden
England
British Isles
Great Britain
Haile Selassie
Abyssinia
Italy
Africa
Mussolini
Britain
Eden
MacDonald
Ethopia
Rome
Ethiopia
United States
W. Perry George
Addis Ababa
Roosevelt
Wisconsin
la Follettes
Pri
Inland sea disaster claims 104 lives on Midori Maru
The steamer Midori Maru carrying holiday travelers collided with a freighter in fog and sank rapidly near Tapans inland sea. Rescue boats saved 91 of 166 passengers and 56 crew members, all victims identified as Japanese.
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TAPAN
AAA plan for 1985 rye crop payments proposed
Secretary Wallace announced an AAA adjustment program for the 1985 rye crop with benefit payments to be set later. Representatives from 16 rye states met in Washington to discuss operation while wheat growers and AAA officials approved a tentative flexible plan for benefit payments.
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Wallace
AAA
Washington
Citroen Founder Dies as Enterprises Collapse
Ate Citroen, famed as the Henry Ford of France for building many of the nation’s low cost cars, has died. His vast enterprises had collapsed and his once immense fortune was gone, leaving his legacy decades in decline.
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Henry Ford
France
Roosevelt Outlines 1935 Budget And Deficit Projections
President Roosevelt unveiled a 1935 budget aiming to spend 8.52 billion dollars, with 4.58 billion for recovery and relief, expecting 8.09 billion in revenues and a 4.53 billion deficit. The prior year closed with a public debt near 28.67 billion and a forecast debt of 31.0 billion.
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Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Detriot Lawyer Dickinson Murder In Rouge Park Drive
Detroit police found Howard Carter Dickinson a New York attorney and nephew of Chief Justice Hughes dead with a bullet to the head and chest beside Rouge park road. Dickinson had traveled to Detroit on business for the Yawkey estate. His companions William Schweitzer and three burlesque performers fled to Fort Wayne, Ind where they were arrested after police grilling. The four confessed to plotting the murder to rob Dickinson and Schweitzer admitted firing the shots. Loot totaled $134.
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Detroit
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Charles Evans ,Hughes
Rouge Park Road
Dickinson
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
William H. Yawkey
Rouge Park
William Schweitzer
Motor City
Fort Wayne
Ind
Rob Dickinson
Qweltzer
Endurance Fliers Break Time Record Over Meridian
A group of endurance fliers established a new time aloft record by remaining airborne for 653 hours and 98 minutes, surpassing the prior 647 hour 30 minute mark. They landed at Meridian, Mississippi, after the long flight, defeating the previous record held by Dale and Forest.
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Fred
Meridan
Miss
Dale
Forest
Treasure Hunter Foiled by Clever Room Ruse
A con man who sought Captain Peter Rodgers treasure in a Brooklyn brownstone fails to find the vault after paying for a room. The landlady reveals a decoy note system and mocks his scheme, as Rodgers’ treasure remains hidden and the con man departs.
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Amos Millurn
Wells
California
Arnold “Millurn
Times Square
Lily
Cynthia Rodgers
Brooklyn
Pago-Pago
Cynthia
Jack MacDonald
Peter Rodgers
Arnold Millurn
Long Bridge
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