Supreme Court Packing Debate Grows As Roosevelts Plan Faces Split
Senate approves Sumners retirement bill for justices age seventy with full pay four voted against Bridges Bulow Johnson and Moore. Roosevelt pushes court enlargement despite opposition in both chambers and a radio address planned for March 9. Paris aviation honors are announced including Howard Hughes and Jean Batten Harmon trophies for 1936.
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International League of Aviators
Paris
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Jean Batten
New Zealand
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United States
Batten
South Atlantic
League
Jean Mermoz
South America
Ernst Lehmann
Germany
Ernst Demuyter
Louise Thaden
United
Vidal resigns as director of air bureau amid criticism
Fugeine Vidal resigns from the federal air commerce bureau and plans to return to private aviation. A Senate committee led by Senator Copeland of New York urged reorganizing the bureau amid clashes with the air transport industry over major air crashes. Fred D. Fagg of Northwestern University Law School is named Vidal’s successor, with Maj. R. W. Schroeder as assistant.
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Federal Air Commerce Bureau
Senator Copeland
New York
Air Transport Industry
Vidal
Fred D. Fagg
Northwestern University Law School
France
United States
Maj
R. W. Schroeder
Chicago
Farm Experts Approve AAA as Co-ordinator
Three specialists in agricultural economics have studied and edified Agricultural Adjust- to be co-ordinator for AAA. Experts endorse AAA role amid agricultural policy discussions.
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AAA
Spy Convicted in United States Case
A former lieutenant faces prison after a spying case in the United States. Details are incomplete in the fragment. Local authorities pursued charges related to alleged espionage activities and security breaches.
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Pernew
Battle over Supreme Court size and Wheeler plan debate
The piece analyzes House and Senate votes on Roosevelt's court packing proposal and Wheeler's two thirds override plan. It considers political risks, public opinion, and the impact on future administrations while noting silver policy worries and Treasury losses amid ongoing buybacks.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
John Jones
Sam Smith
Bar
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Congress
NRA
High’ Court
Louis D. Brandeis
Benjamin N. Cardozo
Senator Wheeler
High Court
Wheeler
Harding
White House
Anita recalls Halifax disaster and her school blast memory
The narrator recounts Anita, ten, in Halifax during the 1917 explosion. She describes sheltering under desks as the room filled with debris and fire, then escaping through wreckage with soldiers aiding others. She later learns her sister and neighbors were severely injured or dead, with lasting scars and questions about being blown up in the air.
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Anita Johnson
Lynn
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada Way
Anita
Atlantic
Hhem
Sister
WNU
Sad-Eyed Saint Bernard Romantic Large Dog Hero
A Philadelphia Inquirer writer notes the famous Saint Bernard did not originate in Switzerland where it later became a rescue icon. The piece describes the breed as the most romantic large dog and recalls its history across mountain passes.
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Saint Bernard
Swiss Alps
Switzerland
Philadelphia Inquirer
Ancestry of the Hen Traced to Jungle Fowl
A Boston Globe writer states the chicken heritage traces to the jungle fowl Gallus bankiva in North India Brahma and Siam. The Chinese emperor Fu Hsi, around 3341 B C, is noted for early references, and cockfighting is linked to domestication.
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Brahma
Siam
Boston Globe
Fu Hsi
B.C
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