Tugwell promoted in New Deal reshuffle in Roosevelt drive
Rexford Tugwell is elevated from assistant secretary to undersecretary of agriculture with a pay rise to 10000 dollars a year, as the administration reshapes its top staff. Thomas Jefferson Coolidge also advances to under secretary of the treasury, while the farm program under Ester Davis is withdrawn pending farmer support.
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Rexford Guy Tugwell
Wirt
Brain Trust
Wallace
Tugwell
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Congress
Senate
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge
Boston
the Treasury
Raymond Moley
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Washington
Ester
CG. Davis
Farm Adjustment Administration
National Milk Control Program
Farm Administration
Senate High Tax Bloc Wins Conference Victory
The senate high tax bloc secured most senate increases in estate and gift taxes capital stock and excess profits taxes and liberal compromises on income tax publicity and consolidated returns. The Couzens amendment adding 10 percent to all individual income tax returns next year remains unresolved. The house will vote separately and the senate likely will drop it if rejected. Senate finance committee then opened hearings on the administration reciprocal tariff bill already passed by the house.
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House
Couzens
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt meets silver advocates amid currency plan talks
An ARNATORS conference with President Roosevelt yielded no clear pledge on silver legislation. Discussion touched on silver purchases, with the President open to consideration but not signaling a policy shift. Silver senators demanded mandatory legislation while Roosevelt reportedly weighs an international currency stabilization plan including silver as 30 percent of base.
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Roosevelt
Scar De Priest Wins Battle Over House Restaurant Bar
Scar De Priest, a Black congressman from Chicago, led a push to investigate Lindsay Warren of North Carolina over the restaurant rules. The resolution passed 237 to 114, largely along racial lines, amid debate about Negroes being served in the dining room.
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Scar DE Priest
Chicago
Lindsay Warren
North Carolina
D Priest
Labor drive targets telephone workers nationwide
American Federation of Labor chiefs press to unionize U S telephone workers. They accuse American Telephone and Telegraph of violating NRA laws via company unions and claim financiers buy small Midwestern and Chicago area companies to dump stock on employees for profit. They seek outlawing stock sales to employees and halting dial system expansion until employment normalizes.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
NRA
Middle West
Chicagoland
A.fp. of L
L. H. Peeples
Wheat carryover eyed for 1985 export outlets
U S Department of Agriculture officials estimate a 1985 wheat carryover near 340 million bushels with July 1 stocks around 265 million and a 75 million surplus from the current crop. They push processing tax hikes to fund exports and await results of the international wheat conference at Home. A 5 cent tax could yield about 20 million for exports. Assage via Panama Canal of 111 US ships progressed but not in 24 hours, prompting Tokyo to call it a failure.
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Department of Agriculture
Iome
Wallace
United States
Roosevelt Defends New Deal at Exhibition Address
President Roosevelt speaks at a federal subsistence homestead exhibition denouncing charges of regimentation. He calls the New Deal an evolution not revolution and praises homesteads for aiding needy families while promising costs will be lower than alternative.
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Roosevelt
Pattern 9929 Graceful Lines For Heavier Figures
Complete guide to sewing Pattern 9929 designed to slim the look of heaviness with graceful lines and comfortable sleeves. Recommends printed cotton or plain material with size options 34 through 46 and fabric needs listed. order by mail from Sewing Circle Pattern Dept New York for 15 cents.
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Deshins
Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Eighteenth St
New York
Rats Do Major Damage to Food and Property
The United States Bureau of Biological Survey reports three rat types Norway brown and black with total numbers near the nation’s population. The brown rat causes the most harm, with poultry and game losses far exceeding the combined destruction by hawks owls and weasels. Annual rat damage runs to hundreds of millions, and rats spread fleas linked to bubonic and pneumonic plague and may influence infantile paralysis.
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United States Bureau of Biological Survey
Norway
Vast US Map Under Construction At Wellesley
After nine years of topographic work the large map at Wellesley Massachusetts is about one third complete. When finished the 68 by 46 foot map will show every mountain and valley to exact scale on a curved surface representing Earth's curvature and will include 900 blocks for rail and airline route planning.
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United States
Wellesley
Mass
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Bells Return to Sherborne Abbey After Reconditioning
English town Sherborne celebrates reconditioned eight bell peal. Largest bell weighs 5000 pounds and bears inscriptions linked to Cardinal Wolsey. Article notes bell inscriptions’ role in church and civic life, cites Liberty bell and St Thomas carillon for context.
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England
Greiffe
Cardinal Wolsey
Haughind
Enderby
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ferry's Seeds Guarantee on Fresh Dated Packages
Ferry's Seeds assures customers of the finest quality by selling only fresh dated packages. The ad promises fresh seeds and reliability in every purchase.
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Ferry
Cat's Eye Sinks After Collision Near London
The drifter Cat's Eye sank after colliding with the Saltair off London. Eight crew members escaped to Saltair's deck, while the ship's mascot cat initially stayed aboard, later being rescued by a tug after the vessel went down.
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London
Cat
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