Barkley to Chair Democratic Convention in Philadelphia
Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky will serve as permanent chair at the Philadelphia Democratic National Convention in June, delivering the keynote speech as the party outlines campaign issues. Joseph T. Robinson named permanent chair, with John B. Mack to repeat Roosevelt nomination. two-thirds rule to be debated by the arrangements committee led by Senator Bennett Clark.
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Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
John B. Mack
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Committee
Lee Barnes
Alabama
J. Borden Harriman
District of Columbia
Agnes Collins Dunn
New Hampshire
Col
Edward ©. Halsey
Senate
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
John J. O'Connor
W. Forbes Morgan
Farley
Bennett Clark
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Municipal Stadium
University of Pennsylvania
Labor unions rally behind Roosevelt record in поруч
George L Berry urged unions to join Labor's Nonpartisan league to push AFL unions to back President Roosevelt. In the Pacific, 150 ships and 450 aircraft conduct six weeks of grand maneuvers testing fleet fitness as attacks and defenses unfold from the Panama region. Von Starhemberg defies Austria’s government warning of possible 1934 heimwehr upheaval. Secret Panama Treaty concerns grow as senators prepare hearings and potential public release.
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George L. Berry
Nonpartisan League
American Federation of Labor Unions
Roosevelt
United States
Pacific
Panama Canal
Roosevelt Delivers Campaign Speech at National Democratic Club
Roosevelt spoke to the National Democratic Club in New York. He urged boosting buying power to raise wages and prices, defended inflation to avoid bankruptcy, and criticized critics while noting a rise in national income from 35 to 65 billion dollars between 1932 and 1936.
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Roosevelt
National Democratic Club
New York City
Tammany
al Smith
John J. Raskob
America
House tax bill sparks immediate party clash in committee
The Ways and Means Committee introduced an $800 million yearly tax measure provoking a fierce battle. The Republican minority called the plan unsound and regimentation driven, while Conservative Democrats joined the attack. Administration leaders pledged passage before May 1.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Green Urges Unions to Remain Nonpartisan Policy
AFL President urges all affiliated unions to follow the federation’s traditional nonpartisan political policy. He stresses labor should avoid division even in pursuing political aims and calls for workers to refrain from identifying with any party.
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Woes Green
American Federation of Labor
Jetter
Jon
Italy advances in Ethiopia amid road sabotage and Harar push
Italian forces in northern Ethiopia press toward Addis Ababa with a strong motorized column and Graziana’s southern army driving toward Harar. Ethiopians resist at several points but are reportedly driven back. natives attempt to blow roads to hinder the invaders.
Death Takes Noted Writers Finley Peter Dunne and Percy Hammond
Taken by death a pair of prominent American writers. Finley Peter Dunne creator of Mr Dooley, the gentle satirist whose witty edges amused two generations. Percy Hammond veteran dramatic critic of the New York Herald Tribune, one of the era’s leading commentators.
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Bath
America
Finley Peter Dunne
Mr. Dooley
Percy Hammond
New York Herald ‘Tribune
Steiner to Head Republican National Convention Noting
Frederick Steiner, United States senator from Oregon, chosen as temporary chairman for the Republican national convention in Cleveland next June. Bertrand Snell of New York named permanent chairman, reflecting a western agricultural emphasis and solid party balance.
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Wee
Cleveland
Frederick Steiner
United States
Oregon
National Committee
Steiner
Portland
Bertrand Snell
New York
House
Communists win big in French deputy elections
Communists appear to gain around 50 seats in the chamber of deputies with socialists and radicals unsure how to form a government. Run-off contests could lessen the impact, and fears grow that without Communist support the chamber may become ungovernable.
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Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Senate Approves Emergency Flood Control Bill
The Senate approved a bill by Senator Overton of Louisiana to authorize 272 million dollars for flood control on the lower Mississippi and its tributaries with 15 million more for War Department rescue and repair work. No record vote was taken and the measure ties to emergency needs rather than the omnibus flood plan.
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Panama
Canal Zone
United States
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Hiram Johnson
Vandenberg
Michigan
Overton
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Secretary of War
Epic of Heroism at Moose River Mine Rescue
Ten days of tireless effort by over a hundred miners at the Moose River Nova Scotia gold mine rescued two men and recovered one body after a 140 foot level collapse. Survived were Dr. D. E. Robertson of Toronto and A Scadding, while Herman Magill of Toronto died.
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Moose River
Nova Scotia
D. E. Robertson
Toronto
Co. A. Scadding
Herman Magill
Debates on Trade Deficit and Farm Policy Amid Roosevelts Plans
Washington reports debate over a potential shift from creditor to debtor nation status as Commerce Department officials deny the forecast. The article also surveys 1935 farm policy effects on cotton exports, cattle feed imports, and the broader impact on international trade balances and proposed tax changes.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Commerce
Amos E. Taylor
Chamber of Commerce of the
Chamber of Commerce
France
America
Brazil
Finland
Argentina
Star Dust Movie Radio Highlights and Hollywood Hopes
Hollywood notes from Virginia Wale list Melton in Cain and Mabel with Mary Boland, Harol d Lloyd eyeing color films and two-a-year output, Bing Crosby radio successes, The Great Ziegfeld and A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, Our Gang tour, Mae West tied to Klondike Annie issues in China, Married a Doctor with OBrien and Hutchinson, and Dolores Capello Barrymore’s comeback after talkie lessons and a Paramount contract.
Stars choose trains over planes in early 20th century chatter
Report notes Bette Davis and others preferring rail travel amid occasional accidents. Eddie Robinson visits a sick mother in New York and returns by plane. Anita Louise heads to England for film work while Eddie Cantor signs a radio contract worth 15000 dollars weekly.
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Bette Davis
Hollywood
Sissy, PA
al Jolson
Ruby Keeler
Eddie Robinson
Anita
Louise
England
Eddie Cantor
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Heimwehr
Kurt Schuschnigg
Baden
Italy
Schuschnigg
Starhemberg
Democratic Club
Green
Ethiopia
Contreras
Venezuela
Leazar Lopez Contreras
Juan Vincente Gomez
National Congress
Gomez
Supreme Court
St. Joseph
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Louis D. Brandeis
Marian £. Stone
Benjamin Cord To
Brandeis
Senator
Stelwer
Black Lobby Committee
National Association
Peek
Nas Carter Field
Treasury Department
la Follette
Treasury
Ways and Meany Committee
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Joe Robinson
Ickes
Harold” Ickes
Gravis
Secretary of the Interior
Glavis
Interior Department
Tekes
Maine
Cbs
Virginia Wale
Pa Melton
Radio
Marlon Davies
Mary Boland
Miss Boland
Melton
Mr. Melton
Harold Lloyd
Bing Crosby
Allan Jones
Stanley Morner
Jones
Morner
Hal Roach
Mae West
Mae
Sinclair
Lewis
Malin Street
Josephine Hutchinson
Pat O'Brien
Dolores Captello
Barrymore
Lord Fauntleroy
Paramount
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