Roosevelt veto overridden on Patman measure in Congress
President Roosevelt read his veto against the Patman bonus bill before a joint session, arguing the veterans and nation deserve fiscal restraint. The House overrode the veto 822 to 98, sending the re-passed bill to the Senate where debate lingered but the outcome remained likely.
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Patman
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Thomas
Pittman
Nevada
Pope
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Coolidge
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Norbeck
South Dakota
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Harrison
Treasury
Rivery
Congress
NRA
O N U S advocates plan new measures on bonuses
ONUS proponents prepared for action with a bill to draw 2.0 billion dollars from the work relief appropriation to fund the bonus. The President has approved about 1.0 billion for immediate work, and riders to navy or legislative appropriations were under drafting. A tangled legislative outlook loomed.
Ford Motor Company Posts 1934 Gain and Wage Hike Plan
Ford Motor Company reports a 1934 net gain of 3,759,311 bringing total to 480,976,291. It announces raising the minimum daily wage from 5 to 6 dollars, adding about 2,000,000 dollars monthly to payroll. Henry Ford’s wage policy extends back to 1914 with prior boosts to 6 in 1919 and 7 in 1931, a later drop to 4, then a 1984 raise to 4. The firm notes it has paid workmen 623,000 dollars above the amount required by standard wage scales.
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Ford
Lincoln
Detroit
Henry Ford
Jane Addams Dies at Age of Illustrious Social Reform
Jane Addams renowned as Chicago’s first citizen and Hull House founder passed away. Her work began in 1884 aiding Italians on the West Side and expanded to sweatshop reform, child labor, and international peace efforts including leadership of the Women's International Peace Conference at The Hague during wartime.
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Chicago
West Side
Hull House
America
Women's International Peace Conference
The
Hague
Belliger
Passamaquoddy tidal power scheme head of work relief list
President Roosevelt backs Passamaquoddy tidal power as a priority project with Maj. Philip B. Fleming to oversee construction. The plan, once rejected by Secretary Ickes for high cost and long completion, is expected to create employment and spur regional industry in Maine near Campobello.
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Ickes
Roosevelt
Campobello
Maine
Maj
Philip B. Fleming
Army Engineers Corps
Fleming
IWA
Passamaquoddy
Wisconsin
la Follette
Hitler outlines disarmament plan and league stance
Hitler presents an eighteen point program for German disarmament and better international ties. He rejects the League of Nations condemnation yet signals possible return if the Versailles framework is revised. Britain welcomes his pledge to respect Versailles borders and seek non aggression pacts.
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Eichsfuehrer
Hitler
Reichstag
Europe
League of Nations Council
Germany
League
Great Britain
Lithuania
Reich
Walter von Reichenau
Ministry of Defense
Ethiopian crisis tensions test League and Mussolini
Thiopta In note to the League council defied Italian war warnings and vowed no yield to intimidation. Anthony Aden and Pierre Laval pressed Italian delegate Alotsi to accept exclusive Ethiopian privileges in exchange for unity in Europe. Rome accuses Britain of aiding war material shipments via British Somaliland. Haile Selassie buys a large fleet of bombing planes from Turkey.
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League’ Af ‘Nations ‘Council
Anthony Aden
Pierre ‘Laval
Baron Alotsi
Ethiopia
Europe
Geneva
Mussolini
Rome
Pacific Fleet YA Suffer Fatal Seaplane Crash
A seaplane crash 40 miles south of Midway Island killed all six aboard. Victims: Lieut. Harry Brandenburger, Lieut. Charles J. Kelly, Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate P. C. Lites, Chief Radioman M. Derry, First Machinist's Mate P. J. Protean, Third Machinist's Mate Q. A. Sharpe.
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Harry Brandenburger
Charles J. Kelly
P. C. Lites
Senate and House Debate Railroad Pension Bills Reform
G FaTOR Wagner of New York and Representative Crosser of Ohio offered identical railroad labor pension bills. The measures were drafted to address constitutional objections the Supreme Court raised against the previous law.
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New York
Representative Crosser
Ohio
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Supreme Court
Liberal Senators Walk Out During Chavez Swearing In
Dennis Chavez was sworn in as successor to the late Bronson Cutting in New Mexico when six liberal senators left the chamber in protest against efforts to unseat Cutting. The walkout included Hiram Johnson and William Borah, George Norris, Gerald Nye, Robert LaFollette, and Henrik Shipstead, all independents or progressives.
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Senate
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Chamber
Cutting
Hiram Johnson
California
William K. Borah
Idaho
George Norris
Nebraska
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
armer-Laborite
Tragedy as Maxim Gorky Destroyed in Moscow Collision
The Maxim Gorky, the world’s largest land plane, collided with a small training aircraft over a Moscow suburb. It collapsed from 20 feet, killing all 48 aboard and the small plane’s pilot. Most victims were engineers and workers from the Central Aerodynamic Institute and their families on a pleasure flight.
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USSIA
Maxim Gorky
Moscow
Central Aerodynamic Institute
Danish Prince Frederik and Ingrid Wedding in Stockholm
Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden wed in Stockholm before a brilliant assemblage. Four weeks of activities preceded the ceremony drawing great throngs to the Swedish capital.
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Frederik
Denmark
Ingrid
Sweden
Stockholm
Trade barriers and car prices in Paris and US factories
The piece discusses car pricing in Paris versus the United States, noting Strasbourg Ford production and higher European costs due to manufacturing scale rather than tariffs. It compares freight and dealer profits, argues trade barriers affect living standards, and touches on varied New Deal tax and policy debates and a Theodore Roosevelt anecdote.
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Strasbourg
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Ameren
Varig
France
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Dearborn
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Atlantic
New York
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North Sea
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