Washington price trends and policy shifts in 1936
This week's Washington news covers the Senate rejecting an anti-lynching bill, the House passing a $250 million relief bill, and a mixed view on prices. It notes 1936 price rises, gold flows, and a sterilization attempt, plus changes to gold custody and credit. The farm bill passes, forestry and marketing controls start, and experts debate effects on prices and farmers’ income.
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Washington News
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Uncle Sam
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McNary
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
McAdoo
Agriculture Department
AAA
Louis Bean
Presidents study nine new super highways plan across America
The president weighed a nine highway network costing about 8.0 billion dollars with tolls or land deals to fund it. A federal court upheld a South Carolina weight limit on trucks, while slum clearance housing could use cheaper sites though eradication remains required. Picketers at Edgewater Beach hotel were removed after a laundry delivery murder led to a hotel picketing ban.
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Zecnevert
America
Lincoln era politics and a violent spree in Madison County
The report links Republican rallying across states with comments by Vermont Governor Aiken and Michigan Senator Vandenberg praising Lincoln as a coalitionist. It notes distractions from Dan Kite’s illegal dice game, his wife Irene’s violence, and a local public rebuke. It also covers Paul A Wright’s murder trial in Los Angeles and a later verdict of manslaughter with insanity finding.
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Aiken
G.O.P
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New Hampshire
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New York
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White
Ohio
Halleck
Indiana
Short
Missouri
Dirksen
Illinois
Abraham Lincolns
Dan Kite
Madison County
Dan
Irene
Paul A. Wright
Los Ageles
Wright
Arms race dominates Washington talks on world disarmament
In Washington discussions on disarmament, leaders clash over whether nations such as Britain and Russia should expand fleets while Japan bars disclosure of warship data. Roosevelt and Hull weigh in as congressional members urge inviting world statesmen to renew efforts amid rising defense spending and fears of fascist spread.
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London
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Progressive Education Association
Joseph P. Kennedy
Senate
White House
War voices across leaders echo in tense quotes
Mrs. Roosevelt, Stalin, and Rear Admiral Hepburn offer stark lines on force and defense. The quotes touch on power, aid to workers, and naval strategy amid ongoing global conflict.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Arthur J. Hepburn
Hawaii Statehood Debate Amid International Turmoil
A joint congressional committee says Home Hawaii meets all requirements but should not be admitted now due to unsettled global affairs. The report notes a significant Japanese population in Hawaii and discusses potential independence timing for the Philippines. It also covers floods in Michigan and California, London weather jests, a vibrator earthquake foundation method, and the La Follette campaign against venereal disease with Surgeon General Parran’s warning. The Senate subcommittee approved the bill.
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O'Malley
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LaFollette
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Parran
Senate
U.S. Flying Fortresses Headed for Buenos Aires on Good Will Flight
Reports note six U. S. "flying fortresses" journeying toward Buenos Aires as part of a goodwill mission. Other items show Des Moines voting against a city manager form of government and a Italian airliner with 14 aboard missing in a Mediterranean storm.
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New York
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Henry L. Stimson
Michael Francis Ogle
International Court of Arbitration
Ishbel MacDonald
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Norman Ridgley
Helen Hicks
Whitney Harb
Little Rock
Ark
O. O. McIntyre
Admiral Aly , Grason
American Red Cross
N Sedoff
Leon Trotsky
Luigi Cardinal Capotesti
Friday Great Lakes states conference Detroit article
The court will hear final arguments on baby derby claims in Detroit as part of the Great Lakes states conference. Toronto is noted in coverage of related proceedings.
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Toronto
Women seek half million derby prize split in Toronto court
Four mothers with nine children each contest a $500000 derby prize in Toronto court and two others’ claims remain undecided. Labor Secretary Perkins calls Kennedy maritime reforms premature and warns of ruin if not ripe for conciliation. Compare to French wives denied civil rights, feminists push for voting rights following eight to eight Senate Judiciary votes on equal rights amendment.
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Labor
Perkins
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee
Three Cities Near China Coast Amid War Threats
A broad Tale Of Three Cities Kaifeng Sechow and Suchow are described as key stations in the Chinese corridor to the coast. Japanese forces mass near Paotow while rail crossroads Chengchow and Suchow figure in possible moves to sever China’s path to Russia.
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Sechow
Suchow
Aifeng
China
Chengchow
Paotow
Russia
Tokyo
Shanghai
Washington
Japan
Europe eyes the changing map as Austria edges toward Germany
A tumult of events from Vienna to Berlin unfolds as Hitler and Schuschnigg move toward a shift in Austria's status. Nazi ministers assume key posts, thousands of prisoners are freed, and Catholic and arch conservative factions feel pressure amid shifting alliances with Mussolini Greece Yugoslavia and Romania. Berlin hints at a unified German future while Britain France and Italy monitor and weigh their responses as Balkan Entente nations convene and colonial ambitions resurface in heated debate.
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Austria
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