Sutherland Retires as Supreme Court Ends Liberal Shift
Justice George Sutherland retires approaching age 76 after 15 years on the Supreme Court, enabling Roosevelt to shape a liberal majority with justices Brandeis Cardozo and Black. The retirement stirs debate over court packing and the balance with conservative bloc leaders. Meanwhile TVA debates and utility cases continue in Washington, with Norris urging further regional planning and investigations.
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Unemployment Surges as Senate Panel Seeks Solutions
The piece notes 7,882,912 unemployed in November with 2,001,877 in emergency relief and 0,870,000 additional found by canvassers. A Senate committee asks why unemployment rose and how to tackle it, citing figures from census administrator John D. Biggers and urging input from officials and industry leaders. It also recounts Betty Jean Boggs of Charleston West Virginia burned by a gas stove accident in January 1935 and her dramatic recovery with public sympathy from across 23 states.
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Helium Export Cleared for German Air Ship Venture
Congress approved helium export rules after hydrogen disaster. A batch of 17,990,000 cubic feet from Amarillo Texas was cleared for shipment to Germany to inflate the LZ 130 sister ship, with Europe U S air ship service set to resume in spring.
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Ford Motor Company fights rehearing over layoff ruling
Ford lawyers petitioned for a rehearing after the board did not reinstate 29 former engine plant workers as ordered. They argued Michigan law enforcement failed against sit downs and alleged union membership. The board refused the rehearing and planned to seek a court order to enforce its decision.
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Cargo-Moving Fight Halts Seven Seattle Ships
Longshoremen and employers remain deadlocked over cargo handling contracts causing seven large ships to halt activity at Seattle harbor. Dispute centers on whether cargo may be moved between ships or must be transferred to a wharf before reloading.
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Football Bowls Show Defense Dominates New Year Games
The New Year games reveal elite defensive play with low scoring. Rose Bowl Califor nia 13 defeated Alabama 0 while Cotton Bowl Colorado 14 over Colorado 28 lost to Utah?
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Hats Take New Shapes at National Shoe Fair in Chicago
Frances McFadden notes fashion trends with hats growing odder featuring low flat crowns and shoes with strawberry toe straps and raspberry heels showcased among new styles at the National Shoe Fair in Chicago.
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Yacht tragedy and outlaw captures unfold in wartime headlines
A yacht voyage off California ends in murder and brutality aboard as Dwight Faulding is killed by Jack Morgan who seizes control. Two sailors beat Morgan to death and toss him overboard while three women and a boy endure four days at sea before rescue. Jail terms loom for the mutinous crew. In North Carolina, J Edgar Hoover proclaims a crackdown as two of eight top outlaws are seized on a street, Wash Turner and Bill Payne, both charged with murder kidnapping and bank and highway robbery.
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Governor White Calls for Broad Tax Relief in Mississippi
Governor White proposed lifting all taxes on homes in Mississippi. Senator Carter Glass of Virginia celebrated his 80th birthday with a formal senate acknowledgment. The item mix also notes a fatal bank of mishap and various legal cases across several cities.
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Rumani aires Jews and French worry mix in Europe
The piece notes rising anti semitism in Romania under Octavian Goga as Jewish presses are shut and laws curb Jewish rights. It cites Jewish populations across Germany Austria Poland and Palestine and reports on Britain plans for a Palestine commission as tensions grow with France and the Rome Berlin axis gaining influence.
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Tigers and rail aims mark two fronts in Asia and Spain
Reports describe Japanese forces pressing toward a rail link in China as Chiang Kai-shek strengthens defenses and propaganda tightens control. In Spain icy roads hinder fighting on the eastern front where insurgents push a counter offensive around Teruel and Madrid evacuation orders loom.
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Notable British and American political and science figures named
Sir Robert Vansittart is appointed to a new post as chief adviser to Foreign Secretary Eden. U S senator nominee Lister Hill, a war veteran and lawyer, is chosen by Alabama Democrats after 14 years in the House. Dr. O R White of the Rockefeller Institute wins a 1000 prize for discovering tomato root sap pumping to 200 feet. News notes cover wartime casualties in Spain including Edward J. Neil and fellow reporters Bradish Johnson and E R Sheepshanks.
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Egypt's Nahas Deposed as Premier by King Farouk
The Egyptian king dismissed Mustafa Nahas-Pasha after a parliamentary majority opposed his nationalist stance and demanded disbanding a youth group. Mohamed Mahmoud formed a new cabinet but parliament’s confidence vote failed. Nahas ignored the setback and remained premier.
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Coming Up Sunday National Aeronautical Plan a Conference opens
Greece's heir Prince Paul and Princess Frederika of Brunswick to wed in Athens as a White House reception for the Supreme Court hints at high level events. Russia's new parliament meets, while Herbert Hoover addresses Republican women in New York.
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Congressmen critique Roosevelt plan in early New Deal outline
I D R s program outlines agency priorities with sections on Foreign Affairs Agriculture Wages and Hours Finances and Business Cooperation. It contrasts with Congress debates on budgets for the coming year detailing receipts outlays and potential debt.
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