New Deal Year Ends Amid Debate Over Recovery Efforts
The first year of FDRs New Deal closes with controversy over NRA and relief programs, while the economy shows improvement. The plan splits into emergency recovery actions and permanent structural changes, including public works, mortgage refinancing, TVA, Devalued dollar, and securities law efforts.
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National Recovery Administration
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Reconstruction Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt Year of Office Praised by European Leaders
European leaders welcomed President Roosevelt's first year in office praising his energetic efforts and views on economics and reform. American monetary plans drew curiosity and some doubt from orthodox French economists while Germany and France offered cautious optimism about his bold actions inspiring hope. A separate Chicago murder report notes Eli Daiches, advertising agency head, shot in his car by unseen gunmen as investigations begin.
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Roosevelt
Germany
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
France
Chicago
Eli Daiches
Daiches
Sherry Hotel
Art Institute, Chicago Historical Society
Field Museum of National History
Jewish Charities
Samuel Daiches
London
Powers Agency
Leeds
Yorkshire
Eng
Rabbi Israel Daiches
Prussia
United States
Counter Assault Fire On GOP Charges Spark Congressional Battle
Washington dispatch notes a Republican campaign push to curb Democratic majorities while an independent Republican counterattacks. The GOP critique accuses Roosevelt policies of untested pledges and economic uncertainty, while Senator Johnson defending the administration calls for acknowledgment of progress and relief.
Progressives Select Butler Leader in North Carolina GOP
The North Carolina Progressive Republicans chose Ward F. Butler of Winston-Salem as permanent chairman to lead the party and replace James Duncan of Greensboro. Boone Tillette of Charlotte was named secretary. About 200 delegates attended, endorsing a move to rebuild the party and oppose tax increases while urging delegates to back the best candidate for the progressive element. The group adjourned to reconvene in Charlotte ahead of the state convention.
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Ward F. Butler
Winstonem
Republican Party
North Carolina
James Duncan
Greensboro
Boone Tillette
Lotte
Uder
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Mean
Ilotte
Charlotte
Death of James M. Bell UNC dean of applied science
James M. Bell dean of the University of North Carolina School of Applied Science died of a heart attack in Clearwater Florida at age 63. He had been a UNC faculty member 24 years and dean five years. Born April 19 1880 in Chesley Ontario he studied at Parkdale Toronto University of Toronto and Cornell. He married Mary E Brawner in Washington.
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Mar
James M. Bell
Hool of Applied Science
University of North Carolina
Clearwater
Dean Bell
Florida
Bell
School of Applied Science
Canada
John Chariton
Hannah Munsie Bell
Chesley
Ont
Can
United States
Parkdale Collegiate Institute
Toronto
University of Toronto
Cornell University
Toronto University
Cornell
Sage
U. S. Bureau of Soils
Washington
Mary E. Brawner
City
North Carolina Receives $6.71 Million in Federal Relief
Federal relief chief Harry L. Hopkins said North Carolina obtained $6,709,990 in grants from May 22, 1933, to February 28, 1934. Most funds supported general relief with $5,950,990, plus $604,000 for commodity purchases, $80,000 for transient relief, and $75,000 for educational work. February alone totaled $845,000.
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Washington, Mar
Harry L. Hopkins
North Carolina
England Sets Path in Disarmament Plea Amid EU Pressure
London reports a British plan aiming for a Geneva disarmament accord with arms supervision and parity for Germany. Britain expects American support if Geneva talks fail, while France and Germany resist concessions and Italy conditionally backs British ideas. Captain Eden discussed the scheme with European leaders.
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France
Germany
Britain
Italy
Anthony Eden
Privy Seal
Berlin
Paris
Rome
Reich
Geneva
United States
London
Dillinger Escapes Lake County Jail In Bold Breakout
John Dillinger, wanted for multiple killings, slipped from the so called escape proof Lake County jail in Crown Point Indiana using a wooden pistol fashioned in his cell. He fled into the Chicago area as a large posse closes in.
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John Dillinger
Indiana
Crown Point
Ind
Desperado
Lake County
Liberty
Chicago Counsidé
House Insurgents Fail To Block NRA Labor and Banking Moves
President Roosevelt strengthens labor protection orders as an executive action and boosts the National Labor Board. Secretary Morgenthau seeks capital data from 112 banks to spur industrial revival. In Congress, the Fletcher Steagall bill passes despite insurgent opposition, extending bank-backed currency authority for one year.
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Washington
Mar
NRA
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Roosevelt
National Labor Board
Morgenthau
the Treasury
Hughs. Johnson
White House
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House
Brown
Kentucky
Patman
Texas
Sumners
D-Tex
Senate
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Steagall
D-Ala
Banking Committee
Representative Parker
D-Ga
Cabinet Honors Roosevelts at Dinner Tonight
Washington March 3 The entire official family prepares for tomorrow night’s dinner with President and Mrs Roosevelt as guests of cabinet members and wives. A new deal news reel review screens inaugural day pictures to evoke last year’s banking crisis and Capitol Hill march. Vice President Garner hosts the group of about a hundred, with Swanson included despite illness. Mrs Ickes and Mrs Farley plan to attend, and Garner faces another long night dining out despite his dislike of dinner jackets.
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Mar
Mr. Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Garner
Swanson
Navy Hospital
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Illinois
Farley
New York
Wake Forest fires prompt student questioning
Wake Forest investigators questioned several students in a city courtroom as a probe into a string of suspicious early morning fires continued. Bloodhound tracks led from the Wake Forest Country club house ruins to Hunter dormitory, with two students named as occupants of a third floor room. Guards were posted at college buildings as a fire bug theory persisted.
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Wake Forest
Mar
Wake Forest College
W. A. Scott
Greensboro
Wake Forest Country Club
Hunter
D. B. Teachy
Rose Hill
Paul T. Byrum
Tyner
Wingate Hall
College
Doris Duke Inherits Additional 214 417
Miss Doris Duke, now of age, received an extra 214417 from her mother in a final accounting of James B. Duke estate. Mrs Nanaline Duke, guardian, filed the accounting, which Judge John F. Reger approved in Somerville New Jersey.
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Somerville, N. J
Doris Duke
James B. Duke
Nanaline Duke
John F. Reger
Roosevelt urges permanent program to cure body politic year anniversary speech
President Roosevelt marks his first anniversary in office by calling for a permanent plan to eradicate illnesses of the body politic. He praises national interest in government, urges trained personnel in public life, and cautions against a national bureaucracy. The address was given at American University during Dr. Joseph M. M. Gray's installation as chancellor. The President and Dr. Harold W. Dodds and William Fraser McDowell received honorary degrees.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American University
United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Joseph M. M. Gray
Gray
Harold W. Dodds
Princeton
William Fraser McDowell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dillinger Elated Over Jail Break
John Dillinger left Lake County jail feeling elated after incapacitating guards with a wooden gun he claimed to have used to force their surrender. He held the improvised weapon aloft and laughed at the success of the escape.
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Crown Point
Ind
Mar
John Dillinger
Lake County
Wynekoop Trial Nearing Close
Chicago March 3 Dr Alice Lindsey Wynekoop exhausted after collapsing on the witness stand during cross examination in the second trial for the murder of her daughter in law Rheta She was helped from the courtroom and returned to the stand after rough handling by the defense and jail officials Prosecutor Dougherty planned five rebuttal witnesses for Monday as the defense signaled completion of its case
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Chicago
Mar
Alice Dhindsay Wynekoop
Rheta
Catherine
Frank McNamara
W. W. Smith
Charles 8. Dougherty
Socialist Leader Urges Leavenworth Draft Refusal
Norman Thom, former Socialist presidential candidate, told a Baltimore audience that people should go to Leavenworth before accepting army service. The speech, held under Johns Hopkins and Goucher liberal clubs, framed the draft as a political issue.
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Baltimore
Mar
Leavenworth
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Johns Hopkins University
Goucher College
Caldwell given 40 to 180 year term in bond scandal case
Leland C. Caldwell was sentenced to 40 to 180 years in the state penitentiary after being convicted in Kansas of involvement in the million dollar bogus bond scandal.
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Pera
Kan
Leland C. Caldwell
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