River Improvement Could Shape Congress on Transport Regulation
The improvement of rivers and inland waterways will likely influence congressional action on government regulation of transportation, signaling broader policy shifts.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1935
Page
3
The improvement of rivers and inland waterways will likely influence congressional action on government regulation of transportation, signaling broader policy shifts.
A compact review of veteran bonus legislation from 1920s battles and later attempts. It traces 1924 compromise terms for adjusted compensation and cash payments, details loan and interest changes, and notes Roosevelt era attempts to set policy against future pension payments.
Clarence Puckingstone Jessup, the purple loving valet, is caught in a morning scandal when Kenneth Rossiter returns home to find his wife away and Jessup confronting a dangerous mix of desire and duty. After a dramatic fallout, Jessup quits but is invited back, with a revealing miscommunication exposed.
The thirtieth annual Waterways Issue meeting of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress gathers advocates from many states to urge federal funds from a four billion Works bill. Supported projects include ports, inland canals, erosion control, flood protection, and water resource utilization. The event focuses on the Upper Mississippi nine foot channel and probes calls for a waterways super-commission amid broader transportation regulation debates.
The Des Moines convention of the Farmers Holiday association shows third party support for the La Follette movement may be a liability or an asset. Some delegates favored a new party with communistic ideas, prompting Milo Reno to eject communists. Governor La Follette denies backing communism or socialism. The Farmers Holiday faction could push the progressive party leftward and inject a divided membership into the new movement.
A compact survey traces May Day meaning from festive Maypole dances to political rioting, then highlights National Child Health Day since 1928 as a strong public health move. The piece lightly references Goering’s honeymoon, Ludendorff, Joan Crawford, and the aging term OK while noting oddities in Utopia with tax and anesthesia choices.
Huey Long argues he offers the genuine New Deal remedy in unrefillable bottles, contrasting with Roosevelt’s conservative tilt. He and the president reportedly shared the idea but differed in execution, Long claiming a return to the original purpose of wealth redistribution to the people.
O C McIntyre catalogs New York mixed with social notes on the deteriorating 42nd Street block from Times Square to beyond, noting tarnished theaters, cafes, and street life while counting prominent visitors like Sinclair Lewis and Joseph Hergesheimer. He highlights a possible revival with a new Hammerstein site theater and cautions about the eroding urban glamour. Neighborhood anecdotes include hotel telephone workers and aging elites such as Mrs Kendall and Col Creighton Webb.
Prohibition agents seized 200 gallons of moonshine whisky 500 gallons of mash a still and full equipment in a residence at 1103 South Fourth Street The raid occurred yesterday afternoon marking a record crackdown in the city mayor Verdistas Union Station committee meets this evening to select delegates for talks with railroad officials on a union passenger station nearby.
Lawrence reports a broad shift in sentiment against the Roosevelt administration among lawmakers across parties. Many Democrats and Republicans now view the New Deal with concern over NRA, labor disputes, and vast spending, while Jeffersonian Democrats gain strength in favor of states’ rights. The Senate debate over centralized federal power and socialistic policies signals widening factional divides within the Democratic Party and rising opposition from business leaders and the Chamber of Commerce.
A whimsical piece notes a lie detector might help wives coping with husbands staying up with ill friends, hinting at frequent overhauls. Mee West quips about remembering whom she married. The item mentions windbreaks as a remedy for dust alerts and that farmers crave a break from rain.
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