Supreme Court Packing Debate and Retirement Bill
The Senate approved a retirement bill for Supreme Court justices at age seventy on full pay, four senators voting against last minute. President Roosevelt supports court enlargement but it faces tough odds in the House amid ongoing political battle.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Bridges
New Hampshire
Bulow
South Dakota
Johnson
Calfornia
Moore
New Jersey
Sen
Pat McCarren
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
George
Georgia
Congress Opens Billion Dollar Family Housing Bill
Senator Robert F. Wagner and Representative Henry B. Steagall introduce a federal housing program to build 375000 family dwellings at about 4000 dollars each. The plan would loan up to 1 billion dollars to state or local authorities from 1937 to 1941, funded by bonds and overseen by a new United States Housing Authority, with 50 million in grants and loans up to 60 years. The bill emphasizes decentralization.
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Panama Canal
Congress
War Department
United States
Middle West
East
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Henry B. Steagall
Alabama
Senate
House
United States Housing Authority
Wagner
Steagall
Sit-Down Strikes Hit GM Plane Plant and Other Actions
The article reports sit-down strikes at the Douglas Aircraft plant in Monica California halting $24 million in government order airplanes and at Electric Boat in Groton Connecticut delaying Navy submarines. It notes arrests, court actions, and injunctions plus strikes at Fansteel in North Chicago and a large Woolworths contingent in Detroit. It also mentions Japan geisha workers seeking bargaining and Nippon Yusen Kaisha officers striking over the national flag.
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General Motors
John Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
California
Los Angeles
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Com
Navy
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
North
Chicago
Max Adelman
Wisconsin
Homer
Winds
Detroit
Woolworth
Japan
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Roosevelt urges sale of Bonneville power to back national policy
President Roosevelt writes to Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead urging prompt action to sell electric power from the Bonneville project on the Columbia River Oregon. He says the move could signal a national power policy and sides with the national power policy committee stance. In the TVA dispute he backs moving toward cooperation with existing power companies. Non-Operating Railway Brotherhoods Seek Raise.
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Roosevelt
Garner
Speaker Bankhead
Columbia River
Oregon
Committee On National Power Policy
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
Jesus Prays for His Followers and Unity
A devotional lesson on John 16 5 7 and 17 14 28 focusing on Jesus interceding for believers. It highlights the Holy Spirit's coming, sanctification through the truth, and the aim of unity in Christ. The piece urges consecration sanctification and glorification as paths to preserve faith and foster spiritual union.
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Jesus
God
Christ
Holy of Holies
City and Garden Rooted in Sacred Story
A columnist reflects that the Bible moves from the garden to a city, noting the garden as nearer to God’s heart while asserting the dwelling place of God is with people. The piece contrasts pastoral imagery with urban reach and faith.
Giving and Taking Orders Proverb Quotation
A quotation emphasizes that those who refuse orders cannot give them and those who refuse to serve cannot command. It argues leaders must follow, serve, and maintain silence when appropriate.
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Hubbard
Experiences of Life By Lydia Le Baron Walker
A reflective piece on how life is enriched by experiences from birth to death. It notes the value of events, the misperceptions of youth, learning from mistakes, and developing character through wise judgment and consideration of others. Bell Syndicate WIN Set.
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Lydia le Baron Walker
Bell Syndicate
Quotations on ambition humor and crime in education
The quoted lines span motives for achievement, defending humor amid trouble, and preferring imperfect order. They argue education against crime should be a priority in schools, attributed to Barton Sinclair Lewis LaGuardia and Hoover.
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Bruce Barton
Sinclair
Lewis
F. H. LaGuardia
F. Edgar Hoover
Armenia’s shifting boundaries and ethnic roots described
The article notes that present Armenia as a Socialist Soviet republic created in 1918 does not match the former Armenia, much of which is now in Turkey. It places ancient Armenia in Asia Minor and present Armenia in Europe, classifying Armenians as Caucasians of the Iranian branch of the Indo European family.
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Armenia
Turkey
Asia Minor
Europe
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International League of Aviators
Paris
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Oachim von Ribbentrop
London
Anthony Eden
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Great Britain
Department of Agriculture
Ohn S. Farnsworth
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District of Columbia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
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Harold L. Lundquist
Jean
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Roger Payor
Kid Onchestra
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