Plans for Democratic convention outlined in Philadelphia
Edward W. Pickard highlights the 1932 Democratic National Convention plans with Alben Barkley as temporary chair and Joseph Robinson as permanent chair. The piece notes speakers, officials, rule changes proposed by the committee, and Roosevelt's expected nomination close to Philadelphia. Also covered are naval maneuvers in the Pacific, Austrian political tensions, and global event snippets.
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Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Tyne
Josep T. Robinson
Arkansas
Barkley Tyage
John E. Mack
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jyne
Lee Barnes
Alabama
Borden Harriman
District of Columbia
Agnes Collins Dunn
New Hampshire
Edward C Halsey
Senate
Clarence Cannon
Farley
President Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Municipal Stadium
University of Pennsylvania
Convention Hall
Hopkins Relief Testimony Sparks National Debate On Aid
The Washington post analyzes Harry Hopkins testimony before Congress on March first, estimating 3.853 million people directly supported by federal relief and about ten million more by state and local aid. It argues relief policy is costly, mismanaged, and politically contested, calling for a fundamental overhaul beyond existing programs.
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Washington
Harry A. Hopkins
House Committee On Appropriations
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Mr. Hopkins
Congress
Executive Branch
Congressional
la Tollette
Wisconsin
Costigan
Colorado
Tate
Cutting
New Mexico
NRA
Piva
AAA
PWA
GWA
Civil Works Administration
CWA
FERA
Treasury
Messrs. Hopkins
Ickes
WPA
Works Progress Administration
United States
Unieg
Roosevelt Addresses National Democratic Club speech in New York
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT delivered a campaign style address before the National Democratic club in New York City advocating higher wages and prices to boost buying, while asserting safeguards against inflation. He critiqued critics and linked deficits to rising national income, and referenced a tax bill from the House Ways and Means committee amid partisan opposition. Green urged unions to stay nonpartisan, warning division could undermine labor goals.
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Roosevelt
National Democratic Club
New York City
Tammigny
al Smith
John J. Raskob
America
House
Ways and Means Committee
Green
Illiam Green
American Federation of Labor
Tions
Two Noted Writers Dead Winley Dunne and Percival ammond
In New York City two renowned writers died. Winley Peter Dunne creator of Mr Downey and famed for Willy sayings, and Percy Ammond longtime dramatic critic of the New York Herald Tribune, a leading voice among American commentators, pass away.
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Batis
America
Winley Peter Dunne
Mr. Dowley
Percy Ammond
New York
Feratd Tribune
New York City
Secret Panama Treaty Sparks Senate Scrutiny
Secret Panama treaty concerns RMY and navy officials over a pact text seen as promising only joint conversations rather than canal defense. It renounces Panama grants of lands outside U S jurisdiction, prompting calls for public release before Senate consideration and possible secret sessions to avoid international friction.
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Panama
RMY
Navy
Canal Zone
United States
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Hiram Johnson
Household tips from a bygone era span laundry to cooking
A garbled column offers practical hints on removing grease with warm soap, soaking fabrics in detergent, whitening shades with paint, pasting envelopes in cookbooks, and enhancing gravies and potatoes. It also notes ammonia wash for blankets, and celery kept crisp in a cheesecloth bag.
Stainless Steel Used To Clear River Bed In England
Stainless steel finds a new use in Lorkshire England where thin sheets will line the river bed to keep the channel of a new reservoir from being choked by moss and vegetation. The material originated in Sheffield, a key center of Britain's steel industry.
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Lorkshire
England
Canadian National Railways
Sheffield
Great Britain
Ferry-Morse Seeds Promote Universal Climate Suitability
Ferry-Morse Seed Co celebrates 80 years developing vegetable and flower seeds with 59,000 annual germination tests and 60,000 purity trials at Rochester Michigan and Salinas California breeding stations. The ad urges planting Ferry seeds in any climate and invites readers to request a free Home Garden Catalog from Detroit and San Francisco.
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Ferry-Morse Seed Co
Ferry-Morse Seed Breeding Institute
Rochester
Mich
Salinas
Cal
Ferry
Detroit
San Francisco
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Western News
George L. Berry
Nonpartisan League
American Federation of Labor Unions
Pacific
Panama Canal
Wnlls
Prince von Starhemberg
Kurt Schuschnigg
Baden
Austria
Italy
von Starhemberg
Heimwehr
Schuschnigg
Starhemberg
Ethiopie
Supreme Court
St. Joseph
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Louis D. Brandeis
Varlan FP
Stone
Benjamin Cardozo
Justice Brandeis
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Vandenberg
Michigan
Overton
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Secretary of War
Moose River
Nova Scoatia
D. E. Robertson
Toronto
GC. A. Scadding
Herman Magill
WAT American
National Association
National Press Bui
William Bruck
Washington, D. C
Myr. Hopkins
Aly. Hopkins
Mrr. Hopkins
Mr. Ickes
Portland
Bertrand Snell
Bel! Syndleste
Tyre
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