Roosevelt’s message frames veterans’ bonus debate and relief links
President Roosevelt argues that relief and recovery expenditures benefit all citizens including veterans. He outlines that adjusted service certificates carry a face value higher than the base bonus, with interest and deferred payment plans. He notes many veterans have borrowed against certificates and calls for informed, timely action on the bonus while tying it to recovery efforts.
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Burns
Capitol
Roosevelt
Representative Fuller
Arkansas
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Conbut
Roosevelt Replies On Bonus Issue To Texas Legion Leader
President Roosevelt states in a December 27 letter to Garland R. Farmer of the Henderson Texas American Legion post that advocates of paying cash bonuses to veterans may not have veterans interests at heart. The letter responds to Farmer’s inquiry about the bonus issue and is part of Roosevelt’s public stance on the matter.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Garland R. Farmer
American Legion
Henderson
Texas
Farmer
American Woman May Be Banished
An American woman faced possible banishment after baggage inspection in December. She argued poverty as motive to buy gifts, spoke with storm troopers in a station restaurant, insulted their uniforms, and claimed Hitler’s Jewish heritage provoking anger. Police arrested her despite her insistence on free speech.
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Storm Troopers
Hitler
Germany
Miss Littell
Consul Talked With U S Official in Frankfort Fun House
A jailed woman spoke with the United States consul at Frankfort on the Main. The jailer said she spends her time dancing and sleeping and that he felt hurt when she expressed fear of bed bugs in the cell.
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United States
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Burns Outlines Major Problems Facing Congress
The seventy fourth Congress faces tapering federal activities and social legislation. It must decide which retirement and unemployment plans to enact, extend National Industrial Recovery Act benefits, and weigh codes and collective bargaining features for continuation.
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Seventy-Fourth Congress
O'Malley Ouster Considered by State Board
State board members led by Gov Allen weighed firing Chief O Malley in an executive session amid accusations of lax enforcement and duty neglect. Telegram cited sickness keeps O Malley from appearing as witnesses and hearings were closed to reporters. Air mail totals for early 1934 show a rise over the prior year.
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Wimberly
O’malley
Commission
Allen
John B. Fournet
E. A. Conway
L. F. Guerre
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Gov. Allen
O'Malley
Long
Fournet
How To Relieve Headaches In Three Minutes
A newspaper advertisement promotes B. C. a pharmacist made remedy claimed to relieve violent headaches in minutes. It is said to ease muscular pains colds neuralgia fever and nervous distress without opiates or habit forming drugs and comes in 10 and 25 cent packages.
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B. C
Snell Outlines Republican House Policy in 1935
Representative Bert H. Snell of New York argues Republicans will not block opposition proposals but will judge each issue on merit. He supports limited job insurance, warns against unlimited currency inflation, and urges reducing government expenditures to restore financial soundness.
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Bertrand H. Snell
Associated Press
Washington
New House
House
New York
Attorney Audley Shands Dies of Heart Attack in Cleveland
In Cleveland Mississippi Attorney Audley Shands age 56, a leading state lawyer, died at his home early today from a heart attack. The story notes his prominence in the state's legal community and his sudden passing.
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Cleveland
Miss
Audley Shands
Francis Beauty School Ad at 206 Jackson Street
Mrs J L Francis proprietor advertises Francis Beauty School located at 206 Jackson Street with phone number 3202.
Senator Robinson to Test Leadership at Conference
Senator Robinson of Arkansas said he would test his position as senate Democratic leader at a party conference Wednesday. He announced after a steering committee meeting that the step would allow all Democratic senators, especially new members, to express their choice.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Ecuadoran Envoy Ernesto Chacon Found Dead in NYC
Ernesto Chacon, newly appointed Ecuadoran minister to Germany, was found dead in New York City with no signs of violence. He had just arrived in the U S with his wife and child and was en route to Berlin via London and Washington, with consular officials arranging the identification and funeral.
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Chacon
Berlin
London
England
Ecuador
Nancy
Santa Barbara
Washington
C. E. Alfaro
Ernesto Chacon
New York
Germany
Notebooks Used in Kidnap Case Key to Ransom Trail
The shoe box belonging to Isadore Fisch and Hauptmann’s ledgers are cited as crucial evidence. Authorities say the ledgers reveal routine expenses and the early records of the ransom money. Investigators traced how the ransom funds moved in and out of Hauptmann’s control from these accounts.
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Isadore Fisch
Hauptmann
Details Surface on Kidnapping Case and Thumbguard Evidence
Testimony describes a thumbguard found on a sleeping suit used in a kidnapping. The state contends the tied tape indicates the abductor knew the infant would not be returned for ransom. Miss Gow plans to recount how she laid the baby to sleep that night.
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Miss Gow
Trenton Morgue Scene Identifies Child's Body By Lindbergh
Months ago the horror of the missing child unfolds as authorities locate the tragedy and Col. Lindbergh leads the identification in the Trenton morgue, confirming the victim.
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Trenton
Col. Lindbergh
Woodmen Aid Survive Wreck Victims After 61 Hours
Four crash victims found after a 61 hour search led by woodsmen Pertello and Floyd Krueger with state police and guards. The group held two survivors at the wreck site while air crews located Ernest Dryer, Del Dryer, J H Brown, and R W Hambrook in 30 below weather. Ground rescue reached them near midnight eight miles from Hoffmeister.
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Meister
Pertello
Floyd Krueger
National Guard
Ernest Dryer
Del
J. H. Brown
Boston
American Airlines
R. W. Hambrook
Washington, D. C
John
Charles
Krueger
Hoffmeister
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