Court plan faces challenge from Chief Justice Hughes
Chief Justice Charles E Hughes told the Senate judiciary committee that increasing the Supreme Court would not promote efficiency. He was joined by Justices Van Devanter and Brandeis in opposition to President Roosevelt’s plan as opponents push for compromise and a constitutional override proposal.
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Brandeis
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Montana
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Senate
Edward S. Corwin
Princeton
Burke
Tom Connally
Corwin
Connally
American Federation of Labor
I. O
William Green
Jess
Washington
High Court
Friends of the Plan
House
Mr. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
New England
Treasury objects to the Railway Pension Plan
Treasury department rejects the railway pension plan agreeing by railroad management and labor, saying taxes on employers and employees are too low to fund outlays. If income lags, the difference would come from general funds. Roose velt possibly to intervene. The voluntary plan imposes 2.5 percent payroll tax rising to 5 percent, with both sides backing it in Congress. It would supersede the 1855 retirement law now under court attack by the roads.
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Washiigton
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Federal Reserve System
Morgentheu
Washington
Sdminig Lration
Varius Department
Pope accuses Germany of breaking Concordat with Vatican
Pope Pius XI in a strong letter to German Catholics charges Nazi government with violating the 1933 concordat and fostering anti Christian movements. He says the church bears no fault if terms fail as the state reinterprets the accord and undermines its provisions. Hitler’s Voelkischer Beobachter hints the concordat could be cancelled by the Reich.
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Spanish Loyalists win on Guadalajara front
Loyalist forces push in heavy fighting on the Guadalajara front northeast of Madrid and seize Brihuega, the insurgents’ headquarters. In Madrid’s University City quarter and on the southern front the rebels prepare a bid on Pozoblanco, a key mining area for mercury, lead, sulphur and coal. Paris claims Germany aided fortifications along the Spanish Moroccan coast threatening British control of the Strait of Gibraltar.
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Brihuega
Pozoblanco
Paris
Strait of Gibraltar
London School Disaster In Texas Kills Nearly 500
Investigations into the explosion that destroyed a London Community school in east Texas progress with no definite cause yet. Witnesses indicate the use of “wet” gas from Parade Oil pipelines may have sparked the blast. the crash left most victims among pupils and teachers, many destroyed or injured.
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East
Texas
D. J L. Clark
Parade Oil Company
Clark
W. C. Shaw
John Murrell
Ofd
Benefit Promises and the Flaws of Public Ultimata
A satirical column notes benefits may be overhyped and crowded with amateurs posing as stars. It mocks last minute no shows, celebrity dabbling, and diary propaganda while lampooning public fundraisers and advertising tricks. It also rails at militarization, traffic carnage, and the need for humane, sane civic rules amid global conflict.
Happy Bluebirds Motifs for Linens Pattern 1315
Transfer pattern for bluebird motifs to adorn towels pillow cases scarfs or cloths. Includes two motif sizes 6 by 12 inches 6 by 7 inches and 5 by T inches plus four 3 by 5 inch motifs with color ideas and stitch guides. Send 15 cents for pattern 1315 to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft 82 Eighth Ave New York with name and address.
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Sewing Circle
Needlecraft Ee
Eighth Ave
New York
Wisdom On Mindful Living And Earned Authority
Thoughtful maxims on reading in small doses daily life value and love over wealth. Notes that wisdom is earned not conferred and pride can deter crime. Mentions men building fortune from humble starts and youth chasing fun in every chance.
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