Supreme Court Upholds Three New Deal Acts and Court Reform Talks
The Supreme Court upheld three New Deal measures, including a railway labor act provision on collective bargaining and the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage moratorium. A notable decision shifted on state minimum wage for women, while justices debated court-packing with compromise plans from Senator Hatch and others.
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Supreme Court
Washington State
New York
Owen J. Roberts
Sutherland
Butler
McReynolds
van Devanter
Hughes
Justice Stone
Virginian Railway Company
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Louis D. Brandely
Chrysler Strike Negotiations Bring Evacuation Agreement
Negotiations in Lansing led by Gov. Frank Murphy and C I O head John L Lewis produced a deal for eight Detroit Chrysler plants. Sitdown strikers must evacuate, and Chrysler will not resume production during talks. Chrysler rejects a single bargaining agency for all employees.
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Chrysler
Frank Murphy
Michigan
John L. Lewis
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Motor Corporation
State Capitol
Lansing
Detroit
General Motors
Lewis
Chrystle
Japan Rejects 14 Inch Limit on Naval Guns
Japan refused a British proposal to cap naval guns at 14 inch caliber unless Britain and the United States cut back their larger warships. Foreign Minister Naotake Sato relayed the decision to Sir Robert Clive, freeing Britain, the United States, and France to arm ships with 16 inch guns. Britain plans five new battleships with 14 inch guns but US engineers favor 16 inch calibers.
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Japan
Great Britain
United States
Sir Robert Clive
Tokio
Naotake Sato
America
Britain
France
United States Navy
Death of British poet and dramatist John Drinkwater
John Drinkwater, renowned British poet novelist and playwright died suddenly in his sleep at his London home. He was fifty four and in normal health prior to the heart attack. His historical plays gained wide attention in the United States including Abraham Lincoln and Robert E Lee. He had recently completed a million picture for the coronation of King George VI as author and producer.
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John Drinkwater
J HN Drinkwater
London
Drinkwater
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
George VI
Beir
Washington Friction Over Sit-Down Strikes and Court Fight
The new French ambassador Georges Bonnet faces questions on sit-down strikes and their origins, while in Washington debate rages over federal versus state power to handle labor action. The Wagner act likely unsettles, with a Supreme Court ruling expected, possibly limiting federal arbitration and pushing more authority to states. The Roosevelt administration pushes for expanded social spending and relief, while plans to enlarge the Supreme Court stall amid budget and inflation concerns.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Garner
Senate
Joe Robinson
Bankhead
House
Sam Rayburn
Robinson
Miss Perkins
Greenecretary OF Labor
Frances Perkins
Representative McCormack
Massachusetts
Secretary of Labor
United States of America
Perkins
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Washington
Georges Bonnet
France
M. Bonnet
Poland
Grover Cleveland
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
Mutus
Io Steel
Stari Héd
Indusin
Ggur- Ang
Ratiney Mens
Gy Wieluurils
High Court
Henry F. Ashurst
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Capitol Bill
Eccles
Ming Roosevelt
Ue Gyre
Hopbine Wiel
Previeig
Bebel Seeevetee Mea Beye
Justin
Llnyh
Uncommon Americans and the Poinsettia Link
A portrait of Joel R. Poinsett highlighting his diverse roles from diplomat and soldier to botanist and statesman. The piece traces his SC birth in 1778, law studies, Mexican and South American missions, and pivotal actions in South Carolina politics, the Seminole War, and the War Department. It notes his botany interest, the Poinsettia plant named for him, and his late life as a planter and science promoter until his 1851 retirement.
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Joel R. Poinsett
South Carolina
Madison
South America
American
Mexico
van Buren
Poinsett
Indian Territory
Antarctic
National Institute For the Promotion of Science and the Useful Arts
Smithsonian Institution
Brooklyn Bridge Jump Fame and Oddities Across Decades
A collage recalls the Brooklyn Bridge jumper Steve Brodie and the 1880s craze with daring falls and insurance gambles. It also notes early seances in Antelope Monica California, matrimonial law jokes, senatorial shifts, and a poker quarrel, ending with a note on tree rings and climate history.
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Brodie
Life Insurance Company
Himan
Broudie
Brooklyn
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Carl Hatch
New Mexico
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Hatch
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Harvard
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Walter F. Dodd
Chicago
Constitutional Authority
Henry M. Bates
Michigan University Law School
Gen. Pershing
Westminster Abbey
James W. Gerard
Germany
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Hugh Rodman
Curtis Bok
Philadelphia
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B. K. Fecht
Pennsylvania
Benjamin K. Fecht
Lewisburg
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International Committee On
Spain
Yvon Delbos
George Clerk
Guadalajara
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Grady
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Paw
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A. Gabe
Los Angeles
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Pacific Northwest
United States Department of Agriculture
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