Supreme Court Packing Debate Moves Senate Action
Edward W. Pickard reports on the senate passage of the Sumners bill for voluntary retirement of Supreme Court justices at seventy on full pay, with four dissenters Bridges Bulow Johnson Moore. Roosevelt backs the measure though it isn’t part of his court enlargement plan amid bitter battle over broader reform.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Bridges
New Hampshire
Bulow
South Dakota
Johnson
California
Moore
New Jersey
Baer Johnson
Ben
Pat McCarren
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
George
Georgia
Harmon Awards for 1936 aviation figures announced in Paris
Hughes and Miss Joso Batten win Harmon trophies as outstanding man and woman in aviation for 1936 for land plane and solo South Atlantic flight. Jean Mermoz awarded Herman hero medal posthumously. Ernst Lehmann and Ernst Demuyter named world champions for dirigibles and spherical aircraft. Louise Thaden named outstanding woman pilot in the United States.
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Hughes
Jean Batten
Harmon
International League of Aviatars
Paris
Howard Hughes
Joso Batten
New Zealand
United States
Miss Batten
South Atlantic
Herman
Jean Mermoz
South America
Ernst Lehmann
Germany
Ernst Demuyter
Louise Thaden
India
Roosevelt
Farm Experts Approve AAA as Co ordinator
Agricultural economists study the modified Agricultural Adjustment administration and its relation to key crops and livestock. A Brookings Institute report endorses AAA as a desirable addition to the nation's economic institutions.
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AAA
Pee
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Brookings Institute
President Urges States to Enact Soil Conservation Laws
President Roosevelt called on the governors of all states to pass soil conservation laws to supplement federal efforts against floods and dust storms. He sent a model bill from the Department of Agriculture creating soil conservation districts to run erosion projects with federal aid and set land-use regulations. States would need such laws to qualify for federal conservation funds.
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Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
General Motora
John Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
California
Los Angeles
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Conn
Navy
Fanateel Metallurgical Corporation
North
Chicago
Ill
Max Adelman
Wisconsin
Atong
Horner
Illinois
Detroit
Woolworth
Japan
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Ex Navy Officer Sentenced for Spying on Japan
Farnsworth, a former lieutenant commander in the United States Navy, pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell naval secrets to Japan. Judge Proler of the District of Columbia court sentenced him to four to twelve years in prison.
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Farnsworth
United States Navy
Japan
Justice Progler
District of Columbia
Congress Getz Billion Dollar Housing Bill Enacted
Congress and the administration push a billion dollar housing program for "families of low income" with loans to state and local authorities totaling 1.001 billion from 1987 to 1941, raised by bonds and a new United States Housing Authority, plus 50 million in grants. The plan aims to build 375000 dwellings at about $4000 each, with 60 year terms and a de centralized framework.
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Panama Canal
Congress
War Department
United States
Middle West
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Henry B. Steagall
Alabama
Senate
House
United States Housing Authority
Wagner
Steagall
Roosevelt Pushes Sale of Bonneville Power Output
President Roosevelt urged prompt action to sell electric power from the Bonneville project on the Columbia River in Oregon. He wrote to Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead, signaling a national power policy stance and aligning with a national policy committee report.
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Roosevelt
Housevelt
Garner
Speaker Bankhead
Columbia River
Oregon
Committee On National Power Policy
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
Non-Operating Railway Brotherhoods Seek Higher Wages
Non operating railway brotherhoods vote to demand wage increases following the example of operating trades. They seek raises averaging several cents per hour for members including conductors switchmen and brakemen across the system.
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Bremen
Uggs
Guo
Senate Deliberation Delays Roosevelt Court Plan Debate
In Washington House members hesitate on Roosevelt’s plan to enlarge the Supreme Court, awaiting Senate action amid fears of political reprisals. Public sentiment and local reports from home districts will shape votes, with Wheeler’s two thirds override proposal sparking alert to potential dictatorship concerns. The silver buying program and Morgenthau’s losses draw attention as lawmakers weigh constitutional change versus political risk.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Lssue
John Jones
Sam Smith
Bar Association
Labor Uniona
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Congress
NRA
High Court
Aesiiel W
Chen
Louis D. Brandeis
Benjamin N. Caredozo
Wheeler
Harding
White House
Privacy for the Windsors and public life in America
A London columnist argues the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Simpson will seek a quiet U S residence after marriage to escape attention. The piece muses on disguising fame, mentions Hollywood stars, and lampoons publicity, with broad cultural references to public figures and past scandals.
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Anta Monica
Calif
Duke of Windsor
Mrs. Simpson
United States
Ask Me Another General Quiz Bell Syndicate Item
A mixed Q and A page presents a 12 question general knowledge quiz with supplied answers. Topics include Revolutionary leaders, languages, type sizes, Lincoln birthplace, geographic terms, major US mountain systems, church offices, Europe Asia borders, old monetary terms, St Helena location, copper meanings, and Vedas.
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Bell Syndicate
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Europe
Asia
Island
St. Helena
Don’t Sleep on Left Side Affects Gas Pressure
An advertisement promotes Adlerika as a bowel cleanser claiming it relieves gas pressure, stomach discomfort, and sleep disruption. It asserts the product clears gas within one dose, mentions testimonials, and endorses a magnesium-like cleansing routine. The copy targets digestive issues and nervous symptoms with medical tone.
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