English policy and Paris unrest dominate Brisbanes page
England backs away from Mussolini over Ethiopia and sees foreign trade damaged by its gamble. Paris sees a new anti scarcity movement as citizens chant the Internationale and tourists falter with high prices. M Gerard warns France must lower costs for foreigners and restore hospitality to visitors.
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M. Gerard
France
M. Gerrard
Isas
Tish
Nce
Bastille
Lafayette
Woodrow Wilson
Champs
Fnt
President Roosevelt Denounces War at Chautauqua
In a Chautauqua address Roosevelt assails war and violations of international agreements while warning of hostile neighbors. The report notes reactions from Germany and Latin American papers, and highlights a separate federal wheat outlook and Spanish Civil War coverage.
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Chautauqua
Roosevelt
N. Y
Railroads Seek Freight Rate Increase From ICC
Washington meeting of Class I railroad executives voted to petition the Interstate Commerce Commission for an advance in freight rates to replace expiring surcharges and to cover rising road expenses. The request also seeks relief on long and short haul clauses in commodity classifications.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
No New Taxes Promise for Year
A conference of President Roosevelt, Chairman Harrison, Chairman Doughton, and Secretary Morgenthau outlined the administration's fiscal program for the coming year. They pledged no new taxes or tax-rate increases. They called for Treasury and congressional study to eliminate inequitable taxes, aiming to curb consumer and trade inequities. They projected that with continued recovery revenue will soon cover government costs and yield a surplus to reduce the public debt.
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Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
House Ways and Means Committee
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Assuranhe
Congress
Treasury
Congressional
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White House
Republican National Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
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New Deal
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Equity suit challenges constitutionality of commodity act
William S. Moore of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange filed in federal court in Chicago an Equity suit attacking the Commodity Exchange Act as unconstitutional and regulating intrastate commerce. Defendants include Henry A. Wallace Leslie A. Fitz Daniel C. Roper Homer S. Cummings Michael L. Igoe and Ernest J. Kruetgen.
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Commodity Exchange Act
Federal District Court
Chicago
William S. Moore
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Exchange
Henry A. Wallace
Agriculture
Leslie A. Fitz
Commodity Exchange Administration
Daniel C. Roper
Secretary of
Commerce
Homer S. Cummings
United States
Michael L. Igoe
Northern Illinois
Ernest J. Kruetgen
Mr. Moore
Drouth Study Urges Migration From Great Plains
R C W Thornthwaite, former Oklahoma climatologist, argues in a study for the University of Pennsylvania that 59,000 people should leave damaged farms across the Great Plains. He says wind erosion has affected 65 percent of the region and a long term program to restore wheat land could curb dust storms. He warns the drought could last 20 years and calls for 12,610 Montana families to move, plus 12,200 from Texas and 7,360 from North Dakota with heavy removals in South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Wyoming and Colorado.
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Drouth
R. C. W. Thornthwaite
University of Oklahoma
Great Plains
University of Pennsylvania
Thornthwaite
Plains
Canadian
Texas Panhandle
Texas
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Colorado
Borah and Robinson Win Senate Nominations
Idaho Republican Borah and Arkansas Democrat Robinson secure renomination with little opposition. Borah defeats Byron Defenbach, backed by Townsendites. Democratic foe in November is Governor Ben Ross. AFL, via Non Partisan Labor league, refuses to back a candidate this fall and will publish reports on the two leaders.
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Borah
Robinson
Senate
William E. Borah
Idaho
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Byron Defenbach
Townsendites
Ben Ross
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Federation
Labor League
Elt
Green
Neca
Roosevelt Taxes Plan Faces Public Debate and Skepticism
President Roosevelt advocates no new taxes and notes recoverable assets totaling up to 8.75 billion dollars to offset the public debt. Critics question repayment prospects and fear future cancellation or debt relief could trigger local tax increases and political pressure. The analysis compares the loans from multiple New Deal agencies and their potential impact on current spending.
Presidential year sparks a cigar industry boom
The piece notes that presidential election years boost cigar making, citing 1888 and 1920 as examples with large increases. It argues campaign spending, estimated around 40 million dollars, fuels employment and media activity, with Chicago’s election returns process described alongside celebratory cigars.
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Harrison
Havana
Chicago
Board of Election Commissioners
City News Bureau
Crop droughts and political fate in 1936 election
The piece links crop yields to party fortunes, noting historical drought-driven shifts such as 1833 and 1874. It observes 1934 drought as a test and cites dry winds damaging spring wheat in the Dakotas and Montana, with attention to Hamilton Farley Lemke and a Western Newspaper Union note.
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Democratic Party
Martin van Buren
Congress
Dakotas
Montana
Messrs
Hamilton and Farley
Lemke
Western Newspaper Union
Hotel Registers Spotlight 19th Century Publicity
The piece notes 1840 American hotel registers as a stage for publicity where guests listed names addresses business and opinions including presidential choices while proprietors criticized guests with sharp phrases and judgments. It cites Collier's Weekly on the era’s colorful and intrusive practices.
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Hotel Register
American Hotel Registers
Collier's Weekly
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