Roosevelt calls for court packing to save constitution
President Roosevelt urges action to reform the Supreme Court saying the court has overstepped its role and threatens constitutional balance. He cites two opposing camps and asserts the need to align the court with legislative policy, while Congress and AG Cummings defend the plan.
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Burke
Dieterich
Ilinois
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Chicago
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Springfield
Robert Jackson
High Tribunal
Twilight of Knee Pants and Fashion Wry Notes
A satirical roundup on evolving dress codes from ANTA MONICA to Hollywood glamour, noting diplomats shedding half-breeches, gold plumes, and platypus hats. Also a harsh look at Ethiopia’s war crimes under Graziani and public figures’ shifting fortunes and reputations.
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Anta Monica
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Solomon
Battle Over Supreme Court Plan Draws Strange Bedfellows
National columnist observes fierce fight sparked by President Roosevelt's push to add six justices to the Supreme Court. alliances form across parties, fears of political manipulation grow, while public opinion channels through radio and letters to Congress.
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Westbrook Pegler
Hornaday and Requa Remembered in Obituaries and Public Life
Obituaries note the death of R. William T. Hornaday at 82 in Stamford C on his role as first director of the New York Zoological Park and wildlife conservation advocate. They also mark Mark L. Requa, California GOP leader and wartime U S Fuel Administration official, who shaped West Coast politics and the oil division. Separate commerce data show January meat imports set records due to drought and crop controls, led by pork from Canada as total meat imports rose sharply from 1935 and 1936 levels.
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W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
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American Federation of Labor
William Green
Steel
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Francisco Franco
Madrid
Guadalajara
Tajuna
Tajo
Jose Miaja
Cadiz
International Neutrality Committee
Spain
Mar Cantabrico
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Mar Contrabrico
Ferrol
R. William T. Hornaday
America
Stamford
Conn
New York Zoological Park
Doctor Hornaday
Mark L. Requa
Los Angeles
California
Department of Commerce
William A. Gearhart
Eye Pupil Reactions Linked to Vision and Drug Effects
A cross eyed person can be farsighted when pupils turn inward or nearsighted when they turn outward. Wide pupil dilation often signals belladonna or atropine use, while pinpoint pupils indicate excessive morphine use.
The Choicest Man and The Wise Reader
A quotation emphasizes choosing the choicest man by signs of use and age on books and readers. An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets made of May Apple as effective for removing accumulated body waste.
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Dr. Pierce
Talent and Genius: Distinct Power and Possibility
A concise reflection on talent as a man's power and genius as what governs that power. The quote contrasts inherent capacity with the higher force shaping how that capacity is used in life.
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Lowell
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