Rainey dies in St Louis hospital at age near seventy four
Henry T. Rainey veteran Illinois congressman and speaker of the house dies unexpectedly in a St. Louis hospital while believed recovering from bronchial pneumonia. He was near seventy four and had served in Congress since 1902 with one term lost in the Harding landslide. Roosevelt attended his funeral in Carrollton.
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Jenry T. Rainey
Ilinois
St. Louis
Mr. Rainey
Congress
Harding
John Nance Garner
House
Rainey
Washington
I le
Burns Seen As Likely Speaker In After Rainey Era
The race to succeed Rainey includes Joseph W. Burns of Tennessee favored by many liberals in the New Deal faction. Sam Rayburn of Texas is viewed as floor leader by liberal observers, with other candidates John E. Rankin William B Bankhead and John J O Connor also in the field. The administration stays neutral, avoiding entanglement with powerful party figures.
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Peaker
Rainey
Joseph W. Burns
Tennessee
Democratic National Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Burns
Rayburn
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
William B Bankhead
Alabama
John J. O'Connor
New York
House
Ruainey
Congress
Roosevelt alters NRA plan amid power dispute in Washington
Returning from Mr Raineys funeral the President cut his trip short to Washington due to a sharp clash between General Hugh Johnson, Donald Richberg, and Labor Secretary Perkins over NRA restructuring. The dispute centers on whether a board should run the NRA or merely advise while the administrator retains control. Johnson is expected to stay with the NRA and possibly chair the board.
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Rainey
Washington
Hyde Park
Hughs Johnson
Donald Richberg
Roosevelt
Perkins
NRA
Johnson
Flood
Hall
West
Davis
Uncle Sam
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Organized labor wins labor board ruling against Johnson
An NLRB decision sides with organized labor over Recovery Administrator Johnson, ordering actions against Johnson’s administration. The ruling marks a milestone for labor workers and highlights tensions inside federal oversight.
Five founders form American Liberty League to fight radicalism
Alfred E. Smith and John W. Davis lead a conservative bloc founding the American Liberty League to defend the Constitution and property rights while opposing many New Deal aims. Joett Shouse heads the group as its president, pledging a nonpartisan effort with broad national reach.
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American Liberty League
United States
League
Alfred E. Smith
John W. Davis
New York
James W. Wadsworth
Shouse
Professors of the Brain Trust
Textile strike tensions split AFL and textile groups in warnings
William Green expresses hope to avert a general textile strike while endorsing action and pledging cooperation with the United Textile Workers. He orders federation committees and drafts organizers to aid the textile workers. George A. Sloan contests the wage rise, citing code provisions and NRA research showing no basis for broad wage increases.
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Sidney Hillman
Labor Advisory Board
Amalgamated Clothing Union
NRA
Illiam Green
American Federation of Labor
United Textile Workers’ Organization
George A. Sloan
Cottom Textile Institute
Cotton Textile Code Authority
Cuban Colonel Hernandez Diaz Plot Fails in Cuba
Col Mario Hernandez Diaz organized a plan to overthrow President Mendieta and set up a military dictatorship. Authorities thwarted the plot with portions of the army involved. Major Benitez and soldiers tried to arrest him. Hernandez was killed in a car crash while being moved to ward Havana. Commanders Angel Echevarria and Augustin Brice were captured and sentenced to death by a summary court martial.
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Dez
Mendieta
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Benitez
Hernandez
Havana
Angel Echevarria
Fourth Infantry
Camp Columbia
Augustin Brice
Signal Corps
Arrests of Soviet Citizens in Manchukuo Spark Diplomatic Probe
Soviet citizens in Manchukuo were arrested on charges of plotting against Manchukuo and Japan and sabotaging Japanese trains. Acting Consul General Rayvid in Harbin demanded explanations and demanded measures for prisoner release, noting arrests occurred without documents and with searches of Soviet offices. Japanese claims include confessions to attacks on the Japanese intelligence office and raids to aid Soviet and Korean communists, plus wrecking troop-man train movements and eastern line disturbances. In related crime news, a Brooklyn armored truck heist yielded 427000 dollars seized by a band of machine-gun wielding robbers who escaped by car and boat, eluding authorities momentarily.
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Japan
Rayvid
Harbin
Foreign Office
Suifenho
Pogranichnaya
Russia
When Conversation Teaches and Depression Speaks
The author argues that learning comes from everyday talk and life by citing a telegraph operator who grasps key words, Wilde’s wisdom from social mingling, and resilience of neighbors who work despite job loss. He recalls rural sufficiency from parched rye to linsey woolsey and laments harsh times, urging country life over urban decline.
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Oscar Wilde
Hitler Power and Church Strife Dominate This Week
In broadcast style commentary Bris bane This Week notes Hitler holds full power in Germany with war making and peace powers, while faiths across Catholic and Protestant lines fear rising hostility to Christianity. It cites Goebbels claims on Catholic votes and flags Vatican protests.
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Germany
Ermany
Herr Goebbels
Angriff
Vatican
Reichstag
Herr Hitter
Han
Washington remarks on drought relief and policy shifts
A Washington observer reports on Mr. Davis remarks about drought relief policy. He notes government actions to relieve distress and the prospect of a national program, while warning against wasteful funding and sweeping relocations of farm families.
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Chester
Davis
Tor
Drouth
Mr. Davis
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