Roosevelt plans 1.59 billion public works drive
The WPA chief Harry Hopkins and deputy Aubrey Williams met President Roosevelt who reportedly backed a public works program totaling 1.59 billion dollars. The plan funds federal bonds for states and cities, for up to 50 years, to revive industry and housing with long term loans. Jesse Jones urged targeted loans from the Reconstruction Finance Corp with flexible terms. The article notes urgent relief needs to cover new unemployment as the administration weighs options.
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Arry Hopkins
WPA
Aubrey Williams
President’s government reorganization bill shelved after House vote
The House voted 204 to 196 to recommit the reform bill sending it back to committee, effectively killing it for this session. Supporters cited lack of confidence in the White House while opponents warned the measure could pave the way for centralized dictatorial power.
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House of Representatives
John J. O’connor
New York
Congress
William B. Bankhead
Sam Rayburn
White House
White House reviews rail system rescue plan for bankruptcy
The president rejected direct government subsidies and proposed a specialized unit with judicial or quasi judicial powers to speed railroad reorganizations. The plan may become a court or board within the ICC with appeals to federal circuit courts. A transportation board and bankruptcy act tweaks are also advised.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal
Walter M. W. Splawn
J. B. Eastman
C. F. Mahaffie
Help Business Measure Heads to Senate
Sen Pat Harrison announced the Help Business measure, a revenue bill rewritten by the senate finance committee, has been submitted to the senate. He expects swift passage while others foresee at least a week of debate. Sen Charles McNary of Oregon backs the bill as an improvement and favors speeding its passage to help business.
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Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Harrison
Charles McNary
Oregon
House
United States
Roosevelt
Washington
Western Newspaper Union
Plan to Defend Czechs A Franco Soviet Alliance Idea
French foreign minister Joseph Paul-Boncour proposed an alliance linking Soviet Russia Poland Jugoslavia and Czechoslovakia with France to shield the Czechs from Nazi aggression. Paris summoned Paris ambassadors to sound out Moscow Warsaw Prague Bucharest about the plan. Hodza rejected Nazi demands for elections among 3.5 million Germans to determine autonomy, derailing talks.
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Joseph Paul-Boncour
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Poland
Jugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
France
Moscow
Warsaw
Prague
Bucharest
Paris
Paul Boncour
Konrad Henlein
Nazi Party
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CIO NLAND STEEL Ordered to Bargain With SWOC
The National Labor Relations Board ordered N land Steel to deal with the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee an affiliate of the CIO and to sign a wage and hour contract if an agreement is reached. The company will test the order in court but compliance would mark a CIO victory after last summer's bitter strike.
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Nland Steel Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Labor Board
Lewis
New Wage Hour Bill Outlined By NJ Lawmaker
A compromise wage hour bill pitched by Mary Norton of New Jersey aims to set a flexible standard toward a 40 cent goal. It creates an independent board to fix wage rates by occupation and limits initial hours to 48 per week with gradual reductions, excluding many workers and shifting appeals to district courts.
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Mary Norton
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
Congress
Senate
Nations pledge bigger battleships under escalator clause
United States and Britain informally vow to build dreadnaughts over 35000 tons using the London treaty escalator. France will keep to the 35000 ton limit unless a continental power departs. Germany and Soviet Russia notified of the move as Japan withholds its construction plans. Senator Clark of Missouri warns of a worldwide naval race.
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United States
Great Britain
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Japan
France
Congress
Clark
Missouri
Loyalist Spain Front Near Collapse as Rebels Break Catalonia
Reuters notes Spanish loyalists face a devastating setback as insurgents seize Lerida, the key to Catalonia, and push toward Tortosa. Government troops defend the eastern front but observers warn the war may end soon as American brigades suffer heavy losses.
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Catalonia
Tortosa
Mediterranean Sea
Spain
Democrats Face Primary Battles Over New Deal Factional Strife
Primary campaigns across the states are expected to test President Roosevelt's influence on Democratic nominations for the Senate and House. The contests may reveal shifts toward or against the New Deal, hint at cross party coalitions, and challenge party leadership as candidates pledge support or opposition to Roosevelt’s policies.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
New Mexico
New York
Indiana
van Nuys
Supreme Court
House
Clark
Tocsin
Easy Crochet Dress Pattern 1658 for sizes 4 to 8
Quick mesh dress with puff stitch dots in mercerized cotton offered in Spring colors. Pattern 1658 provides directions, an illustration of the dress and stitches, material needs, a detail photograph, and instructions to send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle for pattern purchase. Include name and address.
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Vorse
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Needlecraft Department
Eighth Ave
New York
N. Y
Tips to Gardeners Crop Combinations for Small Plots
Harold Coulter of the Ferry Seed Institute offers crop pairings for compact gardens. Sow dwarf peas in wide rows, nest radish between pea rows, and insert cucumbers between pea rows. Space cauliflower, spinach and radishes with tomatoes or peppers in vacated spots, and plant a corn row between turnip beds while keeping rich fertilizer.
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Harold Coulter
Ferry Seed Institute
One After Another Hardest Spelling Test Yet
Pathfinder Magazine recalls a humorous quote about surviving a long list of medical ailments from angina to tonsillotomy, ending with the remark that it was the hardest spelling test ever. The wit highlights a string of conditions as a playful, hyperbolic diary of illness.
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Pathfinder Magazine
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