House Rejects Death Sentence for Utility Holding Bills Vote 322 31
The House defeated the Senate plan to dissolve large utility holding companies, passing a substitute bill by 322 to 31 and sending the issue toward a conference. Lobbying accusations surfaced as Rep. Brewster and others accused administration aides of pressuring lawmakers.
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Congress
House
Senate
Securities and Exchange Commission
John H. Hoeppel
California
Hoeppel
Stalph O. Brevwster
Maine
Thomas G. Corcoran
Brewster
Belere
Aida
Rankin
Mississippi
Moran
Roosevelt
Charles West
Farley
Emil Hurja
Benater Wheeler
Montana
Senator Glass Tops Fight Over Federal Reserve Bill
The Virginia senator led a battle against the Eccles Currie plan as rewritten by Glass. He secured passage in the Senate Banking Committee with little debate after amending it to limit government ownership and extend terms for reserve board members. The house measure would grant autocratic power to a politically controlled Fed and allow unlimited lending to the treasury.
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NTOE
Carter Glase
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles-Currie
Federal Reserve System
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Maorgenthau
House
National Treasury
Glase
Reserve Board
Reserve
Johnson takes post as federal works relief administrator
Johnson assumed the New York City post as federal works relief administrator. His secretary Stebbie kept reporters waiting, then allowed access. He voiced frustration that the program dissipates funds and cannot help people once money ends, warning of jobs disappearing.
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CSE
Mgil Johnson
Federal Works Relief
New York City
Stebbie
Police Training School Opens for State Officers
Attorney General Cummings announced that on July 20 a school will open in Washington for training state county and city police in law enforcement theory and practice. A twelve weeks course will be offered to selected officers at no charge.
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Ttorney General Cummings
Big Department
Washington
Hoover to Sit Out 1930 Republican Nomination
EPULLICAN senators were advised that former President Herbert Hoover will not be a candidate for the Republican nomination in 1930. They were told Hoover plans a formal announcement this summer and intends to stay private, though he may offer direction and later back the party’s candidate as unity grows.
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Epullican
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Jie
Shered
Bin
Franklin
Roosevelt
Justice Brandeis
Tess
Allied and Central Powers veterans meet in Paris
World war veterans from both sides met in Paris under Fiduc org to discuss preventing future wars. They denounced enemies of their countries and passed a resolution affirming that respect for treaties is essential to durable international relations and that accords and obligations must be sincerely honored. American delegates included Bailey, Thomas, Ragner, Smith, and others from Mian Yi.
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Paris
Fiduc
Bailey
Winona
Mian
Julian W. Thomas
Salt Lake City
Bernhard Ragner
McKeesport
Harold L. Smith
Coatesville
Young Attorney Ansell Attacks Senator Macy Long in Hotel Scuffle
Urn T Ansell a young attorney and son of Gen S T Ansell enraged after Senator Macy Long allegedly intruded on his party at the Washington hotel. Ansell says Long swung at him, a companion restrained Ansell’s arm, and Long then fled.
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Urr T. Ansell
S. T. Ansell
Macy Long
Long
Washington Hotel
Kingish
Ansell
Lloyd George Reengages in New Deal Policies
AVID LLOYD GEORGE resumes active participation in policies, reluctantly but with determination to go on with it. He spoke to the national convention of the peace and reconstruction movement and warned that the menace to peace and the world economic conflagration are growing worse.
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Avid Lloyd George
Inland Sea Disaster Claims 104 Japanese Lives
The steamer Midori Maru sank after colliding with a freighter in foggy conditions near APAN's Inland sea. Seventy six others were rescued, leaving 104 dead from the total 166 passengers and 46 crew aboard. All victims were Japanese.
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APAN
Rye crop AAA adjustment program outlined in 1935 plan
Secretary Wallace announced the establishment of an AAA adjustment program for the 1935 rye crop with undisclosed benefit payments. Representatives from 16 rye states met in Washington to discuss operation plans and farmer approval of a tentative plan for wheat grower payments.
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Ecretary OF Agriculture
Wallace
AAA
Wshington
Eden offers Somaliland to Abyssinia as Italy warns war
Eppland’s Anthony Eden claims Britain offers a strip of British Somaliland to Haile Selassie to deter Italian attack but Premier Mussolini presses a four year campaign for Africa's expansion. Britain Italy and Ethiopia spar over war and blockade while Ethiopia seeks U S mediation to uphold the Kellogg Pact.
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Anthony Eden
Eppland
British Isles
Great Britain
Haile Setassie
Abyssinia
Italy
Africa
Bflussolini
Britain
Mussolini
Arras
Eden
MacDonald
Ethopia
Tlome
Nord Citroën founder dies as empire collapses
Nord Citroën, long hailed as the Henry Ford of France for building inexpensive cars, has died. His vast enterprises have collapsed and his once vast fortune is gone, leaving behind a fading legacy.
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Nord Citroen
Henry Ford
France
Government budget plans and deficits detailed in fiscal year outline
The piece outlines a new fiscal year with an 8.52 billion dollar bill, 4.582 billion for relief and recovery, a projected 3.001 billion revenue, and a 4.525 billion deficit. It notes prior debts, extended taxes, and expected future spending plus a crime report on the Dickinson murder and linked suspects in Detroit and Fort Wayne.
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Lug
Ioosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Endurance flight sets new world record at Meridian
Determined aviators Fred and Al Res broke the endurance record by keeping a plane aloft for 53.4 hours at Meridian Mississippi. They surpassed the earlier 1930 unofficial record of fifty hours and twenty-nine minutes set by Dale Jackson and Forest Brien of St. Louis.
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Fred
al Res
Meridan
Miss
Dale Jackson
Forest
Brien
St. Loula
Tugwell Handed Big Rural Job
Washington D C dispatch reports President Roosevelt assigns Rexford Tugwell to lead the Rural Resettlement program as part of New Deal relief. The piece argues for brain trust value, explains planned farm and road work, and outlines social security aims, including old age pensions and unemployment coverage, with focus on funding and administration.
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Lke
Federal Power Commission
Tugwell
Social Security
United States Treasury
Frances Perkus
Blie
Treasury
Aubrey Williams
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
AAA
Winey Lovg
Newanaver
Motoring boosts health and open road living
A Chicago newspaper cartoon promotes spring sunshine and outdoor driving as healthful. The piece argues modern travel expands horizons, strengthens digestion, and fosters family time, while noting risks from contaminated food and water and urging caution with supervision and sanitation during trips.
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Dresa
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Western Newspaper Union
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New York
Charles Evans Hughes
Stovee Park Road
Dickinson
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
Willan H Yawkey
Beuge Park
William Schweitzer
Meter City
Fort Wayne
Lod
Rob Dickinson Sweltzer
Earl Godwin
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore
Lloyd Arnold
University of Illinois, College of Afedicene
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