Prohibition Repeal Vote Fails as Garner Fights for Beer
Congress misses repeal as 272 to 144 votes deny the measure with 82 lame ducks and 13 nonvoters. Speaker Garner loses the two thirds need despite Bachmann delivering 103 Republican votes. Debates shift to beer legislation under Collier, aiming at 2.75 percent beer and non intoxicating wines with heavy federal revenue projections.
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Seencans
Congress
Garner
House
Judiciary Committee
Rainey
Illinois
Carl G. Bachmann
West Virginia
Ways and Means Committee
James W. Collier
Mississippi
Collier
Fredt Roosevelt
Senate
Farmers press relief and disarmament debates in Washington
The report outlines ongoing political actions including Rupp contesting Senator Davis in Pennsylvania with claims of 70,000 Philadelphia assisted votes, and farmers gathering in Washington seeking immediate cash relief and eviction bans. It notes Roosevelt's domestic allotment plan and Senate farm measures, plus disarmament talks in Geneva and Einstein facing a passport inquiry amid anti Communist concerns.
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Awrence H. Rupp
Allentown
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Davis
Rupp
Philadelphia
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Leni Harris
Farmers’ Relief Conference
Britain and France Agree to Pay US War Debt Installments
Prime Minister MacDonald and Premier Herriot met in Paris and agreed that Britain and France would pay the December 15 debt installments to the United States but would warn that this would be the last payment until America consents to a sweeping revision of the debt agreements. Both powers aim to end the matter with a small final lump sum.
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MacDonald
Herriot
Paris
Great Britain
France
United States
America
Western Newspaper Union
New Head of U S G A Nominee Herbert Jacques Chosen
Herbert Jacques of Boston a former Harvard track star was nominated to lead the United States Golf Association succeeding the late Robert M. Cutting of Chicago. The nomination is tantamount to election and Jacques has long been tied to the sport as a player and as an executive committee member since 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Jacques
Boston
Harvard
United States Golf Association
Robert M. Cutting
Chicago
Jacques
First Woman Wins National Pocket Billiards Title
Mrs. Gertrude Baker McEvoy of Bayside New York wins the first women's national amateur pocket billiard championship securing the cup emblematic of the title.
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Gertrude. Baker McEvoy
Bayside
L. I
A Reckless Leader
The Washington Star quotes Hi Ho of Chinatown critiquing a leader who seeks to be first by trampling others who would follow. The sage warns against reckless pursuits of power that endanger loyal supporters and stability.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
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Colorado
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Walker
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North Carolina
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Oregon
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Louisiana
Kurt von Schleicher
Germany
Franz von Papen
Friedrich Syrup
Federal Labor Exchange
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Hitler
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Curtis
White House
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Raymond Benjamin
Pranklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
New York
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Augusta National Golf Course
Bobby Jones
James A. Wilkerson
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
American Bar Association
Gen. von Schleicher
Geneva
Norman H. Davis
Berlin
von Neurath
Special Assembly
League of Nations
Manchuria
Japan
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Manchukuo
Joseph Connolly
Irish Free State
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Wilson Observatory
California
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Savant
Woman's Patriot Corporation
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Baron von Neurath
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Claire Vance
San Francisco
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Dutch East Indies
Seaton Plain
Madison Square Garden
Paul Moore
Seaton
Hackney Farms
Morristown
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