Eastman outlines railroad consolidation plan and Cuba moves
Joseph B. Eastman, federal coordinator of transportation, argues for regulated consolidation and possible securities exchanges to speed rail mergers while avoiding immediate large acquisitions. In Cuba, Mendieta backed by Cuban people gains U S recognition with plans to redraw sugar tariffs and end Platt era links. Roosevelt money bill passes House as Senate debates gold reserves and silver plans amid NRA, CWA, and veterans reforms.
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United States
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Garner
Rainey
Eastman
Mr. Eastman
William B. Poland
Leslie Craven
Wall Street
Arlos Mendieta
Cuba
White House
Jefferson Yaffery
State Department
Mendieta
Platt
Congress
Pesident Roosevelt
House
James R. Claiborne
Missouri
George B. Terrell
Texas
Senate
Banking and Currency Committee
George Warren
Glass
Gore
McAdoo
Federal Reserve Bank
American Legion
Washington
Legion
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Hines
Edward A. Hayes
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
House Democrats
CWA
Nye
Borah
NRA
Johnson
America
Japan and United States seek improved ties amid cabinet reshuffle
In Tokyo the military minister Araki resigns and Senjuro Hayashi succeeds him as Japan aims to ease tensions with the United States. Prime Minister Hirota declares Japan desires American friendship and signals a cabinet shift toward a less militant policy. In New Orleans Huey Long suffers a major setback as Walmsley defeats his candidate for mayor.
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Japan
Koki Hirota
United States
Sadao Araki
China
Senjuro Hayashi
Araki
Hirota
Diet
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
John Klorer
T. Semmes Walmsley
Long
Walmsley
Klorer
Klover
Washington
Huey
Central bank concern voiced over monetary policy shifts
A Western Newspaper Union report discusses fears about Roosevelt era monetary reforms. It notes the treasury's control of gold and a two billion dollar stabilization fund, plus possible central bank powers over Federal Reserve actions and discount rates, raising concerns for small businesses and price stability.
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Congress
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve System
Woodrow Wilson
Central Bank
Washington
Western
Union
College Men Of A Century Ago Short On Piety
Smithsonian ethnologist Dr John R Swanton found an 1824 American Missionary Society report noting Columbian College now George Washington University had 62 students with 18 deemed pious. Harvard had nine pious among 302, Yale 115 of 300, revivals kept piety. The piece ends with a drug ad for Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets.
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Columbian College
District of Columbia
George Washington University
American Education Society
Little College
Harvard
North America
John R. Swanton
Smithsonian Institution
The
American Missionary Society
Yale
Unvarying Light Speed Supported by Experiments
Researchers report experiments showing the speed of light remains constant under tested conditions. Measurement results reinforce long standing physics theory that c in vacuum is invariant across trials and setups.
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Edward W. Pickard
Dé. B. Eastman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse Jones
R. F.C
Carlos Mendieta
Gen
F. T. Hines
John H. McCooey
Tammany
Brooklyn
New York
McCooey
Edward J. Brundage
Chicago
Republican Party
Ilinois
Scar DE Priest
House of Representatives
Louis Morris
de Priest
Lindsay C. Warren
North Carolina
Arl Vinson
Naval Affairs Committee
Henry L. Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
Great Lakes
India
Monghyr
Muzaffarpur
T. Semmes
Oscar de Priest
Dr. Pierce
Manesia
Philips
N.R.A
Phillips’ Milk
Magnesia
Mal
RO & AM
Loro & Rs Inc
Michigan
A. O. Leonard, Inc
Fifth Ave
New York City
Wiptee Rouinel
Dept
Orn
WNU
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