Roosevelt Backs S and J Lawrence Waterway Treaty
President Roosevelt urges swift Senate action to ratify the S and J Lawrence waterway pact with Canada while critics led by Senator Wagner argue cost overruns and sovereignty concerns. Wagner cites a $573 million price tag versus $272 million claimed by supporters and questions the use of Canadian labor and materials. Opposition from Illinois and Missouri senators warns against any Chicago diversion compromise and U.S. sovereignty over Lake Michigan remains a sticking point.
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Senate
Roosevelt
S&j. Lawrence
Canada
Wagner
New York
United States
Dominion
International Rapids
St. Lawrence River
Illinois
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
James Hamilton Lewis
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
United States Supreme Court
Lake Michigan
Army Board of Engineers
Russian envoy Troyanovsky presents credentials in Washington
Soviet ambassador Alexander A. Troyanovsky arrived in Washington and presented his credentials to President Roosevelt at the White House. He brought embassy staff and began talks with State Department officials on trade credits and related matters.
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Russia
Alexander A. Troyanovsky
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
State Department
Mr. Troyanovsky
Europe
Willam ©. Bullitt
Moscow
Illinois Manufacturers Leader Criticizes Recovery Program
Ames L. Donnelly, executive vice president of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, expresses a public opinion echoed by many leaders. He argues the objectives of the postwar recovery program are hampered by organized labor activity and calls for a reevaluation of labor records since adoption.
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NRA
American Federation of Labor
Civil Works Administration
Ames L. Donnelly
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Bailie Resigns as Treasury Aide Amid Morgenthau Ties
ARLE BAILIE quits as fiscal assistant to Secretary Morgenthau after opposition in the Senate focused on his ties to the Seligman investment firm. He indicated temporary help and planned to return to New York. Critics noted the firm’s loans to South American nations were under scrutiny.
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Arle Bailie
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Mr. Morgenthau
Senate
Couzens
Bailie
New York
Seligman
Banking House
High Treasury
Juan Leguia
Peru
Chicago Milk Strike Halts Supply and Sows Turmoil
A regional dairy farmers strike sharply curtailed Chicago milk deliveries with violence and vandalism as drivers refuse pay cuts. Large distributors aim to crush smaller cash and carry firms, while officials seek arbitration. after five days Mayor Kelly brokered a truce and resumed shipments.
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Hicago
Farm Administration
Wallace
Kelly
Chicago
Roosevelt to stay at desk during congressional session
Speaker Rainey announced after a White House conference that President Roosevelt will not take out of town engagements while Congress is in session. He expects to remain at his desk until adjournment, hoping for an early spring with a speedy disposal of the legislative program.
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Peaker Rainey
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Dent Roosevelt
Wilson
House
Senate
State of the Union
Washington
Roosevelt seeks large farm bond plan to aid mortgage relief
The President sent a special message to Congress proposing 2 billion dollars in land bank bonds to refinance the national farm mortgage burden. He asked that both interest and principal be guaranteed to attract investors. The plan also would raise emergency loan funds from 200 million to 800 million dollars for farmer mortgage refinancing via land banks.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Long nonstop seaplane flight San Francisco to Honolulu records
IX navy seaplanes carried 80 men on a nonstop 2 396 mile flight from San Francisco to Honolulu in 24 hours 45 minutes. It was the longest mass flight over water, praised by navy officials to Lieut. Comdr. Knefler Mc Ginnis and his crew.
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IX Navy
San Francisco
Honolulu
Knefler McGinnis
Navy
Supreme Court upholds Minnesota mortgage moratorium law
In a 5 to 4 decision the Supreme Court sustains the Minnesota emergency mortgage moratorium law allowing courts to halt mortgage sales and extend redemption during the declared emergency. The ruling signals a likely stance on future New Deal measures. The court also orders Bishop James Cannon Jr and Ada Burroughs to stand trial for conspiracy to violate the federal corrupt practices act in the 1928 campaign.
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United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
Supreme Court
James Cannon, Jr
Ada Burroughs
La Guardia seeks full city finance control in clash with Lehman
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia urged state lawmakers to grant him sole authority over New York City finances. Governor Lehman opposed the move as a dictatorial power grab. They later reached a compromise sharing budget powers with the board of estimate. The measure affects sixteen votes on the board with Republican-Fusion backing. Meanwhile Congress approved a liquor tax bill raising national revenue by 470 million dollars, with specific per-unit taxes and a stamp requirement. Senate amendments prompted further debate on foreign wine duties and dry-state ads, then were largely rejected. additional bills sought to curb loans to defaulting foreign governments.
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New York City
Fiorello H. la Guardia
Lehman
la Guardia
Board of Aldermen
Albany
Board of Estimate
House of Representatives
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Senate
Clark
Missouri
United States
Johnson
California
Congress
Treasury
Roosevelt
Western Newspaper Union
Frank P. Glass Dies After Senate Panel Consent Vote
Frank P. Glass of Montgomery Alabama, publisher of the Montgomery Advertiser and former editor of the Birmingham News and the St. Louis Star, dies of influenza just after the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee recommended his confirmation to the federal railroad mediation board. He was a noted Democratic writer and influential party figure.
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Frank P. Glass
Montgomery
Ala
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Railroad Mediation Board
Glass
Montgomery Advertiser
Birmingham News
St. Louis Star
Stavisky Scandal Tangles French Government
Serge Stavinsky known as Handsome Alex perpetrated a sixty million franc fraud through a Bayonne pawnshop. Many widows and orphans lost funds. cabinet members were implicated. Stavisky fled to Chamounix villa where two bullets ended his life. police claim suicide, but public belief points to foul play to shield the ministry.
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Ece
Chautemps
Serge Stavisky
Alex
Bayonne
Stavisky
Chamounix
Chamber of Deputies
Union
War clouds and world danger loom over 1935 in Washington
The essay warns of a likely broad war by 1935 involving Japan and Russia and a Franco German clash. It outlines power alignments among Russia France Britain Germany Japan and Italy, notes U S entanglements, and flags economic factors such as cotton and nickel stocks and scrap iron shipments affecting war prep. It also critiques President Roosevelt’s recovery program and looming peacetime budgets and debt.
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Washington
Japan
Russia
Europe
United States
France
Germany
Poland
Italy
John Bull
Wilfrid Fleisher
Tokyo
New York Herald Tribune
Gen. Sadao
Araki
Mongolia
Deaf and Dumb Railway Porter as Ideal Husband
A humorous dialogue from Der Lustige Sachse features Edna rejecting Jim. She seeks a partner who is strong uncomplaining and never hears any criticism, while Jim concedes that her ideal is a deaf and dumb railway porter.
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Edna
Jim
Hercules
der Lustige Sachse
Poet Seeks Editor in Africa Lion Shoot Clique
A provincial paper’s office boy tells a desperate young poet the editor is in Africa shooting lions. The poet insists he saw the editor through the window, who replies he saw the poet first, revealing a humorously blunt truth in London Answers.
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Africa
London
Mary questions engagement after Harry's rumored life change
Peggy learns of Mary's unhappy romance and asks about the broken engagement. Mary dismisses the gossip saying Harry claimed movie work, yet she then sees him driving a furniture van the next day.
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Peggy
Mary
Harry
Notable Classroom Quip About Arithmetic
A student quotes a teacher who alternates between two and two equalling four and three and one making four. The remark, attributed to Schweizer Illustrierte content, highlights a playful dispute over simple arithmetic.
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Bobby
Golf Club Assault Quip Becomes Courtroom Humor
A remark in Pearson's Weekly about a husband beating his wife with a golf club is transformed into a sharp courtroom joke. The exchange asks how many strokes, framing the line as satirical commentary on domestic violence and judicial interest.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Poor Business Deal Threatens Million Dollar Loss
The father warns that on his daughter's wedding day she will forfeit a million dollars unless she marries a football player. He quips she will only receive a quarterback as a consolation.
It Worked Hidden Eggs Stopped Neighbors Hen Nuisance
A humorous tale describes how one person deterred a neighbor’s hens from roaming by secretly hiding six eggs under a bush and then revealing the eggs to the neighbor. The tactic ended the issue without further trouble.
Salary Threshold Before Marriage Question
A quip on marriage economics where a speaker jokes a man should earn slightly more than he ever will. The reply from the Bookkeeper underlines the humorous take on prudence and finances before tying the knot.
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Arthur
Brooklyn Hagle
Empty Box Heist Prompted by Boy at Grocer
A boy asks for an empty box and a grocer grants him the cash box in an exchange captured by the Toronto Globe. The brief scene features a grocer named John and an assisting clerk.
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John
Toronto
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