Extension of Rate Area is Demanded by Rate Expert
Rate expert Ross returned from hearings on joint rail and water freight rates before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Railroads want abolition of existing joint rates. Nebraska seeks revamp to include Ohio and Illinois river water rates and widen access to southeastern wheat markets. Railroads oppose linking rates with barges, arguing joint rates cut revenue and disadvantage competitors.
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Ross
Railway Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Nese
Nebraska
Kansas City
Omaha
Chicago
Ohio
Iinois
Bir
Man and Wife Found Dead in Flint Home
Police found Lewis Wells, 37, assistant manager at a Fisher Body plant, and his wife Mary, 45, dead from bullet wounds in their Flint residence. Wells lay near a stair base with multiple head and body wounds. Mrs. Wells was on a gas stove with jets open. Coroner Frank Ware said both died about four hours earlier. Bullet holes and blood were seen in an upstairs room. The couple had requested a watch over the home on December 16 before their trip.
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Flint
Mich
Lewis Wells
Fisher Body Corporation
Mary
Wells
Guards Force Quarantine in Perry and Yukon Oklahoma
National guardsmen backed a meningitis quarantine as health officials assess the threat. Dr John Francis ordered the measures after reports a child died and a Nebraska woman Sarah Jackson was critically ill with nineteen exposed in a WPA sewing room. In Yukon Canadian county a third death prompted a strict county quarantine under Dr A J Johnson.
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Perry
John Francis
Sarah Jackson
Francis
Youkon
Canadian County
A. J. Johnson
Townsend Plan Backers Win More Congressional Races
Representative Maverick of Texas denounces the Townsend Oldage pension plan as fantastic unjust and capable of bankrupting the nation in two weeks. Four more backers seek congressional seats including three in Maine and one in Arkansas.
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Washington
Townsend Oldage
Maverick
D. Tex
San Antonio
Maine
F. E. Townsend
Congress
Arkansas
Roper Reports 1935 Recovery Amid Mixed Economic Signs
Secretary Roper announced a broad recovery in 1935 with a national income near 49.4 billion dollars, an 11 percent rise from 1934. He cited gains in agriculture and housing, improved consumer demand, a stronger banking system, and a rebounding capital market, while railroads lagged and freight traffic lagged behind, helped by new rate cuts.
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Roeper
Washington
Commerce Department
Roper
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago gangster Fernekes left with little to show
Henry Midgset Fernekes, famed crime leader and student of crime, left an estate under $2,000 after a decade of audacious heists. Public administrator Jack Ruben noted most value is inherited property, and Fernekes ended his career by his own hand.
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Chicago
Dillinger
Henry “Midgset
Status of New Deal Acts Riven by Rulings in Supreme Court
Washington reports the present status of New Deal laws challenged as unconstitutional. Upheld: Dollar revaluation. Invalidated: NRA codes, original railroad pension and Frazier Lemke farm mortgage moratorium acts. Readied for January: original and amended AAA Bankhead cotton control and the Tennessee Valley acts. Awaiting argument: PWA land condemnation for slum clearance. Guttfey coal control act Securities act under review. Moving through courts: PWA loans for municipal power plants Wagner labor utility holding companies new Frazier Lemke moratorium acts. Test suit in prep: New railroad pension legislation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
AAA
Bankhead Cotton Control
PWA
Gut Fey
Wagner Labor
Utility Holding Company
Frazier-Lemke
Relief Burden Left to States by President
President Roosevelt told reporters that federal relief funds would cover only 3,500,000 unemployed. He warned that beyond this, care must fall to states and private charities, as winter worsens conditions and WPA data show mixed employment gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
House leadership drops gag rules for incoming session
Speaker Burns announced the House will not impose gag rules and will allow extended debate at the start of the new session. Byrns said there is no current plan to jam bills and administrations have used gag rules on many New Deal measures in the past.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Burns
Byrns
Inflation Makes Every Dollar Count at Home
In a community perspective, both inflated and ordinary dollars are valued as money spent at home. A portion remains to ease tax burdens and fund local obligations, underscoring the local reliance on household spending to support public needs.
Third Party Threat Worries the Politicians
Washington reports a rising Townsend Plan movement aiming to disrupt the 1936 election. Dr Townsend pledges a third party if Democrats or Republicans do not concede, with millions backing 200 monthly pensions for those over 60. Analysts foresee pressure on Social Security changes and possible GOP strategy shifts around Governor Landon as a leading delegate hopeful.
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Washington
United States
Townsend
Huey Long
Louisiana
Dr. Townsend
Townsend Clad Age Pension Plan
Borah
Mr. Roosevelt
Cass County Finances Without Bonded Debt
Cass county reports no bonded indebtedness as it has paid cash for gravel roads and other improvements, aligning with the state's fiscal policy. The note praises this debt free approach as a prudent, strong policy for local government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County
Cass County Bets On Winter Farm-To-Market Road Surfacing
Rock surfacing of farm to market roads this winter will be of benefit to every resident and land owner in Cass county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bendit
Cass County
Hauptmann clemency petition to be filed soon
In Trenton New Jersey the clemency petition for Bruno Hauptmann is expected to be filed Monday after Hauptmann signs. Defense attorney C Lloyd Fischer says the petition is nearly complete and no new evidence will be offered. The court of pardons will likely convene within a week with sessions held behind closed doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
C. Lloyd Fischer
Hauptmann
Mondey
Ky woman held for grand jury on baby murder charge
Whitesburg Kentucky Mrs Helen Mahan ordered held to the January Letcher county grand jury on a murder charge in the death of her months old son Thomas Mahan. She was released on 10000 bond after an examining trial. Her husband Robert Mahan is charged with murder and held without bond. The baby died allegedly from injuries her husband inflicted, which the mother denies.
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Whitesburg
Helen Mahen
Letcher County
Thomas Mahan
Sandy Adams
Robert Mahan
Mahan
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