Cherry Trees Spark Biggest Congress Debates
Washington lawmakers clash over replacing cherry blossoms with a $3,000,000 marble memorial at the tidal basin. The controversy sparks protests from hotel men landscapers and tourists, while Chairman Boylan defends preserving the blossoms noting their limited lifespans and historic pull as Washingtons attraction.
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No Jefferson memorial progress under Republican control
Boylan states he has sought a Jefferson memorial for sixteen years in Congress. He notes little progress when Republicans held power and says Democrats are now in control.
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Commission picks Pope for tidal basin memorial design
In June 1934 a resolution created a commission with a $3 million spending limit to study the problem and name an architect. John Russell Pope was chosen, proposing a temple projecting into the tidal basin. Estimates push toward $9 million, with Congress having allotted $15,000 to begin, a $500,000 shortfall in the second deficiency bill, and a counterattack by Rep. Allen T. Treadway to block building at the basin. The third deficiency bill remains and may restore the $500,000 start-up.
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Chinese widows face dating bias in China
AP reports widows and older women struggle to find husbands in China where a man’s ideal age is 30 and women as young as 18 to 22. Superstitions linger against widows and a woman’s bad luck is feared to affect future marriages. Texas safety department pushes new narcotics law aiming to shed the state’s “worst narcotics state” label.
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