Western leaders discuss vast public works plan and railroad reform
Roosevelt considered a 1.5 billion public works program funded by federal bonds to aid the unemployed, with funds sent to states and cities for up to 30 years. Congress debated reorganizing the presidency and education roles while creating a special unit to aid railways through voluntary reorganization and court-like oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arry Hopkins
WPA
Aubrey Williams
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Accor
Barry Hopkins
Jesse Jones
Waoss
Finence Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal
Walter M. W. Splewn
J.B. Bestman
C. F. Mahaffe
Transportation Board
Senate Passes Army Appropriation Bill on Army Day
The Senate approved the army appropriation bill the twenty first anniversary of entry into World War I. It authorizes 3491 000 000 for the coming year with a 42 599 000 increase for air and coastal defense. Army Day ceremonies nationwide featured parades by infantry cavalry machine gun units aviation and bands in Washington and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Help Business Measure Faces Senate Debate
Sen Pat Harrison called the help business revenue bill rewritten by the senate finance committee submitted to the senate. He expected speedy passage while others saw at least a week of debate. Sen Charles McNary of Oregon, minority leader, praised the bill as an improvement over the house version and supported speeding its passage to help business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Harrison
Charles McNary
Oregon
House
Plan to Defend Czechs Faces Alliance Proposal
French foreign minister Joseph Paul-Boncour outlined a plan for a Franco Soviet Polish Jugoslav Czechoslovak alliance to shield the Czechs from Nazi Germany. Ambassadors in Moscow Warsaw Prague and Bucharest were instructed to gauge governments on the proposal. The Czech Hodza government rejected Nazi calls for elections among 3.5 million ethnic Germans to determine autonomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oseph
Paul-Boncour
Russia
Poland
Jugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
France
Moscow
Warsaw
Prague
Bucharest
Joseph
Paris
Paul- Boncour
Konrad Henlein
Nazi Party
Hodza
Primary Campaigns to Test Roosevelt Era Politics
The coming Democratic primaries in senate and house races promise intense fights over Roosevelt policy and party unity. Key disputes hinge on whether Democrats align with or oppose the New Deal, with Van Nuys Clark Pope and others illustrating vice and loyalty in this evolving political landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
New Mexico
New York
Indiana
van Nuys
Supreme Court
Roosevelt Sill
House
Clark
Idaho
Pope
Patchwork Quilt Stitches And Silk Craft Revival
A reader shares a family quilt inherited from a great aunt and describes silk patchwork using old blankets as foundation. She includes sketches of whipped seams and patches, notes on stains and stitches, and mentions a Sears sewing book offer with 48 pages of instructions and 90 embroidery stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Restler
Rome
Enthusiasm as the Key to Recovery, Arnold Quote
A compact quote recalls that the worst bankruptcy is losing enthusiasm. If a man loses all else yet keeps zeal, he can rise to success again, as Arnold asserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Also Mentioned on This Page
John J. O’connor
Western Newspaper Union
O'Connor
Meas
Gress
Secretary of Welfare
United States
White House
William Bruckart
Ing Washington, Dglas
Rep
Worth Clark
Alan
Democrats
J. P. Pope
Bill Borah
Tess
Seth
Broidery
Spears
S. Despisines St
Chicago
Til
rColeman
Wientta
Kanes Chicern
I. Priladalpals
Amgedee
Calif Sw
E. Binkhas
Pennsylvania
Qi] Refining Corp
Oil City
Henge
Eilababh
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!