Wide Powers for President in Roosevelts Plan
Senate approves reorganizing bill by 49 to 42 after a heated fight. It would let the President via executive order transfer and consolidate federal agencies, creating a department of welfare and adding assistants, while exempting key bodies. House action unclear as leaders expect the measure to languish.
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Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
House
Roosevelt
Senate
United States
O'Connor
Rules Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Board of Tax Appeals
The
Communications Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Civil Service Commission
General Accounting Office
Department of Welfare
Senate Backs TVA Investigation and Utility Probe
Ten men will probe the Tennessee Valley Authority with a joint committee inquiry approved by the Senate and likely to pass the House. Sen. Alben Barkley introduced the measure calling for seven charges against ex chairman A E Morgan and a wider look into private utilities and injunction suits against TVA. Col Edward M House dies in New York at 79 after a career as Wilson adviser and Versailles envoy.
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Senate
House
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Bridges
A. E. Morgan
King
TVA
H. Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Republican
Lister B. Hill
Alabama
Roosevelt
Chairman Morgan
Morgan
Jackson
Congress
Harcourt Morgan
White House
Edward M. House
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Europe
Versailles
Franco forces push through Catalonia toward Barcelona
Franco insurgents broke Loyalist lines and advanced into Catalonia aiming for Barcelona. About 100 towns were captured in one day as Italian and German planes bombarded villages. Italy warned France intervention could threaten peace in Europe.
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Eneral Franco
Catalonia
Barcelona
Italy
Germany
France
Spain
Informazione Diplomatica
United States Halts Mexican Silver Purchases
Secretary Morgenthau announced the US is stopping its monthly purchase of newly mined Mexican silver, a move tied to Mexico's expropriation of foreign oil properties. The halt follows a policy stance on neighborly relations, while silver price was cut by one cent per ounce and the Treasury had been buying about 5 million ounces monthly at around 2.5 million dollars.
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Morgenthau
United States
Mexico
Hall
United States Treasury
New York
Parents as People in Love and Life
A young woman laments strict parents and the wish to explore romance. The answer argues parents are human with memory of love and mistakes, and that children often ignore parental wisdom in favor of outsiders who flatter them. Both sides misjudge each other, yet parents generally aim for their children's happiness.
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Doris Dene
Miss Dene
Jeanette
Mary
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Imitation Breaks a Marriage in a Cunning Trap
Harry Smallwood schemes to mimic Chet Kirby to trap his wife Audrey, but Audrey and Chet reveal the ruse. Audrey announces she will move to Europe with Chet, ending her marriage as Harry confronts the empty house and his melted control.
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Harry Smallwood
Chet Kirby
Harry
Chet
Rye
Audrey
Audrey Smallwood
Honey Dear
Europe
Treacherous Surf Haunts Samoan Island Runabouts
A Washington Star correspondent describes the perilous surf at Samoan shores where 50-foot fantai boats fight towering broke rs to land passengers. Tulife the headman steers with a 20-foot oar as rowers race the waves against jagged coral heads near white sands.
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South Seas
Washington Star
Tulife
Queen Christina of Sweden A Turbulent Reign and Later Life
Christina of Sweden was born in Stockholm in 1626 and succeeded Gustavus Adolphus in 1632. After coronation she wielded little influence, resigned the crown to cousin Charles X Gustav in 1654, became Catholic, lived in Paris, and died in Rome in 1689. She was a linguist and corresponded with many writers.
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Queen Christina of Sweden
Christina of Sweden
Stockholm
Gustavus Adolphus
Charles Augustus
Paris
Rome
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