Roosevelt accepts defeat on reorganization bill
President Roosevelt will not seek revenge on the 108 Democratic representatives who defeated his reorganization measure in the House. He thanked Majority Leader Sam Rayburn for the fight and urged no personal recrimination. The setback is seen as a blow to his prestige and signals a shift toward tax revision and relief bills as Congress plans to adjourn by mid May. Byrnes and other Democrats say no revival of the reorganization plan in the Senate.
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Roosevelt
United States
House
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Byrnes
White House
Senate
Washington
Bankhead
Congress
Roosevelt Meets Leaders Over 4 Billion Public Works Plan
At the White House the President, Vice President Garner, Senate and House leaders discuss a 4.0 billion plan combining public works and WPA unemployment relief. Governors and other officials join as they weigh funding levels, with opposition voiced by Glass and Woodrum. The first seven months of the WPA's funding are debated.
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White House
WPA
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Garner
Barkley
Bankhead
Rayburn
Harry L. Hopkins
Daniel Bell
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Glass
Woodrum
Works Progress Administration
Hitler’s Big Victory Overshadows Austrian Plebiscite
The plebiscite on Austria’s annexation by Germany yielded over 465000 no votes while nearly 49 million qualified voters approved the Anschluss. Hitler hailed the result as a proud hour and Nazi leaders pledged unity to advance plans to expand Austria’s army and tighten frontier defenses. Citizens abroad also voted, though Jews were barred from polling.
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Germany
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Berlin
Vienna
Osmark
Reichstag
Railway Court Proposal To Save Railways From Bankruptcy
President Roosevelt discussed saving railways from financial failure at the White House conferences. He rejected direct government subsidies and proposed a special unit with judicial powers to accelerate voluntary reorganization, potentially a court within the Interstate Commerce Commission. He urged immediate legislation and suggested unifying transportation agencies under one department.
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White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Congress
Pianist Ad Leads to a City Reunion
Phil advertises for a pianist to find his runaway lover Carol Myers. Amid dozens of hopeful applicants a police officer exposes the ruse as a false alarm. Carol arrives, reveals she sought radio work, and reunites with Phil at last.
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Arol
Phil
Carol Myers
Acme
Waverly
Carol
Irondale
Elm Street
Donald McKay and the Rise of the Clipper Ships
Donald McKay a Nova Scotia youth rose to head his own shipyard in New York after early setbacks. He popularized fast clipper ships that transformed transatlantic travel during the California gold rush era, with the Lightning once sailing 436 miles in a single day setting a world record.
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Donald McKay
Nova Scotia
New York
McKay
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Washington Star
Egypt
Atlantic
California
el Dorado
Cape Horn
Poland Cassub Folk Beliefs Amid Clouds and Stars
The Cassub people of Pomorze Poland hold hardy conservative beliefs. They say storms come from cloud clashes and that stars are angels watching humans. They claim a flat Earth under a blue heaven dome and rain from the rainbow. Each person has a star and counting stars brings death.
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Poland
Pomorze
Rug hooking guide by Ruth Wyeth Spears
Step by step instructions for making hooked rugs from burlap and wool rags. Describes framing methods, pattern transfer, and a 26 by 34 inch finished rug with an eight by two inch grid, plus a note on Mrs Spears Sewing for the Home Decorator. © Send 25 cents to 210 S Desplaines St Chicago Il for a copy.
T L P Ss to Gardeners
Gardeners should avoid overwatering until plants are half grown and stop watering after buds form for larger blooms. Harvest regularly for continuous bloom, especially sweet peas and pansies. pick peas before pods fully form and corn at the milk stage. Harvest root crops early and use small summer squash after blossoms drop. leave certain vegetables to mature, and let tomatoes and winter squash ripen on the vine.
Two Big Bridges The Golden Gate And The Bay Bridges
The Golden Gate Bridge spans San Francisco bay linking San Francisco and Marin. It runs 8,940 feet long and 90 feet wide with a 4,200 foot main span built for 32 million dollars. The San Francisco Oakland Bridge is a suspension span joining San Francisco and Oakland. It measures 22,720 feet in length and cost about 75 million dollars.
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Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco-Oakland Bridge
Golden Gate
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Marin
San Francisco-Oakland
Bay
Oakland
Uncle Phil Reflects on Strain and Self
The column urges avoiding self praise and fault finding, praising steady character under pressure. It notes Diogenes searching for an honest man and cautions against boasting about being self made while recognizing the value of loyal companions, like horses, over automobiles.
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Nein
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Department of Agriculture
National Youth Administration
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OTAN
T. L P
Diogenes
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Traveler
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Andrews Hotel
Theodore F. Stelten
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Hennepin
Dept. de Hostetter Corp
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