Senate Report Attacks WPA Policy and Tax Proposals
Senators Lodge and Davis issue a minority report criticizing administration relief programs and urging immediate actions. They call for repealing undistributed profits tax, reducing capital gains tax, curbing waste, eliminating tax exempt securities, and broad unemployment data. President Roosevelt cautions tax exemptions favor the wealthy and urges fair treatment of government earners. Daladier rejects a four power treaty with Nazi Germany and discusses Anglo British peace efforts with Chamberlain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
Prench
Daladier
Paris
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Bonnet
London
Europe
Supreme court rebukes Wallace over marketing agency rates
The Supreme court overturns Secretary Wallace’s June 14 1933 order fixing maximum marketing agency rates at the Kansas City stockyards. Chief Justice Hughes writes the opinion, citing denial of a fair hearing and that Wallace relied on government findings without reviewing evidence. The court also upholds the municipal bankruptcy act of 1937 and the 1923 filled milk act. End tax exemptions urged to Congress by President Roosevelt to tax all government bond and salary income.
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Roosevelt
Secretary OF Agriculture
Wallace
Star Chamber
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Hughes
Commission
Congress
Sudeten Leader Henlein Presses for Quick German Alignment
Onrad Henlein, head of the Sudeten German group, warned of a war either internal or external and proclaimed Nazi guiding principle for the Sudetens. He demanded immediate revision of Czechoslovakia’s foreign policy toward Germany and cautioned Prague against relying on France and Soviet Russia. An emergency cabinet meeting was called as tensions rose. In Budapest, 20,000 Hungarians demanded dismantling of Czechoslovakia at a rally of the Hungarian Revision league.
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Onrad Henlein
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Henlein
Sudetens
Germany
Prague
France
Soviet
Russia
Budapest
Hungarian Revision League
Anglo-Irish Agreement Ends Tariff War Between Ireland and Britain
Prime Ministers Eamon de Valera and Neville Chamberlain signed an accord in London to end six years of tariff and trade conflict sparked by Ireland’s refusal to pay $25,000,000 in land tithes. The pact leaves unresolved whether Ulster joins the Irish republic, with Dr. Douglas Hyde named as potential first president under the new constitution. Hyde, a Protestant Gaelic scholar, is seventy-eight and the son of a former rector from County Roscommon.
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Eamon DE Valera
Ireland
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
London
England
North Ireland
Ulster
Irish Republic
Douglas Hyde
Hyde
County Roscomarod
Chemurgy Leaders Challenge Roosevelt View at Oma ha Meeting
Members of the National Farm Chemurgic council held their fourth annual meeting in Omaha to dispute President Roosevelt on overproduction. Wheeler McMillen urged wealth creation through free production, arguing chemurgy uses agriculture industry and science to raise purchasing power and wealth for all.
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National Farm
Chemurgic Council
Omaha
Roosevelt
Wheeler McMillen
Country Home
Council
Chemurgy
Mine Blast Kills 45 at Keen Mountain Coal Mine
An explosion at the Keen Mountain coal mine near Grundy Virginia buried 45 workers under slate and rock. Rescue teams labored about 20 hours to recover bodies. none of the miners survived. The mine, opened last November, was regarded as modern and safe.
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Keen Mountain
Grundy
United States
Ford Brotherhood pushes plan for annual wage guarantee
At the White House luncheon President Roosevelt discussed a plan by the Ford Brotherhood of America to guarantee a minimum annual wage. The proposal targets at least 1500 dollars a year for every hourly worker at River Rouge Dearborn plant, which employs about 90000 during peak times and 21400 members. Members would buy a new Ford car every two years at dealer price.
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Henry Ford
White House
Roosevelt
Ford Brotherhood of America
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Brotherhood
Mammoth River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
William S. McDowell, Sr
Japanese Army Drives Chinese Back in Shantung and Nearby Provinces
AP reports reorganized Japanese forces in Shantung pressure Chinese lines with stubborn resistance and push into Kiangsu. Defenders claim setbacks north of Tai-erh-chwang and say they recaptured 15 towns across Shansi Honan and Hopei.
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Apan
Shantung Province
Kiangsu
Taierchwang
Shansi
Honan
Hopei
One in Seven on Relief and Unemployment Figures
A Senate relief report outlines 12 million unemployed and over 18 million on public assistance, with 19.4 billion spent on work relief since 1933. WPA head Hopkins warned a 1.25 billion relief appropriation would only cover seven months for about 200,000 more on aid, while the committee criticized some relief policies and urged tax provisions as recovery aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Relief
Byrnes
Harry Hopkins
WPA
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Farm Tories Farm Tories ALLOW FRESH AIR FOR CHICKS
Advice on poultry care from North Carolina State College official Roy S Dearstyne urges outdoor range use in mild weather for young chicks, warns against overcrowding and drafts, and stresses clean housing and quality state blood tested chicks. Also recommends wet mash feeding to sustain egg production.
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Roy S. Dearstyne
North Carolina State College
WNU Service
Bees Find Nectar Supply Varies by Locality
Local conditions soils and climate influence nectar supply from plants bees use for honey. W. J. Nolan of the USDA notes alfalfa thrives as a nectar source west of the Mississippi but not as much east. Buckwheat honey comes mainly from near Lakes Erie and Ontario. elsewhere it is of minor importance. White clover provides nectar in many areas but some localities yield little nectar.
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W. J. Nolan
United States Department of Agriculture
Mississippi River
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Grazing Restrictions to Protect Waterfowl Food and Cover
The article argues cattle and other livestock harm waterfowl by trampling nests and consuming food, urging fencing to confine grazing in high-wetland areas. It recommends broadcasting barley oats or wheat on waste lands to boost grain for game birds and help keep them on the farm.
Poultry and Farming Facts From 1930s Agriculture Notes
A blend of farm notes covers brooder house size for day old chicks, local markets for poultry, milk water needs for cows, jumbo eggs weight, and the value of large eggs. It cites 100 day cotton picking season costs, a New York egg contest average of 308 eggs per bird in 51 weeks, bridge grafting for apple trees, White Pekin ducks, green feed from alfalfa and clover hay, Montana sheep numbers in 1937, and the rise of machinery in American agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Light-Hearted Fashions for Summer Wardrobe
Two Barbara Bell patterns offer easy to sew summer outfits slacks with a bolero and topper plus an adorable dirndl. Sizes 12 to 20, yardage varies by pattern and fabric width. Send 15 cents for the Spring Summer Pattern Book from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Household Tips and Tricks From Around the House
Practical homemaking notes cover buttering raisins to keep them from sinking in cakes and using alum in wash solutions for raincoats. Advice includes saving pickling syrup for flavoring roasts, hanging curtains with hidden hems, odor control in the icebox, and methods for keeping bananas fresh and cheese grating.
Growth Spurts For Newborn Giraffe At London Zoo
Collier's Weekly notes a giraffe born at the London Zoo stood 62 inches tall at birth and reached 75 inches by the next afternoon during a rapid early growth phase described as a stretching period as the legs settle into place.
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London Zoo
Collier’s Weekly
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Davis
Nathan Straus
Housing Authority
Robert Wagner
Mr. Straus
Western Newspaper Union
Senator Lodge
Hitler
China
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State of
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Dirndl
Ferry
Ferry-Morse
Ferry-Morse Seed Co
Detroit
San Francisco
Ferry's
pSheey Rilke
Alea
Sea
Robertson
COLEM
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Mrchandise
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