Wirt claims radical plot to topple U S government
News Review reports Dr W A Wirt of Gary Indiana recounting a dinner near Washington where he says radicals discussed overthrowing the U S social order under Roosevelt likened to Kerensky and Stalin. He cites Henry Wallace Tugwell and others, while witnesses dispute or deny the tale as a committee considers calls to hear attendees.
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William A. Wirt
Gary
Ind
United States
House
Wirt
Alice Barrows
Washington
Robert Bruere
David ©. Coyle
Hildegarde Kneeland
Mary Taylor
Lawrence Todd
Tass
Roosevelt
Kerensky
Stalin
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Rexford Guy ‘Tugwell
Brain Trust
Milburn L. Wilson
Department of Interior
Robert Kohn
Public Works Administration
Frederick Howe
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Henry T. Rainey
House of Representatives
Indiana
Tugwell
Eee
Bulwinkle
Committee
Ickes
Doctor Wirt
Indiana Dunes
Lake Michigan
Representative McGugin
Kansas
Department of Justice
McGugin
Barnett
Jackson Barnett
Coupins Amendment Passes Senate Tax Increase Proposal
Senate members divided as Couzens pushes a 10 percent tax rise for all income returns. Chairman Harrison backs the amendment as an emergency measure. After a initial 46 to 44 defeat, Couzens swayed votes to revive and pass it 48 to 36, though opposition awaited in conference.
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Senate
House
Coizens
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Couzens
Michigan
American minister William Wallace McDowell dies in Dublin banquet
William Wallace McDowell of Butte Montana, newly named American minister to the Irish Free State, collapsed and died of heart disease during a banquet at Dublin Castle hosted by President Eamon De Valera. He fell unconscious while responding to congratulatory speeches and expired almost instantly.
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William Wallace McDowell
Butte, Mont
Quadruplet lambs born as mother and lambs thrive on farm
North Adams-George Walworth feeds two of the newborn quadruplets. The mother and all the lambs are reported thriving. Across towns, incidents include a grade crossing accident fatal to Mrs Martha Seabrook and her husband William, a gas asphyxiation rescue near Romulus, and an explosion in Bay City injuring Walter Przepiora. Various Michigan localities report university events, welfare planting, legislative sessions, and industrial updates. Road, fire, and accident notes share space with state news on employment, taxation, and historical fairs.
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North Adams
George Walworth
Jonia
Martha Seabrook
William
Seabrook
Muir
Romulus
Lee Yoder
John Killingsbeck
Donald
Bay City
Walter Przepiora
Przepiora
Muskegon
F. A. Stahl
Frank Pulsifer
Hazel Lortz
Dewitt Osgood
Lansing
Michigan
Ohio
Cleveland
Atlas Employment Agency
Detroit
Franklin D Roosevelt
Don W. Canfield
Democratic State Central Committee
Woodrow Wilson
United States
United States Treasury
Houghton
Russell J. MacLaren
Roland Pierson
Grand Rapids
Portage Lake
Calumet
Isle Royale
Charles B. Dwyer
Jack Ferris
James R. Simester
Old Fort Mackinac
Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island State Park
Red Hot Campaign Ahead As New Deal Fights Rise
William comments on looming national campaign issues centered on whether to make New Deal measures permanent. He highlights air mail cancelation, federal overreach, TVA funding, and presidential election reform as pivotal. The author stresses the 1935 expiration and urges voters to decide if New Deal items endure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
NRA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
House of Representatives
AAA
Treasury
Campaign Debate and Electoral Reform in the 1930s
The piece surveys the coming campaign emphasizing broad debate on New Deal policies and federal payroll growth. It discusses a proposed constitutional amendment to divide electoral votes proportionally by state party strength, sparking a likely two party fight nationwide.
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Argu Norrisment
United States
Norris
Nebraska
Representative Lea
California
Congress
Solid South
Mississippi
South
New York
Lea
Union
Representative Martin
Massachusetts
Unalon
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UST
G. A. Lynch
Regular Army
Lynch
United States Army
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Motor Products Corporation
Hudson Motor Company
Edward P. McGrady
Hugh Johnson
Hudson
Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry
Mich
Nash Motor Company
Kenosha
Wis
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Detroit-Michigan Stove E Company
Connecticut
John J. Egan
Connecticut Federation of Labor
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Amuel Insull
Istanbul
Smyrna
Dern
Army Air Corps
Newton D. Baker
Charlee A. Lindbergh
Karl Taylor Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
George W. Lewis
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Maj
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Jimmie
Doolittle
Edgar 8. Gorrell
Stutz Motor Car Company
Bishop Cannon
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Church South
Ada L. Burroughs
Richmond
Edwin O. Jameson
Democrats’ Headquarters Committee
Miss Burroughs
Virginia
anti-Smith Committee
Arthur W. Cutten
Chicago Wheat Pit
Cutten
Grain Futures Administration
Chicago
Grain Futures Act
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Federal Public Works Program
Rocky Mountains
Dodge Corporation
PWA
Frank Walker
Rank. Walker
Mnational Emergency Council
Subsistence Homestead Plan
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Home Loan Bank Board
Farm Credit Administration
Department of Agriculture
Colombia
Department of State
Col
G.A. Lynch
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Adrian
Lanawee
Evans M. Russell
Commerce Department
Ferndale
Paul Scherer
Scherer
East Jordan
Ralph Stallard
Garrett Gerloff
Josh
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Raisin
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Michigan State Prison
Maraquette
Don Martell
Martell
Fred Anderson
Franklin Dekelaine Co
State Board of Auditors
General Binding
Department of Labor and Industry
Raymond Spangenberg
Hart
Myrtle BE
Spider’s
Marquette
Upper Peninsula
Upper Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie
Marlene R. Materna
Walter Materna
Sault
Materna
Caro
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Henry Pord
C. R. Klein
Ford
Klein
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