Congress Races to Pass Key Measures as Session Ends
The closing days of Congress see rapid action under White House pressure with filibusters all but ended. The Guffey coal bill faces stiff Senate opposition but is pushed by administration, while TVA expansion, munitions embargoes, and railway bankruptcy tweaks pass. European tensions rise as Italy and Britain draw lines, and Pettengill attacks Corcoran over lobby dealings.
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House
Senate
White House
Congress
Walter F. George
Georgia
United States
Democratic Party
George
SEC
TVA
Joseph B. Eastman
Assolini
Ethiopia
Europe
Ilduce
Anthony Eden
Pierre Laval
Italy
Haile Selassie
Paris
France
Great Britain
League of Nations Council
Japan
Manchuria
Mussolini
League
Germany
Baron Pompel Aloisi
Duce
Eden
Laval
Rome
London
Ben
Stanley Baldwin
Lloyd George
Lord Cecil
Winston Churchill
Samuel Hoare
Hitler
Amuel B. Pettengill
Indiana
Tom Corcoran
Pettengill
House Lobby Committee
Corcoran
Washington
Capitol
Administration
Latin America
Jose M. Velasco Ibarra
Ecuador
Antonio Pons
Ibarra
Col
Nicanor Solis
Pons
Michigan News Digest Rushes Local Developments Across State
Various Michigan towns report improvements and actions including Bad Axe water pump upgrade doubling capacity, Ypsilanti consolidated school purchasing 17 new buses, Dearborn post office project funded at 100000 dollars, and Isle Royale Civilian Conservation Camp plans. Journal notes also cover court rulings, scouting outings, and state efforts on welfare, old age pensions, and flood prevention with multiple county and city updates.
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Sunfield
Lansing
Michigan
Roosevelt
Grand Rapids
Muskegon
Kent County
Gedar Springs
Here
Kalamazoo
Jacob Schuring
East Lansinge
United States Weather Bureau
Frank Genero
McMillan
Beaver Island
Olivet
Katharine Butterfield
Michigan State College
Katharine
Home Owners’ Loan Corp
Sylvester J. Christie
Christie
HOLC
Detroit
Detroit City
Mary Rogers
The
Ninety-Nines Society
Rogers
Fall Branch
Tenn
W. J. Sovereign
Wheat acreage boost signals shift in New Deal policy
Washington analysis notes the AAA raised wheat planting area by 5.2 million acres for 1936, seen as an answer to rising living costs and agri policy reversal. The piece contrasts hog and pork shortages with expectations of imports, and questions political appointee security amid New Deal layoffs.
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Port Huron
Clair W. Davis
Marshall
Blaine W. Hatch
Battle Creek General Hospital Association
Washington
Roosevelt
AAA
United States
Detroit
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Wallace
Davis
Wiseacres
Mr. Roosevelt
Western Newspaper Union
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Edward W. Pickard
T. G. Corcoran
Budget Bureau
Morgenthau
Armed Service
New York
Dennis BE. Nolan
First
Arew
National Guardsmen
New England
New Jersey
New York City
Pine Camp
Thousand Islands
William N. Haskell
Morris B. Payne
John J. Toffey
Massachusetts
Tapan
Hawaii
Alaskan
Henry L. Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Central America
Navy High Command
Wet Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
Point Barrow
Joe Crosson
Cotton Textile Committee
Daniel Roper
Perkins
Hull
B. B. Robinson
Marvin H. Macintyre
Lawrence W. Robert, Jr
Treasury
Amon G. Carter
Fort Worth
Shoreham Hotel
Bernard B. Robinson
Chicago
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Robinson
Charles West
Emil Hurja
Democratic National Committee
West
Hurja
Farley
Hen Charles §. Risk
Rhode Island
Bertrand
Snell
Mr. Risk
B. Olson
Minnesota
United States Senate
Thomas D. Schall
Olsonig
Senator
Guffey
Maj. Gen
Nolan
Roper
Bad Axe
Ypsilants
Lincoln Consolidated Rural School
Dearborn
Maple Ave
Michigan Ave
Isle Royal
Isle Royale
Bay City
Kalamzoo
Holland
George D. Taylor
James A. Taylor
L. C. Wright
James Taylor
Spurr Township
Baraga County
State Public Debt Commission
Nottawa
Lockport
St. Joseph County
Portland
Ionia County
Interior Department
CCC
Michigan Department of Conservation
State Emergency Relief Administration
Federal Surplus Relief Corp
State Relief Administration
State Emergency Relief Commission
William Haber
SERA
State Administration Board
Newberry
State Hospital
Flint
City Health Department
Charles 8. Mott
General Motors Corp
Health Department
Mott
State Liquor Control Commission
Gaylord
B. C. Schram
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Guardian Depositors’ Corp
Wayne County Register of Deeds Office
Harold EH. Stoll
Register
Stoll
Grand Haven
Coast Guard
Pointe Aux Barques
Sturgeon Point
Middle Island
Bois-Blanc
Thunder Bay
Hammond Station
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Department
Civil Service