Roosevelt Delivers Union Address Amid Radio Broadside
President Roosevelt announces his state of the union to Congress with a nationwide radio broadcast. Debates erupt over timing and equal time for a Republican reply while lawmakers discuss neutrality policy and proposed bonus payments for veterans.
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Michigan
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Texas
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Enator
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435
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Minnesota
Chicago
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Thomas B. Schall
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Ranklin
Hoyt
RS. Eugene Talmange
Georgia
Alfred E. Smith
White House
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League
Mussolini
Africa
Italy
United States
Mediterranean
Blue Jackets
Allegan County plans farm purchases and rehab loans
Rural Resettlement Administration announces plans to buy several Allegan County farms before Jan 15 and invites applications for rehabilitation loans for farmers unable to borrow elsewhere. The briefing covers aid programs and local impacts across Michigan regions.
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Fr. R. McCarl
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Surplus Commodity Corporation
AAA
Wallace
McCar
McCarl
Allegan
Rural Resettlement Administration
Allegan County
Mt. C. Mens
Hugo Blank
Canal Road
Blank
Holland
Chicago
Larising
Harold L. Ickes
National Park Service
Isle Royale
Ickes
Congress
Muskegon
James Brink
Muskegon County
Whitehall
Montague
Ravenna
Holton
North Muskegon
Bay City
Oscar Westover
Army Air Corps
Benjamin D. Foulois
Westover
Army
Third Batallion of Engineers
Fort Totten
N. Y
Washington Barracks
Lansinge
Federal Social Security Board
Michigan
Philip A. Callahan
Michigan Old-Age Assistance Bureau
Callahan
Lansing
Ann Arbor
Rackham Fund
University of Michigan
Arson Fires Across States Prompt Death Penalty Talks
Arsonists set houses and structures nationwide for insurance, excitement, or revenge at about one every 105 minutes. Six states impose the death penalty upon conviction and fourteen others offer life or 20 year terms.
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Tonia
Ionia
Newaygo County
Kent
Russell Martin
State Conservation Department
Newaygo
Mt. Pleasant
Michigan
Lansing
Department of Labor and Industry
Detroit
Millington
Ralph Rohrer
Here
Rohrer
United States
Washington Monument Dimensions and Base Details
The Washington Monument stands 553 feet 5 percent inches tall with a base of 55 feet square and a top measurement of 34 feet 6 inches square. The description notes precise height and cross sections for the era.
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Washington Monument
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