Utilities bill showdown shakes Congress in 1930s era clash
Congress rejected the senate version of the utility holding companies bill by 258 to 148 and adopted a house substitute placing holdings under the Securities and Exchange Commission, followed by approval of the main measure 322 to 81. Investigations into lobbying by supporters and opponents were ordered.
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Congress
House
Senate
Securities and Exchange Commission
Capitol
John H. Hoeppel
California
Hoeppel
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Thomas G. Corcoran
Passamaquoddy
Brewster
Rankin
Mississippi
Moran
Roosevelt
Man
Charles West
Farley
Emil Hurja
Wheeler
Montana
White House
AAA reforms for 1935 rye crop announced in Washington
Secretary Wallace unveiled an adjustment program for rye with forthcoming benefit payments. Delegates from sixteen rye states met in Washington to map operation. Farmers from wheat regions backed a tentative flexible plan for wheat grower payments as AAA shifts unfold.
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Ecretary OF Agriculture
Wallace
AAA
Washington
Anthony Eden
England
British Isles
Great Britain
Haile Selassie
Abyssinia
Italy
Africa
Mussolini
Britain
Eden
MacDonald
Ethopia
Rome
Ethiopia
United States
W. Perry George
Addis Ababa
Michigan News Roundup From Lansing and Across State
Michigan headlines report Coast Guard rescue near Mackinac Island after a speedboat propeller detached in heavy seas. Officials announce a 54 hour work week for Michigan Home and Training School staff by Sept 1, while Frank Murphy is confirmed as U S High Commissioner to the Philippines.
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Mackinac Island
United States Coast Guards
McGregor
Lapeer
Michigan Home and Training School
Robert L. Dixon
Lansing
Frank Murphy
Detroit
United States
Philippine Islands
Senate
Murphy
The
Islands
Morenci
Ohio
Trafic
State
van Wagoner
Murray D. van Wagoner
Escanaba
Upper Peninsula
CCC
Flint
Mae
Leon Wright
Flushing
Wright
Grand Rapids
State Liquor Control Commission
Michigan
State Emergency Relief Administration
SERA
Lower Peninsula
Peninsula
Public Works Slow Draws Fire Over NYA Plan
Washington critics fault slow administration of the five billion dollar Works Program. Hopkins leads expenditures while Ickes remains a sore point. The NYA allocates fifty million for youth employment and training for ages sixteen to twenty five, with 2.5 million eligible for aid, selected by local volunteers under federal guidance.
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Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Ickes
Novy
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Ickes
Mr. Hopkins
Hopkins Long
National Youth Administration
NYA
Perkins
Labor Department
Children’s Bureau
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Aubrey W. Williams
Hopkins
Miss Roche
Ha Ae
Public Works Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Debated NYA Plans and Alaska Colony Risks
Western Newspaper Union reports concerns on NYA funding and federal works projects including housing, grade crossings, and 200 Middle Western families moved to Alaska's Matanuska valley. Critics doubt impact, while observers note high costs, logistical hurdles, and the need for modern amenities to sustain colonists.
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Trans Amuck
Amuck
Matanuska Valley
Alaska
Federal Relief Administration
Congress
Matanuska
Aenenral
United States
House
Uncle Sam
Matanuska Colony
Relief Administration
Western Newspaper Union
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Glass Bests Eccles
Edward W. Pickard
Rep. Brewster
Carter Glass
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles-Currie
Federal Reserve System
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Morgenthau
National Treasury
Glass
Reserve Board
Reserve Banks
Son
Virgin Islands
Charles H. Gibson
Gibson
Tekes
Paul M. Pearson
Pearson
Hugh Johnson
Federal Works Relief
New York City
Robbie
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Paris
Fidac
S. P. Bailey
Winona
Ninn
Julian W. Thomas
Salt Lake City
Bernhard Ragner
McKeesport
Harold L. Smith
Coatesville
Ubr T. Ansell
Gen
S. T. Ansell
Huey Long
Long
Ansell
Avid Lloyd George
Japan
Norh Citroen
Henry Ford
France
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
Rouge Park Road
Dickinson
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
William H. Yawkey
Rouge Park
William Schweitzer
Motor City
Fort Wayne
Ind
Rob Dickinson
Sweitzer
Fred
al Key
Meridan
Miss
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brien
S& Lonis
Seeerse Sesses
East Lansing
Michigan State
Francis Dittrich
Cambridge
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Board of
Regents
University Hospital
Manatuska
Fitzgerald
Midland
Tawas City
Robert M. Allan
Bay
Griswold Street
American State Bank
Allan
Joseph C. Armstrong
Muskegon
Dorothy Smith
Dorothy
Kalamazoo
C. E. Boys
Kodiak Island
Dr .Boys
Kalamazoo Museum
North America
Saginaw
Frank J. Peterson
Peterson Steamship Co
Lord Foust
Centerville
Foust
Faust
Sandusky
Anthony William
William Anthony Peter
Tony
Sault Ste. Marie
Ashmun Street
Traverse City
Isle Royale National Park Commission
Gov. Fitzgerald
Isle Royale
James McNaughton
Calumet
Edsel Ford
Harry Fletcher
Alpena
Harry F. Harper
Henry E. Naegely
Cross Village
Pioneer Indian Territory
Gross Village
Sturgeon Bay
Singapore
Gerritt DeGood
DeGood
William B
National Press Building
Ash
Ngton, D. C
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