Filibuster Origins and Senate Strategy in Roosevelt Era
The article traces the term filibuster from its pirate era meaning to smuggle guns ashore to its use in Congress to delay or block legislation. It notes Senator Ashurst of Arizona shaping judicial reform support while Roosevelt pushes court changes. It discusses tariff policy, Fordney McCumber rates, and Hull's move toward freer trade, noting officials balance protection with negotiation.
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Richard Harding Davis
Senate
Squeedunk
House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
Senate Judipreme Court
Alfred M. Landon
United States Senate
Ashurst
Europe
State Department
Reducing Auto Fatalities and Public Attitudes
A columnist decries auto deaths and proposes penalties such as five year licenses revocation and vehicle sales with proceeds to victims' heirs. The piece also weighs harsher jail terms for flagrant offenders and questions public reactions to policies during a time of social upheaval.
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Anta Monica
Calif
America
Election Wager Sparks Heated Prompt
Two workers debate a candidate's blunder during a tense day of campaigning. The First Worker predicts a defeat, while the Second Worker argues the stunt could backfire or boost the candidate's appeal.
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Bill
Fll
Drowning in the Dark
Mack nearly died in a water tank aboard a ship when flood valves trapped him under hatch cover. His helper, away with a injured hand, later opened the cover and saved him as air ran low. Mack spent a week in hospital and missed the ship’s launch.
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Mack Tanner
Mack
New York City
Port Newark
Hope
Largest dinosaur Atlantosaurus reaches 30 feet tall
The largest known dinosaurian reptile, Atlantosaurus, measured about sixty feet in length and stood roughly thirty feet high based on remains described. The discovery underscores the enormous size of early sauropods and prompts further paleontological study.
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Carter Field
Sanita Court
A. Smith
Mark Smith
Cordell Hull
Irvin
Cobb
Windsor
Duke of Windsor
Jefferson
Ickes
Great National Auditorium
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Ieries
Madame Perkins
Red Cross
Iglis
Austrian Tyrol
Old Villanova
Villanova
Ray Gadsby
Mr. and
Mrs
Charlie Johns
Bruce Campbell
Philadelphia Sietseen’ Dastalenien OQ
William Duncan
Association
Ts Sous
Texas
LORD
Floyd Gibbons
WNU
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