Political scandal shades Tennessee senate race in 1930s
The Senate campaign in Tennessee drew scrutiny as the investigative committee reported alleged coercive fundraising and wage pressures by rival Democratic camps led by George L. Berry and Tom Stewart. It warned of possible election contests and examined federal and state employee influence and misuse of funds. The panel also probed a Farm Security circular and dispatched investigators across multiple states.
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Tennessee
Senate Campaign Committee
Berry-Stewart
Enator Sheppard
Senate
Senator Berry
Sen
George L. Berry
Tom Stewart
J. Ridley Mitchell
John R. Neal
C. L. Powell
Stewart
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Berry
State
Gordon Browning
United States
United States Senate
Farley
Farm Security Administration
South Dakota
Frank
Tom Berry
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
North Dakota
California
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
WPA
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Debt Payment Rumors Stir Talks Over UK France Debts
A London correspondent reports preliminary talks toward final settlement of Britain and France defaulted debts to the United States. Secret Paris talks involved Morgenthau Bullitt Bonnet and Marchandeau as Britain and France seek principal reductions to form a basis for payment.
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London
Great Britain
France
United States
Kennedy
Chamberlain
Paris
Treasury
Morgenthau
Bullitt
Bonnet
Marchandeau
Britain
Texas Democrats pick O Daniel for governor in primary
The Texas Democratic primary nominating race settles on W Lee O Daniel born in Ohio and raised in Kansas as the nominee for governor. O Daniel led 12 candidates with a strong platform including a business administration and liberal pensions. National news notes Maury Maverick losing renomination to Paul Kilday and other backers defeated. A Bogotá disaster kills seventy seven and injures about one hundred fifty when a Colombia army plane crashes into a grandstand during an aviation review, with the president and president elect among spectators escaping.
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Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
Ohio
Kansas
O’daniel
Maury Maverick
Congress
Paul Kilday
San Antonio
Maverick
Kilday
W. D. MacFarlane
Morgan Sanders
Bogota
Swinty
Colombia
Hoffman defies NLRB over free speech on union issues
Republican congressman Hoffman from Michigan challenges the National Labor Relations Board on constitutional rights to freedom of speech and press. He recalls the board’s ruling that a speech circulated by the Constitutional Educational League was an unfair labor practice under the Wagner act. He offers to provide copies of the address at printing cost to interested parties.
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Hoffman
N.L.R.B
Clare
Michigan
National Labor Relations Board
House
Committee For Industrial Organization
Constitutional Educational League of New Haven, Conn
Labor Board
American Federation of Labor
American Federationist
RFC Announces Policy to Expand Business Loan Lending
Chairman Jesse Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation unveils a plan to pit banks against each other to push loan expansion. If a loan is approved by the RFC but refused by the local bank, RFC will urge participation, otherwise contacting a competitor bank. The Fed notes rising industrial production in July.
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Hairman
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Federal Reserve Board
Jones
Ickes
PWA
Wallace Blames GOP Debt Policies at Iowa Speech
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace told the Iowa Democratic convention that Republican policies of the twenties helped drive the federal debt higher in the past nine years. He argued the Democratic approach is correcting the trend and showed figures claiming total debts now are far below 1930 levels and private debts have fallen significantly.
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Ecretary OF
O Wallace
Iowa
United States
Hull Demands Arbitration Over Seized Farms With Mexico
Secretary Hull, backed by President Roosevelt, protests Mexico for seizing American owned farm lands and urges arbitration. Senator Pittman supports action, warning Mexico would face economic penalties and forfeit U S aid if it refuses to arbitrate.
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Hull
Mexico
Potatoes Vote Rejected AAA Marketing Plan
Washington columnist notes the Agricultural Adjustment Administration rejected a potato marketing agreement covering interstate shipments from 13 states. The piece argues farmers assert independence from Washington, highlighting two schools of thought on government role in agriculture.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Wallace
Friends of Agriculture
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Slim Frocks For Midsummer Housewear And Sewing Tips
Fresh new house dresses with slim waists suit hot weeks for shopping porch wear. The feature outlines Day Frock designs with a gored skirt and square neckline and a large figure option with a deep v neck. Instructions include sizes 12 to 50 and yardage for 35 inch material. Also notes a selling guide for home dressmaking and pattern orders from Chicago.
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Ricrac
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TVA
Congressional Investigating Committee
J. A. Kurg
A. E. Morgan
Sdurard
W. Pickard
Weste
House of Delegates
American Bar Association
Cleveland
National Labor Relations Act
Committee On Labor, Employment and Social Security
Tus
Securities and Exchange Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Committee On Administrative Law
Roscoe Pound
Harvard University Law School
Jerome N. Frank
SEC
TVA Investigation Committee
Edison Electric Institute
Electric Bond and Share Company
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
G.O.P
Legislatures
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Corrigan
National Press Club
Ood
Douglas Corrigan
West
New York
Ireland
Department of Commerce
H. O. Bishop
George Washington
Potomac River
Russia
Senator Dill
Bishop
Atlantic
Amelia Earhart
Mr. Bishop
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Gova
Western Newspaper Union
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Ora
Pep
Dizzy
Belrs Ature
Erin
David Gregg
Lice
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