Utilities oppose New Deal public ownership test case
Edison Electric Institute president Thomas N McCarter urges Roosevelt to join a suit testing the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority while promising reforms in financing and lower rates to consumers. Federal officials rebut the bid as unnecessary and warn the industry to modernize and cut costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roosevelt
Thomas N. McCarter
Edison Electric Institute
Tennessee Valley Authority
McCarter
TVA
Newton D. Baker
James M. Beck
W. S. Grubb
Frank R. McNinch
Federal Power Commission
Aids
Supreme Court
McNinch
Canada
Hugh 8. Magill
American Federation of Utility Investors
Federal Trade Commission
Electric Light and Power
Doctor Magill
Final crop estimates show wealth up despite reduced output
Department of Agriculture reports final 1934 crop values for the five leading grains at 1,894,778,000 dollars, up 314,000,000 from 1933. Production totals 2,541,000,000 bushels, down 1,248,000,000 from 1933 and far below the 1927-31 average, with drought and heat cited as the cause of huge losses.
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Department of Agriculture
Shelbyville mob riot leaves two dead and courthouse burned
Violent clash erupts after a black youth is disguised in militia uniform and gas mask and spirited from town. Deputies describe the mob as "crazy drunk" as National Guardsmen and locals exchange bayonet and gunfire, with two mob members killed and multiple others wounded. The courthouse is dynamited and burned in the frenzy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Tenn
Mary Harriman Rumsey and notable deaths remembered
RS Mary Harriman Rumsey who fought to protect consumers died in Washington. She championed sociology public affairs and led the National Consumers Board of the NRA as a New Deal advocate. Also noted were Eugene R. Black former Federal Reserve governor and New York lawyer Martin W. Littleton, famed for sensational cases and a stint in Congress.
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Mary Harriman Rumsey
Washington
B. H. Harriman
National Consumers’ Board
NRA
Eugene R. Black
Federal Reserve Board
Martin W
Publication difficulties threaten public flood of New Deal rules
A Western Newspaper Union analysis highlights the surge of New Deal laws orders and regulations. It notes a lack of central publication to inform the public and cites Justice Brandeis’s critique. It discusses the NRA output, federal tribunals, and the risk of misuse while outlining Roosevelt’s plan to limit profits from war. It also touches on lobbying history from Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Brandeis
NRA
Congress
American Bar Association
National Recovery Administration
Brooklyn Institute
Committee On Public Information
White House
War and Navy Departments
Supreme Court
George Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
General Washington
H. O. Bishop
Library of Congress
General Assembly of Virginia
Jamestown Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Virginia Assembly
Western Newspaper Union
Sun Bonnet quilting block pattern offered by Home Craft Co
Home Craft Co advertises an 18 inch sun bonnet quilt block with stamped patches and simple outline embroidery. Buyers pay 15¢ for one block or 75¢ postpaid for a set of six blocks plus a quilt illustration. Enclose stamped envelope for information and mail to St Louis address.
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Home Craft Co. Dept. D
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Avenue
St. Louis
Symbols of Chinese Good Wishes through Birds and Fish
The article explains how fish symbolize abundance and power in Chinese culture, the eagle denotes heroism, wild geese and ducks signify conjugal fidelity, and a white or golden pheasant on a scroll wishes happiness longevity and official favor. It notes the crane as a sign of good augury and lasting health, revered beside the phoenix.
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Han Lin Academy
Emperor Wang
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National Resources Board
Edward W. Pickard
T. N. McCarter
War Department
Clark
Missouri
Department
War Policies Commission
C. T. Harris
Army
E. E. Brannan
Roa
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
National Association of Manufacturers
Chamber of Commerce of the
Perkins
RMY
Navy
House Committee On un-American Activities
W. L. Kirkman
New York City
Gran Chaco
Paraguay
League of Nations
Bolivia
League
Chaco
Ceon
Department of Justice
O. F. Urschel
Oklahoma
James OC
Mathers
Ben Laska
Denver
Albert Bates
Alcatraz Island
Laska
Japan
Privy Council
Hirohito
Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Pacific Ocean
Great Britain
Dern
Swanson
Mr. Dern
Air Corps
Newton DV. Baker
Treasury
Regular Army
National Guard
Harold L. Ickes
William Bruck
Mr. Roosevelt
Wiseacres
Senate Committee
Nye
North Dakota Plains
Vandenberg
Michigan
Bach
House
Senate
Ray
Parker
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Ann Avenue
Ani
Coconut Grove
Summit
Reading Road
Cincinnati
Morse
Oak St
Elmira
N.Y
Findlay
Ohio
Washington, Pa
WNU
Gereranat
Rie Crystal Co
Texas
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