Supreme Court Strikes NRA and Farm Mortgage Act
The Supreme Court rules the NRA code structure unconstitutional and the Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage moratorium act invalid. It also finds President Roosevelt’s dismissal of William E. Humphrey from the FTC illegal and limits federal power over commerce. Constitu tional limits spark administration confusion and industry tremors.
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HREB
Supreme Court of the United States
Hughes
NRA
Congress
Justice Brandeis
Roosevelt
William E. Humphrey
Federal Trade Commission
Mr. Humphrey
Harper Sibley
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Standard Ol Company of
New Jersey
Tide Water Oil Company
United Textile Workers
Treas
Western European Pact Proposed for Aerial Defense
DOLF HITLER proposes a multilateral western European pact with Germany Great Britain France Italy and Belgium to curb aerial aggression. The plan mirrors the Anglo French air pact and would supply the equal defense framework among the named nations similar to the Locarno land forces arrangement for France Germany and Belgium.
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Dolf Hitler
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Pouge
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Ethiopia
Mussolini
League
Il Duce
Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Europe
East Africa
Britain
California driver wins 500 mile Indy race at speed record
Elly Petillo of California won the 500 mile race at Indianapolis Speedway with an average speed of 108.24 mph. Clay Weatherly of Cincinnati was killed when he lost control of his car during the event.
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Elly Petillo
California
Indianapolis Speedway
Clay Weatherly
Cincinnati
Naval show in Pearl Harbor tests fleet capacity
A two day display in the Pacific featured 225 planes in an aerial review and ships entering Pearl Harbor to test the harbor’s anchorage capacity. The Utah carried 700 marines as the navy marked Memorial Day in Japan and Mussolini moved to mobilize Italian forces in East Africa amid tensions with Britain and France.
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Awaii
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Great Naval Base
Utah
Japan
Togo
Navy
United States
Russia
Asia
Opening of California Pacific Exposition At Balboa Park
Thousands of visitors toured the California Pacific Exposition along the Camino Real to Balboa Park on opening day. The climax came in the evening as President Roosevelt spoke by radio from the White House.
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Senate
Clark
Bailey
Vandenberg
Copeland
House
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
NLW
Central West
Republican Party
Springfield
Ill
Harrison B. Spangler
Iowa
Arthur M. Hyde
Missouri
Hoover
Edward Hayes
Decatur
American Legion
Hyde
Oak Ridge
Hayes
AN Diego
Tapan Threat to Press Demilitarized Zone Expansion
TAPAN demands government action accusing Chiang Kai-shek and Yu Hsueh chung of breaches of the Tangku truce signed May 381 1988 ending Sino-Japanese hostilities in Manchuria. Tokyo dispatches note plans to include Peiping and Tientsin in the demilitarized zone with threats to bomb and occupy both cities. France’s Flandin seeks dictatorial financial powers, loses vote, resignations follow as M. Fernand Bouillon to form new government.
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Tapan
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Yu Hsuehchung
Hope Province
China
Manchuria
Tokyo
Peiping
Tientsin
PrigHtMe
Flandin
France
Chamber of Deputies
M. Fernand Boulsson
Quintuplets Celebrate First Birthday in Callender
Guardians Judge J A Valin and Minister David Croll hosted a party for the Dionne quintuplets on their first birthday in Callender. The Dionnes refused to attend after infants were moved to a hospital across the street. The five girls, healthy and growing, were briefly shown and allowed to crow or cry into a radio microphone.
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R. Alan Roy Daforr
J. A. Valin
David Croll
Ontario
Callender
Dionne
Cuba's Mendieta opts out of next presidential race
President Arlos Mendieta announces he will not stand next winter to succeed himself. The contest is expected to narrow to Miguel Mariano Gomez, twice mayor of Havana, and Mario G. Menocal, former president of Cuba.
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Frank C. Walker
Jim Farley
Roosevelt
National Democratic Committee
New York
Farley
Melvin ©. Eaton
Arlos Mendieta
Cuba
Miguel Mariano Gomez
Havana
Mario G. Menocal
Congress
Hoover
Coolidge
Harding
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Washington
Treasury
TVA audit fuels debate on rate yardstick and losses
Comptroller General McCarl released a critical audit of the Tennessee Valley Authority, revealing $182.8 million spent by the federal government before transfer to TVA, depreciation methods and land purchases that hinder private power projects, raising questions about taxation and governance. The report coincides with TVA seeking new amendments, drawing scrutiny from Congress and advocates of public ownership.
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Washington
Roosevelt
J. R. McCarl
United States
Tennessee Valley Authority
McCarl
Treasury
Tennessee Valley
Garden of Eden
TVA
House
Comptroller General
Comptroller
Muscle Shoals
Sub- Mach
Morgan
McSwain
McLean
New Jersey
House Committee
Frederick E. Williamson
New York Central System
Poe
Germany and Peace
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald argues that Germany’s actions undermine European confidence and threaten peace. He asserts Berlin’s armed growth alarms other nations, claiming its duty to reassure conflicts with its vast armaments and international insecurity.
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Ermany
Europe
Berlin
Germany
Future NRA Policy by Donald R Richberg
Donald R Richberg argues for shifting from forceful symbols to peaceful cooperation in enforcing fair competition. He contends dissenters and obstructors must be prevented from derailing the majority’s effort toward self-government.
Continuing NRA by Joseph Robinson
U S Senator from Arkansas argues the NRA has spread recovery across industry and commerce. He notes witnesses admitted codes changed unprofitable industries to profitable. Amendments have been proposed. abandoning the act could invite past evils that led to its passage.
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Washington
Donald Richberg
National Industrial Recovery Board
White House
Senate
NRA
Committee On Agriculture
W. B. Borah
Senate Committee On Finance
The Republica n Job by Arthur Capper
U S Senator Arthur Capper argues for redefining public utilities to balance private enterprise with collective ownership. He urges a democratic framework where government finance industry and business serve the people and protect individual rights while ensuring public welfare.
Future Liberty by Dr Francis Carter Wood
Noted pathologist argues that high taxes will push money-minded Americans to frontier countries with cheap labor and large profits. He predicts a split where some pursue economic expansion while others accept simpler living and intellectual liberty over physical freedom.
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Future Liberty
Francis Carter Wood
America
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Supreme Court
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Chief
A. M. Hyde
Benito
Ramsay MacDonald
Donald R. Richberg
National Emergency Council
Joseph Robinson
U. S
Arkansas
Arthur Capper
Kansas
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