Congress Closes Second Session Amid Debates On New Deal Bills
The Seventy-third congress ended its second session after pushing through key New Deal measures and routine appropriations while scrutinizing administration backed bills. Roosevelt retained strong influence though lawmakers pressed for closer review, with several admin backed proposals failing to pass. The session featured major appropriations for relief, housing, farm mortgagors relief, banking amendments, and railway labor reforms, amid criticism of administration leadership and fiscal spending.
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Seventy-third Congress
Roosevelt
Congress
Ickes
AAA
Britten
Chicago
Green Plan Averts Steelworkers Strike in Pittsburgh
President Green persuaded steel workers delegates in Pittsburgh to postpone a threatened strike. He proposed a three man presidential board to adjudicate code violations and oversee elections for bargaining, with all grievances to the board for final decision. If labor, capital and government accept it, the strike would end and negotiations continue.
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Wa Green
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Johnson
Steel Workers’ Unions
Pittsburgh
Earl J. Forbeck
General Johnson
Washington
Code Authority of
Cleaners and Dyers
Code Authority
Pressure to remove Foulois from Army Air Corps chief role
A unanimous report from a house investigating committee urges Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois to be relieved immediately as chief of the army air corps, citing dishonesty, gross misconduct, inefficiency, inaccuracy, unreliability, incompetency, and mismanagement. Roosevelt attends Yale commencement, receives Doctor of Laws, defends brain trust, then attends Harvard Yale boat races before returning to Hyde Park.
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Ecretary
Dern
Roosevelt
House
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army Air Corps
Foulois
Air Corps
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Brain Trust
Washington
New London
Nother divorce looms in Roosevelt family circle
Anna Dall daughter of the President has moved to Nevada in apparent pursuit of a legal separation from her husband Curtis Dall New York broker. The couple has not lived together for a year with their two children Sissie and Buzzie remaining at the White House. Anna plans to stay six months in a Lake Tahoe cabin near her brother Elliott who lived nearby after his own divorce from Elizabeth Donner of Philadelphia.
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Roosevelt
White House
Charles Lindbergh
Air Transportation Company
Stephen Arly
Early
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Board of Review of
NRA Affairs
NRA
General Johnson
Congress
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
NRA Exempts Contractors From Core Code in Government Deals
The NRA administration ends evasive bids by recognizing code regulations are unworkable with municipal and government agencies. An executive order exempts contractors manufacturers and merchants from the most important code restrictions in all dealings with federal state city or other governments after widespread protests over rising operating costs.
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NRA
National Topics Interpreted by William CHANCELLOR HITLER critique and New Deal debate
The piece reviews Franz von Papen’s rebuke of Nazi excesses and hints at political rifts in Germany. It then shifts to Roosevelt era U.S. policy analysis, noting mixed reactions to the New Deal, varying congressional views, and Tugwell’s controversial agriculture push.
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Hitler
Franz von Papen
von Papen
Society of Christian Nations
Marburg
Paul von Hindenburg
Rudolf Nadolny
Russia
Alfred Hugenberg
Nadolny
von Hindenburg
Berlin
Neudeck
Roosevelt critics face a quieter White House and Hawaii trip
The piece argues Roosevelt downplays critical voices amid New Deal debates. It notes Tugwell’s vague plan for a controlled national economy, and highlights reduced press access on the Hawaii vacation with only three correspondents, radio tied, amid ongoing NRA and A A C debates.
Cuban Terror Attacks Spark Havana Bloodshed
Terrorists in Cuba attacked a parade of 35 000 ABC members igniting heavy fighting across Havana. Dozens were killed as Col. Batista imposed martial law and Mendieta narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at a naval base.
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Mendieta
Havana
ABC
Fulgencio Batista
North Dakota Governor Convicted in Federal Campaign Funds Case
Governor of North Dakota and four associates were found guilty in Bismarck federal court of conspiracy to defraud the U S government over alleged campaign fund payments. They face up to two years in prison or a $10,000 fine or both. the governor suspended his reelection campaign to pursue a new trial.
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Yo Langer
North Dakota
Bismarck
United States
Pet Bulldog Turns on Gas in Murphysboro Home
Cupie the bulldog owned by BE Chapman allegedly turned on a gas jet while left alone at the Chapman residence in Murphysboro. The dog was found unconscious as the house filled with fumes. Fire department inhalation crew responded and worked an hour to revive it but failed.
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Murphysboro
Cupie
BE. I. Chapman
Chapman
Lighthouse Family Has Unique Record
Dover Delaware Capt and Mrs Irvin Lynch head a family of lighthouse keepers with thirty years in the service Their two sons run lighthouses and a daughter married a keeper They saved more than fifty lives since taking charge of the Fourteen Foot Light They raised nine children and fourteen grandchildren They prize a clean open life and the motto Trust the Lord and help others Their worst sea incident in December 1925 left them drifting at sea and nearly lost before a hard pull brought them home
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Dover
Del
Irvin Lynch
United States Lighthouse Service
Mrs. Lynch
Texas Jackrabbit Outsmarts Greyhounds In Heat Chase
In Abilene Texas a lone jackrabbit escaped five greyhounds owned by Rex Smith George Scogins and Tom Moore as they pursued it in extreme heat and humidity. After two hours the dogs died near the running rabbit, officials said from heat exposure and humidity.
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Abilene
Texas
Rex Smith
George Scogins
Tom Moore
Car owner arms prank with anchor in Ohio
In Ashtabula Ohio C T Gochenour uses a bright red anchor attached to his midget automobile to thwart practical jokes. Pranksters moved the car to awry spots or blocked it at midnight and even stored it in a garage, prompting Gochenour to improvise this defensive device.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
United States
C. T. Gochenour
Gochenour
Three Bodied Eight-Legged Lamb Born Near Norwalk
A farmer near Norwalk Ohio reports the birth of a three bodied eight legged lamb with a single head. The lamb’s bodies connect at the center and extend like a cart wheel creating a startling, multi limbed animal that locals compare to a hangover.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Loren Griffin
Five Siblings Reunite After 84 Years Across Two Continents
In Pawtucket Rhode Island five siblings reunite after 84 years of separation. Mrs John Crosthwaite of Glasgow Miss Jessie Neill of Pawtucket George Neill of Montreal Alexander B Neill formerly of Transvaal South Africa and Mrs Robert McFarlane of Pawtucket declare kinship with the late Thomas A Hollson.
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Pawtucket, R. L
John Crosthwaite
Glasgow
Scotland
Jessie Neill
Pawtucket
George Neill
Montreal
Alexander B. Neill
Transvaal
South Africa
Robert McFarlane
Thomas A. Hollson
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