Roosevelt veto clash over Patman bonus bill and inflation fears
President Roosevelt personally delivered the veto message on the Patman bonus measure, arguing it jeopardizes national welfare and veterans' needs. Despite his veto, Congress overrode and passed the bill, with inflation concerns fueling debate as senators split along party lines and new maneuvers surfaced to fund the bonus. The article also notes later plans in works relief and the Passamaquoddy tidal power project moving forward under Major Philip B. Fleming’s charge.
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Guanes
Roosevelt
Byrne
Patman
House
Senate
White House
Representatives
Garner
Thomas
Pittman
Nevada
Pope
Idaho
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Norbeck
South Dakota
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Passamaquoddy
Ickes
Campobello
Maine
Maj
Philip B. Fleming
Army Engineers Corps
Fleming
PWA
Ford Motor Company Reports 1934 Gain and Wage Increase
Ford Motor Company discloses a 1934 gain of 3,750,311, bringing total profits to 580,276,391. It announces raising the minimum daily wage from five to six dollars, adding about two million dollars monthly to payroll. Henry Ford long pursued progressive pay raises since 1914 and maintained increases through 1981, with 1934 marking a further rise to five dollars. The firm states it has paid workers 623,000,000 more than required by standard wage scales.
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NITS
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Lincoln
Detroit
Henry Ford
Jane Addams Passes Away A Renowned Chicago Social Reformer
Jane Addams, celebrated as a pioneer in social work and international peace, died leaving a legacy from Hull House on Chicago's West Side to global advocacy. Her work improved immigrant life, fought sweatshop abuses, advanced child labor reforms, and she led the Women’s International Peace Conference at The Hague during the war, meeting officials of most belligerents.
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International Congress of Women
Hull House
Jane Addams
Chicago
West Side
America
Women's International Peace Conference
The
Hague
Roosevelt Approves Massive Work-Relief Allotments
The president and allotment board verbally approve about a billion dollars in work relief for rivers harbors and an integrated Wisconsin program of 100 million. Senator La Follette and Governor La Follette helped plan it. Roosevelt notes 25 to 50 percent of funds to go to mandatory allotments through OCC highway work and grade-crossing projects.
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Passamaquoddy
Lresident
Wisconsin
la Follette
Roosevelt
OCC
Executive order sets regional pay scales under work relief plan
The President established pay rates under a 4.88 billion work relief measure, dividing the country into four regions with monthly wages from 19 dollars for unskilled southern labor to 94 dollars for professional workers in the East. Wages range 20 to 80 percent below the prevailing rate nationwide.
Hitler Sets Out 18 Point Plan for Disarmament and Relations
Hitler, before the Reichstag, outlined an 18 point program aimed at disarmament and improving international relations. He rejected the League of Nations’ condemnation of German rearmament but said Germany could return to the league if it detached from Versailles principles and victors psychology. Britain welcomed his pledge to respect Versailles territorial clauses and his readiness for non aggression pacts with neighbors except Lithuania. Germany also offered to sign an air convention to supplement Locarno and announced conscription changes with 1914 and 1915 war babies being called up for medicals starting June 1. 1914 class to colors November 1 for army and air force.
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Hitler
Reichstag
Europe
League of Nations Council
Germany
League
Great Britain
Lithuania
Reich
Walter von Reichenau
Ministry of Defense
Army
Air Force
Ethiopian crisis looms as Mussolini pressures Britain for aid
E TM 011 warns the League of Nations of defiance against Italian aggression. Eden and Laval press Italian delegate Aloisi to accept exclusive Ethiopian privileges to save face, while Geneva leaders doubt stopping Mussolini. Rome blames Britain for war material shipments to Ethiopia via Somaliland as Haile Selassie buys Turkish bombing planes.
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League of Nations Council
Anthony Eden
Pierre Laval
Baron Aloisi
Ethiopia
League
Europe
Geneva
Mussolini
Rome
Great Britain
British Somaliland
Fatal seaplane crash kills six in Pacific naval operations
M4ANeuvers of the Pacific fleet suffer a fatal air accident when a seaplane sank 40 miles south of Midway Island. Six crew members are listed as lost: Lieut. Harry Brandenburger, Lieut. Charles J. Kelly, Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate P. C. Litts, Chief Radioman C. M. Derry, Machinist's Mate P. J. Proteau, and Machinist's Mate Qa. A. Sharpe.
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M4aneuvers
Midway Island
Harry Brandenburger
Charles J. Kelly
P. C. Litts
C. M. Derry
P. J. Proteau
Qa. A. Sharpe
Senator Wagner and Rep Crosser Propose Rail Pension Bills
In a coordinated move in both chambers, Senator Wagner of New York and Representative Crosser of Ohio introduced railroad labor pension bills designed to satisfy Supreme Court objections to the earlier law ruled unconstitutional.
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Wagner
New York
Crosser
Ohio
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Silent walkout over Cutting succession and TVA probe
Senate members including Hiram Johnson and William Borah protested the seating of Dennis Chavez to replace the late Bronson Cutting. The session also covered a Moscow air disaster killing 48 aboard the Maxim Gorky and a TVA corruption audit alleging million-dollar contract irregularities. House leaders pushed amid AAA expansion debates affecting food retailers and processors nationwide.
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Dennis Chavez
Senate
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Chamber
Cutting
Hiram Johnson
California
William E. Borah
Idaho
George Norris
Nebraska
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Progressive
Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
Farmer-Laborite
Danish Prince Frederik and Ingrid wed in Stockholm
Cees Prince Frederik of Denmark and Princess Ingrid of Sweden wed in Stockholm with a brilliant assemblage. A week of activities preceded the ceremony, drawing great crowds to the Swedish capital.
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Cees
Frederik
Denmark
Ingrid
Sweden
Stockholm
Wagner bill looms in Senate amid labor dispute fears
The Wagner labor disputes bill advances in the Senate, creating a national labor relations board with broad powers. Critics warn it could empower labor agitators, threaten employer rights, and deepen political influence of organized labor, risking broader business recovery.
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Senate
Wagner
United States
House
Dem
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National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor
Labor Relations Board
Kings
Maryland
Tydings
Hastings
America
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Blue Eagle
Utilities Regulation Speech by Jouett House Leader
President American Liberty League denounces a regulation bill as structured to wipe out all holding and utility holding companies. He warns dissolution would destroy hundreds of millions to billions in securities and flood markets with unsellable assets, urging regulated balance instead.
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Jouetts House
American Liberty League
America
Transition to a new economy under James A Angell
Yale President James Rowland Angell argues the United States is moving from an individualist market to a system of controlled finance and industry with government backing. He questions whether Jeffersonian minimal government can achieve this transition and warns of potential drastic outcomes if it fails.
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James Rowland Angell
Yale University
A Note of Faith by Charles M Schwab
Steel magnate Charles M Schwab reflects on wealth and happiness. He recalls predicting no more rich men and notes prosperity will return as accomplishment and fellowship endure despite hard times in industry.
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Charles M. Schwab
Buying Today by Michael Scharp
Noted New York merchant explains that modern buying has shifted from simple bargaining to understanding consumer demand and industrial conditions. He argues regulations now limit output and control prices wages discounts advertising allowances working hours and machinery additions.
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Michael Scharp
New York
England for Peace by Stanley Baldwin
British statesman Stanley Baldwin argues against war and urges firm response to aggression. He says white nations must reject war paths, but warns against complacency and holds hope for European unity in preventing conflict.
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England
Stanley Baldwin
The Current Controversy: Individualism vs Collectivism
A columnist frames a historic debate between two social models. One prioritizes individual liberty and self direction while the other seeks broad state power and collective control. The piece contrasts freedom with compulsion.
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Arthur B. Morgan
TVA
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J. R. McCarl
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AAA
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