Roosevelt Ends Vacation and Focuses on NRA and Relief
President Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park then Washington to tackle NRA modification and price fixing limits. He supports rapid federal aid to drought areas, backed by Ickes and emergency relief figures, while actors in labor disputes draw scrutiny from Borah and critics of the New Deal.
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Austria
Hyde Park
New York
Congress
Warm Springs
Georgia
Washington
White House
Borah
West
Northwest
Public Works Administration
Emergency Relief Administration
Harold L. Ickes
Grouth
Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Robert M. LaFollette
F. Ryan Duffy
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Nye
North
Middle West
Democratic Party
South
Silver Purchase Act Quick Summary
The President orders surrender of all silver bullion within 90 days at 50.01 cents an ounce. Coins and wares excluded. Treasury values obtained silver at 1.29 per ounce for certificates and aims to back 25 percent of currency. Uncertain bullion supply may require buys from abroad.
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Treasury
United States
China
India
Trade Aide Remarks by Hull and Wallace
Secretary Hull and Secretary Wallace outlined plans to revive world trade through reciprocal agreements. They argued benefits would accrue to American agriculture and manufacturing without sacrificing major industries, while acknowledging a tiny producer minority might be harmed for the greater good.
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Ecretary OF
Hull
Wallace
America
Minneapolis protest pleads for constitutional rights under martial law
gNE thousand men and women comprising the Minneapolis Protective committee telegraphed an appeal to President Roosevelt to protect the constitutional rights now superseded by martial law in their city. Copies of the appeal were sent also to Secretary Perkins and Lincoln Garrison, chairman of the National Labor Relations board.
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Minneapolis
Papen Accepted as Austrian Minister in Turbulent Rise of Nazism
Granz von Papen is accepted by the Austrian cabinet to restore relations with Germany amid pressure from Schuschnigg's government and Nazi attacks. Austria moves to curb Nazism while Germany tightens control. Around Munich about 40 000 Austrian Nazi fugitives await amnesty as they fear armed return. Hitler grants amnesty to 8 000 to 10 000 political prisoners in memory of von Hindenburg.
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Germany
Austria
Dollfuss
Schuschnigg
Munich
von Papen
Vienna
Hitler
National Synod
Reichsbishop Mueller
von Hindenburg
Riots in Constantine Target Jews in Algeria
RABs of Algeria attack Jewish neighbors initiating anti-Semitic riots in Constantine and surrounding towns. A great number are killed or wounded, most casualties among Jews. French military authorities quickly got con-
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Rabs
Algeria
Palestine
Constantine
Free ports and foreign trade zones eyed by government
The article notes interest in establishing free ports or foreign trade zones at several U.S. ports. Trade experts prepare guidelines on grants while cities including New York Newark Providence Pittsburgh Philadelphia San Diego Miami and Hoboken express inquiries. Private firms on the Great Lakes show interest as well.
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New York
Newark
N. J
Providence
R. L
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
San Diego
Calif
Miami
Fla
Hobo
Pro-America Drive Against Communists Gains Steam
A broad anti-Communist mobilization unfolds in the United States as Elks head Michael F. Shannon tours 10 000 miles to rally 1 400 lodges in a Pro-America campaign. Crusaders and American Legion groups join in denouncing subversive influences and seeking to educate and unite Americans.
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United States
Order of Elks
Kansas City
Michael F. Shannon
America
Shannon
Crusaders
Fred G. Clark
Aldrich Blake
Oklahoma City
Francis H. Brownell
New York
John W. Davis
E. W. Kemmerer
Princeton
N. J
Martin W. Littleton
Charles F. Thwing
Cleveland
James P. Warburg
Silver Shirts
Intelligence Service
Membes
World Baptist Congress approves global plebiscite plan
In Berlin the world Baptist congress backs a proposal for a plebiscite in forty countries to determine what agreements were made by Rev. Harold Camp of Oakland California who urged the Kellogg pact as the vote’s basis.
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Earty
World Baptist Congress
Berlin
Harold Camp
Oakland
Calif
Bank Insurance Seen Guarding Depositors Amid Drouth
Washington reports from FDIC officials say bank deposit protection offers broad coverage, with about 97 percent of accounts under 2500 dollars insured and 95 percent of banks members. Officials note government-held distressed mortgages and home loan banks ease rural loan stress, reducing bank strain despite drought.
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Treasury
Drouth
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Insurance Corporation
Corporation
Ilinois
Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Constantinely
Hether
Japan
Great Britain
Mineo Osumi
M. F. Shannon
William Bruckart
Nebraska
Tiow
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Ae Congress
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Unica
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