Relief bill rejection met with presidential pressure in House
Congress faced a fierce 8 hour session as the House passed a 4.8 billion relief measure under tight gag rules. The final roll call stood 828 to 78, with Republicans and some Progressives and Farmer-Laborites voting yes. Amendments sought to protect private industry and limit executive power were rejected or narrowed, while a lone accounting provision passed.
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White House
House
Anne Pash
Georgia
Virginia
Indiana
Appropriations Committee
Snell
Constitutional Impasse Shadows Gold Case Ruling
The passage notes the court delaying a decision in the gold cases until February 4 while preparing legislation to address a potential adverse ruling. It also mentions a forthcoming ruling on the constitutionality of the National Recovery Act that could influence the Blue Eagle’s fate.
Government securities for small investors proposal details
SS outlines a plan to permit small investors to buy government securities and provides for related mechanisms. The text discusses eligibility, purchase channels, and safeguards to broaden retail access to government debt instruments.
Hauptmann Takes Stand In Lindbergh Baby Case
Bruno Richard Hauptmann testified in New Jersey court seeking to clear himself of the Lindbergh baby murder charge. He detailed his life and war service and offered an alibi claiming he remained home on the night of the kidnapping. Two defense witnesses were questioned but not fully persuasive.
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Bruno Richard
Hauptmann
Fremington
N. J
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Germany
Defense
Reilly
St. Raymond's Cemetery
New York
Kloppenberg
Christian Frederickson
Bronx
Japanese protest over Siberian fortifications and border plans
Japanese Foreign Minister Koki Hirota warned the Soviet Union to halt fortifications along the Siberian frontier north of Manchukuo to preserve friendly ties. Reports say Japanese troops may be moving into Chahar to counter Soviet influence. Russia’s Amur crossings and Trans-Siberian railway upgrades face Japanese objections amid growing Far East tensions.
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Papans
Koki Hirota
Soviet
Russia
Siberian
Manchukuo
Chahar Province
Japan
Vladivostock
Pacific
Roosevelt to push big US air defense network
President Roosevelt will ask Congress in a special message to approve a vast air defense expansion. Plans include bases on Atlantic and Pacific coasts, 4000 additional planes, and a large dirigible to supplement Graf Zeppelin operations.
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America
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Special Aviation Commission
Italian move toward protectorate eyed in Ethiopia
European statesmen noted possibilities of Italy asserting a protectorate over Ethiopia after a French Somaliland administrator and 96 officials were killed. Reports say France and Britain consented to the plan as Mussolini reshuffled the colonial ministry and Emilio de Bono was moved from the role.
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Ethiopia
Italy
France
Great Britain
Mussolini
Emilio de Bono
Nebraska Faces 4 Million Annual State Share of Relief
Lincoln officials report from Hopkins to Governor Cochran that Nebraska must contribute 4 million dollars annually as its fair share of unemployment relief beginning March 1. Hopkins proposed equal sharing by state and local subdivisions, noting prior federal aid of 5.59 million and county support of 2.69 million while the state contributed none aside from 221 thousand for CWA materials.
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Lincoln
Harry L. Hopkins
R. L. Cochran
Nebraska
Hopkins
NERA
Rowland Haynes
Cochran
Washington
J.D. Mehner
Federal Relief Administration
Nebraska Farm Bankruptcies Drop in 1934
Washington reports 84 farm bankruptcies in Nebraska in 1934 down from 109 in 1933 improving the state's share of total bankruptcies to 19.1 percent from 22 percent. Total Nebraska bankruptcies fell from 496 in 1933 to 439 in 1934, with South Dakota Iowa and North Dakota posting the highest farm bankruptcy percentages.
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Washington
Nebraska
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
South Dakota
Iowa
North Dakota
Nebraska Fish and Game Association Seeks Fee Reallocation
The Nebraska Fish and Game Association plans to ask the legislature to remove the 10 percent annual set aside of hunting and fishing license fees for state parks funding. President Chet Ager said drafts are being prepared for early legislative submission. Chapters statewide back the proposal and Scottsbluff recently endorsed it. The group argues parks could be funded from other sources, though some support keeping parks under the commission.
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Nebraska Fish and Game Association
Chet Ager
Arres Gieacy
Ager
Northeast Nebraska Association
Chambers
Cammerce
Scottsbluff
State Game and Fish Commission
Game and Fish Commission
State pays $1107 for fire reports in 1934
Lincoln Nebraska fire marshal H M Davis says the department paid $1107 for fire reports during 1934. He notes the department pays $1 for each report and emphasizes accuracy and timeliness in documenting fires.
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Lincoln
H. M
Nebraska
Davis
Cattle Prices in Omaha On Increase As Buyers Bid Higher
Omaha cattle market on January 22 saw prices rise 25 to 60 cents above Monday as bidders grew more eager. Market observers noted the sharper demand and tighter supplies pushing steers and heifers to stronger levels.
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Omaha
Heart of Sympathy Sparkling Spring’ Joyful Current
Poetic line extols a sympathizing heart as a spring of pure water from a mountainside. It describes its nature as ever pure and sweet and its ripple carrying gladness and joy.
Conversation Faults Quote by Emily Post
A compact aphorism notes that most conversational faults come from excess talking rather than silence, attributed to Emily Post.
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Emily Post
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Treasury Department
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
Jesse Jones
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Mississippi
Tennessee
Tallahatchie
Red Cross
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Galt
Puueleishin
Pas Teseuen
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Ghendeeniaab
Montitte
Lehman, Humboldt, Kane
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