Tugwell to be quizzed for under secretary post
Senate agriculture committee questions R G Tugwell on fitness for under secretary role. He defends constitution flexibility and his farming and research background. Committee approves nomination but floor debate is lengthy with sharp attacks.
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Exford
Guy Tugwell
Senate Agriculture Committee
Tugwell
America
Ed” Smith
South Carolina
Henry D. Hatfield
West Virginia
Senate
Schall
Minnesota
Monte Sharp
United States Senate
Roosevelt Plan Aims to Avert Steel Walkout With Emergency NRA Board
President Roosevelt and advisers propose an emergency law to create presidentially appointed boards. The panels would order secret ballots to determine union representation in NRA bargaining, compel document and witness production under oath, and their rulings would be enforceable in federal courts with penalties up to $1000 or one year imprisonment.
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Steel Workers
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
NRA
United States Court of Competent
Federal Trade Commission
NITS Board Calls for Johnson Removal From NRA
The national recovery review board led by Clarence Darrow urged President to remove Administrator Johnson from the NRA. It condemned Johnson for an un American dictatorial approach that harmed the recovery effort by letting him decide life and death for industries and by arbitrary code changes that favored big business over smaller competitors.
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NITS
National Recovery Review Board
Clarence Darrow
Johnson
NRA
Indiana Senate Race Shapes Up With Minton Run
Senator Arthur Robinson of Indiana, renominated by Republicans, faces Sherman Minton the Democratic choice. Minton, a World War veteran, is public counselor for the state Public Service Commission. His nomination marks Governor McNutt's win over the Peters faction.
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Enator
Arthur Robinson
Indiana
Sherman Minton
Mr. Minton
Public Service Commission
McNutt
R. Earl Peters
Graves Wins Alabama Governor Nomination in Runoff
Former Gov Bibb Graves secures the Democratic nomination for Alabama governor in the runoff. Horton trails A A Griffith in the race as Huddleston holds his Ninth district seat while Maj Joe Starnes defeats Miles C Allgood in the Fifth district.
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Alabama
Bibb Graves
James E. Horton
Heywood Patterson
Scottsboro
A. A. Griffith
Cullman
George Huddleston
Birmingham
Roosevelt Signs Tariff Bargaining Bill From 1930s
President Roosevelt signed the tariff bargaining bill giving the executive authority to negotiate reciprocal trade treaties without Senate approval and to adjust tariff rates by up to 50 percent to spur foreign commerce. The government says the policy will boost foreign trade while protecting domestic industry as about thirty nations have shown interest.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Roosevelt Plans Threefold Social Regeneration Agenda
President Roosevelt outlined in a special message to Congress his non legislative plan for next winter. He stressed housing land and resource planning along with old age and unemployment insurance as key social experiments. He praised progress in industry agriculture and employment while urging a national land policy to aid families without future living prospects.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt Addresses Unemployment Security and Land Policy
Roosevelt outlined a plan to provide security against unemployment and old age, proposing a sound means to offer immediate safeguards against the hazards of life. He also touched on transferring to new lands for those unable to make a living in their current positions.
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Roosevelt
Baer Beats Carnera For World Heavyweight Title
California's AX Baer defeated Primo Carnera in New York by technical knockout in the eleventh round to reclaim the world heavyweight crown. Carnera, weighing 263 pounds, was game throughout the bout, hitting the canvas thirteen times as Baer at 210 pounds controlled the fight.
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AX. Baer
California
America
Primo Carnera
New York
Baer
Carnera
Congress passes communications bill creating federal board
Congress completed action on a communications bill and sent it to the President for signature. The law abolishes the federal radio commission and establishes a seven member Federal Communications Commission. It takes over duties from the radio board and IC C on telegraphic and telephonic communications and asserts government control over all wire and radio communications in war or public peril.
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Congress
Federal Radio Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Radio Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Diplomatic pivots ease disarmament talks at Geneva
Norman Davis helped steer European statesmen toward a mild compromise at Geneva to extend the disarmament conference. Britain and France accepted a plan returning Germany to talks with Mussolini and Hitler to meet in Venice. Bartholou aims to visit Rome to mend Franco Italian tensions amid Nazi armament and Austrian questions. Russia faces a setback but seeks encirclement strategy. Japan resists guarantees without reservations.
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Argely
Norman Davis
Geneva
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Hitler
Venice
Mussolini
Louis Barthou
Rome
Russia
Soviet
Rumania
Jugoslavia
Maxim Litvinov
Japan
Census bill sparks partisan critique over job pay
Democrats push a census of the unemployed while some members oppose or miss the final vote. Critics say the act mainly funds loyalists with payroll from the national treasury. Census takers would start after the November elections and earn $2 a day answering a detailed questionnaire.
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Congress
National Treasury
Drouth Ravages Middle West Yet Rain Gives Hope
Regions hit by drought suffer ruined early crops whileSecretary Wallace tours the dry states calling the drought a tragedy for farmers yet a potential blessing for the nation in the long term.
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Middle West
Wallace
Drouth
Open golf champion crowns United States winner
He wears the crown of open golf champion of the United States by finishing with a 208 total over 72 holes, securing the title.
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United States
Johnson Denounced in Darrow Report on NRA Policies
The Darrow board told President Roosevelt that Gen. Hugh S. Johnson runs the NRA with autocratic tactics harming recovery. It urged his removal and fired two other NRA officials, accusing Johnson of dictatorial rule and arbitrary code changes favoring big industry over small firms.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
National Recovery Review Board
Clarence Darrow
Roosevelt
Darrow Board
Johnson
Darrow
Lumber Code Authority
Three Thousand Perish in Central America Storm
Relief workers report a death toll exceeding 2,000 after an airplane survey of hardest hit areas in Honduras and El Salvador. Officials say coastal villages from La Libertad to La Union were virtually destroyed after landslides and heavy rains. L. C. Calloway of Pan American Airways accompanied Salvadoran air corps flyers in the survey.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Honduras
L. C. Calloway
Pan- American Airways
Salvadorean Air Corps
la Libertad
la Union
Milwaukee rooming-house murders shock city
Milwaukee police report three deaths at a west side rooming house after a murder and two self inflicted collapses. Proprietor Michael Murdzia hanged himself after choking wife Hazel Murdzia in her sleep. Unemployed Horace Olin, Hazel’s uncle, died of heart disease caused by the shock of discovering the bodies.
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Milwaukee
Wis
West Side
Michael Moprdzia
Hazel
Horace Olin
Murdzia
Man 102nd Birthday Marks 41 Years Without Stomach
Ferdinand Waggoner of Springfield celebrates his 102nd birthday and 41 years with a stomach removed after a 1898 shooting. He has silver tubes replacing the stomach, remarks the new organ doesn’t work well but expects seven or eight more years, saying he owes longevity to not worrying.
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Springfield
Ferdinand Waggoner
Waggoner
Butler in Firestone murder case held for manslaughter
Akron man James Livingston a Firestone company employee was charged with manslaughter after his car struck an overturned sedan during a collision that killed Elizabeth Neidert of Akron as she and three others tried to escape the wreckage.
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Firestone
Akron
Ohio
James Livingston
Harvey S. Firestone
Elizabeth Neidert
Hastings Plans Municipal Airport Operation Finally
Hastings council approves a $3,764 claim to Great Plain Aircraft for its equity in a hangar at the airport. The agriculture department allocated $50,000 to Nebraska for diseased cattle eradication under the Jones-Connally act and other states share in a $2,000,000 fund.
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Hastings
The
Great Plain Aircraft Corporation
Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraskans seek full release of corn stored for loans
Nebraska farmers push to obtain complete release of their corn stored as collateral for government loans at 45 cents a bushel. Railway Commissioner Hugh Drake said prices rose with Lincoln cash market at 46 cents, and 32 requests for release arrived in one day as buyers seek freedom from storage.
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Nebraska
Hugh Drake
Lincoln
Commission
Nebraska Road Funding Outlook From Federal Program
Omaha road advocates estimate Nebraska will receive about 1 950 000 from a 100 000 000 federal highway appropriation for the coming year as part of a 1 000 000 000 three year program. They note Nebraska got 7 800 000 from the last year’s 400 000 000 allocation. The new appropriation would be a quarter of last year. Nebraska’s gas tax revenue from the 4 cent per gallon levy adds about 8 000 000 annually.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Wheat harvest opens early in southeast Nebraska
Reports indicate a two week early start with heat and drought ripening wheat. Sam Lee in Dawson bounds 30 acres at about 13 bushels per acre, Otis Koch near DeWitt 125 acres at 15 to 20 bushels per acre, while Saline county averages 8 to 10 bushels and Lancaster shows little cutting with county average near 6 to 10 bushels per acre.
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Nebraska
Falls City
Sam Lee
Dawson
DeWitt
Otis Koch
Saline County
Lancaster County
Purbaugh
Nebraska ready to activate federal cattle buying plan if drought worsens
Officials in Lincoln discuss Nebraska’s potential use of the federal cattle buying program to aid farmers, contingent on worsening drought. Gramlich, Anderson, and White note cattle appear in decent shape now, with some counties showing pastures at 7 percent of normal. county committees are prepared to act, and pricing comparisons illustrate potential gains for farmers.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
H. J. Gramlich
The
College of Agriculture
A. E. Anderson
L. A. White
Gramlich
White
Anderson
W. W. Derrick
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Reichsbank
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Young
Central America
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