Senate Opposition Grows to President's Court Bill
Senate opposition tightens as three more judiciary members join the resistance to the President's Supreme Court bill. O Mahoney Hatch and McCarren press constitutional objections while others support delaying action amid a volatile party lineup. The vote stands 10 to 8 against the measure with key speeches stressing legislative power versus judicial independence.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
J. C. O’mahoney
Wyoming
Pat McCarren
Nevada
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
King
Utah
van Nuys
Indiana
Burke
Nebraska
Connally
Texas
Austin
Hatch
Congress
Supreme Court
McCarren
Judiciary Committee
Department of Government
Roosevelt Landings and Naval Escort at Galveston
Senators and department heads traveled by ship escorted by three destroyers the Moffett Schenk and Decatur as Secretary Marvin McIntyre set up a temporary White House at Galveston and Roosevelt planned to land there.
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New Orleans
Moffett
Schenk
Decatur
Galveston
Marvin McIntyre
White House
Roosevelt
Wallis Simpson Granted Provisional Divorce Decree
Months have passed since Mrs. Wallis Simpson was granted a provisional decree of divorce and she has acted in a manner approved by the king during that interval.
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Wallis Simpson
Gold policy attack on New Deal sparks House debate
Representative Hamilton Fish of New York denounces the administration’s gold strategy at $35 an ounce, calling it a $7 billion financial error. He cites a motion to bar Treasury purchases above $25, and claims Americans fund foreign armament by maintaining high gold prices.
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London
New York
Hamilton Fish
Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. Fish
Soviet Russia
CIO Steel Workers Claim Majority in Industry
Philip Murray, committee chairman, told the convention of the Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers in Pittsburgh that the organizing committee now claims a majority of the 540,000 wage earners in the steel industry after ten months of effort.
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C. I. O. Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Philip Murray
Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers
Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce Pushes Labor Reform During 25th Meeting
About 100 thousand members gathered in Washington for the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting to press changes to Wagner Act and the undistributed corporate surplus tax. Speakers attacked administration policy as hostile to enterprise and urged reforms while Edward F. McGrady urged labor to act through independent representatives for genuine bargaining power.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Jordan
New York City
National Industrial Conference Board
Edward F. McGrady
Mellon Aims to Break Alcoa Monopoly in New Federal Suit
Attorney General Cummings announced the Justice Department filed in New York Federal District Court to compel dissolution of the Aluminum Company of America. The action seeks to end Alcoa’s alleged monopolistic control of the aluminum industry and revives the Sherman Act as the tool of regulation. The suit names 36 officers and directors and dozens of related entities, with other Mellon family members named as co-defendants.
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Ndrew Mello R
Cummings
Department of Justice
Federal District Court
New York
Aluminum Company of America
Mellon
Pany
Eilew
Enty
Merece
Treasury
Paul Mellon
Richard K. Mellon
Jennie King Mellon
Sarah
Ailsa Mellon Bruce
New York Group Buys Van Sweringen Rail Securities
Robert R. Young Frank F. Kolbe and Allan P. Kirby acquire the Midamerica corporation securities from George A. Ball for 6 3750 000 after Ball bought them at auction for 3 121 000 The purchasers plan to shrink the corporate structure and likely eliminate Midamerica and other interlocking holding companies from the Van Sweringen empire.
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van Sweringen
George A. Ball
Muncie
Ind
Robert R. Young
Frank F. Kolbe
Allan P. Kirby
New York
Midamerica Corporation
Mr. Ball
Midamerica
Young
van Swe
Roosevelt Bans Speculation in Securities
A letter to B Mitchell, president of an unspecified service company, reports President Roosevelt placing a ban on speculation in securities. The communication reflects early 20th century policy actions and executive restraint affecting finance.
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B. Mitchell
Eal Service Co
Roosevelt
Byrd Proposes Merger of Home Owners Loan and FHA
Senator Harry F Byrd Democrat Virginia prepared for Senate introduction a bill to consolidate the Home Owners Loan Corporation and the Federal Housing Administration. He said the merger would save more than 24000000 dollars annually without impairing either unit.
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Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Senate
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Mr. Byrd
Roosevelt Prevents Freight Handlers Strike On Railroads
President Roosevelt intervened to avert a 25 000 worker strike by freight handlers on eight railroads, citing danger to interstate commerce and the food supply in New York. He ordered a settlement conference with three members to attend the discussions.
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Roosevelt
Eit Ly City
Eees
New York
Legislative News and Views on Nebraska unicameral debate
Senators discuss the unicameral plan with Dafoe advocating a smaller body and legal protections. Wisconsin and Texas opinions mirror Nebraska’s debate. The truck regulation bill passes the senate but lacks emergency clause votes. Senate delays adjournment awaiting the labor committee and Governor Cochran. Two county reform bills pass to the governor.
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Dafoe
Tecumseh
Special Interest
Tecumseh Sclon
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Texas
Senate
Labor Committee
Lincoln
Washington
Cochran
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Board of Educational Lands
Taxpayers Leagues
Cady
Norton
Quite a Difference Abie Will you explain shillings and peace
The reader requests clarification on the meaning of shillings and the concept of peace, asking for a discussion about their differences. The message is conversational and seeks basic economic and social explanations.
Milburn’s Wife Finds Wire Message Hidden in Coat
A couple exchanges a note about an urgent wire for dinner plans. The wife reveals she already found the message in Milburn’s coat pocket before it was sent. The scene suggests a casual domestic moment with implied secrecy.
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Milburn
Last Man to Box John L. Sullivan Was The Undertaker
A cryptic note from The Kable Gram asks who ended Sullivan's boxing run. It answers with the punchline that the undertaker was the final man to box John L. Sullivan in a quip referencing the great heavyweight era.
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John L. Sullivan
Undertaker
Kablegram
School Days Prompted by Silent Riddle
A Border Cities Star snippet recalls a young schoolteacher guiding pupils to finish lines in a classroom game. The lesson features the Sphinx riddle about eyes ears mouth and a final punchline about wiping its nose, eliciting amused groans and laughs from the students.
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Border Cities
Masonic Craftsman Coaxing Kitchen Menu Remark
A Masonic craftsman makes a jocular remark listing soup bouillon hors d oeuvres fricassee poulet potatoes au gratin and demitasse of ice while telling a watcher to keep his lamps off. The colorful aside underscores a playful mood in a social setting.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic aiding women of all ages for nearly seven decades.
Debts of Honor in a Reynolds Quotation
A brief quotation notes personal ethics in paying debts of honor rather than honorable debts, attributed to Reynolds.
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Reynolds
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Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Senator
O’mahoney
House
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Legislative News
Leo N. Swanson
Reyes
Broome
WNU
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