Farm delegates press for AAA scrutiny in Washington
Sen Hastings and Rep Fish push for records on farm delegation to Washington criticizing the New Deal. Roosevelt defends farm aid program amid calls to submit correspondence and review county agent instructions. TVA funding up, Wagner labor board bill advances with limits on AFL power.
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United States
Hastings
Secretary of Agriculture
House
Fish
New York
Criticé Diars
Enator
Huey Long
Farley
Kingfish
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Wagner - Labor -Relations: Board
American Federation of Labor
Clark resolution trims NRA powers and sets April deadline
The Clark resolution in the Senate limits NRA powers to April 1 1936 and blocks two year extensions. It bans intra state business codes and price fixing except for minerals, requires code revisions within 30 days, and provokes sharp denouncement from NRA chief Richberg, who brands the move folly and attacks his authority.
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Bennett
Clark
Missouri
Senate
NRA
Donald Richberg
House
Roosevelt creates electrification administration chief named
President Roosevelt issues an executive order establishing the Electrification Administration as a new Works Progress Administration division. Mo Morris L. Cooke of Philadelphia is named its chief. A total of 7500 dollars is allocated for administrative expenses with later allocations for approved rural electrical projects. The unit will initiate formulate administer and supervise a program for generation transmission and distribution of electrical energy in rural areas. It may acquire property by purchase or eminent domain and may improve develop grant sell lease or dispose of such property.
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Ural ‘Electrification Administration
Works Relief Program
Roosevelt
Mo Morris L. Cooke
Philadelphia
Illinois Congressman Igoe Named U S District Attorney for Chicago
Congress announces Michael L. Igoe of Illinois as United States district attorney for Chicago and gains swift Senate confirmation. The move affects Chicago politics as Senator James Hamilton Lewis hails the choice and criticizes Secretary Ickes for seeking a preferred appointee to bolster influence.
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Michael L. Igoe
Illinois
United States
Chicago
Senate
James Hamilton Lewis
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Toledo Chevrolet plant workers approve compromise promise
A vote of about 2 to 1 backed a compromise offer arranged by federal mediators and labor leaders. It aims to end a strike and bring 85,000 Toledo workers and others back to 6th motor car centers.
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Toledo
Chevrolet
PF. of L
6Th
Chavez Wins Old Senate Seat After Cutting Death
Dennis Chavez, previously defeated in the 1984 race, was appointed by Gov. Clydé Tingley to fill the late Bronson Cutting’s U.S. Senate seat from New Mexico. Born in New Mexico, he has held multiple political roles including state legislator and representative, and will serve until the 1986 general election.
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Ennis Chavez
Bronson M. Cutting
United States
New Mexico
Cutting
Senate
M. Chavez
Clydé Tingley
Chavez
Democratic Party
Georgetown University Law School
Albuquerque
National House
Swiss Court Finds Protocols Of Elders Of Zion A Plagiarized Fraud
The court ruled the protocols were copied from Maurice Joly's 1864 Dialogues in Hell, determining the notorious anti Semitic text a fraudulent fabrication. The suit, brought by Swiss Jewish leaders, aimed to vindicate world Jewry and curb harmful anti Semitic agitation.
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Veryone
Elders of Zion
Maurice Joly
Hell
Napoleon II
Switzerland
Byrd and Expedition Return to Washington Welcome
Admiral Richard E. Byrd and the South Polar expedition aboard the Bear of Oakland received a warm Washington welcome from President Roosevelt and Navy officials. Byrd and Mrs Byrd spent a night at the White House before joining family and leaving for Winchester Virginia. The Bear and the Ruppert supply ship then sailed for Boston as Byrd planned to board the Ruppert.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd
Bear
Oakland
Washngton
Roosevelt
Navy
Swanson
Byrd
White House
Eleanor ,Bolling Byrd
Winchester
Jacob Ruppert
Washington Navy Yard
Boston
Ruppert
Italy Ethiopia dispute dominates League meeting warnings
Britain and France pursue peace as Ethiopia demands arbitrators under a treaty. Emperor Haile Selassie threatens mobilization if no settlement by May at the League of Nations. Mussolini asserts Italy alone can judge the quarrel and denies diplomatic steps by Britain and France.
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Hethiopia
Italy
Great Britain
France
League of Nations Council
Haile Selassie
Mussolini
Britain
Europe
Africa
Quilt pattern demand and a late president's generosity
An article describes grandmother Clark urging selection of compatible quilt designs with perforated patterns sold by Home Craft Company for 15 cents. It also recounts Calvin Coolidge aiding Hemenway with a $5,000 check during a bank closure and offering more if needed, noting his generosity.
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Home Craft Company
Department Dy. Nineteenth and St
Calvin Coolidge
Hemenway
Coolidge
Calving Coolidge profile shown as shrewd yet kind
The piece portrays Calvin Coolidge as shrewd and kindly in Grace Coolidge’s profile. John Coolidge recalls a photo of his father in shirt sleeves with a toy car pose, while Northampton barber George A. Dragon and lawyer Ralph W. Hemenway offer reminiscences and anecdotes from Coolidge’s era.
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Calvin Coolidge
Grace Coolidge
Calvin Coollidge
Goodhousekeeping
John Coolidge
John
George A. Dragon
Northampton
Mercersburg
Dizzy Dean Winners Ad Joins Grape Nuts Column
In this paper’s other column a Grape Nuts advertisement invites boys and girls to join the Dizzy Dean Winners program and compete for valuable free prizes advertised by the sponsor.
Too Much to Bear Scene in Far West Saloon Card Game
An interior saloon in the Far West hosts a tough California gang around a table. The game runs fast with high stakes as the dealer slams cards down and draws a six gun, warning that Slippery Sam is not playing the hand.
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California
Sam
Hartford Courant
Doan's Pills Promote Kidney Health and Relief
Doan's Pills are presented as a kidney health aid for removing impurities from the blood. They are claimed to ease backache dizziness frequent urination and swollen ankles by promoting normal kidney function and flushing irritants from the body. Users nationwide endorse Doan's and it is advised to obtain them from any druggist.
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Delaware
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M. L. Cooke
Dennis Chavez
Admiral “Byrd
Richard Chadwick
Mathias’ B. Wyatt
San Diego
Naval Academy
Saratoga
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Midway Islands
EB. W. Tod
U.S.N
Josef Pilsudski
Poland
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Pilsudski
Ee. W. Tod
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