Townsend Defies House Panel and Flees DC
Dr Francis Townsend curtly answers questions from the house committee on the age pension movement, denouncing lawmakers as unfriendly and retiring from inquiry. Escorted from Washington he flees to Baltimore. the panel contemplates citation for contempt.
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House
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Gerald K. Smith
Huey Long
Washington
Baltimore
Townsend Cub
Walter Townsend
Gilmour Young
Townsend
Townsend Club
Soil conservation plan faces praise and critique
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration launches the first phase of a soil conservation program to supplant the old AAA. Critics warn of red tape and uneven rules while supporters expect reduced surpluses and new farm payments for practices like green manures, weed control, and strip cropping amid varied state rates.
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Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Agricultural Adjustment’ Administration
Adjustment Administration
Land Grant Colleges
Experiment Stations
Soil Conservation Service
Marble Palace
AAA
Aneen & Ee MA Ee
Landon Dominates New Jersey Delegates in Early Convention Push
OV Landon captures nearly all New Jersey delegates with about four to one popular vote lead over Borah. His campaign claims 200 plus votes at Cleveland and aims for 300 of 501 to secure nomination by second or third ballot. Hoover’s withdrawal seen as boosting Landon, while Farley predicts a prairie state governor as nominee and cautions about rival brinkmanship.
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Alf Landon
New Jersey
Borah
Cleveland
John Hamilton
Herbert Hoover
Landon
Hoover
California
Texas
London
James A. Farley
Farley
Kansas
Roosevelt
Challenge to Railroad Retirement System Reaches Supreme Court
Attorneys for the class 1 railroads and 289 smaller railways argued before the District of Columbia Supreme Court that the pension and tax laws enacted together are substantially the same as the unconstitutional 1934 railroad retirement act. The government said no proof of relation exists and that the suit seeks to restrain a tax, barred by federal law, while defending the system as defense power.
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District of Columbia Supreme Court
Secretary Allocates Funds for River and Harbor Improvements
The Secretary of War earmarks about 138 million dollars for river and harbor projects nationwide. Of this total, most funds will support entirely new waterway and port improvements, with 34,408,150 dollars allocated to additional measures.
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DERN
Esa
Engineering Corps
Lehman to Not Seek Third Term as New York Governor
Governor Lehman announced in Albany he will not run again, saying he seeks relief from governorship duties. Democratic leaders including Roosevelt and Farley agency elation with his decision sparked speculation on party strategy and a potential gubernatorial nominee. In Cuba, Dr. Miguel Mariano Gomes was inaugurated president in Havana with a 21 gun salute as crowds cheered and public buildings lit up.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Guffey
Roosevelt
Congress
Hughes
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Charles O'Neill
National Conference of Bituminous Coal Producers
Erbert BH. Lehman
Albany
New York
James A. Farrey
Wagner
Copeland
Lehman
Eneral
Miguel Mariano Gomes
Cuba
Gerardo Machado
Havana
Cabanas
Gomes
Pedgresryredpa
Hagen
Search After Truth and the Living Soul
A reflective aphorism about truth as a continuous revelation. Ruskin’s idea that life begins with searching and ends only in action, with truth found in nature, writing, and human nature. Mercy softens hate as the soul grows through seeking and sharing knowledge.
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Ruskin
Swift Travel: Wireless waves and light share speed
A concise report notes that wireless waves and light travel at the same speed, about 186 000 miles per second, highlighting a fundamental physics fact.
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