Morro Castle disaster and era of intrigue in 1930s
The Morro Castle fire off the New Jersey coast kills 135 as questions of negligence and incendiary arson arise. Officers defend actions while radio operators face scrutiny over delayed SOS. The report also covers labor strife, Du Pont testimonies, and Huey Long’s political ascendancy in Louisiana.
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Morro Castle
New Jersey
Havana
Robert Wikmott
William F. Warms
Asbury’ Park
Federal Steamboat Inspection Board
George W. Rogers
Sparabes
Llagna
Alagna
Rogers
Grand Jury
Wilmott
Gus Harmon
Warms
No. 5
Secret Police
Moscow
New Deal Gains and Nationwide Blue Eagle Poster Push
Maine voters reelect Gov Brann and back two of three congress seats while Hale holds Senate seat by slim margin. Nationwide blue eagle poster drives promote NRA recovery measures and a three way power split among policy, administration, and controversy decisions under Roosevelt Johnson plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Louis J. Brann
Alfred K. Ames
Frederick Hale
F. Harold Dvuchard
Hale
William A. Comstock
Michigan
Arthur J. Lacey
Frank B. Fitzgerald
South Carolina
Olin D. Johnston
Cole
Arizona
Senahurst
Greenway
Colorado
Josephine Roach
Oad
Edward C. Johnson
Washington
J. C. Stephenson
Lewis Schwellenbach
Blue Eagle
NRA
The
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Hugh & Johnson
Johnson
League invites Russia to join Council seat
The League of Nations circulated a signed invitation for Russia to join the league and was told a permanent council seat was likely. It was expected Portugal and Argentina would oppose. Richard Sandler of Sweden was elected. Poland announced it would not accept external control until minority rights are guaranteed.
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Irenee_ du Pont
United States
America
The
Chemical Foundation
du Pont
du Ponts
Army
Navy
King George
England
Washington
London
Nye
Ms Committee
League of Nations
Geneva
Russia
League
Sedt
MUNDO
Portugal
Argentina
Richard Sandler
Sweden
Poland
Assembly
Grandmother of Russian Revolution Dies Near Prague
SS Breshkosaksaya, long called grandmother of the Russian Revolution, died at her home near Prague. She spent 28 years in exile in Siberia and dedicated most of her ninety years to freeing Russia, contributing significantly to the downfall of the Romanoffs.
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Breshkovsakaya
Prague
Russia
Siberia
AFL proposes central agency for unified production plan
The American Federation of Labor suggests government creation of a central agency representing business labor consumers and the government to design a production program and implement it.
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American Federation of Labor
Tariff talks in Washington shape cautious path
Washington observers report that tariff negotiations under Secretary Hull lean toward a conservative, balanced approach. Discussion notes frame potential high rates without provoking foreign retaliation, while Treasury tax plans aim to replace revenue as federal spending grows.
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Washington
Wexters
State Department
Cordell Hult
Hull
Fordney-McCumber
Treasury
National Recovery Administration
Agricultural Crop Administration
Morgenthau
House of Representatives
Lewis W. Douglas
Douglas
Roosevelt
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Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
George Rogers
HH International Typographical Union
Chicago
New York
International Organization
Fpforts
Mediation Board
Rhode Island
National Guard
Saylesville
Woonsocket
Green
Jo. P. Morgan
Senate Banking Committee
Internal Revenue
Morgan Company
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
National City Bank of New York
J. P. Morgan & Co
Drexel & Co
Internal Revenue Bureau
RR Socseervotion Finance Corporation
Commodity Credit Corporation
RFC
Commodity Corporation
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Enator
Huey Long
Louisiana
Congress
Supreme Court
Public Service
Old Guard
New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Huey
William Bruckart
Supreme Cpartments
Henry Tney
Rainey
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
Senate
House
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