Senate Judiciary Committee Rejects Court Bill in Blistering Report
The Senate Judiciary Committee urged rejection of Roosevelt's Court Bill in a 10,000 word report calling it needless and dangerous to constitutional principles. It warns the plan would centralize power, threaten judicial independence, and turn government into one man’s rule, while outlining preferred gradual justice court changes.
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Supreme Court
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Secretary Swanson Opens Bids for 35000-ton Battleship
Secretary Swanson will open private ship company bids on a 35000 ton battleship for about fifty five million dollars and soon open Navy Yard bids for a second ship of similar cost. He hopes keels will be laid soon for the first ship, the first built in fifteen years.
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Washington, D. C
Swanson
Navy Yard
Nome Federal Building contract seen soon after title clearance
Indications point to an early start for construction of Nome's proposed Federal Building as the U S Attorney's Office and Delegate Dimond press for urgent title clearance. A telegram urged immediate approval of land title vested in the United States, with city attorney Sullivan confirming the status and sending a certificate. Officials expect the contract award to follow rapid title verification and bid review, bringing the project to fruition this summer.
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U.S. Marshal's Office
Ately
United States
Leroy Sullivan
U. S
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Thos. Gaffney
Attorney General’s Office
Washington, D. C
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Sullivan
Nome
Longshoremen Leader Sends Regrets Amid Union Tensions
Matt Meehan of Longshoremen, West Coast secretary treasurer, sent regrets to the Teamsters convention citing strained relations between the unions. Dave Beck, Teamsters head, said he may respond with a letter insisting on adherence to American Federation of Labor laws. Beck also warned the Newspaper Guild against involving drivers in any expansion program.
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Matt Meehan
West Coast
Longshoremen’s Union
Teamsters Convention
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Teamsters
American Federation of Labor
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Newspaper Guild
Mouse Trap Captures Rodents at Invention Congress
A novelty mousetrap on display at the National Inventors Congress uses cheese or bacon scent to lure a mouse through a door into a corridor. When the door closes, the rodent escapes into a linked ante chamber, triggering a spring that hurls it into a neighboring area and resets for the next victim.
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New York
National Inventors Congress
Arctic Quest Traces Unknown Explorer’s Record Clue
Telegraphic briefs report Arnold Haverlee leading a June expedition to Lapland seeking traces of a missing American explorer. A rock inscription reads W. Langhorne, U.S.A., dated July 23, 1787, found north of the Arctic Circle by Haverlee years earlier.
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Arctic Circle
Arnold Haverlee
Teader
Lapland
Haverlee
Arctic
Circle
W. Langhorne
U.S.A
Senator Norris Praises Nebraska Unicameral System
Washington D C June 14 Senator Norris who backed Nebraska unicameral legislature predicted many states will abolish two houses and cited the great superiority of Nebraska s recent unicameral system and its first experience.
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Washington, D. C
Norris
Nebraska
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