Tax bill clash in Congress delays and dispute
Edward W. Pickard reports brisk Democratic push for the President's tax bill while Republicans urge delaying consideration until next winter. Vandenberg denounces the plan as a hoax and warns it won’t cover deficits, yet administration leaders push toward passage before adjournment. Also note Glass’s banking act victory, milk industry funding approved, and Ethiopia League tensions amid Italo Ethiopian crisis.
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Vandenberg
Michigan
Senator Vandenberg
Uncle Sam
la Follette
House
Ways and Means Committee
WPA Plans To Aid Teaches And Students In 1930s Program
Plans by Dr L R Alderman under the Works Progress administration aim to fund summer schools for 1200 teachers and provide jobs for 125000 college students in the coming year. Twenty five six week sessions will pay teachers 15 to 18 dollars weekly and train them to educate adults in the fall. Noted universities and Olivet college in Michigan are named as sites for courses. Separately four technical assistants will direct white collar relief projects in music theater painting and writing with 800 million dollars allocated for white collar relief and 20 million for New York City projects. Unemployed women camps will be revived with six week to two month terms under state relief administration.
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Teedy
Works Progress Administration
L. R. Alderman
Alderman
New York University
Ohio State University
Purdue University
Olivet College
Michigan
University of Wisconsin
University of Chicago
University of California
Harry J. Hopkins
Nikola Sokoloff
Hallie Flanagan
Holger Cahill
Henry G. Alseberg
New York City
Hopkins
Senate approves AAA measure amid court challenge
Opponents of the AAA who sought to strengthen the Agriculture Secretary’s powers allowed the basic act to go to the Supreme Court. The Senate passed the administration bill with 15 votes in opposition. Republicans and conservative Democrats expect the Supreme Court to rule the basic act unconstitutional, while an early test is set by a Senate amendment allowing suits to recover processing taxes not yet passed on to producers or consumers.
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Bhnator Glass
Senate
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Doughty Virginian
la Follette
Gerald Nye
North Dakota
Charles EB. Coughlin
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Banking and Currency Committee
Glass
House
Tugwell
Federal Trade Commission
Duffy
Wisconsin
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Supreme Court
Senator Black Probes Box Mystery in Utilities Debate
Senator Hugo Black pressed John W. Carpenter on a box wrapped in a newspaper amid Wheeler-Rayburn utility bill fights. Carpenter admitted hotel conferences and social meals with lawmakers but could offer no clear answer about the newspaper wrapped box. Senate and House conferees failed to reconcile as session ended in a row with Huddleston insisting the death sentence be eliminated.
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Hugo Black
Senate Lobby Committee
John W. Carpenter
Dallas
Texas Power and Light Company
Chesapeake Bay
Texas
Black
Carpenter
Senate
House
Administration
Benjamin Cohen
Dozier A. de Vane
Wheeler and
Barkley
George Huddleston
Alabama
Cohen
Wheeek
Huddleston
Ray Silver Dies At Martinsburg At Sixty Five
Ray Silver a long time agricultural advocate died suddenly at his Martinsburg West Virginia home at age sixty five. He served as president of the United States Grain Market corporation Chicago and led several grower cooperatives and credit associations. His career included roles with Inwood Pratt Growers and Berkeley Fruit Growers plus involvement with the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Taft commission studying tariff relations to the wool industry.
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Ray Silver
Martinsburg
W. Va
United States Grain Market Corporation of Chicago
Inwood Prutt Growers’ Co-Operative Corporation
Berkeley Fruit Growers
Easters’ Credit Association
United Growers of Americas
Federated Growers Credit Association
National Bureau of Economic Research
Taft
Woo
Farm Bureau Federation
Europe
Secret British naval build plan to 1942 reported
The Daily Herald of London claims the admiralty aims a full new fleet by 1942 costing 780 million dollars. It outlines 12 capital ships, 33 cruisers, 63 destroyers, 21 submarines and 3 aircraft carriers in a hush plan shared with major powers.
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Daily Herald of London
Admiralty
Bolton Eyres-Monsell
United States
France
Italy
Germany
Japan
Bolton
House of Commons
England
Roosevelt ousts Virgin Islands officials and reshuffles posts
President Roosevelt removed Gov Paul M Pearson and Judge T Webber Wilson over Island politics. Lawrence W Cramer, then lieutenant governor of St Croix, nominated as new governor amid objections from St Thomas and St Croix factions. Pearson gets housing post at $8000 annually. Wilson’s parole board seat replaced by Amy A Stannard as Wilgon sworn in.
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Virgin Islands
Roosevelt
Paul M. Pearson
T. Webber Wilson
Pearson
Lawrence W. Cramer
St. Croix Island
Senate
St. Croix
Wilson
Washington
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Ickes
PWA
Harrison
Federal
Cummings
Amy A. Stannard
Parole Board
Wilgon
Roosevelt Sure of Renomination
Washington describes a political rumor that President Roosevelt will be renominated by the Democratic Party. The piece argues the rumor is propagandized by pro Wall Street groups to undermine the New Deal, detailing propaganda methods, dinner talk, and notable figures involved, and notes potential third party realignment with conservatives led by Jouett Shouse and Harry Byrd.
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Ashington
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Jim Farley
Arthur
Blaine
Cleveland
Power Trust
Liberty League
Henry Breckinridge
Breckinridge
Navy
Wilson
Wall Street
Virginia
MI Roosevelt
Harry Byrd
Kentucky
Joe Cannon
Cal Coolidge
Elly Root
Boles Penrose
Warren G. Harding
Democrat Party
Mossback
Republican Party
Constitution Party
Jouett Shouse
Carter Glass
Lewis Douglas
Arizona
Western
Upton
A Pretty Passenger and the Bus Fare Mixup
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet recalls a mother and her striking daughter on a Lee Road bus. The mother, self conscious about her child’s beauty, discovers the conductor asking for the girl’s fare and replies with a complacent, yes she is.
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Lee Road
Cleveland Plain
Cat Why Are You Going To Get An Other Home
Dog explains they must move due to vegetarians in the home. The exchange reveals stress over pets and living arrangements as the cat faces a possible new home because of dietary choices.
Real Feed Johnny Enjoys Party Despite Hunger Joke
A six year old guest of honor recounts the party with humor saying he is not hungry yet after questions about his good time. A friend notes the amused envy, reflecting lighthearted mood from the event.
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Johnny
Elusive Candor on Truth in the Courtroom
A pompous attorney insists the witness tell the truth while the timorous respondent vows to try. The exchange ends with the witness unsure of success until the cross examination is finished.
Imaginary Clothes Joke Between Schoolmaster and Willie
A playful dialogue features a schoolmaster asking Willie about the earth’s axis as an imaginary line and whether clothes can hang on it. Willie responds with a pun about imaginary clothes, prompting a lighthearted laugh from the teacher.
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Willie
Wille
Quote on grudges and turning lanes in a long lane
A terse exchange hints at lingering resentments as a speaker remarks on a proverb about a long lane with no turning and notes a squared grievance tied to another person. The remark reads like a sharp aside in a broader conflict.
Debt Free Dreams Spark List of Charges
A lighthearted Indianapolis News item captures a young couple discussing money. The husband envisions being out of debt, while the wife counters with plans to charge a long list of purchases once that day arrives.
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Tye
Indianapolis News
Poetic Quotations Impress Miss Cayenne in Banter
Miss Cayenne quips that a man who quotes poetry is generally preferable to one who relies on original conversation. The remark highlights wit and taste in social banter.
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Miss Cayenne
Mexican Imbroglio Sparks Debate in Finder Magazine
Guest offers a quirky take within a fragmentary transcript, noting lake ott plain fruits and old-fashioned tastes as part of a broader discussion on the Mexican imbroglio and its public perception.
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Lake Ott
Psth
Finder Magazine
Why did you break your engirt itent with Tom
A stray Stories Magazine excerpt cites a man accusing Tom of deceit claiming he was a silver and kidney specialist while he actually worked in a butcher shop. The quoted line frames a quirky grievance about misrepresented expertise.
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Tom
Stray Stories Magazine
What would you do if a man kiss you
A provocative line from Lustige Kolner Zeitung prompts readers on reaction to unwanted advance. The remark reflects humor and social norms of its era while hinting at gender expectations and safety.
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Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Domestic Success In Inter Contacts School District
A woman reports her daughter is taking four courses in domestic science and is making progress. A friend notes that in inter scholastic play, 55 wrote that she helped her team win.
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Inter
Learned to Chiropodist From School Friend Joke
A playful exchange explains a chiropodist’s path by noting the speaker was always the foot of the class, turning a school joke into a career pun.
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Gehoo
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Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Hoosack Mills
Boston Circuit Court of Appeals
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Halile Selagate
Ethiopia
League
Geneva
Ada Hawartat
Stanley Baldwin
London
W. ©. Martin
Foreign Office
Moscow
Lloyd Hner Bremen
New York
Hudson River
Berlin
Wilbur J. Carr
Anti-Nazi Federation
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senator Glass
Emperor Haile Selassié
Senator Black
L. W. Cramer
Earl Godwin
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