Federal Reserve Board Gets New Members In Office
The Federal Reserve Board is sworn in with Marriner Eccles slated as chairman and M B Szymczak as holdovers. New members include Ronald Ransom John McKee and Joseph A Broderick with Morrison arriving later. The board wields powers over margins open market policy and bank broker relations.
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Union tax program and labor rally clash at convention
The administration weighs a tentative tax plan including 500 million excise taxes replacing the old processing levy to fund subsidies and a ten year amortization for a soldier bonus. William Green of the Mine Workers appeals for industrial unionism while John L. Lewis backs miners and shouts opposition at a crowded convention.
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Kansas Republicans Offer London for Nomination
Kansas Republican leaders gathered in Topeka for Founders Day and designated Gov. Alf Landon as their choice for the GOP nomination. In a banquet speech he outlined a program to end federal extravagance and restore prosperity, proposing agricultural relief through a sole conservation plan to protect farm fertility and limit AAA dispersals.
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Illinois
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Lindbergh Case Reopened by New Jersey Governor
Governor Harold Hoffman orders a renewed, thorough inquiry into the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder with Col. H Norman Schwarzkopf directing two state police detectives and assistance from federal agencies and the New York police. Hauptmann’s reprieve expires February 16, after which execution timing rests with Attorney General Wilentz and Justice Trenchard.
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Georgia meeting backs Eugene Talmadge for president
Thousands of grass roots Democrats from 17 southern and border states gathered in Macon Georgia. They urged Eugene Talmadge to seek the Democratic presidential nomination as a constitutional Democrat opposing the New Deal theorists. Talmadge declined to comment on an announcement. The platform called for constitutional preservation state sovereignty and the American form of government. It accused Roosevelt of abandoning the Constitution and Jeffersonian ideals.
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About Face of Smith Is Bared
Earl Godwin notes that Al Smith, allied with the Liberty League, cannot derail Roosevelt’s renomination and would likely remain loyal to the anti-Roosevelt camp. The piece argues Smith’s past as a rubber-stamp ally of Tammany Hall contrasts with his current attack on Roosevelt, while labeling the Liberty League as a smear agent and dismissing claims of socialist or communist pressures.
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Panama Canal Cost Reported At One Third Billion
A historical note states the Panama Canal cost about one third of a billion dollars, reflecting a substantial single investment by the era. The figure underscores the magnitude of the project and its financial scale for policymakers and the public.
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Bayer Aspirin Proven Safe For Headache Relief
An old advertisement extols Genuine Bayer Aspirin as a fast, safe remedy for headaches and common pains. It advises consulting a doctor for comparisons and warns that many prior remedies harmed stomachs or hearts, noting Bayer’s safety and regular-use acceptability.
Yawn Explained A Yawn Signals Conversation Gap
A concise explanation defines a yawn as a gap in conversation. It treats yawning as a natural pause rather than disinterest, noting context and social cues that may prompt or accompany a yawn during dialogue.
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