Supreme Court packing debate prompts retirement bill vote
The Senate passed the Sumners retirement bill by a four vote margin, setting a seventy age with full pay for justices. Bridges Bulow Johnson and Moore opposed. Roosevelt backed the measure but it was not tied to his court enlargement plan, which faced a likely House defeat.
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New Hampshire
Bulow
South Dakota
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California
Moore
New Jersey
Pat McCarren
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
George
Georgia
President roosevelt urges states to pass soil conservation laws
President Roosevelt called on the governors of the 48 states to enact soil conservation laws to supplement federal measures against floods and dust storms. He provided a model by the Department of Agriculture for district organization and erosion control with federal aid, noting state laws would be needed to access federal funds. Panama Canal tolls rate revision proposed. Abolition of dual measurement system urged to curb abuses and losses. canal investment at 64614 million with near million annual loss. Middle Western ship interests want higher rates to level competition with seaboard, maintaining canal value. Ex Navy officer Farnsworth jailed 4 to 12 years for conspiring to sell naval secrets to Japan.
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United States Navy
Japan
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John Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
California
Los Angeles
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
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Chicago
Ill
Max Adelman
Wisconsin
Horner
Illinois
Detroit
Woolworth
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Housing bill would fund billion dollar low income homes
Congress proposes a four year program under which the government may lend state and local housing authorities up to one billion dollars from 1937 to 1941 to build 375000 family dwellings at about four thousand dollars each. The plan includes fifty million dollars in grants and creation of a United States Housing Authority to supervise loans.
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Robert J. Wagner
New York
Henry B. Steagall
Alabama
Senate
Am House
United States Housing Authority
Wagner
Steagall
Fragments on laundry care and cooking methods from Associated Newspapers
Readable fragments discuss stocking care and ironing, lace stiffening, coffee cup yield, dessert pairing with chocolate, stain removal methods, dish soaking, blanket washing, sulfur removal from bleaching, and beef fat reuse. Mentions WNU service and Associated Newspapers.
A Touch of Spring Linens Pattern 5570 Embroidery
A short ad for embroidery pattern 5570 from The Lewis Circle Household Arts Dept offers a springlike wreath design in lilac colors. It describes stitches such as blanket, single, outline, lazy daisy, and French knots and lists fabric size and transfer imagery. Order by sending 15 cents in stamps or coins to the stated New York address with name and address.
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New York
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