Supreme Court dismantles original AAA program
The Supreme Court struck down the Agricultural Adjustment Act in a 6 to 3 decision led by Justice Roberts. It held the processing tax inseparable from the act and an invasion of states rights under the general welfare clause. Dissenters included Stone Brandeis and Cardozo.
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Hoosac Mills
Massachusetts
Congress
Capitol
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Brandeis
Cardozo
When He Gets That Way
A humorous dialogue exchanges between a couple after marriage. The wife quips about red headed women and quiet husbands while the husband teases about pointing out defects. The banter reveals witty relational tensions and self aware humor.
RRA Discusses Turning Farm Tenants Into Owners in Texas and Oklahoma
Dallas conference with about fifty county representatives from the Rural Resettlement Administration and extension services outlined plans to establish owner farmers through long term federal loans. Estimated 2000 tenants may begin ownership, with average loans about 325 dollars and production must be home based. Seventeen projects are under consideration in Texas and Oklahoma, with some land already in option and efforts to alleviate unproductive land conditions.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Rural Resettlement Administration
RRA
Extension Services of
Agricultural Colleges
D. P. Trent
Mr. Trent
Denmark
Trent
ARA
Washington
Mae West Earns More Than Mrs F D R In 1934
Treasury report to Congress shows Mae West earned 339166.65 with Paramount in 1934 while Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt received 16000 as contributing editor of a women’s magazine. The disclosure covers salaries by corporations over 15000 annually under the pink slip tax publicity repeal law.
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Mae West
Paramount Film Company
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury Department
Treasury
Roy Sanderford in Race for Governor
State Senator Roy Sanderford of Belton announced for Texas governor outlining a 10 plank platform. He highlights tax reform, welfare policies, local self government, labor rights, and liquor regulation while pledging to avoid misusing office and to veto excess spending. He cites past service in the flying corps and as tax collector and notes 1923 onward business in autos and associated lines.
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Austin
Roy Sanderford
Belton
Bell County
Baylor University
United States Flying Corps
Senate
Sanderford
Texas
Knox Answers Challenge Made By Executive
Washington report notes Frank Knox, Chicago publisher and Republican presidential prospect, accepting Roosevelt’s challenge to rival plans by proposing a seven point federal program as a concrete alternative. He calls the President’s message a political speech and outlines: cut government expenses, maintain a sound currency, balance the federal budget, provide unemployment and old age insurance under state laws, remove government from private enterprise, oppose agricultural restriction, and enforce anti-trust laws to prevent monopoly.
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Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Chicago
Republican
Knox
Congress
Hard Liquor but No Highball Silly Declares W C T U
Houston liquor policy draws ire as the women's temperance group urges Governor Allred to seek liquor control reform. They argue that current laws force temperate students to buy hard liquor while abstaining from highballs in public venues. The telegram calls for a clear legislative decision and prompt action on pay issues.
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Houston
Temperance Educational Committee
Allred
1 000 Checks a Minute for Federal Payrollers
Ex reports that about one in ten adults rely on government support and that federal, state and local payrolls total in the millions. It notes 50 million checks drawn in a year, plus 1 million cash payments, with 63 thousand checks hourly and over 1 thousand per minute during treasury hours.
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United States
G. O. Barnes
U. S. Treasury
Treasury Office
Treasury
New York Governor to Seek Mechanical Car Speed Limits
Governor Lehman told the 1936 Legislature that highways must be made safer or he will back mechanical limits on automobile speed. He warned some New Yorkers are afraid to travel on highways and called the situation intolerable. He also announced plans to substantially increase the state police force to expand highway patrols.
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N. Y
Lehman
New York State
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