NRA Showdown Be Tested In Supreme Court Fight
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to drop the Belcher lumber case testing the NRA constitutionality. Senators Hastings and Clark urged a swift test, with the American Liberty League and Manufacturers' Association backing an early decision. Public pressure grows as the case would be the court’s only NRA dispute when a ruling arrives next fall.
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Justice Department
Supreme Court
W. E. Belcher
Alabama
Belcher Lumber
Blue Eagle
American Liberty League
National Association of Manufacturers Wert
NRA
Hastings
R-Del
Clark
D-Mo
Cummings
Belcher
High Tribunal
C. L. Bardo
Manufactures’ Association
Vera Fedoroffa claims record parachute jump near Leningrad
Vera Fedoroffa, wife of a Red Army officer, today claimed the women’s parachute jumping record after a leap of 6,350 meters 20,853 feet from an aircraft near Leningrad. She reportedly jumped without oxygen apparatus yesterday.
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Moscow
Vera Fedoroffa
Red Army
Leningrad
Roller Herd Is High in Shenandoah Valley Dairy
The Shenandoah Valley Dairy Herd Improvement Association reports the Roller herd led in March with 666.1 pounds of milk and 39.7 pounds of butterfat per cow for J B and Paul Roller. A purebred Holstein owned by J Beard was the high cow with 2005 pounds of milk and 68.1 pounds of butterfat. Denzil Kackley of Clarke County joined the association. The monthly average was 549.4 pounds of milk and 24.3 pounds of butterfat from 193 cows, with 27 cows dry.
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J. 8
Paul Roller
Shenandoah Valley
Lbs. Lbs
Milk
J, O
J. H. Fisher & Son
H. J. Hardesty
John H. Alger
M. D. Rhodes
M. Driver & Bro
Denzil Kackley
Ie J
J. O. Beard
J. H. Fisherr & Son
M. Driver
Frederick County Circuit Court Opens With Multiple Appeals
Circuit Court convened with Judge Philip Williams. April 2 saw Commonwealth vs Walter Spaid for permitting dogs to run at large in a game sanctuary. April 3 hearings for David C. Boles and Bernie F. Strosnider, plus activity in the Malone-Hable $5,000 damaged suit. Woodstock participants Brumback and others attended.
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Frederick County
Philip Williams
Trial Justice Court
Commonwealth
Walter Spaid
Spaid
David C. Boles
Bernie F. Strosnider
F. S. Tavenner
Woodstock
Brumback
Strosnider
Pay Increases Come With Rail Freight Boosts
The April 1 report notes a five percent wage raise for about 950,000 railroad workers, totaling roughly $80 million annually. The pay rise follows a 1932 cut and coincides with the Interstate Commerce Commission granting emergency freight charges projected to yield about $85 million yearly, while denying permanent general increases.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Commission
Railroad managers plan wage cut after May 1
Wages will be raised temporarily to meet agreement but soon reduced. W Thiehoff, general manager of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad and chair of the Managers Committee, said the managers will inform railroad brotherhoods of the intended cut shortly after May 1.
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W. Thiehoff
Chicago, Berlington and Quincy Railroad
Wetter Weather Sweeps Across Western Area
Seattle observers report a forecast of a moist cycle bringing wetter weather to the Pacific Northwest. John B. Kincer of the Weather Bureau predicts a swing to increased rainfall nationwide, with farmers in western districts cheering the change while dust storms may affect other regions.
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Seattle
Middle West
Atlantic Coast
Pacific Northwest
John B. Kincer
Climate and Crop Weather Service
United States Weather Bureau
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