Roosevelt veto on Patman bill looms as bonus talk grows
Washington May 20. President Roosevelt remains firm against delaying or altering the Patman bonus bill veto while administration leaders probe alternative bonus measures. Senator Robinson signals possible later legislation, noting 72 Senate votes might back a flexible bonus plan funded by borrowing or work relief funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Patman
Patmanites
White House
High Winds Claim A Score High Winds Claim A Score
Tornadic winds across five Southern states killed at least three and injured many, with flood threats in Louisiana and mass evacuations along the Red River corridor. Oklahoma City reports hundreds displaced as 16 foot flood walls loom, and a tent city rises in a park to shelter refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Oklahoma
Texas
Red River
Louisiana
Alexandria
Oklahoma City
Southwest
Kansas
Trial testimonies reveal protection payments and forged check
Cundiff testified that a October 10 1933 check for 40 dollars was part of protection money owed to Lee and signed after Lee issued it, while defense argued it covered a fine. The hearing examined endorsements and depositions as prosecutors questioned why the payment was made to C Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin’ S County
Cundiff
State Penitentiary
Lee
Justice of the Peace
T. W.W. Carper
Franklin County
Stephen D. Timberlake, Jr
Staunton
Carper
Timberlake
C. C. Lee
John Paul
Federal District Court
Pauline Cribb
Paul
John Garland Pollard
C. Cc. Lee
Commonwealth
Rocky Mount
Three Injured As Train Falls Into New River
A Chesapeake and freight train derailed after a slide at South Fayette, plunging into the New River. Three men injured include James Huffmanin and Steve McKnight, both at Hinton hospital with Huffmanin listed as critical, and Carl Latterson. The engineer and fireman suffered burns. track traffic halted for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Wene
Chesapeake and Freight
South Payette
James Huffmanin
Hinton
W. Va
Steve McKnight
Russell
Carl Latterson
Huffmanin
McKnight
Hinton Hospital
Clarence Smith
South Fayette
Smith
Keeping Room Named Early Style for Living Rooms
The keeping room, a forerunner of today s living room, appeared in Colonial days as the sitting room. Its paneled walls beamed ceiling and white scrubbed floors defined the home’s best space, often beside the kitchen, sometimes serving as the great kitchen itself.
Roosevelt issues wage and hour orders for New Deal relief program
President Roosevelt uses an executive order to set four regional wage scales from 19 to 94 dollars monthly and a 40 hour work week on an eight hour day. The order prioritizes relief rolls, limits family workers, and bans under 16s, detailing region three as Arkansas Kentucky Louisiana Oklahoma Texas and Virginia with unskilled pay listed as 21 to 35 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Arkansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Virginia
Wage scales and Hopkins exceptions in federal project work
The document outlines wage rates from mediate to professional levels and notes exceptions extended to projects exempted by Works Director Harry L. Hopkins. It states wages for these projects follow local conditions, with highway and grade crossing eliminations, permanent federal buildings under Bacon-Davis, administrative employes, and relief projects. It also bans pledges or assignments of federal wages by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Hopkins
Public Roads Bureau
Bacon-Davis
Two Million Spent On Va State Parks Visit
The Conservation and Development Commission was told the national government spent over 2 million dollars on Virginia’s new chain of six state parks. Governor Peery led an inspection trip visiting Westmoreland State Park in the Northern Neck where a restored Peale portrait was unveiled at the county courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montross
Virginia
United States
Conservation and Development Commission
Westmoreland State Park
Peery
Westmoreland County
William Pitt
Earl of Chatham
David Rosen
Neck
Westmoreland Park
National Park Service
Park plan links Stratford Lees to Wakefield site of history
Parkway planned between Stratford home of the Lees and Wakefield birthplace of Washington. Conservation Commission dubs Westmoreland park a park of history within fifty miles of birthplaces of Washington Monroe and Madison. Chairman Hall hopes bath houses open this summer. Weatherwax lauded as top bathing beach officer. beach features gradual incline for safety. Governor Peery washed his hands in the river near Maryland border. The party moves to Fredericksburg for the night and plans Skyline Drive toward Douthat Park. The piece notes life of a high pressure gun and liner replacement after about 150 shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Combs
Stratford
the Lees
Wakefield
Washington
Conservation Commission
Westmoreland Park
Monroe
Madison
Peery
Maryland
Too Little Vitamin D Causes Tooth Decay
A 1933 information piece notes vitamin D from cod liver oil and fortified bread and milk can help form sound teeth and prevent decay. It stresses sun exposure and diet, warns decay threatens overall health, and urges maternal nutrition to protect child teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitamin D Information Bureau
N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Capitol Tomor
Thurs
Leslie Howard
C. Carter Lee
New River
Rooseveit
Henry Nesbitt
Ise Kitchen
Hyde Park
Irs
Executive Mansion
General Motors
Pontiac
Fisher
Michigan
H. W. Ebert
Braddock and
Amherst Streets
Hall
H. E. Weatherwax
Predericksburg
Skyline Drive
Douthat Park
Alleghany
Bath Counties
Barbara
Reno
Alexis Mdivani
Kurt Haug
Francisco
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!