Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-06
House passed sl1s.ooo.ooo Department Of


May 18-Justice Willis Van Devanter an.
nounced his retirement from Supreme court.
effective June /.
faSera aS the Psesidents t Supreme rge court
enlargement BILL
May 20 Senate voted to make ccc
Jones & Laughlin Steel employees voted
May Supreme court upheld. old age
provisions Of social security act. and Ala.
bama employment insurance law.
President asked congress for legislation
ndusty and Identical p0 BILLS Were ntro
May 20 I. o. started strikes against
May soEseven killed, many hurt in bat.
tie between police and steel strikers in
u, June i, imHouse passed billion and hall
President Roosevelt asked congress to get
after big tax dodgers.
June 3-President asked congress to ere.
June 5-John D. Rockefeller left bulk
of estate. $25. 100000. to granddaughter,
with guns and gas at Youngstown, Ohio.
June 10-Resolution calling for invest1-
cation of tax evasion problem sent to
White House.
June 11-strike called at Bethlehem Steel
corporations Cambria mill
June 12-Lewis called strike in II coal
mines owned by TWO steel companies.
June 14-Senate committee condemned
court enlargement bill.
June 2O-Pennsylvania governor closed
Jamestown steel plant; martial law de-
June .2l--senate refused to cut relief
appropriation.
House passed pension bill for railroad
employees.
,,o June 5 Senate passed billion So mil
June 2svEllis Parker. ST., and son con:
Newark L l<i6n9
under Lindbergh law.
Fifty:fve indicted in 10 million dollar
s June esEsse eaat R0' voted Nf to extend NUS
ance taxes and cent postage for two
years.
June 2s--J: Butler Wright named ambas.
sador to Cuba.
Ford with violation of Wagner act.
June 29-Senate ratified treaties drawn
at Buenos Aires conference.
June 30-Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., and
Ethel du Pont married.
July 6-Ohio grand jury indicted 200
for rioting e, as steel plants reopened
began hearings on charges Ford company
violated Wagner act.
July 8-Immunity was granted President
AG july Pres sd fp Urged 1sa pas
Dave H., Morris resigned as ambassa.
dor to Brazil, transferred to Belgium.
July 13-House paid tribute to and pen.
stoned Harry Parker, venerable doorman
for the ways and means committee.
House overrode Presidents veto of farm
July "A Nine men, including two G: I: o;
States ma malls in Ohio Strike 'z zone. ~
July 17-Controller general refused to
pay expenses a Of foTeign junt1kets oh,o
ha sin f10Od control
July 21-Administration abandoned su-
preme court bill.
majority Leader aarle of senate e''eo
July. 22-Senate voted 70 to 20 to re-
commit the court bill
Senate OVERRIDE Presidents veto OF low
farm interest extension.
j. l.. Houghteling, Chicago, appointed
commissioner of immigration
July 27-House voted six more White
Congress authorized building of six aux.
iliary naval vessels to cost $5000O.000
San Francisco hotel workers strike set.
July 2s-senate confirmed the nominations
of George A. Gordon of New York to be
Of Michigan as minister to Honduras and
Franklin Mott Gunther of Florida as min.
lister. to Rumania.
July 29-F. P. Corrigan appointed min.
lister to San Salvador.
July 3o-s ,e3 passed the wage and
IL.
Aug. 6-Senate passed Wagner housing
bill in limited form.
Aug. congress appropriated $5,ooo.ooo
'0A Has w Eaaers paesed federal court
procedural reform bill.
Aug. 12-President Roosevelt nominated
associate justice of Supreme court.
Aug. 13-Senate passed sugar control
Aug. 1e-House passed bill to stop tax
Aug. 17-senate confirmed appointment
of Hugo L. Black to Supreme court
ing 100 millions.
Aug. 18-House passed half billion dollar
Aug. 1s-Gov. Bibb Graves of Alabama
appointed his wife, Dixie Bibb Graves, Unit
Sd st, States senator to succeed Hugo L.
v,S Ssaat s,,,p passed Panama canal tolls re.
Aug z passed s deficiency Etyss bill IT,,
Aug: 2iMcongress adjourned. after hous:
ing bill and deficiency appropriation bill
were enacted.
Aug. 23-Col. H. B. Hackett resigned as
assistant director of P. w. A:
Aug 26-Strike of railway brotherhoods
averted by federal mediation.
Aug 28-Andrew Melons will left his
millions to charitable trust.
Aug. 31-A. F. of l.. council voted to
rejoin world labor federation.
Sept. 4President Roosevelt in Labor day
address asked labor to drop strike tactics.
Sept. Edward McGrady resigned as
assistant to secretary of labor.
Sept. 9-Dr. o. H. Mennet, Los Angeles.
elected commander of G. A. R.
Sept. 12-Justiee Hugo L. Black Of Su,
co o the PUBLICITY Ka kux San OF being
:. Sept. Engagement announced Of John
Roosevelt. son of President. to Anne Clark
of Boston.
Sept. 14-James E. Lands resigned as
chairman of securities and exchange COM
Sept. 1e-La Guardia renominated for
mayor Of New York by Republicans. and
J. T. Mahoney by Democrats.
John T. Biggers of Toledo. named to
manage census of unemployed.
Sept. 20-American Legion convention
opened In New York.
w. O. Douglas became head of SEC.
Sept. 22-President Roosevelt started trip
to Seattle.
Sept 23-Daniel Doherty of Boston elected
national commander of American Legion.
Sept 29-American Bar association voted
unanimously to continue fight for 1nde-
pendence Of the judiciary.
Oct. Hugo l.. Black in radio address
admitted he" was a member OF ku Klux
Khan but said he had abandoned it,
Oct. 3-Railway brotherhoods accepted
offer Of A cents a day wage raise; strike
Oct -Hupo r. Rlack toolr hjc eaot nc