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March 8, 1934
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Headlines from March 8, 1934
AIRLINES' MAIL PAY HELD UP BY FARLEY; Jan. 1 to Feb. 9 Money Is Kept Back in Inquiry on Charges of Fraud. FEE TO FESS'S SON TOLD Col. Henderson Says Aviation Concern Paid $3,000 to Expedite Watres Act. AIRLINES' MAIL PAY HELD UP BY FARLEY
Sen A R Robinson cites testimony that J P Morgan & Co and others sold stock shortly before cancellation
HOURS CUT PUT UP TO NRA CODE CHIEFS; Many Industries 'Can and Ought to' Cut Time 10% and Raise Pay, Johnson Says. TO ENFORCE PENALTIES Meanwhile the President Prepares to Ask an Extension of the Licensing Clause. HOURS CUT PUT UP TO NRA CODE CHIEFS
Hails Sup Ct decision on N Y S milk price-fixing
PRESIDENT INSISTS CONGRESS PASS LAW TO CURB EXCHANGES; White House Statement Says He Expects Action at the Present Session. BILL'S LEGALITY QUERIED New York Exchange Brief Seen as Paving Way for Test of Constitutionality. PRESIDENT INSISTS ON EXCHANGE CURB
Roosevelt expects Cong to pass regulatory legis at present session; N Y Stock Exch submits brief, written by T B Gay, challenging constitutionality of bill; S W Reyburn opposes bill before Sen Com; representatives of various exchs, brokers, and dealers voice objections before both coms
PARIS INQUIRY HINTS FROT PLOTTED COUP; Chiappe Says Ex-Minister of Interior Recruited Secret Force -- He Denies It. STAVISKY CLIMAX NEARS New Sources of the Swindler's Funds Found -- Police Expert on Case Was Ousted. FRENCH COUP PLOT BY FROT IS HINTED
J Chiappe reveals that he was asked to subsidize arming of certain Left groups before Feb riots
Notable Births

1934Marv Breeding, American baseball player and scout (died 2006)[†]
Marv Eugene Breeding was an American professional baseball second baseman who played four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators and Los Angeles Dodgers between 1960 and 1963. He batted and threw right-handed and was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg).