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LaGuardia Charter Revision Comm agrees on outlines of revised govt and some details of proposed charter; list of recommendations
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. -- The New Deal's trial by Constitution continues tomorrow with the Supreme Court hearing arguments on amendments intended to strengthen the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
Conf with Prime Min Baldwin
E Herriot's s at Montbeliard as pres of Radical Socialist party on Italo-Ethiopian issues, interpreted as indication of possible unified attack by Left in Chamber of Deputies
joint reply to Cardinal Hayes address by 13 Protestant and Jewish clergymen; urges non-interference with other religious groups
1935Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (born 1905)[†]
Thelma Alice Todd was an American actress and businesswoman who carried the nicknames "The Ice Cream Blonde" and "Hot Toddy". Appearing in about 120 feature films and shorts between 1926 and 1935, she is remembered for her comedic roles opposite ZaSu Pitts, and in films such as the Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers and a number of Charley Chase's short comedies. She co-starred with Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily. She also had roles in several Wheeler and Woolsey and Laurel and Hardy films, the last of which featured her in a part that was cut short by her sudden death in 1935 at the age of 29.