Congress Wins Economy Tussle But Holds Hot Potato
In a sweeping Washington analysis, Joseph W. La Bine reports Congress wrestling with economic policy amid White House debates. Details cover Secretary Morgenthau, Fed chair Eccles, and payroll tax plans, plus parity payments, social security funds, and looming farm and credit decisions shaping the 1935- era budget.
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Adventurous Americans and Frontier Daring Exploits
A historical column recounts James Watson Webb’s bold rescue mission from Fort Dearborn to Fort Armstrong in 1821, averting a potential massacre. It also highlights Maj. John Wesley Powell’s measured Colorado River expeditions and James Jesse Strang’s Erie-turned-kingdom on Beaver Island, ending in his downfall after a controversial law on women’s dress and a fatal confrontation.
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John Kinzie
Chicago
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Grand Canyon
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Colorado River
America
James Jesse Strang
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LaCrosse
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Beaver Islands
Traverse Bay
Lower Michigan
Fillmore
United States
Thomas Bedford
Welles noted as tall, stylish undersecretary with Roosevelt ties
A colorful portrait of Sumner Welles, born in New York City, 46, a poised undersecretary long associated with Hull since 1937, famed for sharp dress and a storied career from Tokyo to Latin America, alongside Hollywood veteran roles and a globetrotting life shaped by de
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1915
Tokyo
South America
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Carl Sandburg
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Rogers Pictures
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Robbins Dry Gook
Red Hook
Brooklyn
Sherry
Trendy wind shifts and Baltic risk in wartime sales
The piece notes rising marine war risk insurance costs due to Adolf Hitler affecting Baltic shipments. It cites Attorney General Frank Murphy on growing foreign espionage and federal counter-espionage readiness. It mentions the National Forest Service planting 140 million trees across 31 states in 1938 and Kansas considering a one day divorce to attract industry.
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Adolf Hitler
Gates
Baltic Sea
Frank Murphy
U. S
National Forest Service
Kansas
Resignation Push Targets Treasury Undersecretary Hanes
A forecast resignation of John W. Hanes, undersecretary of the treasury, cites the difficulty of closing the breach between business and government as the motive behind stepping down. Kurt Schuschnigg is released after a year in German custody since the Austrian Anschluss. Robert M Hutchings named to chair the SEC, succeeding Justice Douglas. Philip LaFollette fuels a new growth of the U S third party movement as founder of the national Progressive party.
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U.S. Treasury
Kurt Schuschnigg
Austria
Germany
University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchings
Securities and Exchange Commission
Supreme En
William O. Douglas
U. S
Third Part Movement
Philip LaFollette
Wisconsin
National Progressive Party
Stitchery pattern offers fruit applique and cross stitch motifs
Colorful kitchen design project from Stitchery Pattern 603 provides six fruit motifs averaging 6 by 10 inches. Includes applique pieces, color guidance, material list, and transfer patterns. Send 10 cents to The Sewing Circle for the pattern.
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Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
West 14Th St
New York
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