Trade treaty with Britain eyed to aid world peace
Secretary Hull announces U S and Great Britain will begin reciprocal trade negotiations by year end. Officials foresee a possible commercial union of English speaking peoples to promote peace, while London sees it as prep for broader MFN reciprocity against a German Italian Japanese bloc. Opposition grows in Washington citing job loss and debt issues.
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Britain
Washington
London
United States
Great Britain
Hull
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Congress
Allen Treadway
Governors Call Repeal Of Tax Policies In New England Meet
Six New England governors met in Boston and urged repeal of the capital gains tax and the tax on undistributed corporate profits. They attacked the administration’s tariff policies and the pending reciprocal trade agreement with Czechoslovakia. Attending were Barrows, Murphy, Aiken, Hurley, Cross, and Quinn.
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New England
Boston
Czechoslovakia
Lewis O. Barrows
Maine
F. P. Murphy
New Hampshire
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Charles F. Hurley
Massachusetts
Wilbur L. Cross
Connecticut
Robert E. Quinn
Rhode Island
Plotters Alarm France Over Hooded Conspirators
France rocked by fear of a right wing plot to overthrow the republican government. Secret police have arrested suspects and uncovered arsenals and depots. Among those seized is Jean de la Meuse, Paris textile magnate. Police even pressed Switzerland to oust the count of Paris, potential heir to a throne, after holding royalist talks.
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France
Jean de la Meuse
Paris
Switzerland
Senate Tax Reform Sparks Debate Amid Reorganization Talks
Filibuster blocks pending anti-lynching measure as Senate discusses tax revision. Pat Harrison, head of the Senate Finance Committee, after talks with Secretary Morgenthau, says extra revenue to offset changes to the undistributed profits tax would come only from widening the income tax base or a general manufacturers sales tax. Senator Borah presses Harrison, who backs down, then advocates returning to the old normal corporate income tax, with a possible rise to 18 to 20 percent if needed.
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Senate
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Harrison
Borah
Sea Island death shocks aviation leader Coffin
Howard E. Coffin chairman of the World War I aircraft production board and sponsor of the Liberty engine development was found shot at his Sea Island Georgia winter home. A hunting rifle lay beside him with one shot fired. officials deemed the death accidental.
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Howard Coffin
Howard E. Coffin
World War Aircraft Production Board
Sea Island
Crop Control Opposed At NITS Convention In Harrisburg
Crop Control opposed NITS annual convention in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. National Grange voiced opposition to crop control legislation while naming cotton and tobacco as possible exceptions. Delegates adopted a resolution warning drastic curtailment or destruction of food would harm the people. They urged improving distribution systems and increasing purchasing power. Senators Smith and Byrnes of South Carolina opposed Secretary Wallace's processing taxes on cotton and wheat, calling them in effect sales taxes.
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NITS
Harrisburg
National Grange
United States
Smith and
Byrnes
South Carolina
Wallace
Not Guilty In Byrnes Act Case For Rand And Bergoff
James H. Rand Jr. of Remington Rand and Pearl L. Bergoff of New York were acquitted in New Haven federal court of violating the Byrnes act which bars transporting strikebreakers across state lines to disrupt peaceful picketing. The verdict stymies the government’s first Byrnes act prosecution. Senator Muntuan of Indiana proposed a bill to add a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago, with current vacancies noted after Judge Alschuler’s retirement. Captain George Eyston of England set a world speed record for land in the Thunderbolt car, averaging 311.42 mph over two miles on Utah’s salt bed speedway.
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James H. Rand, JR
Remington Rand, Inc
Pearl L. Bergoff
New York
United States District Court
New Havertonn
Mintuan
Indiana ‘7
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Seventh Circuit
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Samuel Alschuler
Lewis and
Dieterich
George Eyston
England
Salt Bed Speedway
Utah
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
George
Congress
Washington faces renewed reform fight after breathing spell
Washington watchers deem the current pause in the reform battle a strategic retreat likely to end once the business cycle improves. The White House plans to balance the budget and limit government competition with private industry, while lawmakers push to modify the undistributed earnings tax and capital gains rules. Sen. Norris and Sen. La Follette press for shifts to tax policy and spending, with ongoing disputes over retroactivity and relief for smaller firms. The coal and railroad sectors feature intensifying rate and policy debates as the administration weighs how to revive commerce without triggering monopolistic growth.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Supreme Court
James
Charley West
Tommy Corcoran
Charley Michelson
TVA
George W. Norris
Sen
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
White House
la Follette
Nanking Abandoned as Japanese Advance Races West
reports from Shanghai say Nanking has been abandoned as Japanese forces advance westward with Hankow as a central gathering point. Chiang Kai-shek may resign to lead troops. H. H. Kung rumored to succeed. Civilians and foreigners flee while authorities vow to defend the city.
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Nanking
China
Hankow
Yangtse
Shanghai
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Chiang Kai-Shek
Executive Council
H. H. Kung
Chiang
Viscount Cecil Wins Nobel Peace Prize 1937
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood has been awarded the Nobel peace prize for 1937 valued at 40 600 dollars. He was chosen for his work with the League of Nations, which he helped found. He learned of the honor in New York City while receiving Columbia University's honorary Doctor of Laws. He had just attended a conference in Washington and was a weekend guest of President Roosevelt. He is seventy three and previously won the Woodrow Wilson peace prize twelve years earlier.
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Viscount Cecil of
Chelwood
Lord Cecil
League of Nations
New York City
Columbia University
World Alliance For International Friendship Through Churches
Washington
Roosevelt
Halifax in Germany Undercover Mission to Berlin
Viscount Halifax, Britain’s lord president of the council, traveled to Germany ostensibly for a hunt exhibit but aimed to negotiate with Hitler and Nazi leaders for warmer ties. Public belief held he was to hint at possible regain of colonies if Germany abandoned economic isolation and joined a revised League. Britain sought to detach Germany and Italy from Japan, with Halifax as a trusted messenger to Berlin.
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Viscount Halifax
Council
Germany
Hitler
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Halifax
Berlin
Dawes Hole Describes Sunspot Nucleus Features
The term Dawes hole refers to tiny circular dark spots on a sunspot nucleus. These features are darker than surrounding areas and are thought to be mouths of tubular fissures reaching unknown depths.
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Dawes
Dawes’ Hole
Foxy Little Terrigy For Teq Toweld Foxy Little Terrigy
Pattern notice from Sewing Circle offers transfer of six motifs about 5 by 8 inches for embroidery. Material needs and stitch illustrations included. Send 15 cents to Household Arts Dept. 259 YW. Fourteenth St New York N Y with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
Advertising’s Impact On 19th Century Manufacturing Costs
In 1869 the per unit of population value of manufactured products stood at 89.40 dollars. By 1929 this figure rose to 579.70 dollars. Advertising spurred demand, expanded employment by three to four times, and lowered consumer costs.
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America
Calming Influence and Good Nature Gift of Heaven
Quotation notes that calm kindness is the most precious blessing, likened to oil smoothing the troubled sea of thought. The author emphasizes the universal value of gentle temperaments in maintaining harmony and resilience amid mental strife.
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Washington Irving
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Texas
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Young Safety
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Ohio
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Painters’ District Council
Rand
National
Carter Field
Walter F. George
Georgia
Finance Committee
Treasury Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bituminous Coal Commission
National Coal Association
Association
Treasuries
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Cecil
Terry
Shelley
Najol
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