Lend-Lease Accounting and Labor Debates Shape Congress
Congress turns to a detailed accounting of wartime lend-lease spending as extension of the program to July 1944 faces little opposition. The House probes spending, while labor reform measures and a Senate salary debate trend amid committee wrangles and nominations. Senator Van Nuys urges Flynn withdrawal to ease tensions in foreign service appointment.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Liberia
Brazil
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
House
Judiciary Committee
Edward J. Flynn
Senate
Australia
Flynn
van Nuys
Indiana
Democratic National Committee
Thieves Take Truck and Safe From Enterprise Roofing
In Baltimore on January 29 thieves stole a 500 pound safe from Enterprise Roofing Co and took their truck. Officials say the safe contained about $300 in cash and a $1000 war bond. The truck was recovered but the safe remains missing. Burma’s independence from India in 1937 is noted in the record.
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Baltimore
Yeggs
Enterprise Roofing Company
Virtuoso Burton Lynn Jackson To Play At Amarillo College
Burton Lynn Jackson, famed pianist, will perform at Amarillo College Auditorium at 11 15 Tuesday morning February 2. Dr Ernest Shearer announced the concert featuring Bach to Corelli Roger Lelius Hindemith in a varied program from slow numbers to fast piece segments. The public is invited.
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Burton Lynn Jackson
Amarillo College
Ernest Shearer
Jackson
Bach
Corelli
Roger
Lelius
Hindemith
John Q Public May Voice Views on State Bills
Austin, Jan 2. Citizens are urged to engage with legislative committees before bills are reported. Access to bills is hard for the public as copies arrive late after committee action and substitutes often appear at hearings.
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Gordon K. Shearer Austin
U.P
John J. Public
Iit
House
Senate
Public
Austin
John Q
Lawmaking Tactics and Bus Rescue Report
A discussion explains how substitutes can replace bills to gain approval and the need for explanation on the calendar. It notes that after passing one house a bill must go through the other chamber and may face a gubernatorial veto. The report also describes engineer Bart Callahan removing a stalled bus from a ditch near a railway.
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House
Public
Senate Committee
Senate
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House Ways and Means
House Judiciary Committee
Ramsbeck
Georgia
Norton
New Jersey
Labor Committee
Burma
India
British Commonwealth
U.S
Bers
Globe News
Astoria
Ore
Bart Callahan
The
Water Works
P. & S&s. Line
Amarillo
Texas
Consolidated
Defense Bond Fund
General Fund
Generals Departments
West Sixth Street
Water General Fund
Water General Funnd
Water Works General Fund
Word Ranch
Hartford Steam Boiler
Appropriations General Fund
City of
Dempsey A. Winn
Certified Public Accountant
Amarillo, Texas
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