Spending Hits All Time High In Postwar Elections Era
House appropriations chair Taylor reports peacetime expenditures and commitments from Jan 1 total $25.57 billion. Actual appropriations amount to $16.92 billion with contract authorizations of $4.07 billion and $4.596 billion for a two ocean navy. About $9.11 billion, or 56 percent of actual appropriations, go to defense and neutrality enforcement leaving roughly $7 billion for other functions. Total defense related obligations reach $17.69 billion, a level only surpassed in 1918 with far larger totals.
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Washington
Taylor
Colorado
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Careless Burglar Dulls Profit With Crooked Pockets
A Kansas City burglar who lifted a purse containing 450 dollars from Stanley W. Ward's apartment dropped his own purse containing 60 cents on leaving, reducing his profit to 4 dollars.
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Kansas City
Stanley W. Ward
Eight Girls Locked With Draft Numbers
At conscription headquarters eight girls will seal capsules holding draft numbers for the national lottery to select the order of 17,000,000 registrants. Numbers 1 to 10,000 printed on double sided tabs will be placed in opaque plastic capsules to ensure secrecy and prevent reading before opening.
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Washington
Conscription Headquarters
National Lottery
Studio Pays Record Price To Hemingway For New Novel
Hollywood reports Ernest Hemingway has sold his latest novel for 100000 dollars, a record price in the literary market. The deal tops the 50000 dollar payment Margaret Mitchell received for Gone With the Wind, signaling strong buyer interest in Hemingway’s upcoming work.
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Hemingway
Hollywood
U.P
Paramount Studio Today
Ernest Hemingway
Margaret Mitchell
Lewis to broadcast on costly labor network tonight
Washington reports President John L. Lewis of the CIO plans a primetime radio appearance from 8 to 8:30 PM CST on a vast network costing about 60 000 dollars. He is expected to attack the New Deal or endorse Wendell Willkie, addressing 30 to 35 million listeners.
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U.P
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Willkie
Lewis
Daniel J. Tobin
American Federation of Labor
Teamsters Union
Democratic National Committee
Tobin
NBC
Radio Program Schedule Listing with NBC TSN and MBS
A dense listing of weekday and weekend radio programming across stations KGNC and 250 watt 1200 Ke, detailing news at various times and a wide array of music, drama, sports, and public affairs shows from NBC and MBS networks with multiple orchestras and hosts.
Guard Lines In Mexico
Mexico City October 25 report that the ministry of national defense ordered all military zone commanders to boost vigilance over railway telegraph and telephone lines. An earlier order said the army with agrarian reserves must guard these facilities against rebels bandits or other persons seeking to damage them.
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Mexico City
Ministry of National Defense
Raccoon Bath Intruder Shocks Tennessee Home
CHATTANOOGA Tenn October 25 L A Bryant heard splashing and found a tame looking raccoon bathing in his tub. The animal had wandered inside the house and startled the occupant as it waded in the water. About 530 newspapers and periodicals are published in Portugal.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
L. A
Bryant
Portugal
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