Budget Message Outlines Deficits and Defense Push
President Roosevelt’s budget message to Congress forecasts a $1.089 billion deficit for the current year ending June 30 and a $950 million shortfall for 1939. Revenues total about $5.92 billion with expenditures at $6.869 billion, defense allotments rising to $991.3 million. Relief outlays fall, public debt nears a record $38.53 billion, and officials discuss expanding naval construction while curbing public works.
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Roosevelt
Congress
National Defense
Hill to Be Alabama Senator op
Sister Hill an administration ally wins Democratic primary securing the Alabama Senate seat formerly held by Hugo Black. Dixie Bibb Graves would resign after an election as the new term begins. Hill, 43, becomes one of the senate's youngest members after chairing the house military affairs committee.
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Sutherland
Hang
George Sutherland
Supreme Court
van Devanter
Justice Sutherland
United States
Utah
American Bar Association
Harding
Buckinghamshire
England
Roosevelt
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Middle West
Frank Murphy
Michigan
New York State
Robert F. Wagner
Stanley Reed
Kentucky
William Denman
California
Lloyd K. Garrison
University of Wisconsin
Donald Richberg
NRA
Hugo Black
Senate
House
Historic Hoaxes and the Spider Farm Fraud
A Philadelphia Press hoax by D Paine in the 1890s told of Pierre Grantaire selling trained spiders that spin cobwebs over wine bottles with a queen spider Sara Bernhardt and a consort Emile Zola. The tale sparked investor interest and reprints, but was fiction.
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D. Paine
Philadelphia Press
Pierre Grantaire
Lancaster Pike
Grantaire
Sara Bernhardt
Sara
Emile Zola
Surinam
M. Grantaire
Atlantic Monthly
Difficult Scientific Name Mimosa Silk Tree Description
Albizza julibrissia is the difficult scientific name for a large shrub or small tree known as mimosa acacia or silk tree. The plant is not the true mimosa but closely related to acacias and admired for its beauty in and out of bloom.
Poultry profits and home water systems on farms
A 200 hen flock can nearly pay for a full farm home water setup in a year. Installations of sink, running water, and bathroom boost health and comfort, justifying costs by added protection for the farm family. Early laying birds help breeders, though not guaranteed. marked hens guide future selections.
Growers Urged to Buy High Quality Vegetable Seed
Extension professor C H Nissley of Rutgers urges growers to select good seed as a key to high yields. He notes some firms specialize in certain vegetables and certed seed from local crops like tomatoes peppers and eggplants is often best adapted to local conditions. He suggests ordering a year ahead and testing a row to confirm true to name and type.
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C. H. Nissley
New Jersey College of Agriculture
Rutgers University
California
Mr. Nissley
Approved Fattening Mash Recipe From Montreal Poultryman
Five hundred pounds fine ground wheat, ground oats, and barley mix with 600 pounds fine feed, 580 pounds fine, 200 pounds meat meal 60 percent, 100 pounds powdered milk, 20 pounds iodized salt .05 percent. Mash analysis shows protein 17 percent min, fibre 5.75 percent, digestible protein 14 percent, 74.5 percent mash, served in wet water. feed three meals daily and fast 24 hours before this mash. Birds should fast commencing with daily meals.
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Montreal Herald
Farm news notes on livestock and soil management
A report highlights dairy and cattle details from Argentina and Brazil, noting a dairy cow averages about 41 000 raw movements daily in chewing and prize cattle auction results at 218 000 dollars. It discusses turkey and chicken keeping, soil lime needs, and Ohio winter feed effects on pasture, plus egg production improvements from laying-house spacing.
Sermon Notes on Jesus Calling Disciples and Demoniacs
Fragmentary notes interpret Mark’s gospel focusing on Jesus preaching first, calling disciples, and casting out demons. Emphasizes faith, repentance, authority, and reliance on Christ rather than human methods, urging prompt obedience to God’s call and living testimony by believers.
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John
Galilee
Petrm
Mark
Jesus
Continus
Becaux
Mooi
Satan
Christ
Jesus Christ
God
Devs
Physical Handicap Te The Failure to Overcome
The fragment suggests a discussion on physical handicap and the difficulty many face in overcoming aerial handicaps, noting it as an indicator of broader self-covering behavior among people. The text is incomplete and lacks clear persons or organizations.
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Salem
New England
Phillip
Cotton Mather
Increase Mather
John Winthrop
William Phipps
Massachusetts Historical Society
South Carolina Historical Society
Texas
Maine
California
Fragmentary Reflections on Time and Self
A fragmented meditation references time's furrows and the mind's gaze. Vague invocations of seeing and mirroring hint at introspection, with incomplete phrases suggesting a poetical fragment from a larger work.
Pleasures and business blend for a calculating man
A compact fragment notes a man balancing pleasures with business interests. The brief hints at a shrewd figure whose desires and professional actions intertwine, reflecting a worldly outlook. No further names or places are readable in the text.
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Defense
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
American Student Union
For National Defense
White House
Navy
Charles Edison
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Edward T. Taylor
House Appropriations Committee
Carl Vinson
Naval Affairs Committee
William B. Umstead
Appropriations
Naval Appropriations
Automotive
Automobile Manufacturers? Association
Ford Company
Ford
Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations ‘ Board
Congress of the
Treasury
U.K. H. Supreme Court
Ickes
Public Works
Farley
Postal Inspection Service
China
Chiang Kaishek
H. 4
Kung
Executive Yuan
Chiang Kai-shek
Edmund Malone
Argenti
Unday School
Lusso
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