Hull Seaway Plan Faces Sharp Uproar in Congress
Secretary Hull’s St Lawrence proposal seeks a treaty revision giving Canada a free completed waterway while the United States would fund the project and gain greater Niagara power. Opponents say it risks Lake Michigan control and shifts water from Chicago. Senators Clark Parsons and others denounce it as harmful, with fears over canal diversions and regional water rights.
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Hull
St. Lawrence
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate
St. Lawrence Deep Waterway
United States
Niagara Falls
Lake Michigan
Congress
Dominion
New York
International Rapids
St. Lawrence River
Wagner
Copeland
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Middle West
Clark
Missouri
Chicago Drainage Canal
Mississippi River
Claf ¥ le Parsons
Iiotis
International Commission
Great Lakes
Michigan
Highways Fund Gets Senate Final Approval
Legislation authorizes new federal highway expenditures of 357.4 million dollars for fiscal years 1940 and 1941 and approves an additional 150 million dollars of old unused appropriations. The measure won final congressional approval as the Senate adopted a conference report previously passed by the House.
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Senate
House
Recovery plan urged for industry under Hook at Chicago meeting
Charles R. Hook president of the National Association of Manufacturers told the Chicago Association of Commerce that abandoning experiments and adopting an industrial program based on experience offers the sure solution for America. He called for three points: revise the Wagner act revise the tax structure and end government competition with private enterprise to restore private savings and reform labor relations with impartial administration by the National Labor Relations Board.
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Charles R. Hook
National Association of Manufacturers
Chicago Association of Commerce
America
Hook
American Rolling Mill Company
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt Signs Bill Creating Twenty More Federal Judges
President Roosevelt signed legislation adding 20 more federal judges nationwide. The bill authorizes five circuit court of appeals judges at 12500 dollars annually and fifteen district judges at 10000 dollars annually.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Circuit Court of Appeals
TVA Leaders Strike Back At Morgan In Congressional Probe
Directors Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan accuse ex-colleague Arthur Morgan of trying to sabotage TVA's legal defense in a constitutional case. They deny charges of tampering with witnesses and obstructing counsel, and reject fraud allegations over Berry marble claims.
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Morgan
Joint
Congressional Committee of Investigation
David
Lilienthal
Harcourt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arthur E. Morgan
TVA
Arthur Morgan
Berry
Harcourt Morgan
Dean Mumford Dies in Automobile Accident
AN HERBERT W. MUMFORD of the University of Windis is dead after an automobile accident. Mumford, a leading agricultural educator and marketing expert, was born in Michigan and became professor of animal husbandry at the University of Illinois in 1901. He later served as dean of the college of agriculture and director of the agricultural experiment station and extension service, dying at age sixty seven.
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Dean Mumford
Herbert W. Mumford
University of Windis
Mumford
Michigan
Champaign
College of Agriculture
Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension Service
Sweepstakes Winners Highlight Derby and US Bets
Bors ROUSSEL, a French bred horse, won the English Derby at Epsom Downs. In the United States four sweepstakes ticket holders each won $150,000. Scottish Union finished second earning $75,000 for 11 US holders. Pasch, the favorite, placed third returning $50,000 to seven US ticket holders.
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Bors Roussel
Epsom Downs
United States
Scottish Union
Pasch
Defies Harry Hopkins Victor Christgau ousted from WPA post
Minnesota WPA administrator Victor Christgau clashed with Gov Elmer Benson and Farmer Labor leaders. Harry Hopkins, national WPA head, notified Christgau of dismissal, but Christgau refused to quit, arguing only President Roosevelt could remove him.
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Harry Hopkins
Victor A.christgau
Minnesota
WPA
Elmer Benson
Farmer-Labor Party
Christgau
Roosevelt
Pension Bill Expands War Pensions for Veterans
A measure boosts pensions for veterans of the Spanish war Philippine insurrection or China relief expedition. It grants a $60 monthly pension to veterans aged sixty five and older who served at least 90 days and to those with less than 90 days discharged for disability incurred in service.
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Roosevelt
Wallace predicts crossbred farming method for animals
Secretary Wallace, in a Spragg Memorial lecture at Michigan State College, argues to apply the hybrid vigor and pure-line breeding used to boost corn yields to livestock. He cites past success with inbred corn lines and crossing to achieve high production and warns against dubious sterilization-based negative eugenics.
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East Lansing
Mich
Wallace
Spragg
Michigan State College
Telepathy claims debunked by trained perception study
London science reports that vaudeville performer Marion real name Josef Kraus demonstrated remarkable perception not occult powers. He found hidden objects without contact by reading involuntary movements and facial cues, and identified cards by touch and alertness. The Soal led study concludes heightened perception explains both feats, not clairvoyance.
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London
Marion
S. G. Soal
University of London Council For
Josef Kraus
Mr. Soal
The
Lancet
American Nathaniel Palmer First Sighted Antarctic Continent
In 1820, Captain Nathaniel B Palmer, at the helm of the Hera, sighted the Antarctic Ocean. New evidence from Yale maps and Hero logbooks in the Library of Congress supports American priority over British claims. The British expedition named the coast Graham Land in 1832, twelve years later.
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Philadelphia
Nathaniel B. Palmer
Hera
American Philosophical Society
William H. Hobbs
University of Michigan
Yale University
Antarctic Ocean
Antarctica
Library of Congress
Palmer
Graham Land
Camels Once Roamed North American Plains
Washington reports that camels and camel like animals once inhabited the American West. Professor William Berryman Scott of Princeton University notes camels originated in North America and migrated to Asia and South America. The last species Camelops fossils appear in La Brea pits, California, indicating survival into early human settlement times.
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Washington
West
Navial Academy of Sciences
William Berryman Scott
Princeton Universit
North America
Asia
So America
Camelops
la Brea
Los Angeles
Gorillas and Hyenas Suffer Arthritis Says Professor
Philadelphia reports a study by Prof. Herbert Fox noting arthritis in wild animals including gorillas and hyenas. From 1,749 examined, 77 were arthritic. Arthritis affected spines and other bones, not tied to climate or diet, and appeared across many families but spared dogs, rodents and bats.
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Philadelphia
Herbert Fox
University of Pennsylvania
American Philosophical Society
Fox
Philadelphia Zoological Society
Bends in Rails From Higher Train Speeds
A. A. Miller of the Missouri Pacific railroad told the Western Railway club that faster speeds, especially on freight trains, are causing extensive track damage. Irregular kinks and bends have increased as locomotives and cars impose greater strain, with rough riding and renewed track renewal needed. Locomotives bear principal blame for the damage.
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Chicago
A. A. Miller
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Western Railway Club
Copper Pays the Freight in Copper Cliff Mining
Copper Cliff miners explore the profit angle of copper refining which yields not only copper but by products like gold silver platinum palladium tellurium and selenium. The refining process boosts finished copper value and adds income from rare metal by products.
Odds Ends Crochet Rug From Rag Strips
A 36 by 21 inch crocheted rug uses odd ends and 5 inch squares. wool rags may substitute. Instructions promise 48 pages of home item projects including covers and curtains, with patterns and directions for lampshades and other fur articles. Mrs. Spears advertises the booklet for 25 cents postpaid from Chicago in care of 2108 Blaines St.
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Spears
Blaines St
Chicago
Ill
Business Firm Responds To Odd Razor Request
A young man wrote a firm asking for a razor and a dollar item at gas stations as advertised. The firm replied stating the razor was sent and expressed hope it would satisfy, noting they forgot to enclose the razor but expected the recipient would handle it.
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John Jones
P.S
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