Wide Powers for President Sparks Senate Vote Clash
A Senate showdown over broad presidential executive order powers dominates debate. The measure would allow transfers and consolidations of up to 135 federal bureaus and agencies, excluding key bodies like the Federal Reserve Board and the armed forces. House action remains uncertain as supporters push for executive authority while opponents fear unchecked federal power.
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House
O'Connor
Rules Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Board of Tax Appeals
Communications Women
Federal Trade Combe Interstate Commerce Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Civil Service Commion
Department of Webit
Ten Men to Probe TVA Investigation Drives Senate Action
Senate adopts joint committee inquiry with no dissent and expected House passage. Sen Alben Barkley introduces the resolution for investigation of TVA and its officials, plus eight of twenty three earlier charges by Bridges and King. Bridges accuses administration of masking TVA scandals by pressing private utility probe.
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House
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Bridges
A. E. Morgan
King
TVA
H. Styles Bridges
New Hampshire Republican
Dacate
Lister B. Mill
Alabama
Roosevelt
Chouprvey
PVA Board
Morgan
Gene Jackson
Congress
Harcourt Morgan
Silver Buying Halted Amid Mexican Expropriation
The United States halted purchases of Mexican silver until further notice, a move linked to Mexico’s expropriation of foreign oil properties. Secretary Mallock 評 states a blow to good neighbor policies as silver price slips by one cent per ounce. The Treasury had been buying 6 million ounces monthly at about 2.5 million dollars, sustaining the New York price and Mexican profits.
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United States
Mexico
Mall
United States Treasury
New York
Vienna Jews Ordered to Leave in Four Years
Goering announces Austrian reordering plan for economic rebuilding and expulsion of 300000 Jews. He assigns Seyss-Inquart to carry out removals quietly by legal means as Cardinal Innitzer urges Austrians to vote for the union with Germany in the April plebiscite.
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Vienna
Field Marshal
Goering
Hitler
Austria
Seyss- Inquart
Germany
Cardinal Innetzer
Vatican
Britain Ready to Fight for Czechoslovakia Warning
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain would aid France and Belgium if attacked and may go to war to defend them. He urged that peace remain the basis of policy yet warned aggression could draw Britain into conflict. He rejected Soviet calls for consultation with aggressor nations.
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Britain
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
France
Belgium
Hitler
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Neville
Europe
Central
Russia
Wheat crop estimates point to 830 million bushels
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics projects 1940 wheat output at 830 million bushels, 160 million above the 1932-36 average, with a 900 million bushel carryover. If planting and average yields hold, spring wheat plus durum should reach about 200 million, adding to an estimated winter crop of 630 million for the total.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agriculture
Vitamins and their power to sustain life and health
A didactic piece tracing the discovery of vitamins led by Funk in 1912, naming nutrition scientists like Hopkins and McCollum. It explains vitamins A to G, their roles in growth, dentition, appetite, digestion, immunity, and bone health, and notes food sources and the importance of fresh raw intake.
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I Funk
Funk
Gardeners’ combinations to boost vegetable yield
Harold Coulter of Ferry Seeds Institute proposes closely spaced adjacent rows to harvest vegetables at different times. He suggests combining cauliflower lettuce and radish with cauli first, lettuce between, radish between, then harvest sequence. Additional pairs include carrots and parsnips in alternating two foot rows with radish lettuce and spinach interleaved, and spinach two and a half feet apart with radishes and peppers set between.
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Harold Coulter
Ferry Seeds Institute
Have You a Question Ask C Houston Goudiss
D HOUSTON GOUDISS offers readers access to his Experimental Kitchen Laboratory in New York City. He will answer questions on foods diet nutrition and health and can advise on personal hygiene. Postcard inquiries to Houston Goudiss 6 East 39th Street New York City.
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D. Houston Goudiss
New York City
Houston Gowdiss
East 39Th Street
Building and Maintaining Family Health
A reprint describes the weekly food articles by a national authority on nutrition. It explains foods in four key groups, emphasizing proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and mineral salts to build mental and physical power, bones, nerves, and blood. The publisher offers back issues on request for scrapbook reference.
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C. Houston Gondiss
Food Authority
Vitamins for Health and Longevity in Family Meals
An urging home health piece explains vitamins defend against aging and disease, noting sources like yeast, liver, kidneys, egg yolk, milk, cheese, and greens. It warns deficiencies can affect throat, stomach, lungs, heart, kidneys, and even cataracts. Emphasizes homemakers must ensure all members receive ample vitamins for health and happiness. WNU-C, Houston Goudiss-193¢
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WNU
Houston
What Is the Cause of Spider Web Check
An old housewives guide warns that spider web checking appears on furniture finishes when wood is starving due to polish neglect or cheap polish. Regular massaging with a quality light oil polish feeds pores, preserves the piece, and prevents fine cracks and spider web patterns.
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Mississippi
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Western Newspaper Union
United States Supreme Court
Wheeler-Rayburn Public Utility
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Cardozo
Reed
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Versailles
Catalonia
Franco
Barcelona
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Informazione Diplomatica
Japan
China
Uaa
Gen
C. Houston Goudiss
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
England
Hart, Humphrey
Bebcock
Steenbeck
McCollum
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