Anti-Administration Congress Hangs Up Paradoxical Record
The piece details Franklin D Roosevelt facing a House vote that blocked an $800 million FHA expansion, while the Seventy-sixth Congress posted a record peacetime spending total of over $13.3 billion. It notes White House defeats and victories, key appointments, and looming 1940 political maneuvering led by Paul V. McNutt and Taft, with no clear path to reelection.
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Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
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FHA
Senate
Hyde Park
Florida
Claude Pepper
Roosevelt
White House
Treasury-post Office
War Department
Agriculture and Farm Credit
Interior Department
District of Columbia
Department of Labor
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
Douglas
NLRB
Florida Ship Canal
Dies Committee On UN
Washington
United States
House of Representatives
Mussolini
Hitler
Tragic headlines span escapes and indictments in wartime notices
Thousands of Czecho-Slovakian Jews flee to the U S on visitors permits as their property is seized. In Chicago Adele Langer jumps from a hotel window with her two young sons after slashing wrists. In New York Albert Aaron hangs himself following his wife’s death. Amid this, a federal indictment targets former Gov Richard Leche Seymour Weiss and Freeman Burford over Rodessa oil production and hot oil contraband into Texas under the Connally act.
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U .S
U. S
Chicago
Adele Langer
New York
Albert Aaron
Richard Leche
Leche
Seymour Weiss
Freeman Burford
Texas
Rodessa
International chess game grips Axis power moves
France and Britain fear a crisis this August while Japan seeks a Rome Berlin Tokyo alliance. Shiratori and Oshima aim to bind Japan with Italy and Germany, risking hara kiri if talks fail. Chamberlain hints at a Asia fleet, Morgan proposes Anglo American fleets under a US admiral to restore order. Germany eyeing lard trades and a barter scheme with US firms to swap farm products for German goods, amid US trade tensions.
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France
Britain
Japan
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
U. S
Far East
Italy
Lake Como
Toshio Shiratori
Rome
Matshiko Oshima
Berlin
Germany
Tokyo
Russia
Moscow
China
Yangtze River
Tientsin
British International Export Corporation
Europe
Axis
Spain
Balkan States
Washington
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Asia
John Morgan
Orient
Wisdom of Constitution Seen in House Spending Revolt
Brackart argues the Constitution reasserts why revenue bills originate in the House and why appropriations must be laws. He credits the House with checking federal spending against public sentiment, notes Senate passivity, and predicts debt and taxation will shape next sessions and elections.
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House
Union of States
Senate
House of Representatives
Gorerstone
Stan Laurel shoes shape his funny screen walk
The piece notes how Stan Laurel uses his heel-less shoes to create a rolling gait and woe-be-gone look in A Chump at Oxford. It also mentions John Hubbard rising to leading man status, Mickey Rooney planning a solo trip to England, and Orson Welles drawing praise and envy for future acclaim. The Amecis’ ever-changing baby names spark humorous remarks about Connie and Johnnie, while Rudy Vallee ends a ten-year radio sponsorship to seek independence. Wayne King and his orchestra plan a fall return after a year away.
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Stan Laurel
Charlie Chaplin
Laurel
Oxford
Briefly Signed Russia US trade pact extension
A one year continuation of the Russia United States trade treaty pledges the Soviet Union will buy at least 40 million dollars in American goods. A tentative settlement ends the United Automobile Workers strike against General Motors in Detroit. Chicago statisticians forecast a US wheat crop totaling 710 million bushels, enough for domestic needs. Pan American Airways completed three months of transcontinental flights totaling about 3.5 million miles with 57 thousand passengers. A hearing before the SEC and OED reviews Germany's plan to float a 73.08 million dollar bond issue in the United States.
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Co. L CO
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Detroit
Chicago
Pan-American Airways
Germany
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