Roosevelt facing stiff business pushback over New Deal plans
In the lead up to Congress’s return, President Roosevelt’s New Deal faces resistance from business groups seeking reduced relief spending and tax relief. The article notes potential tax increases, the split budgets of ordinary and extraordinary outlays, and Roosevelt’s push for economic economy amid political strategizing as he seeks re election support while navigating corporate opposition and the Borah maneuvering in Republican circles.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Union
White House
Warm Springs
NRA
Guffey
Tennessee Valley Electric Power Project
William E. Borah
Idaho
Senator Borah
Borah
Western Newspaper Union
Illinois Briefs Chronicle Local Events And Deaths
The First Presbyterian church of Bloomington marked its 102nd anniversary. Walter Cooper, 50, a farmer near Mokena, died instantly from shotgun discharge while rabbit hunting. University of Chicago barred its National Student League chapter for flouting rules. G. G. Johnson of Paxton bought 978 acres near Piper City for 106000 in a bankruptcy sale. Paul Perkins, 55, Hoopeston laborer from Atlanta Indiana, died after a hit and run on a highway. About 150 Pekin WPA workers quit seeking raise to 55 monthly. A Chester WPA recreation project was dropped amid cost concerns. Governor Horner honored Henry T. Rainey in Carrollton and sent delegates to Indiana for a tax admins meeting. Frances Carr obtained a divorce in Rockford from Robert Carr, despite a Soviet divorce elsewhere. Alpert A. Rubnitz, Joliet News agency head, died aged 43. First Christian church in York township faced an injunction action over practices. Harve Tutlock, 58, Westfield, killed in a Route 16 crash near Charleston. six others injured. Charles Augustus Purdam of Marshall, 81, longtime state and local public servant and former legislator, died. Research on air conditioning’s health effects funded in Chicago. Rockford College received 5000 from Catharine Waugh McCulloch for Jane Addams chair endowment. Munroe Van Guten, 21, Evanston, killed. George Clifford, 22, Oak Park, injured in Indiana Harbor Belt Line crash.
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Bloomington
Walter Cooper
Mokena
University of Chicago
National Student League
William E. Scott
G. 3. Johnson
Paxton
Piper City
J. K. Montelius
Paul Perkins
Hoopeston
Atlanta
Ind
Danville Hospital
WPA
Pekin
Chester
Horner
Greene
Jersey
Calhoun
Madison
Carrollton
Henry T. Rainey
Rainey
House of Representatives
Illinois
National Association of State Tax Administrators
Indianapolis
John C. Martin
State Tax Commission
S. E. Leland
Commission
Paul J. Wimsey
Joliet
Rubnitz
Milwaukee
First Christian Church
York Township
Carroll County
Albert Manus
Circuit Court
David E. Todd
Board of Trustees
Board of Pardons
P23
Civil Service Commission
H. C. Peters
Mlinois Research and Educational Hospital
Chicago
A. I. Bowen
Department of Public Welfare
Peters
University of Ilinoig College of Medicine
American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers
University College of Medicine
Rockford College
Catharine Waugh McCulloch
Evanston
Jane Addams
Munroe van Guten
University of Winds
George Clifford
Oak Park
Indiana Harbor Belt Line
A Yuletide Escapade in the Martin Household
Helen Gaisford depicts Toots the Persian cat denying Christmas mischief until a tree collapse ignites a blaze. After the danger, Toots is hailed a hero for alerting the family, while a hidden treasure chest and holiday mishaps unfold in a cozy domestic scene.
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Martin
Toots
Mother's Christmas Story
A family gathers around a snowlit tree to hear a tale of a prince and princess on a Christmas eve. The children imagine a grand castle and a wedding feast with a gold, bell topped cake as a loving mother and a true prince reveal their own Christmas joy.
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Little Rosebud
Danny
Mother
Rosebud
Arother
Fear and Beauty Cause Panic on Shipboard
An off coast dispatch notes natives aboard a grounded voyage panic after a famous opera singer’s voice blares from a gramophone. The piece argues fear of the unfamiliar reflects global prejudice and urges understanding before judging beauty or sound, framing ignorance as the root of bigotry.
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Australia
Conbron
Bell Syndicate
Wnou Servica
Oldest fortification in Western Hemisphere found in Havana
The Castle of the Armed Forces in Havana, begun in 1538, is believed to be the oldest fortification in the Western Hemisphere, predating Morro Castle by about fifty years. Its history traces to Hernando de Soto era, including Dona Isabel de Bobadilla's dramatic demise upon learning of her husband's death.
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Armed Forces
Hemisphere
O'Reilly Street
Havana
Morro Castle
la Fuerza
Hernando de Soto
Isabel de Bobadilla
de Soto
Mississippi River
Childhood a Guide to Life and Character
A reflective note citing Milton, stating that childhood reveals the man as clearly as morning shows the day, framing early years as a guide to future conduct.
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Milton
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