Half-Year Relief Appropriation May Avert New Tax Measures
Weekly analysis notes Congress debates budget as Roosevelt’s relief bill looms. Farm parity, debt limits, and possible partial year appropriations shape tax plans. Europe’s diplomacy in Belgrade and rising WWII pressure frame global context as United States searches for economy balance.
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House Appropriations Committee
Virginia
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Woodrum
Jimmy Byrnes
South Carolina
NLRB
Texas
Martin
Missouri
John Cochran
Notable Names and Early 20th Century Political Moves
Ex Kaiser Wilhelm advocates united action against Bolshevism as wartime loyalties shift. William C Bullitt travels Paris to Washington to assess European conditions while Beutine Kennedy may return to Britain. Obituaries note S M Vauclain Cassius Dowell Fred Sargent Ellis Parker Sr. John Thomas arrives in Washington to replace Sen Borah.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
S. M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Cassius C. Dowell
Iowa
Fred W. Sargent
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Ellis Parker Sr
Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
John Thomas
Chicago Draft Aims For Roosevelt In 1932 Rally
In Chicago 1932 Roosevelt was drafted for president. the scene noted third term talk with Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelly and Jersey City's Frank Hague influential as the Democratic National Committee met in Washington. Chicago's side prevailed.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Jersey City
Frank Hague
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Woman of the Week Spanking Drama Alters Play Cast
John Barrymore began spanking his actress wife Elaine Barrie nightly in the stage play My Dear Children. After a severe scene Barrie walked out, and Doris Dudley replaced her until a Barrie Barrymore reconciliation was announced. Elaine resumed the role, pushing Dudley from the cast.
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John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Miss Barrie
Doris Dudley
New York
Elaine
Southern Freeze Hurts Crops Bite Florida Embargo on Citrus
A late January cold wave damaged crops across the south with Florida imposing a one week citrus embargo while inspectors assess losses. The U S Sugar Corp warned that mature cane on a quarter of planted acreage is totally destroyed.
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Florida
California
Agriculture Department
Texas
U. S. Sugar Corporation
Sweden orders 150 Vultee planes amid Europe demand
U S aircraft makers shift focus to Sweden as a buyer of 150 Vultee attack planes worth about 8 million dollars. Congress fuels rumors of possible Finland deliveries while Morgenthau outlines the growing scale of America’s foreign airplane business. Since 1938 France began orders, total allied shipments reach 1,100 with daily deliveries over 100 planes. Governments then placed roughly 4,000 planes in 18 months and negotiations target 8,000 more bombers and pursuit craft.
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Sweden
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Finland
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Morgenthau
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France
Honest Abe and Fact Driven Politics in Washington
Bruckart notes that Republican orators touring in February rely on generalities about Lincoln and Jackson, delivering sharp rhetoric but few concrete facts. He urges campaigns to present verifiable data on New Deal policies, debt, and federal programs, citing Hoover and Taft as closer to specifics while warning against overgeneralizations.
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Andrew Jackson
Ballyhoo
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Taft
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New York
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Bricker
Martin
House of Representatives
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Mr. Hoover
Roosevelt
Hoover
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House
Ways and Means
Republican National Committee
Republican Field Day Rhetoric Delivers Little Lincoln Truth
William Brackart criticizes Republican speeches on Lincoln's Birthday as overblown and detached from Lincoln's actual philosophy, contrasting with how Democrats use Andrew Jackson. He says the party fails to prove the GOP truly follows Lincoln's ideals.
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Lincoln
William Brackart
Abe
Andrew Jackson
Household Tips From A Past Era
Practical hints on cleaning fish with milk and salt removal, making ironing easier with cornstarch on gloves, laundering muslin by ironing two curtains together, seasoning with a salt and pepper shaker, removing fresh grease with blotting paper andMagnesium, using milk bottle rinsing water for houseplants, labeling rubber gloves with tape, and avoiding silver tarnish by skipping bleached linen in favor of unbleached cotton flannel.
Quotations on Self Mastery and Fortitude
A collection of classic maxims from La Fontaine Milton Marcus Aurelius Shakespeare and Goldoni on discretion self rule destiny and the legacy of character. Each line offers a compact reflection on power restraint ambition and personal responsibility.
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