Half-Year Relief Appropriation Averts New Tax Measures
Joseph W. LaBine analyzes how a midyear relief appropriation could postpone tax increases and debt limits. The piece recalls fights over farm payments and budget cuts, notes Senator Byrnes and Rep Woodrum, and outlines looming government economy pressures in an election year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Virginia
Clifton Woodrum
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Mr. Woodrum
Jimmy Byrnes
South Carolina
Ileo
NLRB
Texas
Martin
Missouri
John Cochran
Nations at War and Diplomacy Across Europe
Across fronts and capitals, figures like Seid ex Kaiser Wilhelm urge united action against Bolshevism while Bullitt and Wyandale seek European conditions. Boiling events unfold with Belgrade talks, Romanian maneuvers, and sinking news from the Squallus inquiry as Allied and Axis plans press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seid
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
S. M. Vanelsin
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Cassius C. Dowell
Fred W. Sargent
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Ellis Porter Sr
Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
John Thomas
U.S
Roosevelt Drafted for President in Chicago 1932
The 1932 Democratic National Committee session in Chicago drafted Franklin D Roosevelt for the presidency. The piece notes Chicago figures Edward J Kelly and Frank Hague in leadership roles as the party met in Washington. Chicago’s influence and momentum are highlighted as the result leans toward Roosevelt and the party’s path forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Roosevelt
Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
Jersey City
Frank Hague
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Southern Freeze Damages Crop and Trade Impacts
A southern freeze damaged crops and disrupted tourism with Florida enforcing a seven day embargo on citrus while inspectors assess losses. The U S Sugar Corp reported that mature cane on 25 percent of planted acreage was totally destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
California
Agriculture Department
Texas
U. S. Sugar Corporation
Sweden Buys 150 Vultee Planes As U S Air Trade Grows
Sweden placed orders for 150 Vultee attack planes worth about 8 million dollars amid a surge in American foreign aircraft sales. Congress debates whether the planes will aid Finland or bolster Sweden's defense as U S shipments to allies total about 1,100 planes since 1938 with delivery rates rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Ma@han-shan
North China
Tokyo
Takao Saito
China
Nippon
Saito
Minsetto Party
Russia
Shunroku Hata
U.S
Kunming Hanoi
Europe
U. S
Sweden
Congress
Finland
Treasury
Morgenthau
America
France
Hedy Lamarr Brightens New York Scene In Glamour Push
The star wowed New York crowds during a brief visit, visiting a newspaper office and night clubs, drawing attention with glamour outfits and a diamond on her forehead. Publicity built for her film I Take This Woman as comparisons arose to Gone With the Wind and Birth of a Nation.
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Union
Hedy Lamarr
New York
Hedy Lamarr Markey
Cleopatra
Adolphe Menjou
William Gargan
Sky Blazers
Ora Nicolls
Ora
Notable Figures in War and Letters Make Headlines
A survey of cavalry hero Budenny and his romanticized role in Russian history contrasts with Poles and their horses in Eastern Europe. The piece also recalls Willard Huntington Wright and philosopher detectives, noting Kurt Steel alias Dr. Hager at the New York World's Fair and Wright’s literary legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Simion M. Budenny
Mannerheim
Denikin
Russia
Budenny
Steppes
Don
Lenin
Moscow
Willard Huntington Wright
Empire State Building
Jan Prof
Wright
Mr. Wright
van Dine
Rudolf Kager
Kurt Steel
Judas Incorporated
Hager
New York University
Barrie Barrymore onstage spankings and cast shakeup
Elaine Barrie quits the stage role in My Dear Children after a spankings scene with John Barrymore. Doris Dudley replaces her but is cut from the New York run when a Barrie Barrymore reconciliation is announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Miss Barrie
Barrymore
Doris Dudley
Elaine
Pat Reillys in national spotlight for radio and film
The Pat Reillys of the nation gain attention as Scing and Busters rise in popularity. Frederic March stands out as a top actor willing to take radio engagements on short notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Reillys
Nation
Scing
Iden
Bea
Frederic March
Sherk
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Joseph W. Labine
Western Newspaper Union
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Foreign Trade Board
NAVY
Portsmouth
N. H
Naval Court of Inquiry
Belgrade
Turkey
Romania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Rumania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Entente
Grigore Gafencu
Sukru Saracoglu
Sofia
Italy
Lake Ledoga
England
Fonoto
Bonom
Bones
North Sea
Viipuri
Abo
Britain
Reich
Neville Chamberlain
Commons
Politics
Old Chicago
Asia
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Marquess of Linlithgow
Gandhi
New Delhi
Linlithgow
New York Village
Joan Bennett
D. W. Griffith
Scarlett O’hara
Alec Templeton
Templeton
Metro
Margaret Sullavan
James Stewart
Joan Bennety
By Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WNN
Academe
F. H. Bradley
Woman of
Cears & Reid CO
Green &T
Cambridge
Garden Street
Harvard Square
Kirkland
Donahue
J. J. Donahue
Drummond
Boston
Hartnett
T. J. Hartnett
Mass Ave
Kir
McClure
Fish Service
New Place
Brookline ST
Cor
Green Sea Food Center
Central SQ
NEW College
Harvard Sqt
Bay ST
Armenian Rug CO
Allston
Daniel F. O’brien
Huneral Home
Massachusetts Avenue
Hancock
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