British Soviet Tension Grows Amid Nazi Communist Ties
Weekly analysis notes six month after the Nazi Soviet pact. Germany and Russia push closer with a new trade treaty and anti allied moves. Britain aids Finland, Near East troops mobilize, and Balkan defense tightens as Hitler Wagnerist pressure spreads across Europe.
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der Angriff
Robert Ley
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Turkey
Iran
Afghanistan
India
Missy and Welles Spark White House European Mission Plot
Roosevelt appoints Sumner Welles to lead a peace mission to major European chancelleries while Myron Taylor is boosted to official ambassadorial status to the Vatican. Reports say friction arose with Bill Bullitt and Joe Kennedy over Welles unseasoned views as Hull and Early deny rift. Roosevelt backs the plan in a receptive mood as Welles sails for London Paris Rome and beyond.
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Sumner Welles
Chicago Tribune
Welles
White House
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Tribune
Missy
Washington
Miami
Joe Kennedy
Britain
Paris
Bill Bullitt
France
Europe
Cordell Hull
Steve Early
Mr. Hull
London
Berlin
Rome
Vatican
U. S
Myron Taylor
Pius XII
Insurance Quiz Reveals A.M. Best SEC Findings
Leon Henderson voices concerns as the SEC studies 26 large life insurance firms from 1929 to 1935. They show heavy asset concentration and reserve use while life in force rises slowly. John A. Stevenson calls for mortality statistic modernization, noting dividends offset higher costs.
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Leon Henderson
Securities and Exchange
U.S
SEC
John A. Stevenson
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
TNHEC
Congress Sets Stage for Executive Legislative Battle
Brackart surveys the 1940 congressional session as lawmakers press to curb government spending, touching defense, agriculture, and debt limits. The piece notes a growing public push against New Deal spending and hints at looming clashes between Roosevelt and Congress as budget and tax questions loom.
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Congress
Political Figures Plan 1949 Convention Date
In Washington JOHN D. M. HAMILTON as GOP national chairman convened his committee to set a place and date for the 1949 convention. HERBERT HOOVER J. aided a new oil detection method from surface analysis. Herbert Hoover Se. predicted European war demands will soon reduce surplus U.S. foodstuffs.
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John D. M. Hamilton
Washington
Herbert Hoover J
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Import From Poland Promised to Aid Nazi War Effort
In Berlin Field Marshal Goering announced one million Poles will be imported to work on German farms to bolster food supplies without pulling men from the front. In Albany New York eight thousand taxpayers protested against a personal or other tax boost and urged reductions in the pending 398.7 million dollar budget.
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American Youth Congress
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Senate
Finland
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Cordell Hull
Britain
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House Agriculture Committee
J. Warren Madden
NLRB
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Berlin
Hermann Goering
Albany
N. Y
Stage Set for Budget Battle as Congress and President Face Off
William Bruckart says it is premature to forecast clashes over budget economy waste and spending but notes Congress has set the stage for a showdown. He adds the President prefers to avoid a fight while opponents welcome one.
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Agriculture Department
William Bruckart
Bruckart
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