Battle Over Census Questions Threatens 1940 Count
The piece reports a federal warrant against Kenosha man James Rosselli for dodging census questions and notes Senate debate over removing personal income questions from the 1940 census. It covers congressional delay on anti-personal question resolutions and ongoing pressure over the decennial tally amid broader labor and political actions.
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Europe
Washington
Racine, Wis
William Disposition
Uncle Sam
James Rosselli
Kenosha
Wis
Rosselli
Sen
Charles Tobey
Rep
N. Hi
Franklin Roosevelt
Census Bureau
Senator Tobey
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
Iso
House
NLRB
Senate
Wind shifts and wartime controls in global briefs
Trend notes wind patterns and relief measures inspired by a surplus foods plan. Agriculture reports U S wind protection against sub weather. War Department says surplus and unstandard supplies sold to nations. Item mentions 96 six inch WW guns at Aberdeen. Jewish officials report Britain limits Palestine land sales to Jews to curb unrest amid Chamberlain era tensions.
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Chicago
U. S
ARMY
War Department
Aberdeen
Jewry
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Peace talk and war fronts shadow Russo Finnish conflict
In early March Finland fights to defend Viipuri as Reds bomb a south central hospital. Europe weighs peace terms with Sweden mediating while Britain Italy clash over coal imports. Sumner Welles tours Berlin Paris Rome London amid tense diplomacy.
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Finland
Viipuri
Europe
Scandinavia
France
Britain
Germany
Russia
London
Berlin
Brussels
Paris
Stockholm
Sweden
Karelian
U.S
Sumner Welles
Lausanne
Switzerland
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Welles
Neville Chamberlain
Mr. Welles
Il Duce
Poland Atrocity News Across Three Fronts This Month
Reports from Berlin Paris and Washington detail Polish and regional tensions. Deportations paused amid facility shortages, Polish church restrictions draw protests, and mass executions in Bydgoszcz and Gdynia noted. Signals from Romania Russia and Pope Pius IX hint at shifting Balkan security. Roosevelt third term chatter intensifies as primary near.
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Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Berlin
Lublin
Paris
Poland-in-exile
Bydgoczcz
Gdynia
Paul Ghali
Chicago
Nets
Franklin Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
John Nance Garner
Illinois
Wiseacres
Roosevelt
Garner
Labor Relations Board Under Fire in Washington Digest
William Bruckart reports that the House investigates the National Labor Relations Act and the National Labor Relations Board. He notes a minority and majority clash, calls for reform, warns of government overreach, and highlights possible political maneuvering surrounding labor policy and unions.
General George C. Marshall Welcomed in Hawaii With Air Parade
General George C. Marshall, U.S. Army chief, is greeted in Hawaii by a flight of 60 Army planes. A mid air collision between two ships ends with pilots parachuting to safety. Britisher Frank Ashton-Gwatkin and Frenchman Charles Rist head an allied mission to ease U.S. anger over German blockade policies. The Washington arrival leads to a meeting with Secretary Cordell Hull. Most urgent complaints focus on mail censorship and contraband port control. Also, Most Rev Samuel A. Stritch is named archbishop of Chicago.
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George C. Marshall
U. S
Hawaii
Frank Ashton-Gwatkin
Charles Rist
Washington
Cordell Hull
Samuel A. Stritch
Chicago
Queen Elizabeth Maiden Voyage Ends in New York
Aboard the Queen Elizabeth the maiden voyage concludes in New York with Britain hailing the ship as the neatest boast of the era. A different feature notes a testing machine at ALCOA New Kensington plants showing its range by breaking a solid oak log and then tapping an egg so gently a chick sprang free.
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Britain
New York
New Kensington
Aluminum Company of America
Special House panel urges changes in labor relations board
Article by William Bruckart notes findings by a special house committee on the National Labor Relations Act. The piece argues that adjustments to the labor board setup are vital for orderly labor movement progress and that Congress faces a political moment with 1340 an election year.
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House of Representatives
National Labor Relations Act
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
Committee of Inquiry
Howard Smith
Virginia Democrat
Labor Board
New Deal
Labor
Congress
Act
Board
America
National
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
William Green
Friends of
NLEE
House
William Bruckart
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Farm Credit Administration
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Cobeling
Italy
Reich
Elles Mission
England
Atrocity News
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Balkan
Pius
Bessarabian
Viacheslav Molotov
Bucharest
Bessarabia
Carol
Bruckart
Washington Digest
National Press Bidg
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Gress
Murdock
Utah
Healey
Massachusetts
Smith
Halleck
Indiana
Routzahn
Ohio
J. Warren Madden
Edwin S. Smith
William M. Leigerson
Wagner
Madden
House Committee
Stalin
David Saposs
Saposs
Senator Wagner
Ashton-Gwatein
Clark & Reid CO
Cambridge
Garden Street
Harvard Square
Hirkland
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
Bay ST
Armenian Rug CO
Cambridge ST
Allston
Harvard Bazar
Daniel F. O’brien
Massachusetts Avenue
Hancock
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