Early 1940 Campaigns Seek Publicity Ahead of Congress
Political activity heats up as Republicans map campaigns for 1940 with a December skull session planned in Washington and several hopefuls including Taft Bridges Van Denburg and Dewey preparing talks. Roosevelt engages press diplomacy while labor faces antitrust probes in building trades.
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Congress
Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
New York
Tom Dewey
Bundsman
New Hampshire
Marion Martin
Jefferson Memorial
Hyde Park
Agi
Baltimore
Montana
Sen
Burton Wheeler
John Lewis
Dallas
Texas Editorial Association
John ‘Garner
Taxation sparks interagency clash before Congress
Long simmering tax debate hinges on next January budget fight as the national debt nears a legal ceiling. Eccles calls for tax hikes. Hanes distances the administration from the remark amid Treasury reluctance to endorse deficit spending. Budget bureau delays revised receipts and outlays due to abnormal foreign conditions.
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Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve
St. Louis
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Eccles
John W. Hanes
Treasury
John Hanes
Colorado
Sen
Alva Adams
Budget Bureau
al Tax
Trade shifts mix praise and worry in Hopkins briefing
Secretary Harry Hopkins announced autumn foreign trade results showing exports down to the United Kingdom Belgium the Netherlands Spain Germany and Poland but Latin America up 22 percent from September totaling 47 million dollars in October. Critics including Fred Brenckman of the National Grange warned the Latin American expansion could burden American farmers as the Argentina trade pact looms and tariff cuts affect crude oil and expropriated Mexican oil.
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Harry Hopkins
United Kingdom
Belgium
Netherlands
Spain
Germany
Poland
Latin America
Venezuela
de Fense
Czecho- Slovakia
Mexico
U. S
Fred Brenckman
National Grange
Peoria
U.S
Miscellany tightens pores of crime and sabotage rumors
Investigators in Bayonne New Jersey scoff at sabotage rumors after a U S owned but Panama registered tanker exploded injuring four. In Baltimore Brother John Capone says Scarface Al is humbled and ready to quit. In Miami Ruth Marie Rubens now Ruth Friederichovna Boerger reportedly vanished into the Soviet Union. In South Bend General Motors Motors Corp appeals a conviction for anti trust tied to dealer coercion and GMAC.
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Bayonne
N. J
U. S
Baltimore
John Capone
Scarface al
John
South Bend
Ind
General Motors Corporation
Sovereignty of Seas Question Raised in Hemisphere
A 300 mile neutral zone off Western Hemisphere coasts sparks debate over how far a nation’s sovereignty extends at sea. Historical notes compare three mile limits, high seas authority, and treaties allowing stop and search in various zones.
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Netoe
Hemisphere
Roosevelt
Minos
Crete
Hellenic Sea
Thucydides
United States
Great Britain
U. S. Coast Guard
GE Board Chiefs Owen D Young and Gerard Swope Retire
General Electric announces retirement of chairman Owen D Young and president Gerard Swope on January 1 to enable a younger leadership. Mussolini asserts Italy's aim for the final word in postwar Europe. Wang Ching-wei resists puppet government timing. Dr James Monroe Smith, ex LSU president, attempted suicide in prison after conviction.
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Owen D., Young
Gerard Swope
General Electric Company
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Europe
Wang Ching-wei
Japan
China
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
State and
College
Tiny Estonian Islands Stir Curiosity Amid Soviet Occupation
The two low lying Baltic islands Saare and Hiiu near Estonia’s west coast gain attention as Soviet forces occupy them. They lie near the Gulf of Finland with strategic value, forests and lakes, and Hiiu’s highest point reaches 223 feet while Saare tops at 88 feet. Local lore notes meteoric iron fragments and radioactive mud baths once used by Russian royalty for healing.
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Saare
Hiiu
Estonia
Duchy of Luxembourg
Baltic Sea
Hiim
Snare
Russia
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