News Behind the News on Roosevelt White House Moves
Paul Mallon reports on the Roosevelt administration’s maneuvers including the forestry bureau transfer delay, battle over the budget for battleships, Hopkins publicity tactics, and political intrigues around Senator Guffy’s reelection amid White House jockeying and senate opposition.
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Forestry Service
Ickes
Roosevelt
Forestry Bureau
Agriculture
Interior Department
Jimmie Byrnes
South Carolina
White House
Senate
House
Mr. Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
The Poet of the People Edgar A Guest Verses by the Fire
In zero weather by the fireplace the poem envisions a garden plan for spring. The speaker imagines Queen Anne's lace mint forget-me-nots and flowering beds as frost bounds melt, while indoors they plot May blossoms bathed in imagined sunshine.
GOP Convention Date May Be Set In Private Confab
Washington sources say Republicans may fix the convention date in a private session while choosing the site openly. Debate centers on an early or late nominating meeting with Philadelphia or Chicago as potential venues amid behind the scenes bargaining among party leaders. Indiana and Cedar Rapids figures express openness to a midwestern setting and an uninstructed delegation.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Farley
Philadelphia
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Middle West
Grace B. Reynolds
Indiana
Reynolds
Marooned in Snow: Delaware Bus Stuck Five Miles From Lewes
Fourteen school children were marooned for seven hours when their bus got stuck in a snowdrift five miles from Lewes Delaware while returning from classes on Wednesday night. Local residents aided the passengers until digging out. The incident prompted school officials to review bus routes and snow safety procedures.
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Lewes
Del
Notice of Hearing on Estate Sale in Linn County Iowa
The administrator O W Lawrence seeks a court order to sell a one third interest in sections 11 and 14 and adjacent parcels in Linn County to pay debts. The hearing is set for February 23, 1940, at 10:00 a.m. in the Cedar Rapids courthouse. All interested parties may appear to show cause.
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Inn County
Pheba Ann Wright
Lydia Deal
Lottie B. Hunter
Irene Morris
Steve Wright
Willard Wright
Robert Wright
Velda Grime
Everett Wright
District Court of
Linn Courty
Iowa
O. W
Lawrence
Linn County
State of
Cedar Rapids
O. W. Lawrence
Senator Denies Statement In Robbins Report
Washington AP a securities commission staff member told the senate monopoly investigating committee that life insurance company real estate investments were often overstated Ernest Howe said this while reviewing the 26 largest legal reserve life firms. O Mahoney defended no formal or informal recommendations on insurance regulation and criticized Robbins for implying federal control.
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Washington
Securities Commission
Senate Monopoly Investigating Committee
Ernest Howe
Legal Reserve Life
O’mahoney
Robbins
Life Convention
Securities and Exchange Commission
American Life Convention
Insurance Bulletin
Smallest Jupiter Moonlets Remain Untitled
All 26 solar system moons have names except Jupiter has five tiny satellites without official designations. The largest moons like Ganymede Callisto and Europa are well named while five minor Jovian satellites lack formal names.
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Solar System
Jupiter
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