1938 Outlook From Washington Prospects and Warnings
Washington observers foresee a brighter start to 1938 with key actions due. A corporate tax revision arrives Jan 15 and may target one family firms like Ford and du Ponts while letting corporations pay taxes. ICC may raise railroad rates in February, bolstering rail finance. Rearmament boosts steel and aircraft, farm and housing bills near passage, with wage and hour laws modest in impact. British trade treaty likely to spur global commerce. Economists at Atlantic City predict a better first half of 1938, no 1931-32 chaos. debts paid and banks sound. White House signals no major repeals, permits reforms with possible modifications. The eight apostles push for no retreat from reform programs.
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Politically charged memo hints at limited White House help to utilities
The President wrote to Mayor of Tarrant City Alabama on December 18 denying any agreement to fund a PWA power plant, signaling restricted federal aid while predicting construction if a favorable Supreme Court ruling. The piece also notes GM layoffs and a wary economic mood amid ongoing budget and political maneuvering.
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Federal Trade Commission halts building material price fixing
The FTC ordered the National Federation of Builders Supply Associations and its dealers to stop unlawful practices that curb competition. The order targets boycotts of non members and intimidation of manufacturers to deny direct sales. Respondents have 90 days to reply as hearings occurred nationwide. An unemployment forecaster predicts 3,000,000 jobless by February.
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Dear Miss Manners Advice Columns from a Lonely Year
A reader seeks guidance on leaving home for work and marriage as a cure for loneliness. Miss Manners suggests consider a job in town if approved, but warns against marriage for escape and recommends studying or hobbies to combat loneliness. Another letter describes a partner who is fussy. the response questions compatibility and suggests seeking someone more suited if anger persists.
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Miss Manners
Charity Standish Faces Love Dilemma After Amputation Call
Charity Standish is summoned from a bridge party to assist in an amputation with Dr. Hugh Evans as chief surgeon. Gregory Wheelock escorts her, Evans flirts and invites her to dinner, while Charity contemplates romance and career, then returns to a quiet night of reflection and a hunger fueled kitchen interlude.
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Charity and the Cornered Choice at Mellow Desk
Charity contemplates naming the room corners to hint at her future husbands Greg and Hugh. She debates writing letters to Hugh or Gregory, then decides against hastily penned notes and falls asleep, reflecting on her nightly ritual and a dimpled, childlike thought.
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Grace Moore Stars In I'll Take Romance At Iowa Theater
Review notes Grace Moore delivers a lovely voice in I'll Take Romance a blend of opera modern song and comedy with a light plot about kidnapping and mistaken romance. Melvyn Douglas underacts while Stu Erwin and Helen Westley provide comic moments. The Sh The Octopus offers slapstick horror with Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins in support and a Disney cartoon Pluto's Quin pup lets closes the program.
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Iowa City Woman Hangs Self in Basement
Despondent over ill health Emma Sorg 56 hanged herself from a water pipe in the basement of her Iowa City home Friday. Her husband William D. Sorg found the body. Coroner George Callahan said she had been in poor health for two months.
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New year's vow guides gift choices and reveals a friend's betrayal
A speaker resolves to avoid unsought gifts and checks wishes before giving. He recalls giving spectacles to Grandpa Snazzy for his failing sight and hearing gratitude mixed with hurt when the gift exposed a longtime friend as a scarecrow after eleven years.
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Britain Names Roving Envoy In Peace Move
London announces Sir Robert Van Sittart as Britain’s roving ambassador and chief adviser to Foreign Secretary Eden. Cadogan becomes permanent undersecretary while the move mirrors Roosevelt Hull diplomacy. Van Sittart to revive Britain's peacemaking effort and seek new alliances for potential future war.
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At the Theaters Show Big Stars and Color Features
Paramount showcases Rosalie with Nelson Eddy and Eleanor Powell plus Little Lambie in color. Grace Moore stars in I'll Take Romance with Melvyn Douglas and Sh Octopus with Hugh Herbert. Disney presents Pluto's Quin Pup. New State offers Alice Faye in You're a Sweetheart with George Murphy and Ken Murray and Adventure's End with John Wayne. Palace screens The Go Getter with George Brent and Anita Louise and North of the Rio Grande with William Boyd. Rialto features Flight From Glory with Chester Morris and Whitney Bourne and Blazing Sixes with Dick Foran.
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Alice Faye
George Murphy
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Anita Louise
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Bernadene Hayes
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Chester Morris
Whitney Bourne
Dick Foran
Rosalie Charms With Lavish Sets and Dance Parade
Nelson Eddy and Eleanor Powell headline the Paramount musical Rosalie with lavish sets and exuberant chorus numbers. The plot follows Eddy as a West Point cadet and Powell as a disguised foreign princess, amid grand Romanza fiestas and Pinero-like comedy. Notable supporting turns come from Frank Morgan Edna Mae Oliver Ray Bolger Ilona Massey and Reginald Owen as the tale unfolds with song and spectacle. Newsreel footage of the Panay incident opens today’s program.
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Rosalie
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West Point
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Atlantic
Romanza
Frank Morgan
Flo Ziegfeld
New York
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Ray Bolger
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Billy Gilbert
Reginald Owen
Tom Rutherford
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U.S. Mexico Agree On Stable Peso Dollar Rate
The United States and Mexico agreed to maintain a fixed exchange rate of 3.6 pesos per dollar, keeping the peso at 27.75 cents. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and Mexican Finance Minister Eduardo Suarez announced the deal at a joint press conference.
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