President Roosevelt to address state of the union on defense and budget
The new Congress will hear from President Roosevelt who is expected to outline defense plans, a proposed split budget for defense and ordinary government spending, and how to raise a 17 billion dollar 1941 budget with a nine billion deficit. He may discuss defense production speed and avoid strikes in essential industries while facing foreign policy questions.
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Congress
Roosevelt
United States
Paul Mallon
Seventy-seventh Congress
Life in the old gal the railroads still roll on
The article notes continued growth in American passenger rail, with rapid streamliner expansion in 1940. Financial returns surprise officials as expensive new trains prove profitable. Lightweight, air conditioned cars began seven years ago guiding faster, more attractive service. By now 98 streamliners operate with 70 mph plus runs, and Cedar Rapids Marion gains new extensions.
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America
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Railroads Improve But Face Inefficiencies and Debt
The piece notes faster overall service than a decade ago while citing wasteful duplications and aging equipment. It blames bonds from abandoned lines, cutthroat competition, and limited profitability, yet sees progress in the past year. It emphasizes railroads as the backbone of long distance freight and travel and contrasts U S efficiency with abroad.
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Wildcat
America
Europe
Joyrides in airplanes raise concerns for young pilots
A nine year old Kansas boy has 136 flight hours and has flown a training ship solo. The piece notes youth flying laws allow under 16 to study and under 18 for private licenses. It warns private joyrides could become common if planes enter private life.
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Kansas
Associated Press
Vanity and pride trap a town youth in a cautionary tale
A fatherly note advises Louise to conquer vanity after hearing of a popular local graduate drawn into a risky, ill‑fated venture. The speaker recounts a high school peer ruined by vanity, urging immediate exit from wrongdoing and public admission of error to avoid disgrace. Best football teams and scattered quotes follow in a stream of editorial asides.
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Louise
Famous Old Abbey Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers
A historic crossword page presents a mixed list of horizontal and vertical clues. Entries include common terms for places foods and actions such as abbey, calyx leaf, grain, and lampoon alongside time worn descriptors and cross references to a long standing puzzle theme.
Radio Programlineup Across Stations with Orchestras
A detailed evening into late night radio schedule lists WMT WGN WHO KFJB KPJB WSUI and others airing news sports music and variety shows. Notable names include Lawrence Welk Ray Noble Jurgens Kassel and Raymond Scott with programs such as Nightly News Dance Orchestra and The Shadow.
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WMT
WGN
Ralph Ginsburgh
WSUI
Neil Hiondshu
KFJB
John W. Vandercook
KFJGB
Herne
Newa
Anslower
Morr
Jane Chub
Ray Noble
Orch
Iowa
Knickerbocker
KFIB
Melody Time
Wasner King
Bonke Certer
Towgn
Sui—Evening Musicale
Raibortas
Gabriel Hentter
U_ S_ Govt
Keir
Johnny Duffy
Chicago
Lawrence Welk
Dick Jurgens
Sammy Kaye
Guy Lombardo
WM Rathan Ramos
Gritt Williams
Bernie Cummins
Raymond Scott
Art Kassel
Arch
Onsale
Delodies
Family Altar
Eelvety Baptist Church
Winger
Jordan
Alice Blue
WALT
Christian Science
Indianapolis Symphony
Strandvold
American Legion
BWA
Rhanceds
The
Rockies
Maijor Bowes
America
Radio Canaries
George Sokolsky
HMS
WHO
Lee Gordon
Radio Warblers
John
Alan Scott
Lutheran Hour
NY Philharmonia
Haven of Rest
Winsom
KPIB
New Orleans
KPJB
Helen Westbrook
Lawrence Salerno
Walter Preston
Design
KPTB
Silver
RRS
Prairie Schooner
News of the World
Alfred Wallenstein Sorch
Jack Benny
WHG
WHBF
Rock Island
Dick Jurgens Orch
Charlie McCarthy
Sigrid Schultz
Manhattan
Isham Jones
Lawrence Welks
Tony Pastor
Bill Carilsen
Denan Hudson
Ramon Ramos
Charlie Spivak
Walter Winchell CHE notes on raids and social whirl
Walter Winchell column items recount a midtown casino raid linked to a pre Yuletide opening violation. It covers Jeannine Lehr and N Morrell romance, Gwen Monahan and showbiz gossip, Greek newsreels replacing Italian films, and Jean Dixon gifting salaries to cast. Also mentions Mussolini, a Panama Hattie clash, and press figures from the New York Times society pages.
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Che
George Herrick
Midtown
Yuletide
Duke of Spoletto
Jeannine Lehr
N. Morrell
Lord and Thomas
Mussolini
Gwen Monahan
Miam
Detroit
48Rd and
Jean Dixon
G. Washington
Farley remarks on public image and fame
The excerpt recalls Steve Hannagan and former publicist James Farley discussing how sons perceive their fathers as great men. Farley downplays greatness, while Hannagan reflects on public perception and the weight of reputation in the face of criticism.
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Steve Hannagan
Steve
Jim Farley
Pop
Farley
Axis Paper predicts early January axis moves in war
Belgrade reports that the semi official newspaper Vreme cites a Berlin dispatch forecasting significant diplomatic and military developments in the first fortnight of January. The piece notes possible clarifications of Bulgaria’s axis relations tied to Premier Bogdan Filoff’s visit and says major steps may aim to end the war in 1941.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vreme
Berlin
T. Sokolovic
Vienna
Bogdan Filoff
Bulgaria
Germans Deploy Stukas in Albania Campaign
British reports from Istanbul state a large force of German Stuka dive bombers and supporting crews are active against Greece in Albania. Four hundred German pilots mechanics and navigators are said to man the operation with fifteen Junkers transport planes ferrying troops from Brindisi to Elbasan Tirana and Durazzo.
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Istanbul
Albania
Junkers
Adriatic
Italy
Brindisi
Elbasan
Tirana
Durazzo
Treasury clash over Federal Reserve plan to take banking powers
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and Federal Reserve Chairman Eccles clash over a looming plan to transfer banking powers including the comptroller general’s office and federal deposit insurance. Officials say lack of consultation sparked intra-department tension as news of the plan leaked.
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Wwashington
Hatfields
Mr. M
Eccles
Treasury
Comptroller General's Office
Federal Deposit Insurance
Federal Reserve
Morgenthau
Mr. Morgenthau
Treasury Secretary
Wagner Moves to Lead Inquiry on Monetary Policy Outlook
The piece describes Senator Wagner directing a broad inquiry into monetary policy with experts like Carter Glass, aiming to curb inflationary gold and silver policies. It notes Eccles and Morgenthau pushing bankholding legislation, with support from Federal Reserve advisers, while critics warn the plan may be a surface fix to root causes.
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Robert Wagner
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Wagner
Federal Reserve
Eccles
Carter Glass
Morgenthau
Bill
Congress
Federal Reserve Bank
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English Abbey
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Panama
Hyers
Ragland
Q. Reynolds
London
W. R. Davis
Hamburg
Germany
Britain
New York Times
Marshall
Davis
No Foreign War Committee
Times
Washington
Verne Marshall
N.Y. Times
Neil MacNeil
MacNeil
Ebee
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Frederick. F. Schwindt
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