Taxing War Profits Aims to Deter Conflict in Congress
The measure, endorsed by 50 senators and four representatives, would impose wartime income taxes on individuals and corporations far exceeding current levies. Individual rates rise to 93 percent with a $100 dependent exemption. corporate profits face up to 100 percent tax. The plan is decried as a war incentive by critics who fear it targets normal incomes and could spur military action. The AFL-CIO peace conference resumes Friday amid warnings from John L. Lewis that the CIO may take a tougher stance if peace talks fail.
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Congress
INCE
House
Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
Afl-Cio
Washington
Labor
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
CIO
Lewis
AFL
Green
Bone
Wash
Senate
Lithuania Surrenders Memel to Germany Under Ultimatum
The republic of Lithuania capitulated to German pressure and returned Memel, a 1,099 square mile Baltic port with about 150,000 people, amid an emergency declared nationwide. German storm troopers moved into Memel while Lithuania’s parliament approved the cession.
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Memel
Meemel
Lithuania
Memel Return Sparks Baltic Tensions Across Europe
A Memel transfer to Germany fuels proclaims of a state of emergency in Lithuania as German troop withdrawals begin. Hitler plans a battleship voyage to Memel amid Poland’s concern while Britain warns of force and a possible league meeting. Paris and Rome report Franco Italian reconciliation talks and a shared fascist stance with Germany on war and peace.
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Associated Press
Kaunas
Lithuania
Memel
Germany
Baltic
Berlin
Hitler
Danzig
Free City
Poland
London
Britain
League ‘Council
Paris
Rome
Italy
High Fascist Council
Bugs Baer Sees Europe War Rehearsal Like Barn Drama
Commentary by Arthur Bugs Baer mocks Europe’s war drills as endless barn rehearsals. He urges direct action and jokes about fighting, fishing, or going ashore to end the nuisance.
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Bugs" Baer
Europe
Roumania Signs Trade Pact With Nazi State
Roumania and Germany signed a trade treaty amid Roumanian claims that political and economic independence is preserved. Details were not announced. Officials said Germany did not receive monopolistic concessions and the open world market remains available. Premier Calinescu hinted troop concentrations on borders may be lifted within 10 to 15 days as regional tensions ease.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Germany
Europe
Helmuth Wohlthal
Jan DujJoin
Armand Calinescu
Hitler Leaves To Visit His New Seaport
Adolf Hitler embarked on the battleship Deutschland from Swinemunde to Memel, signaling Germany’s maritime ambitions after Lithuania capitulated. The newly acquired Memel district, 1,099 square miles with about 150,000 people, mostly German, was ceded on a Lithuanian agreement.
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Swinemuende
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Memel
Baltic
Deutschland
Fuehrer
Hitler
Berlin
Lithuania
Free
Danzig
Britain May Call League on Memel Crisis
Britain indicated possible call for a special League of Nations meeting to address Germanys pressure on Memel and Memelland. Sir Samuel Hoare said Germany threatened Lithuania with military action if Memel surrendered while Britain conducted staff talks with France Soviet Russia Denmark Sweden Yugoslavia Romania.
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London
Germany
Lithuania
Memel
House of Commons
Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
Chamberlain
Berlin
Memelland
Reich
Sir Samuel
League of Nations
Patrick Munro
Britain
France
Soviet Russia
Denmark
Sweden
Jugoslavia
Roumania
Tax Profits Out Of War Bill Introduced In Congress
Senate sponsor Senator Bone and 50 lawmakers push a measure to tax war profits with steep individual and corporate rates. Personal exemptions would fall to 500 single and 1000 married, while top income tax could reach 93 percent for incomes over twenty thousand. House authors include Voorhis Case Starnes and Van Zandt.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bone
Senate
Clark
Nye
Vandenberg
Mich
Neely
W. Va
Frazier
N. D
Lundeen
Minn
Shipstead
Capper
Kan
LaFollette
Wis
Reynolds
N. C
Bulow
S. D
Hatch
N. M
Lee
Okla
Johnson
Cole
McCarran
Nev
Thomas
Murray
Mont
Smathers
N. J
Donahey
Ohio
Holt
Gillette
Schwartz
Wye
Hughes
del. Pepper
Fla
Ashurst
Ariz
Tobey
N. H
Wheeler
Holman
Ore
Ida
Brown
Reed
Wiley
van Nuys
Ind
George
Bilb
Miss
Chavez
Gurney
O'Mahoney
Wyo
Maloney
Conn
Gibson
Hill
Ala
Truman
Andrews
Barbour
Stewart
Tenn
Herring
Wagner
Downey
Calif
Russell
House
Representatives Voorhis
Case
Starnes
van Zandt
Farm Benefit Increase Sought by House Committee Chair
Chairman Jones of the House Agriculture Committee announced a campaign to boost farm benefits next year by 40 percent to 1 billion dollars. He, a Texas Democrat, called for the bigger disbursements as part of farm aid plans.
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Washington
Jones
Texas
House Agricultural Committee
Springtime Want Ads Urge Quick House Cleanout
Time to sell and hire for spring needs. List used baby buggy clothing furniture seed fertilizer cattle fencing farm machinery tools maple syrup poultry and more. Rent house apartment room garage or summer cottage. Dial 2-1121 to place an ad.
If God Will We Do This and That
A 1939 reflection on using phrases like Deo Valente God willing to acknowledge divine guidance in daily plans. The author notes modern forgetfulness of intimate relation with God, contrasting old habits with present loneliness and piety.
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Connecticut
Philadelphia
D.V
God Willing
St. James
Scotland
Cornwall
George Herbert
Jesus
Wilkes-Barre News Guild Ends Strike After Months
Wilkes-Barre members of the American Newspaper Guild voted early Wednesday to end a strike that shut down the city’s three daily newspapers for five and a half months. Publisher spokesman Robert W. Johnson said they hope to resume publication this week.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Wilkes-Barre
American Newspaper Guild
Robert W. Johnson
Iowa Public Safety Bill in Deadlock
The Republican reorganization plan to create a department of public safety stalled in a conference between Iowa’s House and Senate as they could not agree on its structure. The Senate kept its version placing the department under Gov Wilson and a public safety commissioner while the House favored control by the attorney general. The impasse extends to road funding provisions and a separate seed certification board dispute, with further action deferred to a conference committee.
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DES Moines
Department of Public Safety
House
Senate
Iowa
Public Safety Department
Highway Patrol
George A. Wilson
Public Safety
Robert D. Blue
Eagle Grove
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
John Knudson
Marshalltown
Leo Hoegh
Chariton
Hough
Secretary of Agriculture
Knudson
Lucas County
Deficiency Bill Advances With Defense Funds Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $185,672,028 deficiency bill funding U S defense needs and Navy ship construction while rejecting a $7,300,000 request for civil aviation pilot training and a $10,000,000 aeronautical research station. The panel favored placing pilot training under the Army and endorsed limited NACA expansion at Langley Field.
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Washington
INS
United States
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
House
Navy
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Army
CAA
Sunnyville
Calif
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Germany
Langley Field
Sunnyvale
Five crippled felons escape in stolen car near Huntsville
Five escaped convicts with severe injuries including wooden legs and a missing arm eluded a posse east of Huntsville Texas. Led by Dolph Tuck they broke from Wynne prison farm Tuesday night and commandeered a Houston salesman’s car after disarming guard A. E. Sandel during road work.
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Huntsville
Tex
Cup
Here
Wynne
Dolph Tuck
Raymond Hamilton
Eastham Prison
W. E. Cooper
Jodie T. Lloyd
Arthur L. Brown
Harold Horton
Tuck
Cooper
Lloyd
Brown
Horton
Jerry Price
Houston
A. E. Sandel
Firemen Quell Smoke Filled Unoccupied House Blaze
In Cedar Rapids a smudgy fire damaged a vacant home at 1024 Third Avenue SE. Firemen battled dense smoke after the blaze spread from a back room to the roof before officers spotted it. Damage estimates were not yet available and the Swanson estate owned the residence.
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Third Avenue SE
E. P Kohout
Collogan
Murdoch
Third Avenue
Swanson Estate
Teachers Pension Bill Passes Senate in Iowa
The Iowa senate approved the teachers annuity bill by 38 to 8, creating a 530000 state treasury fund to pay pensions for retired teachers and sending the measure to the House. dissenters included Benson Edwards Ellis Levis Moore Pelzer Smith Stewart. amendment allows prorated distribution to four districts already funding local plans.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
House
Benson
Edwards
Ellis
Levis
Moore
Pelzer
Smith
Stewart
Senate
L. B. Forsling
Sioux City
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Frank Pelzey
Maine
Manton Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Charges
Martin T. Manton former senior judge of the U S circuit court of appeals pleaded innocent in federal court to two indictments charging conspiracy and involvement in alleged payments by litigants in cases he heard.
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NEW York
Martin T. Manton
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
House Rules Panel Approves WPA Thorough Checkup
The House Rules Committee voted 4 against 4 to urge the Appropriations Committee to conduct a thorough investigation of the Works Progress Administration. The measure directs a comprehensive review of WPA operations and funding.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Appropriations Committee
Senate backs government reorganization bill to empower Roosevelt
The Senate passed the government reorganization measure by 63 to 23, granting President Roosevelt broad authority to overhaul federal agencies. The bill now heads to a conference committee with the House to resolve differences after House approval. A separate vote rejected the Wheeler amendment 46 to 44 limiting presidential power.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Wheeler
Senate Defeats Reorganization Bill Amendment Vote
Iowa senators Gillette and Herring joined 46 lawmakers in striking from the reorganization bill an amendment to curb presidential power to reorganize agencies. The chamber then 46 to 41 tabled a motion to reconsider. Wheeler sought broader executive order veto power with support from administration allies and backers, hoping Garner might break a tie.
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Washington
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Clyde L. Herring
Senate
Green
R. I
Truman
Wheeler
Mont
Congress
Garner
George Taylor Case Dismissed After Medical Testimony
Reckless driving charges against George Taylor of 1215 First avenue East were dismissed after a local physician testified Taylor was diabetic and likely experiencing an insulin reaction at the time of a collision with Earl Wood's parked car on First avenue East. The judge ruled the case a victim of circumstance.
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Cedar Namds
George Taylor
First Avenue E
Taylor
Earl Wood
Thomas B. Powell
R. S. Milner
Don Hines
Powell
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