Government opposition to pay as you go social security plan
The piece argues against replacing the current old age pension system with a pay as you go scheme and warns the government could go broke if the social security reserve is funded by government debt. It references Ramsay MacDonald and Edward Duke of Windsor, notes public notices, a police ball fundraiser, and Senator Capper’s critique of reciprocal trade treaties and tariffs impacting farmers and workers.
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U.s
Social Security Reserve
America
Edward
Duke of Windsor
England
Baldwin
United States
Bedaux
Senator Capper
Kansas
Saturday Evening Post
Apostles of Free Trade
Capper
Morgenthau Announces New Policy to Trim Federal Spending
Secretary Morgenthau declared abandonment of the puram priming policy and outlined plans to balance the 1938-39 budget by cutting federal expenditures by 700 million dollars. He said no new taxes are planned and the tax system will be studied to ease taxpayer inequalities without reducing revenue. He spoke at the Academy of Political Science in New York.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
New Deal
Puramp
Academy of Political Science
Astor Hotel
Harry F. Byrd
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Byrd
Morgenthau
S. Parker’ Gilbert
J. P. Morgan and Co
A Simple Hello Shares Unexpected Joy from a Neighbor
A farmer recalls greeting an elderly neighbor with a casual hello each evening. After the neighbor’s death he learns those small words brought happiness to him and his family. The writer urges kindness and friendly greetings to strangers, noting such acts cost nothing and yield lasting payback.
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Sena
Armistice Day Reflections by Arthur Bugs Baer
Baer muses on Armistice Day as peace pauses for repairs. He jokes that democracy may be a misprint and peace merely times out. He notes America’s parades without a destination and salutes with blanks for a nation at peace.
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America
Plan to Push Over Processing Tax Levy
Washington lawmakers moved to ease corporate surplus and capital gains levies as a processing tax weighing $250 million was planned to fund farm program benefits. The treasury began new reporting rules targeting foreign corporations and advisers, with a January Congress session anticipated.
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Washington
INS
The
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Congress
House Agriculture and Ways and Means
Drops Manslaughter Charge Against Boy in Girl Death
A manslaughter charge against 13 year old Donald Lewandowski was dismissed in Chicago criminal court for the death of 11 year old Lorraine Rzeppa. The girl died after being struck on the head with a cardboard tube. prosecutors said the act lacked malicious intent.
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Chicago
Donald Lewandowski
Cornelius J. Harrington
Lorraine Rzeppa
Wilbert F. Crowley
Lewandowski
F D R Appeals to Industry to Pace Recovery
President Roosevelt urged private business to fund a nationwide home construction push to jump start recovery and raise employment. The White House conference included Sears Roebuck’s Robert Wood and General Electric’s Gerard Swope.
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Washington
Ins
Roosevelt
White House
Robert E. Wood
Sears.Roebuck
Gerard Swope
General Electric
Sloan Colt
New York
Henry C. Turner
Turner Construction Company
Edward F. McGrady
Radio Corporation of America
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Isador’ Lubin
Labor
Statistics
Matthew Daiger
Reserve Board
Federal Housing Authority
Begin Probe Of Work Relations At Ford Plant
The Senate civil liberties committee opened a double edged inquiry into Ford Motor Company's Detroit plant. It subpoenaed records from groups including the National Association of Manufacturers and other business allied bodies amid reports of anti union activities. UAW official Richard Franksensteen announced a national organizing meeting for Ford plants in Detroit, promising backing from CIO leader John L. Lewis.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Sen
Robert M. la Follette
Wis
Senate
National Association of Manufacturers
Ford Compan
Richard Frankensteen
United Automobile Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ford
Husky Union
Baker Urges U S Power For Global Peace
Newton D. Baker former secretary of war urged the United States to use its world influence to prevent a second world war. On the armistice anniversary he warned in Europe and Asia a contest to decide who dominates the earth and stressed America’s leadership as vital to world peace.
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Cleveland
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
America
Europe
Asia
United States
United Press
Traer Plane Makes Forced Landing On Golf Course
Three Traer men Walter Burns Bill Reece and Warren Williams were slightly injured when their plane ran out of gas and made a forced landing on a Traer golf course. All were treated and released to go home. Burns had recently earned his pilot license.
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Traer (Ap
Walter Burns
Bill Reece
Warren Williams
Traer
Burns
Treasury to Ship Five Million Dollars in Gold to England
The treasury announced five million dollars worth of gold will be shipped to England on Thursday aboard the Aquitania, second export this week after France sent ten million two hundred fifty thousand dollars of gold on the Normandie. The British equalization fund bought the gold to prevent the pound from rising too high versus the dollar.
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Washington
Treasury
England
Acquitania
United States
France
Normandie
British Equalization Fund
Square Deal Sought by Reeves for Managers and Workers
Alfred Reeves of the Automotive Manufacturers Association urged a square deal for management and labor at a Detroit auto show luncheon. He warned that a cannot fire me attitude among workers lowers efficiency and raises car costs, calling for give and take and loyalty between workers and managers.
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Detroit
Alfred Reeves
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Reeves
Brazil Creates Dictatorship And Dissolves Legislature
President Getulio Vargas ordered the dissolution of Brazil’s federal senate and chambers and all state and municipal legislatures, promul gating a new constitution. The move, explained in a radio address, aims to stem communism and will be submitted to a national plebiscite. Censorship is imposed on foreign communications. Foreign policy remains unchanged, officials said.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Francisco Campos
Jose Carlos de Macedo Soares
Hemisphere
United States
Europe
Asia
Vargas
Allon
Guanabara Palace
of Justice
the Republic
Chamber of’ Deputies
Pimentel Brandao
United Press
Wounded Jersey City Prisoner Paralyzed After Shootout
Adolf Hupka, 20, of Jersey City, shot in the spine while fleeing custody of Sheriff James Smith, remains in poor condition at Mercy hospital. The bullet severed the spinal cord near the tenth dorsal vertebra, causing paralysis below the waist. Hupka, held for breaking into a railroad freight car, has no police record in Jersey City.
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Adolf Hupka
Jersey City
N. J
James Smith
Smith
Hupka
Mercy Hospital
Paper price rise to five cents spreads to street sales
The Louisville Courier-Journal and Times said effective November 15 street sales and dealer prices will rise from 3 to 5 cents per copy. Cited reasons include higher costs for white paper and increased production expenses.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville Courier-Journal and Times
Britain seeks German Italian friendship to curb Axis alliance
London presses a drive to win goodwill from Germany and Italy to prevent an Italo German Japanese anti communist bloc from destabilizing Europe. Chamberlain backs a Berlin mission by Viscount Halifax as Hitler signals Eden may visit Berlin.
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London
INS
Great’ Britain
Germany
Italy
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Hitler
Anthony Eden
Berlin
Eden
Brussels
Chamberlain
Lord Halifax
Privy Council
England
Versailles
Fire rages in Scranton mine area despite no immediate dwelling danger
A major fire in Scranton Pennsylvania swept through a 250 foot section beneath the city where 10 000 residents live. Engineers lacked equipment to reach the white hot mass of coals caused by a broken trolley wire two weeks earlier in the Von Storch mine of the Penn Anthracite Collieries company. Mine inspectors warned of possible deadly carbon monoxide seeping through surface breaks but said there was no present danger to nearby homes.
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Alnees
Scranton
Apn
Franco Will Shun Anti Red Alliance
Saint Jean de Luz dispatch reports Generalissimo Francisco Franco aims to crush extremists in Spain while avoiding the Italo German Japanese anti communist bloc. He plans a major offensive by late November and seeks a government respected by all powers not aligned to any axis. Franco would preserve national patrimony despite foreign aid and hopes for rapprochement with France and Great Britain.
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Saint Jean de’ Luz
Francisco Franco
Spain
United Press
Franco
France
Great Britain
Duke Avoids Paris Armistice Day Ceremony
The Duke of Windsor refused to participate in the official Armistice Day events in Paris to maintain anonymity. He will attend a memorial service at St George's Church instead, hoping to spare French and British officials embarrassment at the Champs Elysees ceremony.
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Paris
Ins
Duke of Windsor
St. George's
Champs Elyses
Albert Lebrun
Wheat and corn production rise in USDA estimates
Washington The department of agriculture on Wednesday boosted its estimate of the 1937 corn crop to 2 651 393 000 bushels the largest since 1932. Wheat output was 886 895 000 bushels and oats 1 152 433 000 bushels with bumper crops reported across grains.
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Washington
Department, of
Department
Crop Board
U S Gypsum Directors Voted Extra Dividend
United States Gypsum Co directors Wednesday voted an extra dividend of 50 cents per share on common stock payable Dec 24, in addition to the regular quarterly 50 cents. They also voted 1 75 regular dividend on the preferred payable Jan 3. All dividends payable to stockholders of record Dec 8.
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Chicago
United States
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