Food subsidy plan wins backing on Capitol Hill
The administration's surplus disposal proposal to sell farm products to low income people at bargain prices drew strong support on Capitol Hill. Treasury secretary Morgenthau endorsed a two price system while lawmakers weighed funding and cost estimates for the program and its impact on relief spending.
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Capitol Hill
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Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Henry A. Wallace
Morgenthau
Wallace
U. S
Thomas Parran
Wheeler
Mont
Borah
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King
Treasury
Utah
Agriculture Department
Congress
Schwellenbach
Wash
Iowa W C T U Reelects Mrs McCullough As Head
Oskaloosa Iowa UP Mrs Harriett G McCullough of Des Moines was reelected president of the Town Women’s Christian Temperance Union for a third term at the convention. Officers include Lydia Stotts Marshalltown vice president Vera M Cramer Des Moines corresponding secretary Mayme Whittlesey Boone recording secretary Anna S F Hennings Des Moines treasurer and Bertha Barber Denison on the board. Peggy Swanziger Waterloo won the state pearl medal oratorical contest with Rita Jane Grady Black Hawk county second Phyllis Sherrill Black Hawk county third Max Smith Marshalltown fourth and Frances Henshaw Clemons fifth.
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Harriett G. McCullough
Des Moines
Town Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Lydia Stotts
Marshalltown
Vera M. Cramer
Mayme Whittlesey
Boone
Anna S.F. Hennings
Bertha Barber
Denison
Peggy Swanziger
Waterloo
Rita Jane -Grady
Black Hawk County
Phyllis Sherrill
Max Smith
Frances Henshaw
Clemons
Man on Bed Recalls Cottage Fire After Illness
James L Neel of Perry New York ignored a doctor’s bed rest order to summon firefighters when a blaze broke out in his cottage. He watched calmly from his bed as firemen extinguished the flames while he recovered from grippe.
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N. Y.Y
James L. Neel
Neel
Grippe
Farmer Purvis Dies After Innocent Hangman Backstory
Will Purvis, 66, who narrowly escaped death when the rope slipped during a 1894 hanging for a Buckley murder, dies of a heart ailment in Lumberton Mississippi. Vindication came in 1898 with Anse McLaurin’s pardon and later confession by Joe Beard. Purvis received $5,000 from the legislature. He leaves a widow and eleven children.
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Will Purvis
Marion County
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James
Will Buckley
White Caps
Sam Waller
Buckleys
J. O. Magee
Anse J. McLaurin
Joe Beard
Buckley
Fort Madison Prison Team May Play Des Moines Comets
Fort Madison Iowa state penitentiary may arrange a game with the Des Moines Comets after a Burlington junior college matchup was canceled. Warden Glenn C. Haynes said inmate football benefits the population and cannot be taken downtown. Governor Kraschel backed the warden.
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Des Moines Comets
Burlington Junior College
Glenn C. Haynes
Iowa State Penitentiary
Eddie Markel
Comets
Bulldogs
Burlington
Fort Madison High School
Warren Miller
New Orleans
Nelson G. Kraschel
Miller
Horse buried by oats at Wisconsin farm
In Appleton Wisconsin a horse at Chris Thiel farm got its head up and pulled a sack from a granary spout releasing 450 bushels of oats. The oats dumped down and buried the animal up to its neck until chores found it later that day.
U S Peace-force Vision and Washington Notes
A speculative article argues U S air power could deter Europe for two decades, with notes on Roosevelt letters and possible policy shifts including neutrality repeal and aid to democracies. It covers wage bills for the NRA and a critique of government travel junkets to Brazil with wife allowances amid congressional splits.
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Europe
Roosevelt
Hitler
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Radio Programs Listing for Evening and Morning Keyboard
A dense schedule of radio programs across NBC CBS and ABC networks listing hosts orchestras and musicians by time block from morning to late night. Names include Xavier Cugat Franke Black Franke Blacks, Carol Weymann, Lew White, Katherine Lenroot, Richard Himber and many others with chains across WJZ WEAF WABC WCCO KMOX and more.
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WJZ
Jack Haley
Ted Fiorito
CBS
WABCO
WBBM
Kmox Woo
WCCO
NBC
Franke Black Ss
Maurice Spitalny
WJZ Chain
Hirst
WABC
KMOX
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WALBC
Guy Lombardo
Royal Canadians
Franklin D. Roosevelt
se—Sters
Fein Knight
Perehs Sones
Joase Grawford
Amos ‘Yn
Andy
Getorne
Aiienry Busse
al Donahue
NDC
WEAP
Hany J Staulio
Chain Oe
Hichiard Maxwell
Wanc and Chain
Breakfast Club
Amanda Snow
Wweaf
Webb
Sherr
Lew White
Wabc and Chain
Katherine Lenroot
Ann. Hilton
Jai
al Andrei Reiser
Carol Weymann
Enoch Light
Robert Emmett Dolan
Weaf Chain
Rayney Surres
WIZ N
Sime Club
Eha
Richard Himber
Ricardo
Tarr Winsons
Al_ Donahue
Johny
Larry Clinton
Annenberg sues Guffey for libel seeking $500000
Philadelphia publisher M L Annenberg filed a libel suit seeking $500000 against Senator Joseph F Guffey over speeches in Pennsylvania politics. He also asked $200000 from Albert M Greenfeld, plus suits against J David Stern Philadelphia Record and others linked to Guffeys remarks. Annenberg calls the charges false and malicious.
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M. L. Annenberg
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
Albert M Greenfeld
Annenberg
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Greenfield
J. David Stern
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia Record Company
WFIL
Samuel R. Rosenbaum
Radio Company
Winds of Wind Blown Art Wins Carnegie International Prize
Karl Hofer, a 60 year old German artist now frowned upon by the Nazi regime, won first prize at the 1938 Carnegie International exhibition in Carnegie Music Hall. The Winds, depicting two figures in windblown drapery, received a cash award of 1090 dollars before an audience of over 2,000 Pittsburghers and art authorities.
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Pittsburgh
Karl Hofer
Green appeals to CIO unions to rejoin AFL
William Green urged CIO unions to return to the American Federation of Labor in a conciliatory address after his acclamation as president for a fifteenth term. He named four CIO units and urged a single labor movement, inviting those who left to come back home. Delegates reelected Frank Morrison and the 15 vice-presidents before adjourning.
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Texas
CIO
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William Green
Green
Frank Duffy
Carpenters’ Union
John L. Lewis
Duffy
Reuben G. Soderstrom
Illinois Federation
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Olive Branch
United Textile Workers
Ladies Garment Workers
House of Labor
Bill Bailey
Frank Morrison
UAW Reaches Pact to Add 8000 Jobs at Chrysler
The United Automobile Workers announced an agreement with Chrysler to add 8000 workers next week. About 1600 of those will join the Plymouth plant workforce, while union leaders emphasized bringing as many workers back as possible despite past 32 hour limits.
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Chrysler
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Plymouth
Richard T. Frankensteen
Reverend Clearwaters Reelected Iowa Baptists Leader
Delegates to the 97th Iowa Baptist convention reelected Rev. R. V. Clearwaters of Cedar Rapids as president for 1939. Also named were Rev. J. Harold Gamble of Ames recording secretary J. N. Cochrane of Des Moines treasurer Fred C. Hoyt of Sac City vice president. The convention closed with a dinner meeting.
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Iowa Baptist Convention
R. V. Clearwaters
Cedar Rapids
J. Harold Gamble
Ames
J. N. Cochrane
Des Moines
Fred C. Hoyt
Sac City
Henry C. Shull
Sioux City
Kansas Farm Bureau Backs Administration Policies At Convention
Delegates at the Kansas State Farm Bureau convention approve the present farm program of the national administration in a resolution. They also back extending low interest loan periods for federal land bank and commissioners loans. Private railroad ownership and reciprocal trade treaties aimed at restoring export outlets for surplus crops also win approval.
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Land Bank
Frisco Trustees Lose Suit Over Rock Island Purchase
New York, UP. Two trustees of the St. Louis-San Francisco railway lost a suit to recover over 10 million dollars paid for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. Justice Valente ruled for the defendants after a lengthy trial. the trustees John G. Lonsdale and James M. Kurn may appeal. Named defendants include Speyer & Co. and J. & W. Seligman & Co. bankers and Edward N. Brown.
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St. Louis-San Francisco
Frisco
Chicago Pork Island and Pacific Railroad
Louis A. Valente
Supreme Court
John G. Lonsdale
James M. Kurn
Speyer & Co
J. & W. Seligman & Co
Edward N. Brown
Frisco Line
Rock Island
Dyers Federation Sets Silk Stocking Shade Limit
English women are disturbed as the Dyers Federation decides only 12 standard shades of silk stockings will be available, replacing hundreds of options from before. The move signals a uniform approach to hosiery in the textile trade.
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Negro suspect hanged by mob after Blair slaying near Ruston
In Ruston Louisiana a mob of several hundred white men lynched 19-year-old W C Williams, a Black suspect in the slaying of R M Blair and beating of a woman. Williams was found hiding in his mother's house after a countywide manhunt and hanged in a pine grove. Blair was killed Tuesday near the same area.
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W. C. Williams
R. M. Blair
Blair
Here
Bryan Thigpen
Williams
Ellen” Williams
Citizens
Maryland Bridge Promised by F D R Approved
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt approved a PWA grant of 1.77 million dollars for a Potomac River bridge in Charles county Maryland near Morgantown. The $4.83 million project is part of a three bridge program tied to the 1930s purge effort against Senator Millard E. Tydings.
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INS
Maryland
Roosevelt
Millard E. Tydings
PWA
Potomac River
Charles County
Morgantown
Warrant Issued for Former Polk County Treasurer
Assistant County Attorney Don Hise announced a warrant for Allen Munn, former Polk County treasurer, on embezzlement charges. The warrant followed a claim by Parthenia Yates that she paid 8011 to be credited to her taxes, but the payment was not applied. Munn resigned his office last year.
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Don Hise
Allen Munn
Polk County
Hise
Parthenia Yates
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