No New Taxes Being Planned For 40 by FDR
Roosevelt plans to present surprise economy measures to Congress in January to keep the 1940 budget near 9 billion and avoid new taxes. He aims to limit the deficit to about 2 billion, banking on rising business and employment to boost revenues and reduce relief outlays. A 7 billion revenue return is anticipated if current conditions hold, with legislators expected to resist tax legislation next year.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
New Deal
White House
Pat Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
William H. King
Utah
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City Bans Parkway Parking by City Council Vote
City council voted unanimously to ban parking on both sides of the Union building along a six month ordinance with a 15 cent parking fee and 35 cents for all night parking after Councilman Byers amended the measure. The city collector will collect fees. An emergency ordinance targeted parking at the north core of Kanawha parkway from Capitol to McFarland streets, with Capitol Summers block left out per mayor’s suggestion. No action was taken on a fire plug at Loudon heights road pending technical details.
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Union Building
George Byers
Harry Silverstein
Kanawha Parkway
Capitol
McFarland Streets
Dawson
Capitol Summers
Loudon Heights
Willie Willis Memoir Snippet Reveals Bus Station Farewell
The fragment shows Willie Willis recalling a bus station farewell with his mother. He notes he could not shake a group of men, fearing his mother would kiss him publicly, illustrating tension between family moments and street life.
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Mamma
Czech Students Placed in Camps After Demonstrations
About 1,200 Czech students have been sent to concentration camps as a result of recent anti German demonstrations. Nine students two policemen and an unidentified Czech were reportedly shot. Eight universities and academies in Bohemia Moravia were closed for three years, and Prague and Brno faculties affected.
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Protectorate of
Bohemia-Moravia
Germany
Vladimir Hurban
U. S
Washington
Hurban
Procter and Gamble Votes 4 P C of Pay Bonus
Cincinnati dispatch says Procter and Gamble directors voted a four percent Christmas bonus for 16 500 employees earning under 3 000 annually. The bonus equals 4 P C of annual pay for qualifying workers. The announcement comes on November 20.
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P. C
Cincinnati
INS
Procter and Gamble Company
Sally Rand Bankruptcy Hearing Highlights Tangled Finances
In San Francisco a standing room audience saw Sally Rand declare she cannot explain her finances, directing questions to her attorney Mr. Walsh. Court documents list assets of 8,067 in doubtful items and debts totaling 64,631.
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San Francisco
Sally Rand
Bankruptcy Court
Walsh
Arthur P. Shapro
John O. England
Spick and Chic
Two Gun Woman Slays Lawyer In Dallas Street Shooting
Corrine Maddox calmly fired two pistols at attorney Brooks C. Coffman in broad daylight on Main Street. He died within minutes from two gunshot wounds after threatening her in court for an ice pick stabbing last spring. Coffman faced trial for assault to murder. Maddox claimed self defense and described a planned, carefully prepared attack.
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Tex
Navy
Corrine Maddox
Main Street
Brooks C. Coffman
Coffman
Will Critz
Miss Maddox
Fritz
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German Planes Scout England Attack Warship Near London
German warplanes ranged along Britain's coast with one penetrating toward London while others failed to strike a destroyer offshore. RAF squadrons and anti aircraft batteries drove raiders back. no planes were shot down. An air raid alarm sounded in northern Scotland and a lengthy southeastern England alert followed. A high altitude flight toward London passed Essex and South Kent before the pilot vanished from fire.
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Great Britain
Royal Air Force
Scotland
British Isles
England
Thames Estuary
Essex
Kent
Chicago Seen as Likely GOP Convention Site
Washington dispatch notes Republicans favor Chicago for next year’s national convention due to proximity to party base, strong local cash incentives, and neutral field with no clear candidate. Democrats seek diverse options including possible San Francisco if the fair extends another year, with no entrenched city choice yet.
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Washington
Chicago
San Francisco
Ilinois
Cleveland
Sen
Taft
Detroit
Sen. Vandenberg
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Fog and Rain Aid Firefighting Threatens Hunting Ban Lift
A foggy day with intermittent showers aided firefighting and raised hopes the hunting ban in 13 southern counties could be lifted for Thanksgiving. State Forester reports few new fires as rain increases humidity and shifts crews to consolidate big blazes. Decisions hinge on weather tomorrow.
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Hile
Conservation Commission
D. B. Griffin
Nicholas County
Riots End in 21 Killed as Martial Law Declared in Sukkur
In Sukkur, India, heavy police and deputies patrolled the industrial city after a martial law proclamation, following two days of religiously charged clashes that left 21 dead and many injured. Congress blamed British rule for stoking false issues while Gandhi warned against divisions on Hindu Moslem lines, as rioting continued prior to martial law.
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Karachi
India
INS
Sukkur
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All India National Congress
Congress
Gandhi
Britain
Beer Signs Banned Near American Flag
Newark New Jersey November 20 A beer advertisement above the American flag led to new state liquor rules. The flag must not be used in advertising nor touched ground or water and no sign may be placed to the right of the flag.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
State Bootleggers New Drive Targets West Virginia
The West Virginia liquor commission reports reduced illicit liquor sources out of state and shifts focus to West Virginia bootleggers. Chairman R E Kelly credits cooperation among county sheriffs state police and local officers and notes a recent lecture to state store managers has increased vigilance against purchasers who might resell liquor.
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State Liquor Commission
West Virginia
R. E. Kelly
Kelly
85 Listed Missing From Dutch Liner Simon Bolivar
Agents of the Netherlands steamer Simon Bolivar say 85 are missing or dead after mine damage off England’s east coast Saturday. The list includes the captain 18 crewmen and 66 passengers, reducing prior estimates of dead and missing from 140.
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London
Netherlands
England
Japan's Defeat Called Certain
Washington dispatch reports Dr. W. W. Yen, co author of the Chinese open door treaty, predicting Japan cannot conquer China’s trade rights and will be defeated. Yen, former Chinese foreign minister, says Chiang Kai Shek will seek peace with U. S. influence guiding the outcome as he travels to speak at the Institute of Pacific Relations event near Virginia Beach. He notes a global outlook centering on U. S. leadership and moral prestige.
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INS
W. W. Yen
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China
Yen
Shanghai
Chiang Kai Shek
U. S
A Yen
Hongkong
Singapore
Penang
Bombay
Suez
Rome
Naples
Marseilles
Institute of Pacific Relations
Virginia Beach
Norfolk
Big Union Hints Return to AFL
Leaders of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union announce a new peace campaign between the AFL and CIO. They warn that if no accord is reached by the ILGWU's May convention, the union may abandon its 37 year of independence and rejoin the AFL.
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Washington
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
AFL
CIO
ILGWU
Garment Union
Roosevelt
New York
Eleven crewmembers of latest victim adrift in storm
The Arlington Court was sunk off the Irish coast presumably by a German submarine. Eleven crewmen are missing from the 4,915 ton ship, with 22 survivors from another lifeboat. A British warship also rescued 22 sailors from a separate lifeboat. the chief engineer died of injuries.
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Thomas C. Watson
London
INS
Arlington Court
Irish
Great Britain
Irish Sea
Gellert
Germany
Admiralty
Simon Bolivar
Hill
B. O. Borjesson
English Channel
Kuhn Theft Prove Not Proved Judge Warns
In New York on November 20 AP reports Judge James G. Wallace told the court the prosecution had not shown beyond a reasonable doubt that Fritz Kuhn stole funds from his German American bond. The remark came as the state indicated it would reopen its case amid a session marked by interruptions and humor during cross examination.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
James G. Wallace
Bundfuehrer
Asst. Dist
Herman McCarthy
McCarthy
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Chrysler Strike Progress Made
Detroit, Nov. 20. Slow but steady progress reported in the six week Chrysler strike toward a final settlement. After a six hour bargaining session negotiators adjourned to 10 a m tomorrow without full agreement yet both sides willing to grant concessions. The UAW CIO reduced wage increase demands to a blanket 5 cent per hour plus classification adjustments and paid vacations.
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Detroit
Mich
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Union
CIO
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Wash Windows, B O Told by Stockholder
A stockholders meeting of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad featured a call to wash the railroad's building windows as a first step in rehabilitation. Harold B. Beihn of Washington Court House proposed the measure, urging confidence in the company. Directors were reelected and a move to press government agencies to cut railroad taxes was adopted. Willard's report on the railroad's plan to modify interest charges and maturities was approved.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harold B. Biehn
Washington Court House
B. and
Beilin
Daniel Willard
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