Roosevelt tax battle looms as 1940 session nears
As the 1940 Congress opens the Treasury will push a drafted revenue bill. The fight centers on taxation and relief spending led by Hopkins. Conservatives back Harrison on liberalizing undistributed earnings tax while Farley forecasts Republican decline and Democratic odds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Treasury
Harry L. Hopkins
White House
Capitol Hill
Hopkins
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Farley
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Connecticut
Jim’’ Davis
Vandenberg
The Names of Newspapers and Their Meanings Across History
The article surveys common newspaper names and their meanings, noting News as the most popular for signaling current events. It traces origins from newness to ancient words, and lists many symbolic names like Gazette, Chronicle, and Sun, explaining their historical and political connections.
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Big Ten
Gazette
Sun
Courier
Post
Leader
Telegram
Independent
Sentinel
Chronicle
Bulletin
Dispatch
Register
American
Union
Review
Reporter
Citizen
Telegraph
Commercial
Standard
Enterprise
Messenger
Eagle
Mail
Express
Daily
Advertiser
Globe
Free Press
Advocate
Ledger
Item
Capital
Banner
State
Observer
Call
World
Transcript
Recorder
News
Inquirer
Enquirer
Eye
Optic
Hawkeye
Argus
Mercury
Tera
Gazetta
Defender
Progress
Public
Service
Times
Republican
Democrat
Herald
Courant
America
The
Tribune
the Palladium
Guardian
the Spokesman
the Clarion
the Call
the Reveille
the Patriot
the Vindicator
the Reformer
Statesman
Journal of Commerce
Free, Trader
Fair Dealer
Unusual Newspaper Names Highlight Local and Mining Towns
The article surveys historic and modern newspaper names across the United States, noting regional and mining town origins. It cites Laramie Republican Boomerang in Wyoming and Tombstone Epitaph in Arizona, among many others, and recalls Kansas historic titles like True Reformer and Chase county stories.
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Arizona
Tombstone
Ed Schiefflin
Nome
Alaska
Tonopah
Nevada
Lake City
Barber County
Nation
Elmdale
Chase County
Cottonwood Falls
Niotaze
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Carter Field
James A Farley
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Jim
Senator Vandenberg
Franklin D
William Green
Capitol
Green
By Elmo Scott
Watson
the Times
Journal
the Tribune
the Record
Press
the Star
Benjamin Harris
Boston
Bill Nye
Boomerang
Wyoming
Laramie
Bill: Nye
Redondo
Calif
Cooperstown
N. Y
J. Fenimore Cooper
Taft
Midway Driller
Midway Oil Fields
Oil City
Kansas
Perry
Jefferson County
Chautauqua Springs
Cash City
Clay Center
Clyde
Burlington
Chapman
Abilene
Howard
Grenola
Circleville
Lucifer
Valley Falls
Light of Liberty
Esbow
Kearney County
Hartland
Wonder
Parsons
Emporia
Beattie
Blue Rapids
Sweet Chariot
Dunlap
Morris County
Star of Hope
Urbana
Ness
Ray Baby
Kirwin
Cullison
Sawyer
Grigsby
Wichita
Jerry Simpson
Fargo Springs
Prairie Owl
Springfield
Topeka
Harry-Kane
Sherman County Dark Horse
Goodland
Mocking Bird
Oxford
Thomas County
Colby
Jefferson
Texas
Simplecote
Jefferson Journal
Plimenth
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