Tax Revision Brought to Fore by Administration Objection
Long report on ongoing budget battles over farm appropriations and tax revision. It notes Chamber of Commerce complaints, Hopkins optimism, and President Roosevelt rebuking Congress for not funding new taxes. It covers the farm bill's costs, parity payments, and defense spending, with international notes on Poland, Russia, and European diplomacy including Vatican efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Roosevelt
Chamber
Secretary of Commerce
Harry Hopkins
Senate
House
Hopkins
White House
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Price Congress
Chicago
Edward J. Kelly
New York
Fiorella H. LaGuardia
Russia
Hitler
Mussolini
Vatican
Scandinavia
Denmark
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Germany
der Fuehrer
Japan
Italy
GOP Liberalism and Plan No 2 in Roosevelt era reshuffles
The piece surveys GOP leanings toward New Deal reforms, highlighting Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen and party strategy for 1940. It details Plan No 2 federal reorganizations under Roosevelt, shifting agencies and consolidating bureaus to save funds and strengthen the executive, with NEC and state admins noted. It also sketches China’s wartime capital moves as Chiang Kai-shek withdraws before Japanese raids, sending refugees and triggering Tokyo bombings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Coolidge
Hoover
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
Glenn Frank
Stassen
Roosevelt
National Emergency Council
NEC
Lowell Mellett
Inland Waterways Commission
Rural Electrification Administration
Commerce
Foreign Agricultural Service
Agriculture
Foreign Service Buildings Commission
Treasury
Bureau of Lighthouses
Coast Guard
Director General
Railroads
War Finance Corporation
Justice Departments
Chiang
Chungking
China
Germany
Britain
Chengtu
Tokyo
Nippon
Police Hero Dragged by Car After Chase Ends in Prairie Crash
A Chicago officer Albert Rickert chased two auto thieves in September 1927. His car was sideswiped, he was dragged across a prairie, his leg torn, and he later captured a suspect. The crook received a 14 year sentence. the other was killed days later by an Englewood officer.
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Charles Ross
Charlie
Long Island
Joseph Douglas
Charlie Ross
Gustav Blair
Carpenter
Phoenix
Ariz
Blair
Lincoln C. Miller
Miller
Ello
Dagg
Chicago
Albert Rickert
Emmett Hartnett
Emmett
Station House
People’s Hospital
Englewood
Forecasts favor Dewey in GOP nod and Hurja predicts Roosevelt term
Democratic Statistician Emil Hurja projects Garber and Dewey winning their parties’ nominations next year if Roosevelt stays out of a third term. A Gallup poll puts Dewey at 54 percent of Republican votes. Washington gossip hints Sayre may become Philippine high commissioner to replace McNutt, with Patterson planning a mid summer resignation from Commerce to pursue utilities or motion picture work.
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Emil Hurja
Garner
New York
Tom Dewey
Roosevelt
Dewey
Washington
Francis B. Sayre
Paul V. McNutt
Richard C.patterson
Commerce
Path of Kings Becomes Rotten Row in Hyde Park History
In London the fashionable riding path in Hyde Park was altered from Path of Kings to Rotten Row. The name derives from a derisive term for the area and reflects the city’s evolving fashionable scene. Scotland Yard, not a yard, is London’s police headquarters nearby.
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London
Hyde
Park
Scotland
New Apron-Dress Frock and Bon Patterns for Girls
Barbara Bell sewing patterns No 1738 and 1740 offer simple frock and apron bonnet designs for young girls. Sizes 1 to 5 years for 1738. 32 to 44 for 1740. Materials include dot swiss lawn linen gingham and sewing details list yardage and notions. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Dept Room 1324 Chicago Ill for pattern book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Ideal Way to Lose Fat Promoted by Doctor
A vintage ad urges sensible women to slim through a simple plan. It claims Kruschen dissolves in hot water provides a safe weight loss method and promises quick, inexpensive results. The copy warns against drugs or starvation diets and promotes a six week supply.
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U. S
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Joseph W. Labine
Western Newspaper Union
Europe
Edward
Duke of Windsor
Verdun
Windsor
Poland
Danzig
Chamberlain
Warsaw
Bone
Turkey
Bulgaria
Rum
Vladimar
Josef Becks
France
Pius’ XII
Charlie Again
Morgenthau
Vladimir Potemkin
Asia
Nanking
Yangtze
Hankow
Szechwan Province
Chiang Kai-shek
Adventurers’ Club
G.wukk
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