Lengthy Congress in Prospect Despite FDR Peace Overtures
In a weekly analysis Joseph W LaBine surveys a Congress facing tax battles and defense spending debates. Roosevelt defends flexible wartime trade pacts and urges modest defense boosts funded by new taxes, while criticizing Dewey. Budget figures show a large deficit decline for 1940-41 with deferral of tax measures and looming policy fights.
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International notes on war and diplomacy from early January
A digest from a Madras newspaper cites Finnish troops cutting Russians off at Sella and trapping units near Suomussaimi, plus a Russian base at Aittajoki. It covers Berlin diplomatic moves, ambassadors returning to Moscow, and Hitler’s possible rise amid a shifting European plan while British peacetime mobilization and naval actions loom.
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Aittajoki
Karelian
Estonia
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London
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Viacheslav Molotoff
Augusto Rosso
Paul Emile Naggiar
Petit Parisien
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Alles
Adolf Hitler
Herman Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Joe Goebbels
Robert Ley
Hane von Mackensen
Italy
Russia
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
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Prominent U S and World Figures in Turbulent Times
Harry Bridges of the West Coast CIO pledges naturalization at the earliest moment after release on deportation charges. Charles Edison, son of a famed inventor, named secretary of the navy and studying ways to speed up shipbuilding. Lepke Buchalter faces a 14 year sentence in a federal narcotics case while Dewey aims for a 600 year racketeering verdict. Cromwell, economist and husband of the titled heiress, named VA minister to Canada. John W. Finch urged to resign as head of the Bureau of Mines by Interior Secretary Ickes. Neville Chamberlain comments on time for fishing amid current pressures.
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Charles Edison
Secretary of the Navy
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Lepke Buchalter
Federe
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James O. R. Cromwell
Darla Duke
Canada
John W. Finch
Bureau of Mines
Harold Ickes
Bureau
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Midland Salmon and Trout Club
Unclear Text on Irish Republic Army and Ruslan Divisions
Fragmentary notes mention fear of an outlawed Irish army and a claim most Ruslan divisions were killed. The passage references Congress and ketene but provides no coherent facts, names, dates, or verifiable events.
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Congress
Supreme Court backs NLRB in three labor rulings
The court upholds the National Labor Relations Board on three counts involving Falk Corp Milwaukee ballot refusals, a CIO union as waterfront bargaining agent, and Jackson Michigan power company employees voting on CSO affiliation. Justice Harlan Stone notes Congress should provide review, not courts. Tax time eases as Helvering says forms simplified and instructions trimmed.
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National Labor Relations Board
Falk Corporation
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Jackson, Mich
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Harlan Stone
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Roosevelt era reshuffles herald long political run
President Roosevelt's judicial and justice appointments sparked wide political maneuvering. Frank Murphy named to the Supreme Court. Robert H. Jackson moved toward attorney general post as a 1940 VP prospect. Francis Biddle promoted to solicitor general to clear a place for Warren Madden. James Avere... to set a date for the 1940 convention as Republicans prepare their own nominating process. Hull denies presidential ambitions and reports linking him to Roosevelt’s intended 1940 ticket.
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Anon
Hebst
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Cordell Hull
Francis Biddle
Circuit Appeal A Court
Warren Madden
James Averney
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Aeelty
Chirag
P. Victor
Quick Freezing Lets Year Round Freshness Rule
Household News outlines quick freezing as a modern method to harvest foods at peak flavor, enabling year round availability of berries oysters poultry and more. It includes recipes for cream gravy asparagus with lemon butter sauce raspberry shortcake French fried shrimp deep dish blueberry pies shortcake biscuits and new fashioned fried chicken tied to Eleanor Howe’s Easy Entertaining booklet.
Just Good Food Hints for Family Meals Next Week
A column teaser notes Eleanor Howe will share tips on planning and preparing delicious foods. It promises guidance on making pastry tender and flaky, roasting meats to the proper turn, and seasoning soups and sauces for health and happiness.
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Eleanor Howe
Tips for Household Hacks and Kitchen Tricks
Compiled notes cover household tips from lamp shades to cake sugar straining and coffee measurement. Includes advice on sealing leaks with paraffin, saving leftover sandwiches, browning butter, oatmeal in pie mix, keeping foods cold, removing ink stains, and marking canned goods for stock rotation.
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Household Tips for Everyday Problems
Household tips describe polishing suede shoes, removing fruit stains with boiling water, coffee spills treated with boiling water and a foreward brush, mud spots drying before brushing, meat crust from flour and potatoes, lemon juice in cream, curtain adjustment with a rod, and kitchen safety noting one third of home fatalities occur there.
Chinese Boy Threatens Sober Coffee Policy
In a Shanghai bungalow shared by several young Englishmen a Chinese houseboy keeps a shaved head. The houseboys faces relentless taunts from the men who mock him with pellets and pats. The boy responds with gratitude, promising no more dirty coffee.
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Shanghai
A Good Mind By Locke On Wise Parenting Purchases
A paraphrase noting that securing food for a child reflects wiser judgment than expanding land holdings. The maxim emphasizes prudent, nurturing investments in a child’s sustenance over material expansion.
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