Congress Tears Budget Apart Defense Fund May Rise
Weekly analysis by Joseph W. LaBine reports Congress shredding nondefense items to fund a large 1941 defense budget. Cuts hit independent offices, planning boards, and farm tenancy funds while military programs and naval build plans attract focus. Borah falls ill as Vinson proposes a large naval program, with election-year tax avoidance a goal.
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Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
House
Senate
Harold D. Smith
House Appropriations
Agriculture Department
Appropriations Committee
National Resources Planning Board
Office of
Executive Office
Maritime Commission
Army
Navy
Harold D. Stark
Naval Operations
House Naval Committee
Harry Woodring
House Military Committee
Georgia
Carl Vinson
Idaho
William E. Borah
Rock Creek Park
Jack Garner
Wind shifts in labor and war outlook across nations
A Gal lup poll shows 53 percent favor revising the Wagner labor act with 18 percent for repeal and 29 percent for no change amid a House probe. December U S exports reach 358 million, highest in a decade, while Britain pauses its cotton charter swap. France and Britain clash over policy as Russian air raids hit Finnish targets. Sweden runs a rally urging aid to Finland. Doughton of North Carolina retires, Chamberlain cites Hore-Belisha's dismissal as too energetic.
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House Committee
Gallup
U. S
Britain
Canada
Ontario
Japan
Finlang
Sweden
Stockholm
Russia
Scandinavia
Finland
Richard J. Sandler
Aaland Islands
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Italy
Balkans
Rome
Il Duce
Washington
North Carolina
Robert L. Doughton
London
Neville Chamberlain
Commons
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Knowledge quiz of historic events and politics
A set of trivia questions covers wartime damage, diplomatic posts, neutrality notes, a Louisiana governor race, and stock market basics. It asks who destroyed cities and displaced people, who was named U S ambassador to Belgium, truth about a Western hemisphere safety zone, which Louisiana gubernatorial candidate was jailed, and the New York stock market focus among options.
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Bre
Taranto
Italy
Shizuoka
Japan
Nairobi
Tanganyika
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
U. S
Belgium
Etre
John Cudahy
Joseph Davies
Tyrone Power
Joseph C. Drew
Great Britain
Pan-American Neutrality Committee
Rio de Janeiro
Hemisphere
Louisiana
James A. Noe
Earl K. Long
James H. Morrison
Sam Houston Jones
New York
Shizsuka Japan and the Brussels Ley crisis noted
John Cudahy rushed to Brussels amid the Fail crisis as Europe coverage notes. Jones and Long led the election but no majority, triggering a run off. The stock market survey of 5,000 reveals 24.2 percent on grain, 8.7 percent on live stock, and 77 percent on stocks and bonds.
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Shizsuka
Japan
John Cudahy
Brussels
Europe
Jones
Long
Turkey Faces Recurrent Disasters Amid Diplomatic Strains
A string of quakes and floods in north central and western Turkey last December and January killed thousands, with a Nigde district quake adding 50 deaths and 160 injuries. Though devastating, the fallout was softened by French British loans totaling about 340 million dollars, tied to Turkey keeping the Dardanelles open for allied ships, while a tobacco loan led Ankara to ban U.S. imports, costing American growers a potential export market of 60 to 70 million dollars annually.
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Turkey
Nigde
Ankara
Dardanelles
U.S
Mock Warfare Drills From San Francisco to Santa Barbara
From San Francisco south to Santa Barbara troops awaited a navy landing by a force of 8 000 men as marines troops and about 20 ships of the Atlantic squadron staged a Caribbean mock war.
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San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Squadron
Gannett Joins Presidential Race Amid National Nomination Buzz
The Rochester publisher Frank Gannett declares for the Republican nomination sparking a New York convention fight for 92 votes as Dewey eyes the same path. Wilkie tests a bid with executives in New York, while Roosevelt seeks strength for a third term and delegates realign in forthcoming party meetings.
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Frank Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Tafts
Bridges
Deweys
Young Republican Club
Indiana
Gannett
New York
Manhattan
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Wilkie
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Sald Dr
Paw Nystrom
Limited Price Variety Stores Association
Wilkie
Franklin Roosevelt
Florida
Claude Papper
Ohio
Roosevelt Camp
Vic Donahey
Oliver Stanley to be war secretary in Chamberlain era
Oliver Stanley, former president of the British board of trade and versatile minister, succeeds Hore Belisha as war secretary. The piece surveys Stanley’s career, his conservative links, and notes his fencing persona and reticent style. It also highlights Ibn Saud’s vast harem, expanding air force, and geopolitical tension surrounding Britain's Middle East interests.
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New York
Oliver Stan%ley
Ministry of Transport
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Stanley
Hore- Belisha
British Board of Trade
Chamberlain
Army
Mr. Hore-Belisha
War Office
Mr. Hore- Belisha
England
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Hore-Belisha
Mr. Stanley
Seventh Earl of Derby
Transport
Board of Education
Ing Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Britain
King Ibn Saud
Palestine
Iran
West
Africa
Suez Canal
India
Ibn Saud
Desert
Laying Flocks Need Warm Water For Winter Egg Production
North Carolina State College extension urges warming drinking water for laying flocks during winter and early spring to avoid reduced egg output. Practical tips include homemade kerosene heated fountains, fireproof construction, and keeping coops dry with wind blocks and ventilation while using curtains to improve airflow.
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Extension Division
North Carolina State College
Strip Cropping Rotation Improves Soil Moisture Retention
The Soil Conservation Service cites Penn State plots showing strip cropping with cross strips reduces soil loss. Contour and cross-stripe practice cut annual erosion from 43 tons per acre to about 1.5 tons when corn is grown across slopes. Water loss drops to roughly one-fourth, while rotation aids organic matter and fertility restoration.
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Soil Conservation Service
Pennsylvania State College
Clipping Dairy Cows Cleanliness Tip Emphasized
Clipping cows hair short is urged to prevent manure and bacteria clingage. Shorter udder flank and tail hair aids cleaning and reduces bacteria transfer, since a single stray hair can introduce thousands of bacteria into milk and cannot be removed by straining.
Rural Briefs Highlight Farm Losses and Food News
In India insects caused 187.5 million dollars in crop damage last year. An old tire casing serves as a guard cover for a buzz saw. Soil erosion costs the United States about 400 million dollars annually. Some cattle feeders use powdered limestone to cut costs. One farmer in three earns income from non farm sources, per a Census Bureau report. Bright yellow beaks and shanks in old hens suggest feeding to improve egg yolk color.
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United States
United States Census Bureau
Smart New Button Front Tailored Coat Dress Pattern No. 8605
A new sewing pattern offers a button front tailored coat dress in shirtwaist lines, suitable for home and business wear. Pattern 8605 comes in sizes 34 through 48, with options for long or short sleeves and contrasting collar. Requires 4 yards fabric, belt included, and costs 15 cents by mail to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Two Tests of Power and Love Quote
A brief quotation highlighting the difference between actions for others and enduring hardship for others as measures of character. Westcott notes that aiding others tests power, while enduring for others tests love.
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Westcott
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