Byrnes Urges Curb On More Federal Debt
Senator James Byrnes calls for reducing federal spending and reforming unemployment relief distribution. He warns current practices turn lawmakers into job brokers and urges laws prohibiting officials’ loan or fund decisions. He notes WPA wage disparities between the South and New York City.
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Byrnes
New York
James Byrnes
Congress
WPA
South
Aiken
8. C
New York City
Walter Winchell and the slick paper debut with scandalous club chatter
Walter Winchell attends his first slick paper launch at a 50th Street and Broadway newsstand hoping for a thrill while a taunting smile from the girl he cannot forget flashes on the cover. The piece catalogs clubby whispers from venues like Cafe Continental and the Havana Madrid lampooning public figures and fame.
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50Th Street
Broadway
Madrid
America
Jimmy Walker
Leon
Eddie
Germany
Reuben
Club 18
Chicago
Hollywood
Washington
New York
Jewish population of Pol and tops world figures
The Jewish population of Pol and has been estimated at 2 829 456, the second largest number of Jews of any country in the world.
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Poland
Veterans of Foreign Wars outlines 11 point anti un american program
Washington December 8 The Veterans of Foreign Wars proposed an 11 point legislative program to curb foreign ideologies in the United States. Eugene S Van Antwerp urged Congress and President Roosevelt to adopt measures ensuring national defense while keeping the nation out of war. Proposals include filing with the Library of Congress, restricting aid to schools, banning secret groups, criminalizing advocacy of overthrow, oath and fingerprint requirements for officials and aliens, deportation for offenders, and cutting immigration to ten percent of present quotas.
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Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Eugene S. van Antwerp
House Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
America
van Antwerp
Library of Congress
Labor Department
City Dwellers Face Outsider Workers and Unequal Wages
The piece argues private industry employs more now than in 1930 but relief and unemployment rise. It notes outsiders flood High Point for city jobs at low wages, while local residents pay high rents and taxes. It calls for city council action to fix what it calls an unfair condition.
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Point
Danter
Evry
High Point
FHA reports October record for property improvement loans
The Federal Housing Administration logged 53 594 property improvement notes totaling 22 367 119 dollars in October, the peak for this FHA program since its restoration in February. Through October nine months total 281 109 notes worth 130 874 054 dollars have been reported, aligning with the Ready for Winter campaign by builders and suppliers.
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Federal Housing Administration For
Insurance
Jay Keegan
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
Submerged Seaplane Ramp Demonstrated Lifting in 30 Seconds
A submerged ramp for lifting seaplanes was tested. The aircraft rolled over the ramp as it rose, lifting the plane from the water in about thirty seconds.
North Carolina to clear state offices for Christmas
Governor Hoey announced state employees will take Christmas holidays from noon December 23 to December 26. In aviation news, 2873 airplanes were manufactured in the first nine months of 1938, up 116 from the same period in 1937.
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Raleigh
Hoey
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