President Roosevelt presses for WPA funds amid Congress clash
Roosevelt urged $150 million emergency WPA appropriation as admin Harrington warned layoffs of up to 1.75 million if funds fall short. Senate resistance and House fights over judiciary appointment and other nominees accompany the broad budget dispute.
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Roosevelt
WPA
Harrington
Congress
Woodrum
House of Representatives
URA
Senate
Virginia
Floyd H. Roberts
James H. Price
Glass
Roberts
Willkie TVA deal signals optimism for utilities
The TVA agreed to pay Willkie’s corporation 78.6 million dollars for its electric properties in Tennessee, a figure closer to the owner’s asking price and seen as capitulation by some Wall Street leaders. TVA director Lilienthal forecast private utility rates matching TVA yardstick rates within five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendel L. Willkie
TVA
Willkie
Corporation
Tennessee
Wall Street
Lilienthal
Planes For America and World War Debate
A congressionally coordinated push expands the army air corps to 5,500 planes and 40,000 new soldiers with a 32.5 million educational orders program. Nye vows to shield military secrets in private warplane production while Britain orders 250 Made in America planes and France shows buying interest.
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Uncle Sam
Harding
U. S
Great Britain
France
U.S
War Department
Nye
America
House of Representatives Military Affairs Committee
Army Air Corps
Army
House
Governor O Deniel delays execution sparks outcry and debate
Texas Governor W Lee O Daniel postponed the execution of a condemned man to let him stare death in the face, provoking charges of cruelty. He says the delay aims to arouse public opinion against capital punishment and may push for a more humane method. The case follows broader public debate on punishment methods.
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Texas
W. Lee O'Deniel
Anticipated air power challenge and Arctic claims
Reports note a 29 percent runway cut by a hilltop incline in Germany for planes. U S test pilot Troy Keith survived a high speed dive near Shreveport after an oxygen failure. Antarctic ownership debates involve American, British, Norwegian and Australian claims with Norway eyeing whaling bases. Lincoln Ellsworth adds 430000 square miles to U S claim, disputed by Australia. Chemists claim to release energy from uranium and thorium atoms. Johns Hopkins scientist Dr Robert Dudley Fowler questions the immediate value of a newborn but cites future potential.
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U. S
Troy Keith
Shreveport
Antarctic
Norway
Lincoln Ellsworth
Australia
Johns Hopkins University
Robert Dudley Fowler
Quiz Questions From The World This Week
Questions test recall from last week's World This Week page. They ask how many years Hitler has ruled Germany, why electricity should be forced to rhumba, whether U.S. sales to Germany rose or fell, if the Supreme Court upheld TVA's constitutionality, and what accidents caused more deaths than traffic mishaps in 1938. Each item yields 60 possible points.
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Germany
U.S
Supreme Court
TVA
National debt looming under Morgenthau plan and global notes
Summary of events includes a $50 billion national debt forecast by Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, renewed hostilities on the Manchoukuo frontier, continuation of the Dies inquiry, restoration of Russia Italy trade, a subway strike scare in New York, a U.S. judge recalled from a cruise for questioning, and a list of notable deaths and appointments including oil magnate Henri Deterding and new Tennessee judge William Baxter Lee.
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Treasury
Morgenthau
Manchoukuo
House of Representatives
Russia
Italy
New York
U.S
Edwin Thomas
Manton
Henri Deterding
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
C. C. Pyle
Maharaja Gaekwar
Sayaji Rao III
Baroda
India
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Cuba
William Baxter Lee
U. S
Tennessee
Wild Bill” Cummings
Motor Speedway
Quotes on war and fascism from Johnson and Thomas
Nelson T. Johnson warns that bowiers do not win wars. Norman Thomas argues fascist pressure in America grows as patriotism is exploited to serve private interests.
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Nelson T. Johnson
China
Global tensions and riots set the world’s stage this week
Headlines recount the Palestine conflict talks led by Prime Minister Chamberlain and Berlin’s Nazi critique, with plans for Madagascar or British Guiana as Jewish refuges. battle reports from China Japan and Ireland reveal assassinations, new defense councils, and IRA threats as Britain tightens security around the king and queen.
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Palestine
Chamberlain
London
Europe
New York
Stephen S. Wise
U. S
Britain
Holy Land
United States of Arabia
Berlin
Alfred Rosenberg
Madagascar
Africa
Texas
British Guiana
South America
Philadelphia Quakers
Alaska
Irish Republican Army
England
Ireland
Eire
North Ireland
IRA
Dublin
Catalonia Falls in Civil War as Franco Eyes Madrid Gamble
Rebels overran Catalonia forcing refugees toward France while Madrid remained contested. Jose Miaja vows to fight on as Negrin seeks peace terms with no foreign influence and a new elected government. Britain France and Italy maneuver amid rumors of recognition and aid to Franco.
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Spain
Catalonia
Het
Figueras
Jose Maria Sert
France
Stonewall Jackson
Jose Miaja
Manuel Azana
I T
Juan Negrin
Gab
Negrin
Francisco Franco
Madrid-Valencia
Miaja
Britain
Madrid
Virginio Gayda
Signor Mussolini
Ciano
London
Rome
Chamberlain
Bonnet
England
United States
Foreign Office
Italy
Franco
Paris
Berlin
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Miss Perkins
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Perkins
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
NLRB
Chicago
Boy Scouts of America
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Red Cross
Vernon Brown
Glendale
Calif
Oklahoma
Council of Churches
U. S. Senate
Rhine
Brazil
Joe Kennedy
Oswaldo Aranha
Washington
Aranha
Murphy
U. S. Justice Department
Prohibition Party
Jersey City
Hague
CIO
Insurance Inquiry
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O'Deniel
Charley Ross
Gustave Blair
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Ariz
Carpenter
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Charlie Chaplin
Goebbels
Chaplin
Sam Cohen
Welfare Department
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St. Louis
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Kingdom of the Serbs
Dragisha Cvetkovich
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Cvetkovich
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Atlanta
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New Orleans
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San Francisco
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