Trade and tariff talk shifts to renewal debate in Congress
Congress debates renewing the 1934 law giving the President power to conclude trade agreements. Republicans predict use as a political issue while polls show low public awareness. House leaders defend the program as beneficial though split on impact and ratification process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Congress
House
Dour
Doughton
Ways and Means
Cuba
Knutson
Philadelphia
Chicago
Glenn Frank
Wisconsin University
America
Western Hemisphere
NLRB
Louisiana votes swing away from Huey dynasty in Democratic primary
Four years after Huey Long’s death Louisiana voters backed Sam Jones in the gubernatorial race, decrying the Long machine while Earl Kemp Long and the family name receded. Jones leads by about 20,000 as five-sixths of ballots report.
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Huey Pierce Long
Louisiana
Earl Kemp Long
Huey
Long
Sam Houston Jones
American Legionnaire
New Orleans
Gov. Long
Jones
Earle
U. S. Senate
Sam Jones
Ohio
State
Democratic Organization
U. S
Vic Donahey
Roosevelt
Chicago
Donahey
Garner
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Roosevelt's Pacific Swing and Tibetan Dalai Lama Quest
The report notes President Roosevelt’s 1940 Pacific voyage aboard the Tuscaloosa after leaving Pensacola, with secrecy about his location until Panama Canal Zone. It also covers the Dalai Lama’s enthronement in Lhasa and the Tibetan search for the reincarnated boy. Additional items include Betsy Cushing’s divorce, Guam harbor funds dropped, and other political notes on maps, elections, and labor policy debates.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Pacific
Pensacola
Fla
Panama Canal Zone
Tuscaloosa
Red War Chief Voroshilov Plots Yet Another Threshold Battle
A profile of Klementi Efremovich Voroshilov, born 1881, tracing his rise from a mine worker and factory laborer to defense commissar under Stalin. The piece notes his harsh early years, revolutionary activity, command roles in the Red Army, and public image as a powerful, approachable leader who keeps private life close.
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Joseph Stalin
Finland
Klementi Efremovich Voroshiloff
Lungansk
Voroshilovgrad
Klim
Social-Democratic Labor Party
Stalin
Red Army
Voroshiloff
Ukraine
Communist Party Central Committee
Kronstadt
Gulf of Finland
North Caucasian
Moscow
Kremlin
Lenin
Martin Compagno
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Cleveland
Joseph Schrembs
Vincent Caruso
Louis Zedda
Father Compagno
Father Caruso
Schrembs
Federal Reserve Board
Bioff Back in Chicago To Finish Six Month Pander Sentence
William Bioff, once Hollywood labor-union boss, was recalled to Chicago to finish a six month pandering sentence begun in 1922. After fingerprinting and brief incarceration, he posted bail, resigned as chairman of the Conference of Studio Unions, and will face Los Angeles income tax evasion charges on completion of his Chicago stay.
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William Bioff
Chicago
Hollywood
Conference of
Studio Unions
Los Angeles
Bioff
War Threats and Battles Across Europe and Norden
The piece surveys Finland's defense against the Soviet Mannerheim Line, hints of a large Soviet push before the 22nd anniversary, and Swedish and Norwegian tensions. It notes Russian air raids on Helsinki, Koivisto’s contested status, and mobilization shifts as Finns prepare for summer. It also recounts the Altmark incident with Cossack and Graf Spee fallout, British rescue, and European war optics.
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Spain
Mannerheim
Viipuri
Lake Ladoga
Finland
Helsinki
Russia
Koivisto
Mannerheim Line
Red
Red Army
South Atlantic
Graf Spee
Spee
Montevideo
Cossack
Berlin
Oslo
London
Norway
Chamberlain
Washington
Britain
Germany
Franco seeks Vatican role in appointing Spanish bishops
The article notes Franco aims to regain the pre republic privilege of pope naming bishops in Spain after negotiations at the Vatican. It mentions Madrid veto potential for papal appointments, Jesuit property restoration, and 60 priests still held among 500,000 political prisoners. It also recalls Paraguay’s Jose Felix Estigarribia, praised in Washington, and his claim of democratic ideals amid Chaco War memory.
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Spain
Republic
Francisco Franco
Vatican
Madrid
Franco
Washington
Jose Felix Estigarribia
Paraguay
Chaco
Bolivia
Quotes on democracy and rights from Roosevelt and Lindbergh
Mrs. Roosevelt defines democracy as shared benefits beyond religion or race, emphasizing expanding citizen access to better things. Col. Lindbergh argues that standards shift over time and that Romanians, like English and French, are positioned by their era to be perceived as rightful by their rivals.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Col. Lindbergh
Upcoming Elections and Events Across States and Venues
The items list multiple events from February to March including a special congressional election in Ohio on Feb 27, Academy Awards ceremonies on Feb 29 in Hollywood, an International ski tournament in Banff and Brattleboro, Canadian ski championships, Nebraska Day on Mar 1, Pacific Coast intercollegiate ski meet near Mt. Rainier, Garcia Armstong middleweight boxing in Los Angeles, Texas Independence Day on Mar 2, a show opening, regional AFL conference, and Santa Anita Handicap.
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science
Hollywood
Brattleboro
Banff
Alberta
Nebraska
Pepo
Mt. Ranier
Nat'l Park
Wash
Garcia-Armstrong
Los Angeles
Santa Anita
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Yorkevowrinney
Senate
Retary
Navy Edison
Secry of
Interior
Ickes
Labor Perkins
The
and Treasury
Comb” Ry
Emil Schram
RFC
Tion
U. S. Foreign Trade
New York
Miami Beach
Buddha
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Koko
China
Lhasa
Roosevelts
Jimmy Roosevelt
Harvard
Betsy Cushing
Boston
Cambridge
California
Guam
Turkey
Balkans
Bartel J. Jonkman
Grand Rapids
Mich
Carl E. Mapes
Ljuba Davidovitch
Rudy Wiedoeft
James A. Hittle
Pioneer
Johnson
Colorado
Oliver Holden
American Press Society
House Labor Committee
K. E. “Voroshiloff
Tsaritzyn
Stalingrad
GEO! Wun
Treasury
Sweden
Gustaf
Chicago Daily Newen
Orr
Chicago Tribune
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