Congress seeks long term tax plan and relief decentralization
Washington December 31 dates show Rep Clifford Woodrum endorsing a long term tax program backed by Sen George Garner and House leaders. The push aims to cut federal relief by shifting control to states and localities while debating relief funding levels and political coercion in elections.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
Fedal
Rep
Cliffn A. Woodrum
D-Va
Woodrum
House
Garner
Senate
Congress
George
D-Ga
Roosevelt
Mmer
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Adams
D-Core
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Barkley
John L. Lewis
Congress For Industrial Organization
Workers Alliance
Relief Workers
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Virginian
Media musings on politics culture and censorship in 1938
A collage of opinions on Americanism anti Nazi sentiment and journalism. Mentions Walter Winchell Sumner Welles and editor humor, plus reflections on magazines like The American Mercury The New Republic and Coronet. Notes Mrs Roosevelt and Jewish fate as shared concerns amid global tension.
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John Gunther
Manuel Quezon
Phillippines
Atlantic Monthly
Quezon
Woodrow Wilson
Maury Maverick
Texas
Confederacy
Virginia Quarterly
American Mercury
Karl Marx
Sitting Bull
New Republic
Civilization
Adolf Hateler
Lady Listen
Margaret O’brien
Mrs. Roosevelt
Liberty
Radio and stage musings on network scheduling and personalities
The column notes Lily Pons on a Saturday opera broadcast without sponsor support and comments on media figures including Woollcott in Manhattan. It highlights mild innovations shaping radio audiences, mentions Informa tion Please and This In New York with Dorothy Thompson, Miller and Mantan on the Vallee show, Judge magazine publisher H New man blocking Hoagy Carmichael’s new love song, and a warning from Mr. Newman about no foul blows.
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Lily Pons
Woollcott
Manhattan
New York
Dorothy Thompson
Miller
Mantan
Miller and Lyles
H. Newman
Judge Mag
Guy Lombardo
Hoagy Carmichael
Mr. Newman
The Headliners Speak In Satirical Salon
A collection of quips from public figures mocking gender appeal Nazism and celebrity vanity. Margaret Lindsay Adolf Hitler Nancy Astor Spencer Tracy Goebbels Errol Flynn Joan Bennett are cited with brisk put downs and self deprecation. The piece riffs on acting vanity and political excess.
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Margaret Lindsay
Adolf Hateler
Nancy Astor
Astor
Spencer Tracy
Goebbels
Errol Flynn
New York
Errol
Joan Bennett
Hedy Lamarr
Showing America How to Cut Traffic Death Toll in Half
A state highway safety effort outlines day by day features with illustrations on good and bad driving. It thanks press, radio, theater exhibitors, civic groups and others for cooperation and urges ongoing support to reduce fatalities and injuries in North Carolina.
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America
North Carolina
Celebrity quips on fame and truth in Hollywood
A fragment quotes Hedy Lamarr and Franchot Tone on embarrassment and publicity. Douglas Fairbanks Jr jokes that some women are sophisticated while others merely think they are. The garbled excerpt hints at gossip culture and media honesty in Hollywood.
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Hedy
Franchot Tone
Hollywood
Douglas Fairbanks, Jrs
Wesley Memorial to Hold Special Service
Tonight at 7 30 the Wesley Memorial Methodist church hosts a consecration service designed by John Wesley in 1747. The service marks a covenant renewal with sections of Adoration Thanksgiving Confession of Sins The Covenant and Consecration at the Altar as in its two century old form.
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John Wesley
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Airline pilots and co-pilots count reaches over one thousand
The report notes that 1049 pilots and co-pilots are employed by U S airlines, alongside about 18 927 pilots holding active licenses in the United States as the licensing and staffing picture shows continued growth in aviation personnel.
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United States
Nisbet Joins Enterprise to Cover State Assembly
The Enterprise Bureau hires Gilmore Lynn Nisbet, Wake county journalist, to provide full coverage of the General Assembly session starting January 4 1939. Nisbet, former publisher of the Courier Journal and Lancaster County Citizen, brings decades of regional reporting and political contacts to ensure thorough nonpartisan coverage.
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Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Gilmore Lynn Nisbet
Wake County
General Assembly
Nisbet
Courier Journal
Lancaster
S. C
Waxhaw
N. C
South Carolina
Waxhaw Enterprise
T. Way
Daily Dispatch
Henderson
Enterprise
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Itch
Lancaster County Citizen
Hamlet News - Messenger
The
Mr. Nisbet
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Assembly
Male Ostriches Guard Eggs at Night as Females Rest
In a nesting routine observed at dawn, male ostriches sit on the eggs through the night while the females attend to daytime activities. This division of duties highlights the species’ shared parental responsibilities.
Ponce de Leon’s Florida voyage on March 27 1513
A fragment notes Ponce de Leon discovering Florida during a voyage dated March 27 1513. The terse line references the explorer and the landmark voyage but lacks full context or details.
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Ponce de Leon
Florida
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