Rumors of Italo Hungarian Pact and Balkan Moves
A Venice meeting allegedly cemented a defensive Italo Hungarian alliance to deter Germany or Russia with Yugoslavia possibly forming a triple pact allowing troop passages. Rumors of a Balkan “zones of influence” split contrasted with Rumania and Finland facing potential aggression as Britain and the United States debate neutrality law and the war’s widening stakes.
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Germany
Russia
Balkans
Hallowe’en Specters
Ciano
Csaky
Venice
Hungary
Italy
Yugoslavia
Rumania
World This Week: Fall of Finnish Front and Global Strife
Russian blitzkrieg plans faltered in Finland after 42 days of fighting with 5 000 square miles lost. Soviet advances blocked on the Mannerheim line while heavy bombing killed civilians. Japan eyes peace talks as China puppet Wang Ching Wei rises in occupied territory. Global naval and air actions surge as Britain and Germany clash.
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Stalin
Hitler
Poland
Moscow
Kallio
Helsinki
Kremlin
Japan
China
Tokyo
Wang Ching-wei
Wang
Chiang Kai-shek
Jackson Day Dinners Spark Political Funds and Signals
In Washington eleven hundred Democrats paid 100 each for a 5 dinner marking Andrew Jacksons 125th victory anniversary. Franklin D Roosevelt spoke on government focus and independent voters, as party funds bolster the war chest for 1940. Louisiana, Missouri, and Louisiana primaries highlight a busy political start with governors, embezzlement fallout, and party debt discussions.
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Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Agriculture
Wallace
Des Moines
Roosevelt
Jackson
Cleveland
Congress
Louisiana
Missouri
Bennett Clark
U. S
Lloyd Stark
John Hamilton
AGE, SEC, and 77: Prominent promoters face reorganize plan
In 1922 H C Hopson and John I Mange acquired Associated Gas & Electric Co. Now AGE leads a $133 million annual revenue utility empire with 172 companies serving 6 200 communities and 7 000 000 people. SEC actions include a request for a holding company reorganization, rejection of a streamlining plan, and orders to halt subsidiary payments to the top company. AGE seeks bankruptcy protection in Utica New York.
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John I. Mange
Associated Gas & Electric Co
Hopson
New Deal
Mange
SEC
AGE
Utica
N. Y
Roosevelt push to reopen St Lawrence canal talks and trade quotas
President Roosevelt drafts renewed negotiations with Canada on a St Lawrence waterway project as the Senate balked in 1934. The plan would share coast costs and expand canal and lock systems while Philippines exports face shrinking duty-free quotas through 1946. An AP feature outlines diplomatic reshuffles tied to the push.
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Great Lakes
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New York
A. A. Berle
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Berle
James H. R. Cromwell
Doris Duke
Canada
Daniel C. Roper
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Upcoming Week of Events Across Nation and States
A schedule lists events from January 14 to January 18 including Lutherans Transfiguration Day Tea Week start Army navy war games in California Louisiana primaries Agricultural Advisory Council in Washington Parliament reconvenes National Thrift Week Old-Time Cowboys Reunion in Denver National Peanut Week Conference on Children in Democracy at the White House and a reception for federal employees at the White House.
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London
Daladier
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Louisiana
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Lowon
Denver
White House
Health Conditions Improve Says Dr Parran and Others
Dr Thomas Parran U S Surgeon General reports health conditions in the United States continued to improve during the year. William M Leiserson NLR Boardsman recalls being labeled a radical during earlier years and now seen as conservative. Alf M Landon Republican leader urges unity and criticizes the President for his approach and third term insinuations.
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U. S
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William M. Leiserson
NLR
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Republican Party
Notable 1930s Briefs Mixed: Indictments Elections and Obits
A compressed digest notes varied items: 89 miners killed in a West Virginia mine blast. Admiral James Otis Richardson tapped to command the U S fleet. William Bioff indicted on income tax fraud charges. a deportation warrant against Harry Bridges canceled. Inland Steel Co ordered to bargain per NLRB ruling. Howard Bevis elected OSU president with Kenneth Crawford as AP president. a web of Hollywood figures tied to a court order over a bride’s guardians. deaths include Effie Canning Carlton Flora Finch Charles Nagel Rufus Dawes J W Beckham Jonas Lie.
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Texas
U. S
William Bioff
Movie Studio
Harry Bridges
CIO
Perkins
U.S
Chicago
NLRB
Inland Steel Co
Howard
Flora Finch
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Taft
Rufus C. Dawes
J. W. Beckham
Kentucky
Jonas Lie
Perkins Refuses to Pay Taxes Faces State Action
In York Pennsylvania Fred Perkins jailed 18 days in 1935 for defying NRA wage rules now refuses state unemployment and federal social security taxes. State seeks 222 dollars as federal agents collect 117 by auctioning two Perkins trucks. Perkins vows government will confiscate anything it can. Durward Howes lists 1939s ten outstanding women including Blodgett Maxwell Roosevelt. Endicott Johnson workers vote 5 to 1 against unionization. George F Johnson, 82, rests in hospital after profit sharing. A Los Angeles woman is robbed after a hit and run. An ex Canadian fur trapper admits mink trapping in a NYC park. Tulsa University psychologists attribute a 13 year old thiefs crimes to an inferiority complex.
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York
NRA
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Los Angeles
New York City
Tariff Talks and Trade Agreements Clash in Congress
The debate over the reciprocal trade agreements program heats up as Hull argues for extensions and Senate ratification, while critics warn of flood of cheap imports. House actions include defense spending measures and a lynching bill, with Senate moving on deportation of alien spies.
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