Turbulent Funding Cut Hits Measure After Early Rebuke
In a review of appropriations the administration faced its first major setback as the rebel faction breached line items and cut $1,941 from the original measure.
17 Aug 1941
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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1941
Page
1
In a review of appropriations the administration faced its first major setback as the rebel faction breached line items and cut $1,941 from the original measure.
Governor Julius P. Heist granted honorary membership in the Winnebago tribe to Chief Yellow Bird in a first of its kind ceremony in Wisconsin Dells. The amphitheater event drew Indians and other attendees as the chief wore eagle feather regalia.
Goebbels sneers at a sea meeting and denounces disarmament with defiant talk. He says opponents seek to fleece Germany and topples their allies as war profiteers, capitalists and Jewish servants are blamed for election betrayals. He claims the German people will work and fight until humanity is freed from this scourge.
Baboons avoid bee nests except at dawn when bees are cold and inactive. This timing makes raiding easier for the primates.
The report lists multiple suits in state courts challenging the 1940 reorganizations and related funding shifts. Judges Womack and Holcombe rule on injunctions and transfers, the state appeals to the supreme court, and officials fight over funds for the crime commission, highway department, and finance. Numerous cases hinge on Bond issues, tax relief, and voting machine costs.
John Doe was booked for drunkenness and disorderliness after a Saturday arrest, but the “suspect” turned out to be a straw dummy placed on Thomas avenue. Officers Goza and Harper transported the figure to city hall before realizing the prank, with Uriah Johnson corroborating the dummy sighting.
Workers at New Kensington Pennsylvania Detroit Michigan Edgewater New Jersey and Badin North Carolina seek wage boosts to 75 cents an hour for skilled labor 10 cents for common labor amid a broad strike threat. Pensacola Florida naval station carpenters electricians and laborers vote to return to work after wage demands. Union negotiators plan to seek federal conciliation panel review.
June Havoc, sister of Gypsy Rose Lee, on a Hollywood set after Broadway and Pal Joey. The Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders will consider the agreement Tuesday. Details not disclosed. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee accepted a compromise offer from Tennessee Coal and Railroad, ending a mill fire and bringing 2,200 idle workers back to work today, ending a strike threat in the Fairfield area.
The article describes three corps forming a third army of about 300 000 men with General Krueger scheduling corps commanders to plan a large scale simulated campaign. IV V and VIII corps will assemble in southern Louisiana September 1 to practice against the second army with official games starting September 15. A separate note defines a full moon as an instant when the moon's longitude differs by 18 degrees from the sun.
The Osage orange tree is described as strictly American with its center of distribution near the Ozark mountains. Its closest relative is the breadfruit tree from the South Seas. White travelers are not allowed to stay overnight in Nahuala Guatemala.
President Roosevelt said Russia’s needs for next spring shape this country’s war materials production. He noted only one conference aboard the Prince of Wales with Churchill while others occurred on the USS Augusta. Hopkins Marshall Arnold Brown King Stark and Harriman accompanied the president at the high sea talks.
After a 203 to 202 house vote, supporters claim only a president's signature remains for a service extension. Pepper argues it grants flexibility in army deployments and safeguards against Hitler while others favor keeping the Western Hemisphere ban intact for now. General Marsh all had suggested lifting the ban, but Senator Thomas notes officials prefer retention at present.
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