Plan to aid farmers via acreage reductions and price supports
5000 planters study farm problems as Bankhead proposes to use 86 million dollars from the 1939 relief fund to finance cotton price adjustments. A cotton commissioner could supervise marketing while the AAA and other reforms aim to raise production, stabilize prices, and restore employment across agriculture, industry, and labor.
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Treasury
Bankhead
Clifford V. Gregory
Wallace
Farmer
Des Moines
Henry J. Harriman
United States Chamber of Commerce
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York City
Chariton Ogburn
American Federation of Labor
Gregory
Harriman
AAA
Garner to get located in Washington before Congress
Vice President John N. Garner was scheduled to depart for Washington to get located before the new session. He and Mrs. Garner would drive to San Antonio this afternoon and depart for Washington tonight, arriving there Saturday. The note adds a history of trading stamps originated by Thomas A. Sperry in 1891 and adopted in 1896, now a multi million dollar business.
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Garner
Uvalde, Tex
John N. Garner
Washington
Congress
San Antonio
Thomas A. Sperry
Ruth Etting and Sam Snyder in deadly court drama
The trial features Ruth Etting and Sam M. Snyder with Edith Snyder testifying about the October shooting in Hollywood Hills. Alderman recalls the confrontation and Snyder’s gun as officers describe the rapid draw and the musicians’ contentious relationship.
Christmas pleas to the Monroe Good Fellows fund
The News-Star-World reports letters from elderly couples and a WPA hopeful to Good Fellows asking for Christmas aid. A young girl describes needing clothes shoes and a doll as layoffs bite and WPA access stalls. The fund balance appears tight and readers are urged to donate locally.
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Santy
Good Fellows
Monroe
Santa Claus
News-Star—World
Limiting of Patent Rights Questioned in Owens-Illinois Inquiry
Levis said his firm seeks patent protection only to block rivals, not to profit from licensing, contrasting with Hartford device makers. Thurman Arnold pressed that manufacturing interests shape patent attitudes. Levis denied influence from board roles in other glass firms amid Borah linked criticisms.
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Hartford Company
Levis
Thurman Arnold
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Hugh Cox
Justice Department
Patents
Bill of Rights 147 Years Old Honored In States
Civil rights section notes nearly 200 amendments proposed by conventions with Congress trimming to ten. It lists freedoms of religion speech and press petition and the right to bear arms along with protection against arbitrary arrest quartering soldiers and taking private property without just compensation. It also defines jury trials sets limits on bail and fines and bans cruel punishments. The tenth amendment reserves remaining powers to states or people.
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New York
Congress
Clark Gable May Be Granted Divorce In California
California divorce talk centers on Clark Gable and his estranged wife after a three year separation. They were ages 41 and 30 at the time, with speculation about alimony and freedom. The article notes Gable's marriages and links to his career, including Josephine Dillon and Miss Lombard, and cites Pettiness and humor as noted traits.
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Calif
Gable
Josephine Dillon
Hollywood
Miss Lombard
June Peters
Fort Wayne
Ind
William Powell
Slasher Attacks in Halifax Declared Hoaxes in Court
In Halifax England the crown prosecutor said at least five of 13 reported slasher attacks were fakes. Two girls were bound over for trial on charges of malicious mischief by slashing themselves. One said a penny razorblade was used over anger at her boyfriend. The other admitted cutting herself with a comb excited by phantom slasher reports.
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Halifax
England
Yorkshire
W. N. Curtis
Anglo German friendship jolted by hostile reactions
Berlin reports show British support for appeasement remains but a Munich pact critique. German officials note mixed reactions to Chamberlain speech. Absentees at a London dinner and calls for restraint frame a cautious response amid speculation on German emigration and Schacht’s mission.
British PM Chamberlain Faces Backlash Over Baldwin Reference
A spokesman from the regime noted unfriendly words about Baldwin and others but said quarrels are not pursued. He downplayed the Chamberlain incident as part of the ongoing appeasement stance, asserting Baldwin’s displeasure was quoted by a German press as a gutter snipe to provoke.
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Baldwin
Chamberlain
Earl Baldwin
Man Testifies About Shortage Tied to Coster Actions
Coster directed all brokerage transactions in the man's name, testified at hearings. The attorney general quickly secured a supreme court order to bind related actions and compel further testimony.
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Coster
Supreme Court
Directors Move To Oust Coster And Dietrich Foreseen
McKesson and Rob board orders a December meeting to remove Coster and Dietrich after they refused resignations. Shanghai dispatch reports 462 Jewish refugees expected to arrive from Germany, raising total seeking new homes to over 1,000 in recent months.
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McKesson and
Rob
Coster
Dietrich
Shanghai
Germany
Relief for Rheumatic Pain Promoted by Prescription C-2223
An ad touts Prescription C-2223 as a sedative and analgesic for rheumatic discomfort and fever relief. It claims many users benefited and offers a money back guarantee at druggists, priced 60 cents to $1. The notice urges requesting C-2228 as well.
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B. M. Johnson
Edith Snyder
Hollywood Hills
Bunny Rabbit
NBC
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A. A. Blalock
Chrysler
Mey
Bruce
Bary
Mojor Bowes
Columbia
Mills & Olcott
North Second St
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Jaynet Gaynor
Capitol
Nancy
Franchot Tone
Lions Club
Good Housekeeping Institute
Clark Gable
Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
London
St. Peteny
Jue
Charmberlain
Italy
Britain
Laborite Daily Herald
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
France
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Morning Post
Nazi Foreign Office
Berlin
Hitler
London Foreign Press Association
Foreign Office
S. R
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Mahaffey, Goodlett & Pipes, Lic
Trenton Street
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