Roosevelt proposes wider income tax and WPA reforms
The article reports Roosevelt weighing a broader income tax with new rules allowing carryovers for deductions and extending tax-less losses to certain bonds. It also covers WPA relief bill changes including higher construction limits, relief-fund allocations, and labor requirements. Roosevelt also studies self liquidating industrial lending within the budget, considering RFC backed railroad equipment loans and government ownership of rail assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations
PWA
Roosevelt
RFC
Phenix Submarine Joins Far East Reinforcement Fleet
The Phenix, a 302.5 foot submarine with 67 man crew, launched as part of a 1937 program, carries 10 torpedo tubes and 2 100hp electric motors. With 2100 horsepower submerged, it reaches 10 knots, and will reinforce the French squadron in Indo Chinese waters amid Far East tensions.
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Thetis
Squalus
Phenix
Far East
Japan
China
Cunningham Honored Guest At Monroe Barbecue
Don Saunders of Vicksburg and dozens of railroad officials gathered in Monroe for a barbecue honoring Cunningham’s first official visit as Vicksburg division superintendent. The event, hosted by Illinois Central employees, featured introductions by J. N. Chapman and a committee led by R. C. St. John.
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Walter W. Cunningham
Vicksburg
Illinois Central
R. C. St. John
Illinois Central Twin City Booster Club
Bernstein Place
Bayou DeSiard
Monroe
Mr. St. John
Don Saunders
S. C
Sam Juno
W. R. Hammock
Arkansas and Louisiana, Missouri Railroad
B. B. Logan
L. M
Mr. Goodson
I. C
I. C. W. E. Reagan, Freight Agent For the I. C. In Monroe; J. D. Coffee
W. R. Breazeale
Ed Beulow
E. E. Lucas
American Railway Express
Tom McKenny
Ruston
Mr. Causey
Ruston Drayman
Pat Moyer
Jim Edmonson
Edgar Farrar
New Orleans
Buddy Bell
Baton Rouge
Walter Johnson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
James A. Noe
J. N. Chapman
Shreveport
King and Queen Stop in Canada Before Newfoundland Visit
The royal couple heads to Newfoundland after Halifax departures as William Lyon Mackenzie’s pardon underscores tensions with Canadian autonomy. They travel with gifts for children including Marten cuffs and muffs and royal stoles, while large bonfires mark the farewell under Nova Scotian cheers.
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King
Mr. King
Canada
Mr. King of
Upper Canada
William Lyon Mackenzie
United States
England
George
Queen Elizabeth
Newfoundland
Halifax
Nova
Mary
City Court Fines Bar Ahread in Ordinary Session
The Edward, a Black man, was fined 10 dollars for fighting. Willie Franklin, a Black man, fined 15 dollars or 15 days in jail for trespassing on Missouri Pacific property. Six traffic violators paid a total 14 dollars. One person charged with drunkenness forfeited a 7 50 cash bond.
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Edward
Willie Franklin
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Likely British China policy clash with Japan
Dispute over Japan accused Britain of murder and now demands a total policy shift in China. Britain, France and the United States consider a united stand and potential economic retaliation such as closing far eastern ports to Japanese ships. In Tientsin two Chinese food couriers were shot by Japanese guards as blockades eased with new food arrivals. Soviet leaders met again as Moscow labeled the mutual assistance plan as not entirely satisfactory. In Prague two German policemen go on trial for killing a Czech officer, seen as Germany showing impartiality in Bohemia Moravia.
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Britain
France
United States
London
Japan
Europe
Russia
Tientsin
Moscow
William Leeds
Paul Emile Naggiar
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Prague
Germany
Bohemia-Moravia
Tientsin clash as Chinese shot in British concession stand off
In Tientsin two Chinese handing food into the British concession were shot dead by Japanese guards during a blockade. The incident followed by tensions over British cooperation with Japan and the handling of funds seized from the Chinese national government. Japan demanded punishment of terrorists strict control in concessions a halt to economic disturbances and delivery of about 6 million dollars in Chinese funds held there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
China
United States Marine Barracks
Britain
Orient
Webb announces birth of son Fred Roas in Riverside
Mr and Mrs William Warren Webb of West Monroe announce the birth of a son at Riverside sanitarium on Thursday afternoon. The infant is named Fred Roas. The item notes state gasoline taxes collected in 1938 totaling $766,853,000 with New York leading at $66,132,000 followed by Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Warren Webb
West Monroe
Riverside Sanitarium
Fred Roas
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Texas
Flashes In The News From Salisbury to Santa Fe
A Salisbury Times farm ad promises a million dollar rain for Delmarva peninsula farmers and a miniature cloudburst erupts that night and again next morning. In Santa Fe John Cummins of Las Vegas is fined 25 for fishing with six hooks two poles and three lines. In Hartington a benefit game for Charlie Lind raised 275 before his death from heart disease. In Sioux City Colonel Betz receives naval academy appointment. his given name is actually Colonel.
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Salisbury
Salisbury Times
Delmarva Peninsula
Santa FE
N. M
John Cumming
Las Vegas
Cummins
Hartington
Neb
Wausa
Charlie H. Lind
Charlie
Lind
Sioux City, la
Navy
F. Betz
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Betz
Ford on World Fairs and the drive for progress over war
In a prepared address, Ford argues nations are tired of war and that fairs reveal a greater motive for progress driven by ideas and service to others. He cites World Fairs as inspiration where young people begin to build a future, not profit, and urges real bravery through peace and progress.
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Ford
America
Congress of Peace and Progress
Trade Barriers Hit At Meeting Of Publishers
Cotton prices slid to about five cents a bale as foreign markets shrank under tariff policy. The Cotton Council plans to push domestic consumption to 10 million bales yearly while campaigning against trade barriers and focusing on research, legislation, and advertising to expand demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston
Germany
Italy
Japan
Cotton Council
Council
Little Woman Not Worried About Pan American Flight
A diary style note describes Pan American Airways service with a twelve member crew and 74 seats on short hops. The speaker urges the other to stop worrying as the journey is historic yet uncertain, with reflections on what the trip means.
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Pan-American Airways
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