Trade treaty with Britain sparks mixed response in Congress
The United States and Great Britain announced plans to negotiate a reciprocal trade treaty, aiming for a year-end start. Supporters say it could unify English speaking peoples and promote world peace, while opponents in Washington call it risky for American business and defense.
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Washington
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United States
Great Britain
Hull
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Congress
Allen Treadway
New England Governors Demand Tax Repeal in Boston Meeting
Governors from six New England states met in Boston to denounce federal tax policies. They urged repeal of the capital gains tax and the tax on undistributed corporate profits and criticized a looming reciprocal trade pact with Czechoslovakia for risking American jobs. Leaders included Barrows, Murphy, Aiken, Hurley, Cross, and Quinn. They also reported a separate France plot scare with arrests and police actions involving suspected rightist conspirators.
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New England
Boston
Czechoslovakia
Lewis O. Barrows
Maine
F. P. Murphy
New Hampshire
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Charles F. Hurley
Massachusetts
Wilbur L. Cross
Connecticut
Robert E. Quinn
Rhode Island
France
Jean de la Meuse
Paris
Switzerland
Roy
Senate tax revision debate centers on income base and sales tax
Senator Harrison, after talks with Morgenthau, says revenue for undistributed profits tax changes must come from broadening the income tax base or a general manufacturers sales tax. Borah prompts a retraction as Harrison hints at reform options and suggests balancing the budget by curtailing emergency expenditures and possibly raising corporate tax rates to 18 or 20 percent.
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Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Borah
Harrison
Coffin Found Shot at Sea Island Home
DWARD E. COFFIN, former chairman of the World War II aircraft production board and promoter of the Liberty engine, was found dead at his Sea Island Georgia winter home. A hunting rifle lay beside his body and a single shot had been fired. authorities called it an assumed accidental death.
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Howard Coffin
Dward E. Coffin
World War Aircraft Production Board
Sea Island
Crop Control Opposed at NITS Convention in Harrisburg
Crop Control opposed at the NITS annual convention in Harrisburg Pennsylvania as the National Grange voiced opposition to crop control legislation. Cotton and tobacco named as possible exceptions while a resolution warned drastic curtailment or destruction of food would harm the people. Senators Smith and Byrnes opposed Secretary Wallace's processing taxes for cotton and wheat, calling them de facto sales taxes.
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NITS
Harrisburg
National Grange
United States
Smith and
Byrnes
South Carolina
Wallace
Rand Is Acquitted In Byrnes Act Case In New Haven
Rand and Bergoff were found not guilty of violating the Byrnes act by a U S district court jury in New Haven Connecticut. The verdict halts the government’s first attempt to enforce the act which bars transporting strikebreakers across state lines to disrupt peaceful picketing. Senator Minturn of Indiana introduced a bill to empower the President to appoint an extra judge to the U S Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago. The court covers the seventh circuit Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana and has one vacancy. Senators Lewis and Dieterich of Illinois said they have no candidate.
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Cleveland Federation of Labor
Don A. Campbell
Painters’ District Council
James H. Rand, JR
Remington Rand, Inc
Pearl L. Bergoff
New York
United States District Court
New Haven
Conn
Enator Mintuan
Indiana
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Seventh Circuit
Wisconsin
Illinois
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Lewis and Dieterich
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Ickes
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Works Progress
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Washington
New Deal
Senate
Union
New Land Speed Record By Thunderbolt Drive
APT. George Eyston of England set a new world land speed record driving the 24 cylinder Thunderbolt two miles on the Utah salt bed speedway at an average 311.42 mph. This marks the fastest speed ever achieved in a motor car.
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George Eyston
England
Salt Bed Speedway
Utah
Nanking Falls From Seat of Government in War Crisis
The Chinese capital is abandoned as Japanese advances push west. Hankow becomes central, with shuttling officials and fleets fleeing toward Nanking. Reports claim Chiang Kai-Shek resigns to lead troops, H. H. Kung named in line for presidency as civilians flee while defense vows to resist a surrender.
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Anking
China
Hankow
Yangtse
Nanking
Shanghai
Tsiwan
Shantung Province
Chiang Kai-Shek
Executive Council
H. H. Kung
Chiang
Nobel Peace Prize for 1937 Awarded to Lord Cecil
ISCOUNT CECIL of Chelwood receives the Nobel Peace Prize for 1937 valued at $40,600 for work with the League of Nations. He accepted in New York after an honorary degree from Columbia University and a World Alliance conference in Washington hosted during a weekend with President Roosevelt. Viscount Halifax, British cabinet head, traveled to Germany to negotiate easing lines with Nazi leaders, signaling possible detachment from Japan and a revised League alliance.
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Chelwood
Lord Cecil
League of Nations
New York City
Columbia University
World Alliance For International Friendship Through Churches
Washington
Roosevelt
Viscount Halifax
Council
Germany
Hitler
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Halifax
Berlin
Broadcast critics ponder sports voices and fading stars
In ANTA MONICA the column muses on sports broadcasters and the toll of loud commentary, then recalls snakes, elections, and faded Hollywood stars. It contrasts vivid radio calls with cautionary notes on public taste, ending with a reflection on vanished fame and starlets.
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Anta Monica
Calif
Graham McNamee
Graham
John McCullough
Irish Goldberg
Congress Battles to Shape New Deal Agenda in Extra Session
In Washington a renewed clash unfolds as House Democrats and Senate allies resist full party rubber stamps. Roosevelt faces rising opposition from within his ranks over New Deal policies and relief plans, with taxes and Hopkins relief machinery under scrutiny amid election pressure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Household Tips and Cooking Tricks
A collection of practical guidance on improving vegetables with a pinch of sugar, pressing velvet seams with two people, preparing kidneys with apple rings, making a vegetable water sauce, and mending gloves with a thimble for easier repairs.
Advertising’s Impact on Manufacturing in America
In 1869 the per unit value of manufactured products per person was $89.60. By 1929 this per unit value rose to $579.70. Advertising created demand that increased employment by three to four times and reduced consumer costs.
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