Roosevelt Faces Downturn as Congress Stalls on Key Bills
President Roosevelt returns from Florida with a troubled mood as Congress balks at tax revisions and a balanced budget. Debates over the wage hour bill split Democrats and labor groups, while Senate and House farm bills diverge. Sam Ray trains support for the House measure, and Wendell Willkie calls for a business government truce.
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Roosevelt
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Senate
House
Wallace
Case
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Federation
Rules
Sam Ray Democrat
Texas
Labor Committee
Tax Revision Urged by Secretary Roper at Chicago Banquet
Secretary of Commerce Aniel C. Roper urged a broad tax overhaul at a Business Advisory Council banquet in Chicago, calling for simplified liability rules, fairer burdens, and a wider tax base. He doubted the undistributed profits tax met its goals of faster money distribution and higher corporate earnings spread.
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Commerce
United States
Business Advisory Council
Chicago
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Roper
Piloud L. Carlisle
Consolidated Edison Company
New York State Public Service Mission
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Lindberghs Return to United States After Exile
After two years in England Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh sail back to the United States for the holidays at Mrs Dwight Morrow’s Englewood New Jersey home. The colonel, connected with Pan American Airways in an advisory role, reportedly will transact business in America and plan a quick return to England after Christmas.
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England
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Infantry Remains Key in War Doctrine Says General Craig
General Malin Craig argues land forces are still decisive in warfare with air and armored units as valuable support. He cites lessons from the Spanish Civil War and the China-Japanese conflict and outlines needs to modernize infantry weapons, vehicles, and equipment. Edgerton’s controversial judicial review stance is disputed as he testifies before a Senate committee. He defends courts power to rule on constitutionality, praising John Marshall.
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William Borah
Idaho
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Henry W. Edgerton
Cornell University
Antitrust Division
Department of Justice
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Malin Craig
Spain
Craig
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Senate
Borah, Burke and
van Nuys
John Marshall
Leviathan Ship Sold for Junking by British Company
APAN bid for the Leviathan, seized from Germany during the war, but United States Lines rejected it and sold the liner to Metal Industries Ltd of London for 800000. It will sail to England and be scrapped. The Leviathan cost ten million to build and the US government spent over eight million to refit it, also paying Germany 16688000 for its seizure.
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APAN
Germany
United States Lines
Metal Industries, Ltd
London
England
Treasury plans December 15 financing issue details
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced December 15 financing totaling about 726.68 million dollars at lower rates than September. The sale includes roughly 250 million in eight year 2 percent bonds maturing 1945 and 200 million in five year 1 percent notes of series C-1942, via Federal Reserve Banks. Holders of 2 percent A-1938 notes maturing February 1 may exchange for new bonds or notes at par with accrued interest adjustment. outstanding February 1 maturity notes amount to about 276.68 million.
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Treasury
Morgenthau
Federal Reserve Banks
Licensing Bill Aims to Regulate Interstate Corporations
Senators Borah and O Mahoney introduced a federal licensing bill for all corporations engaged in interstate commerce. The plan seeks to curb monopolies, abolish child labor, prohibit gender discrimination, guarantee collective bargaining, and set wages and hours, with FTC to propose a federal corporation law. Existing law creates corporations by states.
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O’mahoney
Wyoming
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Delbos Visits Poland to Align Foreign Policy
French foreign minister Delbos arrives in Poland during his central Europe mission seeking alignment against fascism and Nazism. Poland awards him the Order of the White Eagle but notes it will maintain an independent policy unless France is attacked by Germany.
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Yvon Delbos
France
Europe
Poland
Warsaw
Germany
Demand for Farm Loans Tops 38 Million in 10 Months
The Farm Credit Administration reports nearly 10 000 loan requests to federal land banks for farm purchases in ten months totaling 38 million dollars. A. S. Goss, land bank commissioner, notes requests came from every state with Texas and the Omaha Wichita Louisville districts each over 1 000 requests.
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Federal Land Banks
A. S. Goss
Land Bank
Texas
Omaha
Wichita
Louisville
Panchen Lama Dies in Western China at Fifty Four
From India comes news that the Panchen Lama, spiritual ruler of Tibet, died in a western China town at age fifty four. His millions of followers believed he was a reincarnation of Buddha. In 1924 he became involved in disputes with the Dalai Lama and went into exile. He had been planning to return to Tibet and modernize that country.
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Panchen Lama
Tibet
China
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Dalai Lama
Greyhound strike ends with wage hike for drivers
Six day walkout by 1,300 Greyhound Bus Line drivers ends after agreement granting a pay raise of one fourth of a cent per mile effective July 1, with no guaranteed minimum mileage. The stoppage disrupted northeastern travel and included violence among its incidents.
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Greyhound
Derby Seeks Trade Pact Benefits With United States
The Earl of Derby told the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce that Britain seeks both political and economic advantages from a proposed U S trade pact. He predicted closer ties with the United States and said America cannot stay out of European entanglements. Herschel V. Johnson warned Washington would resist political strings in any pact.
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Sam Hat
Great Britain
United States
Earl of Derby
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
America
Derby
Herschel V. Johnson
London
Johnson
Railroads Face Crisis andRate Increase Debate
Washington column examines the railroads plea for a 15 percent rate hike before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Dr Parmelee cites reduced orders, layoffs, and rising costs from 1927 to 1937, arguing higher rates are needed to avert broader economic impact while noting tax burdens and relief funding.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Parmelee
East
Social Security and
Commission
Prehistoric Lore and the Law in a Shifting Era
A column humorously critiques geologic terms like Hellocene and Holocene, then rails at the legal system’s flaws and the era’s political shifts. The writer recalls 1937–1938-era hopes, questions the Supreme Court, and laments crooked law enforcement and casino gambling.
Practical Kitchen Tips From A Historic Household Column
Old issue offers quick household guidance on meringues using aged eggs, essential knife sharpener, selecting bright beef pork and calves liver, starch enhancements with lard, knit garment care to prevent runs, and a savory stuffed celery mix with peanut butter cheese and Worcester sauce.
Then she isn’t exactly one of the sympathetic sort
A witty exchange overheard in a newspaper clipping mocks social sympathy as a quarried woman is claimed to lack natural sentiment. The joke centers on the phrase sympathetic versus quarried, reflecting tongue in cheek attitudes toward women.
Old Fashioned Girl to New Fangled Wife Change
A humorous observation contrasts a wife who darned her husband’s socks last year with a modern wife who “sorks” his socks this year, highlighting a shift in domestic roles and language.
Here and There Egyptian Guide
The narrator observes hieroglyph covered stones in Egypt as an American tourist comments on insects back home. The brief exchange contrasts travel wonder with domestic annoyances.
Girl Uses Charm to Exploit Men as Marks
A witty observation notes that most men are easy targets for a girl who seeks to please. The piece highlights social dynamics and dating behavior with a sharp, humorous tone.
What's the Matter, Pop Father Comic Exchange
A father scolds his son for a report while the son quips that George Washington was top of his class at his age but later became U S president, highlighting a humorous classinspired brag.
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Pop
George Washington
United States
Rising Tide magazine hits newsstands worldwide
A pictorial non profit magazine named Rising Tide appears on country newsstands. Originating in England it will be distributed in eleven countries in nine languages. It claims to cover world problems without regard to race class or creed and carries no advertising.
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England
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