Baruch heads new war profits and control panel
President Roosevelt forms a committee led by Bernard Baruch with Gen. Hugh S. Johnson to draft legislation giving the president powers over war profits wages and industrial operations during war. The plan targets profit equity and price control amid broader federal agricultural and drug regulation proposals.
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Wallace
Senate
Gerald V. Nye
North Dakota
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
War Industries Board
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Baruch
Hull
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Morgenthau
Treasury
Dern
War
Swanson
Navy
Tugwell
McGrady
Perkins
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt
Eastman
Congress
Nye
War Policies Commission
War Department
MacArthur
Unemployment insurance and Saar force leadership contest
The article reports on labor favoring unemployment insurance funded by a payroll tax, while opposing direct worker levies. discussions on a 30 hour week as unemployment lowers. Prime movers in Saar force leadership include Maj. J B E S Brind appointed by the League of Nations council with contingents from Britain Italy Sweden and the Netherlands. It notes Burns securing the speakership votes and lists candidates for floor leadership from several states.
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Jugoslavia
Alexander
Bogoljub — Yeftiteh
Jugoslav
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Hungary
Marseilles
Italy
France
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Yeftitch
League
Pierre Laval
Baron Aloisi
Little Entente
Belgrade
Laval
Anthony Eden
Mezuntime
Britain
Nion
Roosevelt
Green
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Representative Connéry
Massachusetts
House Labor Committee
Saar
J. BE
Brind
Joseph W. Burns
Tennessee
Burns
John W.mccormack
John RB. Rankin
Mississippi
James M. Mead
John J. O'Connor
New York
Wiliam W. Arnold
Adolph J. Sabath
Ilinois
Constitutional guarantees suspended in Cuban provinces
The Cuban government suspended constitutional guarantees in Havana Santa Clara and Camaguey to quell uprisings enabling home searches without warrants detention without charges and mail inspections. Matanzas remains free of suspensions while Pinar del Rio and Oriente had already lost rights. Officials vow eviction of squatters on thousands of acres in Oriente where a miniature Communist state exists.
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Havana
Santa Clara
Camaguey
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
Oriente
Ford to Invest 8 Million More in River Rouge Plant Expansion
Henry Ford and supporters push recovery through industry and jobs as Ford announces an additional 8 million dollars for River Rouge near Dearborn Michigan. Contracts totaling about 12 million for steel mills and power units raise total River Rouge spending to roughly 20 million in ten months.
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Enry Ford
River Rouge
Dearborn
Mich
Earthquake Shocks Ravage Honduras Across Regions
Central western and northern Honduras suffered a string of earthquake shocks over two days. Communications were crippled and the full extent of the disaster remained unknown at press time. Local reports indicated at least one sizable tremor, with further details pending.
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Entral
Honduras
Howne
No Cash Yet on 360 Million Debt Claim
A Brisbane weekly editorial questions whether Britain will pay 360 million dollars owed under wartime accords and calls out France for owing a separate sum. It argues nations prioritize interests over honor and notes Britain’s refusal to negotiate while Britain’s stance contrasts with Napoleon’s label of England as a nation of shopkeepers who repay debts.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Convicts Freed After Tuberculosis Preventive Experiment
Two life convicts, Carl Ericson and Mike Sehmidt, gained freedom by undergoing months of a preventive tuberculosis vaccine experiment. Doctors at National Jewish Hospital noted the serum did not cure TB but prevented infection, and the men risked their lives for a potential liberty reward. The piece links anti crime efforts, led by President Roosevelt, to broader public safety concerns.
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Carl Ericson
Mike Sehmidt
National Jewish Hospital
New York visit shocks reporters on Dafoe and theater talk
Doctor Dafoe arrives in New York with no awe before skyscrapers while reports remind he introduced the five Dionne quintuplets and kept them alive. The piece also notes philosopher Rosenbach’s Shakespeare building idea and Harlem share-the-wealth mobilization by Huey Long’s ally.
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Doctor Dafoe
New York
Rosenbach
New York City
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Joseph A. Davis
Huey Long
Harlem
Senator Long
Finding the Right Job and The Scientist’s Value
The piece argues individuals fit certain vocations. read Who's Who to find a calling and pursue it with knowledge. It lauds scientists as pivotal, claiming modern progress rests on research and medical tech like X rays, movable type, and broader societal improvements.
Republican Row Over Borah Fletcher Clash S
Idaho Senator Borah again pressed for Fletcher’s resignation and party reorganization, provoking a sharp reply from Fletcher and a defensive stance by Michigan Senator Couzens. A broader debate on GOP future follows, with calls to develop a constructive program and avoid internal strife.
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William E. Boraha
Can
Republican Party
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Idaho
Borah
James Couzens
Michigan
Senator Borah
Couzens
Fletcher
National Committee
Senator Couzens
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Marlene Dietrich
Leo Wolman
Nicholas Kelly
Richard L. Byrd
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