Reed Named Associate Justice Nomination Sparks Broad Backing
Edward W Pickard outlines reaction to Reed Liked Nomination of Stanley Formen Reed Kentucky solicitor general seen as liberal with moderate tendencies. Senate hearings planned. Reed, 53, has not served on the bench. previously general counsel for the federal farm board and Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He defended New Deal cases before the Supreme Court, going 11-2.
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Roosevelt vows to wipe out holding companies
President Roosevelt in a press conference declared determination to eliminate holding companies. He discussed possible methods, noting legislation or taxing power could be used. The 1935 act’s “death sentence” targets utilities, and Wendell L. Willkie’s push to relax restrictions was rejected. Senator Norris advocates taxing most holding firms out of existence.
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Changes Planned for Revenue Laws Hearings Begin
Chairman Doughton and the House Ways and Means Committee opened hearings on 8S changes in revenue laws aimed at exempting small corporations, representing 90 percent of U.S. business, under the undivided profits tax while granting large enterprises partial relief. Fred Vinson's subcommittee defended the plan as fair and pro business, predicting it would boost activity without reducing total federal revenue. The panel urged simplification of complex statutes to improve clarity.
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Kidnaped Ross Slain in Mysterious Chicago Case
Police announce the capture of Peter Anders at Santa Anita race track near Los Angeles. He confessed to kidnapping Charles Ross, a retired Chicago manufacturer, and to killing Ross and his partner after collecting $50,000 ransom from Mrs Ross. Details of the confession were initially withheld.
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Dodd’s Berlin Talk Sparks Nazi Protest in Washington
Former American ambassador to Berlin W. E. Dodd drew sharp Nazi protests after a New York speech denouncing Hitler as more absolute than any medieval German ruler. German ambassador Hans Dieckhoff demanded action, while Secretary Hull said Dodd’s remarks were private and not government policy.
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Japan seeks end of Chiang Kai-shek regime in new policy
An imperial council in Tokyo announces Japan will withdraw recognition of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government and back a Japanese backed regime in Beijing while affirming China’s territorial integrity and other powers’ rights. Shanghai reports Chiang orders his troops not to retreat. In France, Premier Chautemps resigns as the Popular Front cabinet fails to secure a majority. Le Brun and Georges Bonnet are considered for leadership amid political deadlock.
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Canal Toll Fight Heats Up Over Panama Exemption Bill
Senators and Mississippi valley representatives lined up against Senator McAdoo’s California bill to exempt coastwise shipping from Panama canal tolls. Opponents warn it could cripple inland industries and undercut seaboard commerce, fearing fierce public hearings and a Congress fight between coastal and interior interests.
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Illness Keeps Millions From Work In Winter
Federal Public Health Service reports that about 6,000,000 of the 130,000,000 Americans are unable to work daily due to illness or injury during winter. Seventeen percent lose at least one week per year, highlighting links between sickness and unemployment, and gaps in food, shelter, and medical care.
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Pan American Flying Boat Destroyed Off Samoa
The AMOAN CLIPPER, Pan American Airways giant flying boat, crashed into the Pacific near Samoa during a pioneering Pacific route test from Pago Pago to Auckland. All seven crew members perished, led by Captain Edwin C. Musick. First Officer Cecil G. Sellers and five others also died as fuel reportedly exploded during an attempted landing.
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Plane Crash Kills All Aboard Near Bozeman
A Northwest Airlines Zephyr flight from Seattle to Chicago struck a snow covered peak in the Rocky Mountains near Bozeman Montana. Eight passengers and two pilots died. their bodies found after a blizzard. Company officials could not explain the disaster and grounded all new type ships pending inquiry.
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Italy plans two 42000 ton battleships to counter Mussolini navy
The fiances reply to a 35,000 ton battleship announcement becomes a plan for two 42,000 ton battleships, larger than the Hood. The chamber of deputies navy committee seeks 2 billion francs from the Finance Ministry to bolster the 1938 naval budget and stay ahead at sea.
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Marriage Mills Stopped by Supreme Court Ruling
Indiana Supreme Court upholds a statute forbidding county clerks to issue marriage licenses to nonresidents, striking a blow to local marriage mills that granted licenses to women from outside the county. The ruling centers on residency requirements defined 86 years prior.
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Roosevelt tools and fears shape national policy debate
A Washington commentary tracks the White House inviting top industrialists while offering little action to ease unemployment. It notes public fear over policies, monopoly attacks led by Ickes and Jackson, and questions whether politics drive the reform drive as Stanley Reed earns a Supreme Court seat amid court-shift hopes.
Make Winter Hours Count with Sew-Your-Own Patterns
Practical Slip and several spring dress patterns offer DIY wardrobe ideas for the season. Patterns 1437 1440 and 1341 cover sizes 12 to 46 with yardage guides and trim details. Send orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Illinois, 15 cents each.
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Quotations from famous thinkers and poets
A compact collection of aphoristic lines about speech, conscience, liberty, imitation, and wisdom. Notable voices surface in terse judgments from Adams Johnson Coleridge Bailey Ruskin Juvenal and Seneca regarding speech virtue and knowledge.
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A Thought Explains Forgiveness And Quarrel’s End
A brief reflection suggests that explanation, endurance, forgiveness, and restraint can heal a quarrel. The aphorism frames reconciliation as a measured, ethical process guiding personal relations.
Calotabs Aid for Cols Treatment Gains Wide Trust
Calotabs are promoted as a thorough cleanse that aids nature in throwing off colds. Readers are advised to take one or two tablets the first night and repeat on the third or fourth night if needed. The text claims Calotabs purge and purify the blood, functioning as both purgative and diuretic in cold treatment.
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