The Wirt Mystery and the British Debt Standoff
A column surveys postwar tensions with Britain over war debts and U S retaliation options. It parodies figures and figures like Trotzky and Stalin, notes a tiger's death in a circus, and critiques mortgage relief plans and New York tenements, weaving politics with satirical sketches.
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Old Trotzky
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Roosevelt
Roosevelt moves to push relief and reform measures
President Roosevelt met with congressional leaders to outline immediate legislation including a 1.5 billion dollar relief bill with a 500 million dollar public works allocation, a stronger stock market bill, and action on tariff, bankruptcy, and bank deposit measures while signaling possible sidetracks on air mail and labor reform bills. Mussolini pursues price and salary cuts to align liv ing costs with lira value amid EU and UK reactions. Paris notes blame Germany for stalled disarmament talks as France presses security through armaments. Chamberlain unveils a prosperity budget in Britain with surplus and tax cuts, while Democrats and Republicans spar over the Wirt case and broader red plot concerns.
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Fletcher-Rayburn
Congress
House
Senate
Senate tax changes spark House opposition and cotton control plan
House leaders denounce Senate added tax measures as beyond the bill’s intent while a cotton control plan aims to curb output to 10 million bales with a 50 percent tax on excess ginned cotton. Condemnation actions for housing programs begin in Atlanta with 70,000 square feet of land bought for a $2 million project. Senate debates on mail legislation prompt court challenges to Farley air mail contract cancellations. Lexington citizens protest federal social reforms and emergency powers ahead of congress.
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Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
United States
White House
Bailey
Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
Atlanta
Ickes
Cummings
Federal Emergency Housing Corporation
Chicago
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Farley
Boeing Air Transport, Inc
Pacific Air Transport
Varney Airlines
National Air Transport, Inc
United Aircraft and Transport, Inc
Lexington
Mass
Washington
Congress
Oklahoma Governor Blocks Delinquent Tax Property Sales
Governor Murray declines to allow resales of property for delinquent taxes in Oklahoma. He orders National Guard to halt planned sales in eleven counties, with six counties already canceling. Guardsmen protect homes and arrest any county official attempting sales. The counties where guards are deployed are listed.
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Murray
Oklahoma
National Guard
Roosevelt Aide Walker Seen Set to Succeed Howe
Washington rumor notes Frank Walker may take Louis Howe’s desk as chief secretary to the President, with Roosevelt backing a trusted ally to run White House affairs. The shift aims to embed Walker as a key national planner and umpire in intergovernmental issues, shaping New Deal policy.
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White House
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Louie
Great City's Decline in Medinacelli Spain
Medinacelli once a prosperous Castilian metropolis with 15 000 inhabitants now shrinks to about 700. Once a Moorish stronghold and provincial key, the city faded after the ducal families' decline, leaving weavers idle and aristocrats wandering past shuttered streets.
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Medinacelli
Spain
Aragon
Itching Pimples Heal After Cuthurn Soap Ad
Miss Edith Langlitz of Oshkosh Wisconsin reports two years of itchy red pimples on face and arms that worsened at night. After using a free sample of Cuthurn Soap and Ointment the pimples disappeared within two weeks and she bought more. Ad details price and proprietors Potter Drug & Chemical Corp.
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Dove St
Oshkosh
Wis
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Malden
Mass
Ady
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