Congress Eyes Big Budget Push Amid Election Year Fears
The weekly analysis notes Congress may boost defense spending beyond President Roosevelt’s request as it probes the budget and contends with foreign affairs. Naval requests, emergency defense funding, and a Guam fortification proposal dominate, with broader probes and partisan tension shaping action.
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Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
Senate
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Charles Edison
Harold Stark
Naval Operations
U. S
Carl Vinson
Stark
Appropriations
Army
Coast Guard
FBI
Guam
Naval Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Japan
China
Washington
Tokyo
Pacific
Abe
Wang Ching-wei
Banking showdown over Morgenthau pressure on Giannini
In San Francisco L M Giannini threatened to pull Bank of America from the federal system unless Secretary Morgenthau halts SEC scrutiny of Transamerica, owner of 40 percent of BOA stock. Morgenthau responded next day with a counter move.
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San Francisco
L. M
Department of Agriculture
U. S
News Quiz from Gill 20IZ Test
Question set asks about Bartley West Virginia coal town news, a British admiralty lord potential defense head, the treasury pocket money on January 1, a union vote at Endicott Johnson Shoe plant, and which party committee sets 1840 convention dates first.
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Admiralty
Supreme Defense
Treasury
Binghampton
N. Y
Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company
Miners Trapped Two Miles Below Ground
Ninety miners were trapped two miles underground. The situation drew attention as a major industrial incident with potential rescue operations and safety concerns.
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Winston Churchill
A. F
World War II Chronicle Amid Western Front Turmoil
Amid mid winter, war rages with sea clashes and the Sylt battle while Germany eyes Scandinavia and the Baltic. Rumors of cabinet shifts in France and Britain mix with Soviet Finnish fronts and ItalianHungarian diplomacy reshaping Balkan alignment.
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Germany
Sylt
English
Baltic
Reich
Scandinavia
Sweden
Denmark
Russia
Rumania
Berlin
France
Britain
London
Neville Chamberlain
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Chamberlain
Hore-Belisha
Commons
Concensus
Four Point Plan for Reliable Home Cooking and Cakes
A reminiscence of Aunt Edith's luck in baking contrasts with a modern four point plan for dependable results. It promotes tested recipes, precise measurements, proper mixing, and exact temperatures with thermometers for cake, frosting, pies, croquettes, and doughnuts. The text includes sample recipes for sponge cake, vanilla frosting, apple filling, liver croquettes, lemon meringue pie, and apple sauce doughnuts.
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Edith
Aunt Edith
Hour-Glass Silhouette Pattern No. 8567 Ad
Dress pattern 8567 creates a tiny waist with shoulder and waist gathers for a nine teenth hooded look. Use wool broadcloth faille flat crepe or velvet. sizes 12 to 40. size 14 needs 4 1/2 yards fabric. send 15 cents and details to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Room 13824 Chicago IL.
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Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Household Hints by Eleanor Howe Offers Practical Time Savers
A booklet titled Household Hints by Eleanor Howe provides cooking cleaning first aid for plants and flowers and tips for homemakers. Send 10 cents to Household Hints care of Eleanor Howe 919 N Michigan Ave Chicago Illinois to receive a copy.
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Eleanor Howe
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Illinois
Metaphorical Flight In Vermont Travel Case Closer
A Vermont lawyer wrapped up his travel case defense with a bizarre metaphor about the defendant. He claimed the defendant had lying footsteps and hypocrisy in his mouth while reaching into the client’s pockets and taking two oxen and a pig.
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Vermont
Boston Globe
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Adolph Sabath
House Rules Committee
Martin Dies
Naughty
U.S
Nobuyuki Abe
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
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Stassen
Chamber of Commerce
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J. Edgar Hoover
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China Sea
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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