Battle to raise national debt makes new taxes impossible
Weekly News Analysis by Joseph W. LaBine notes the national debt reaching 45 billion and the political risk of tax hikes in an election year. It cites senators Harrison and King, White House officials, and predicted deficits, WPA rolls, defense costs, and relief outlays shaping a rough 9 billion budget.
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Mississippi
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Utah
William King
White House
Steve Early
Harold D. Smith
National Defense
Europe War News Outweighs Bloodshed In Early May
Europe eyes chaos as the war grinds on with spies, paratroops, and trade talks eclipsing direct fighting. Hitler’s new sea mine and British blockades trigger reprisals, while Czech unrest and German intrigues fuel a widening crisis. McNary argues a farm vote could decide the 1940 race with three GOP pledges on AAA reform, trade pacts, and public land policy.
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Europe
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
War Front Shifts As 40000 Nipponese Seize Rail Links
The report details a sudden southern Kwantung front where 40,000 Japanese troops block rail routes to French Indo China, aiming to starve the Chungking government into submission. Tokyo anticipates Britain and France protests, while Japan’s Abe vows to hold until China is free of communists.
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Japan
China
Kwang- 51
Free Map
Tokyo
Chungking
Britain
France
Nanning
Wang Ching-wei
Aly
Germany
Far East
Nobuyuki Abe
U. S
Washington
Tientsin
Abe
Night Baseball Favored By Yankees Chief Barrow
DWARD G BARROW president of the New York Yankees expresses complete disinterest in night baseball plans for 1949. He says the team can win a fifth straight pennant without changes and opposes adding Hank Greenberg or broader schedule tinkering. Giants and Dodgers attitudes toward night games shift with attendance, but Barrow prefers regularity and crowd-pleasing wins over experimental formats.
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Dward G. Barrow
New York Yankees
Baseball
Barrow
Hank Greenberg
Detroit
Yankee Stadium
Yankees
Yanks
Prexy Barrow
Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York
Sport Shorts highlights from diverse 1930s sports scene
A collage of notes covers baseball spending and player moves, golf achievements by Ellsworth Vines, progeny of Man O War earning large prizes, and quotes on coaching value. It mentions Oscar Stanage’s catching errors, Notre Dame’s Bud Kerr, Tennessee’s football prowess under Neyland, Sutherland’s praise, and bowling technique guidance with a release-focused hook.
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Cincinnati Reds
Birmingham Southern Association
Vince DiMagnio
Ellsworth Vines
California
Pasadena
Mel Hein
New York Giants
George Trafton
Chicago Bears
Ohio State
Bert Bell
Philadelphia Eagles
Oscar Stanage
Tigers
Iowa
William Bud Kerr
Notre Dame
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Jack Eichler
Case University
Arturo Godoy
Joe Louis
Household Tips for Cleaning and Cooking Cautions
Practical hints on lime water cleaning milk bottles pruning gloves with olive oil, slow stewing prunes for two days, linoleum care with paraffin, reviving tarnished silver in boiling water with washing soda, removing paper from raisins by heating, and shrimp preparation with vinegar and ice to improve texture and flavor.
Popcorn Delicacy Recipe From Old Favorite Treat
A vintage style recipe describes making a brittle candy coating for popcorn. Combine ingredients except corn then cook syrup until brittle in cold water. Pour over popped corn and stir as you spread onto a bubb tered platter.
Senator Glass Rates Harrison as stronger presidential pick
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia told reporters he knows of no man better suited for the Presidency than John N. Garner or Harry Byrd from Virginia. Wilhelm Hohenzollern, former German emperor, narrowly escaped injury when a windstorm toppled a tree after he passed a spot. Tom Pendergast, ex-Kansas City boss, denied parole in Leavenworth for tax evasion. Mohandas Gandhi urged nonviolent freedom for his followers as India backs Britain in the war. Louis Taber reelected master of the National Grange at Peoria as the convention closes with a push to sign the I. S. Program and suspend reciprocal trade.
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Carter Glass
Vir-ginis
John N. Garner
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Kareer
Germany
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Mohandas Gandhi
India
Britain
Louis Taber
National Grange
Peoria
News Quiz Central to Europe War Weapon and Civic Controversies
A quiz panel asks about a round object as Europe’s principal war weapon, Toledo students amid school clashes, Kermit Roosevelt renouncing U S citizenship, Sammy Boy the California dog in media, and a GE leadership announcement by Owen D Young and Gerald Swope, hinting at a major corporate disclosure.
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Europe
Toledo
Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Sammy Boy
California
Owen D. Young
Gerald Swope
General Electric Company
Quiz Answers and Retirement Notice Revealed
A school quiz answer list shows item one a mine and item two marks (EB) as correct, with items three and four noting a plan to become a Britisher and a retirement on January 1 as schools ran out of money and the subjects faced dismsal delayed until year start.
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Roosevelt
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