Roosevelt Proposes War Power Bill and Oversight Panel
President Roosevelt announces a new committee led by Bernard Baruch to draft legislation giving the chief executive authority to regulate industrial profits and wages during war. He says war profits and individual wages would be inspected, while MacArthur remains chief of staff. Nye and others warn the move may affect war-appropriation debates.
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Milt
Senate
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Roosevelt
New York
War Industries Board
Hugh $. Johnson
NRA
Baruch
Ull
State
Morgenthau
Treasury
Dern
War
Swanson
Navy
Tugwell
Wallace
McGrady
Ferkins
Henry Latrobe
Eastman
Congress
Nye
War Policies Commission
War Department
General MacArthur
Disaster destroys Hotel Kerns in Labeling
Michigan mourns after a devastating hotel fire in Labeling during a special legislative session. Up to forty killed as guests fled into the Grand River or leaped to escape the flames. the registry burned, making exact fatalities uncertain. At least six legislators died.
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Michigan
Kerns
Labeling
Assembly
Grand River
Secretary Wallace outlines sweeping farm policy reforms
In his annual report Secretary Wallace advocates permanent federal control of agriculture, broad AAA amendments, expansion of the grain futures act, and passage of the Tugwell food and drugs bill. He supports continued crop control, warns against scarcity economics, and proposes an ever normal granary with central storage and government loans to handle future crop failures.
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AAA
Wallace
Congress
Air Wallace
Yugoslavia Faces Europe Crisis Over Alexander Murder
Yugoslav foreign minister Jugo s(l)avia denounces Hungary over the assassination of King Alexander at Geneva. Deportations of Hungarians pause as France Britain and Italy consider action. Laval proposes an inquiry into the murder and punishment of guilty parties. Finland pays its debt. others default.
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Poland
Prince Radziwill
Enld
France
Nadziwill
Russia
Germany
Baltic States
Toland
Europe
Madziwill
Rce
Jugoslavia
Alexander
Tegaljub Yeftitch
Jugoslav
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Tuungary
Alarseilles
Hungary
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Yeftitch
League
Pierre Laval
Baron Alois
Little Entente
Belgrade
Laval
Entente
Anthony Eden
Rliish
Ckitain
Ford plans $20 million River Rouge expansion
Henry Ford announces another $9 million investment to expand and improve the River Rouge plant near Dearborn, on top of $12 million in contracts for steel mills and power units. The project totals about $20 million in ten months, funding steel finishing, hot strip mill, power house upgrades, blast furnaces, and equipment shifts from 24 to 16 hour production. Labor and unions push unemployment insurance funded by payroll tax, while the 30 hour week idea gains some support.
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Hunty Ford
River Rouge
Dearborn
Fiver Rouge
Ford
National crime conference in Washington tackles law abidance
Four day gathering led by Attorney General Cummings draws about five hundred delegates with President Roosevelt and Henry L. Stimson delivering opening remarks. Criminologists judges and lawyers join government officials to craft a program to curb crime and strengthen law enforcement including narcotic raids and calls for expanded state defense and broader police authority against bootlegging.
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Cummings
Washington
Roosevelt
Ienry TL. Stimson
H. J. Anslinger
Narcotic Bureau
Mayer Goldman
New York
Treasury
Paraguay Accepts League Plan to End War in Chaco
Bontvis accepts the League of Nations plan for an armistice in the Chaco conflict as Paraguay issues a general mobilization order while an International commission works on settlement details. Paraguay has not yet acted definitively on the league proposal.
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League of Nations
Saar
J. J. S. Bring
Bontvis
Paraguay
Chaco
Snowstorm Delays Ridgefield Party But Brings Surprise Visitor
In a blizzard the teenage Rudy cannot reach Ridgefield for a planned party. His mother worries, but Rudy digs free with a shovel and returns with Sallie Sims, a girl with striking hair visiting from an aunt in the same building. The two decide to share Christmas Eve at home and plan a simple slide outing next day.
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Ridgefield
Andi
Ludy
Sallie Sims
Rudy
Sally Sims
Tve
Sallie
Rauch
Salita
Santa Claus Delivers Cheer Each Year On Time
A nostalgic verse praises Santa Claus as the timeless figure who arrives yearly with his jingle deer, bringing warmth in winter and joy to readers on Easy Street. The poem contrasts fleeting fame with Santa’s enduring visit and public affection.
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Applaise
Santa Claus
Jingle Deer
Christmas Party Confusion Delays Dinner In Balltown
A festive Balltown Christmas gathering turns tense after a late telegram says Fave had 29 accident. John Elenry and Grandma Aston race to learn details as Grandpa drives forty miles to join family. Humorous chaos ends in a delayed dinner with prayers and questions unanswered.
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Grandma Aston
Millie
John Alenry
Balltown
Doe Wilkins
Jin
Doe
Mike
Grandpa
John Trenry
Grandma
Jack
Samuel
Mary Madeline
John Weary
John Hepp
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Mississippi
James M. Mead
John J. O'Conner
Willian W. Arnold
Adolph J. Sarath
Tlinnis
Tlavana
Santa Clara
Camague
Bratanzas
Pinar del Itro
Oriente
Lo [Invana
Bernard M. Baruch
Finland
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Great Britain
Begeljub Yeftitch
Henry Ford
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Kirk Green
Representative Connery
Sassachusetts
House Labor Committee
Marths Banning Thomas
Old Santa Claus
Earle Hooker Eaton
Jadice
I. P
Hi Ho
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Roldrid Olson
Rexburg
Idabe
Utah Oil Refining
Utah
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Monsey Iron & Metal Co
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Charles Frederick Wadsworth
John Elenry
James O. Dston
America
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Erie
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