Congress Eyes Major Debates In Roosevelt Address
In Washington, President Roosevelt opened the new session predicting battles over the Wagner act amendments and wage hour law, and the reciprocal trade program amid calls for tax boosts to fund defense. Lawmakers face decisions on debt limits, farm processing taxes, and continued un-American activities probes as Western Union and Postal Telegraph face consolidation pressures.
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Barkley
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Tom Dewey
New Deal
Treasury
Loyal
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
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House
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Martin
European War Echoes Across Front and Diplomacy
In early January Finnish troops reportedly cut off a Russian base at Salla and trapped divisions near Suomussalmi while press reports from Madrid praised Finland’s defense of civilization. European observers weighed possible paths to peace as ambassadors stirred, Germany plotted internal reshaping, and Allied diplomacy wrestled with Russia.
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Suomussalmi
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Augusto Rosso
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Petit Perisien
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Ike Heinrich Himmler
Joe C Goebbels
Robert Ley
Hans von Mackensen
Russia
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Reich
North Sea
English Peer's Daughter Returns Wounded From War
News quiz item asks for the name of an English peer's daughter who, an ardent Witlerite, has been in Germany since before the war and returned to England on a stretcher with a revolver bullet in her neck. Multiple questions cover De Valera dictatorial powers and un-Americanism probes.
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England
Eamon de Valera
Parliament
Martin Dies
Congress
Justice Department
Robert Fechner
CCC
Guy Ballard
U. S
Supreme Court backs NLRB on three labor decisions
The court upheld the National Labor Relations Board on three counts involving Falk Corp in Milwaukee, a CIO union for Pacific coast waterfront workers, and Jackson Power Co employees voting on CIO versus AFL. Justice Harlan Stone warned against lack of court review. Also, tax time nears as Helvering says forms simplified and instructions trimmed to ease filing.
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National Labor Relations Board
Falk Corporation
Milwaukee
Pacific Coast
Jackson, Mich
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NLRB
Harlan Stone
Congress
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Roosevelt era reshapes top federal posts in 1940 bid
President Roosevelt reorganizes key posts with Frank Murphy named to the Supreme Court and Robert H. Jackson to attorney general as a prep for the 1940 ticket. Francis Biddle promoted, Warren Madden moved, and Farley plans the GOP convention timing while Hull denies presidential ambitions.
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Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Cordell Hull
Francis Biddle
Circuit Appeals Court
Warren Madden
NLRB
James A. Farley
National Committee
Washington
Chicago
Honey Bee Domesticated to Aid Crops in Russia
National Geographic notes bees fed syrup to alter foraging taste, boosting crop yields. US states rely on clover and diverse blossoms. Alabama leads in queen shipments, with 70,000 Alabama queens sent this year. Bees endure long winters, requiring southern queens to start new colonies. The lifecycle moves from egg to worker in about three weeks, then gradual hive duties.
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Russia
Mount Hymettus
United States
California
Michigan
Ohio
Iowa
New York
Texas
America
New World
Alabama
Tibet Names Five Year Old Boy As New Living Buddha
The 14th Dalai Lama, a five year old boy in Lhasa, is installed as Tibet’s sovereign with regents to rule until he reaches maturity. Tibetan monks identify him through reincarnation after the death of the 13th Dalai Lama, guiding a theocratic state amid high mountains and vast deserts.
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Peers By Nations Geographic Society
Ashington
WNU
Buddha
Lhasa
Dalai Lama
Asia
Youthful Tailored Two Piece Frock Pattern No. 18758
Barbara Eel Pattern No. 18758 offers a youthful two piece tailored frock in tweed velvet crepe for sizes 12 to 20. It features a smart blouse jacket with a fitted bodice, square shoulders, stitched seams, and flat pockets. yardage and size bust measurements are listed for order by mail.
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New Montgooery Ave
San Francisco
Calif
News Quiz Answers From Unity Freeman-Mitfard
The quiz item notes Freeman-Mitfard and lists answers. It states the feared uprising by the outlawed Trish republican army and that the subject asked Congress for more funds. It also mentions most of the Russian division being killed and a business census starting January 1 with the nose-count not beginning until April.
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Freeman-Mitfard
Trish Republican Army
Congress
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