Toll road plan and farm relief proposals in congress
Senator Bulkley of Ohio proposed a federal toll highway program to build ten superhighways nationwide at an eight billion dollar cost. Tolls would fund construction via land leases and toll charges on passenger and freight vehicles. President Roosevelt asked Congress for 250 million dollars more relief to aid three million jobless, plus a bill to regulate production and create an ever normal granary to stabilize markets in lean years.
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Bulkley
Senator Bulkley
Ohio
Senate
Dole
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Steel Price Cut Amid Wage Maintenance In Industry
President Roosevelt urged mass producers to cut prices while keeping wages. United States Steel extended its working agreements with the CIO, preserving current wage and eight hour day terms. Simultaneously the price of cold rolled steel sheets used by the auto sector fell by four dollars per ton.
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Roosevelt
United States Steel
Commmittee For Industrial Organization
No Secret Alliances Denial From Hull
Secretary of State Hull issued three firm denials that the United States has any alliance with Great Britain or any other power regarding war or naval operations. The letter to Senator Key Pittman, read in the senate, answered questions raised by opposition senators on the administration’s foreign policy.
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Hull
United States
Great Britain
Key Pittman
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Farm aid bill passes House vote to send to Senate
The House adopted the conference report on the administration crop control bill by 263 to 136 and sent it to the Senate. The measure, in revised form, continues the soil conservation program with benefit payments to cooperating farmers.
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House
Senate
Capone Under Observation At Alcatraz Hospital
Al Capone, once America's top prohibition era gangster, is under observation in the Rock's hospital and may seek habeas corpus if doctors deem him insane. He faces a potential release date January 19, 1939 but still has a pending sentence of one year in jail and a $20,000 fine.
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AX Capone
America
Alcatraz
Hitler Seizes Absolute Power in Germany
Adolf Hitler proclaims himself chief of national defense and absolute ruler of Germany, dissolving or reshuffling key military posts. Field Marshal Blomberg loses war ministry, Goering becomes general field marshal, Brauchitsch replaced, and mass dismissals hit seven army generals and six air force generals. London Daily Herald notes 180 to 190 senior officers arrested. diplomatic corps reorganized with Ri bwentrop recalled as foreign minister. Keitel named head of supreme command.
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Dolf Hitler
Germany
Reich
Werner von Blomberg
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Walter von Brauch- Vonitsch
Brauchitsch Ora
Werner von Fritsch
London Daily Herald
Joachim von Ribentrop
London
Wilhelm Keitel
Supreme Command
Hitler Moves to Take Personal Command of Armed Forces
Reports from Berlin describe a secret speech by a general urging a return of exiled Kaiser Wilhelm and a monarchist plot involving Prince Estel Friedrich. Heinrich Himmler reportedly relayed the information to Hitler, who reacted with anger and tightened control, crushing the monarchist faction.
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Hitler
Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Estel Friedrich
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Secret Police
Small Business Seeks 23 Proposals After Washington Rally
Delegates from a little business conference, praised by President Roosevelt, present 23 proposals to ease economic woes. Key calls include easier credit for small firms, partial repeal of the undivided profits tax, and changes to capital gains tax. Roosevelt notes majority seem constructive. administration cautions on full repeal and certain reforms.
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Little Business
Washington
Roosevelt
Wagner Labor Relations Board
New West Point Chief Takes Command at Army Academy
General Jay L Benedict has assumed command as superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point succeeding General Connors who is nearing retirement. Benedict, aged fifty five, began his military career as an enlisted National Guard member in 1898.
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Jay L. Benedict
West Point
General Benedict
Military Academy
Big
United States Military Academy
General Connors
National Guard
A F L Ousts Miners Amid Political Turmoil In Miami
President Green announces at the convention that the United Mine Workers of America the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and the Federation of Flat Glass Workers are expelled from the A F L. Kennedy's clashes with Secretary Perkins and the maritime union figure in a broader political friction touching the C I O and possible cabinet changes.
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A. F. of L
Green
Miami
United Mine Workers of America
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Federation of Flat Glass Workers
Miners’ Union
John L. Lewis
Longshoremen Chief Accuses CIO of Communist Ties
JORES RYAN president of the International Longshoremen's Association and A F of L affiliate testified to the Senate Commerce Committee that the CIO is tied to the Communist Party of America. He charged Mrs Elinor M Herrick New York regional director of the National Labor Relations Board with using power to wreck AF L maritime unions aiming to become Labor Secretary under John L Lewis. The committee adopted a resolution for a $50 000 Senate inquiry into subversive influences in the merchant marine.
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Jores Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Association
A. F
Senate Commerce Committee
Communist Party of America
Elinor M. Herrick
New York
National Labor Relations Board
L. Maritime
John L. Lewis
Ryan
Copeland
Senate
Manufacturers oppose Borah-O'Mahoney bill licensing business
The National Association of Manufacturers warns that Roosevelt may support the Borah-O'Mahoney bill to create a federal licensing system. The association says the measure would allow the federal government to place any business out of operation for minor license violations and erode home rule over business.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Roosevelt
Mayo Carillon at Mayo Clinic Tower Details
The Mayo Clinic tower houses a 23 bell carillon with the largest bell weighing four tons and the smallest 168 pounds. Each bell’s clapper weighs one sixteenth its bell. James J. Drummond administers Worrell hospital and serves as carillonneur. Concerts occur three times weekly for thirty minutes. Six bells can be played at once, two with each hand and two with the feet.
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Mayo Clinic
James J. Drummond
Worrell Hospital
Dear Mrs Pucket Letter About William Absence
A schoolteacher asks Mrs Pucket why pupil William was absent. The reply notes William keeps time for his father and explains Willie brought home an example comparing walking speeds, concluding Willie is not a man and his father must handle the matter.
Women urged to boost charm with Pinkham's Compound
A vintage health ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to lift mood and energy, urging women to take a bottle to improve sociability, reduce discomfort, and "smiling through" life. It claims over a million letters report benefits and urges purchase from a druggist.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia EF. Pinkham
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Sen
Capone
J. P. Kennedy
Madame Perkins
Perkins
Harry Bridges
Pacific Coast
Joseph Kennedy
Maritime Commission
Ralph Emerson
Maritime Union
Kennedy
Palm Beach
White House
Court of St. James
Emerson
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
C.I.O
Reds
Mayo Carillon
Mark
Smith Brothers
Smith Bros
Quaker State
Pennsylvania
Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation
Oil City
al Boyes
Allen H
al) Boyes
P.A
Prince Albert
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Avery
Revaciés Tebsen
Rolla
J. W. Wilkie
Wilkie
P.A. Crimp
Pipe-Joy Club
al Hendrickson
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