Hull St Lawrence Seaway Plan Faces United Opposition
Secretary Hull proposed a Canada accord to develop a deep waterway and power at no cost to Canada while the United States would finance the seaway and gain Niagara power and Lake Michigan sovereignty. Critics in Congress call it a British canal and warn it would divert water from Chicago and harm the Mississippi. many senators demand major changes. Justice Hugo Black dissented in the court ruling mentioned.
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Supreme Court Rebukes Wallace Over Kansas City Stockyards Ruling
The U S Supreme Court rejected the government's petition for rehearing in the Kansas City stockyards rate case criticizing Secretary Wallace and Solicitor General Jackson for unwarranted statements. The court already rebuked Wallace twice and voided the maximum service-rate order for being denied full fair open proceedings.
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House Approves Pure Food and Drug Bill in Landers Era
Without a record vote, the House passed the new pure food and drug bill. The Senate had approved a similar measure, differences to be reconciled in conference. The act places drugs, devices, and foods under the Department of Agriculture, bans al teration or misbranding of cosmetics and 94 foods and drugs, requires product testing before market, licenses to curb bacterial contamination, warns on habit forming drugs, and enables factory inspections.
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Reform Bill Shelved As Roosevelt Accepts Congressional Advice
President Roosevelt accepted congressional leadership advice and shelved his executive government reorganization bill with Senator Barkley’s approval. The administration aims to try again in 1939, while Senator Hiram Johnson warns opponents will resume the fight next year.
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Senator Barkley
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Hiram Johnson
California
Roosevelt Signs Tax Bill Without His Signature
President Roosevelt allowed the tax revision bill to become law without his signature to protest its unwise provisions. He spoke to 148 mountain families at Arthur Dale West Virginia and via radio, asserting the bill preserves a skeleton tax on undistributed profits and weakens capital gains levies. He urged future revenue law revisions that curb tax avoidance and encourage private investment.
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Roosevelt
Arthurdale
W. Va
Congress OKs 357 Million for Highways in 1940 41
The bill authorizes new federal highway expenditures of 357 million dollars for fiscal years 1940 and 1941 and approves 150 million dollars of old unused appropriations after the Senate adopted the conference report previously approved by the House.
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Stane
Senate
House
Recovery program urged by Hook at Chicago meeting
Charles R. Hook president of the National Association of Manufacturers urged a return to sound economic reasoning and an industrial recovery program. He called for revising the Wagner act reforming the tax system and ending government competition with private enterprise. He urged amendments to correct one sided labor provisions and to separate fact finding prosecution and judicial functions. Roosevelt signs bill creating 20 federal judges.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Chicago Association of Commerce
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Hook
American Rolling Mill Company
National Labor Relations Board
TVA Chiefs accuse ex-colleague of tampering in court
David E. Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan of the Tennessee Valley Authority accuse former associate Arthur Morgan of trying to sabotage TVA's legal defense in a constitutional case. They deny his other charges and defend their stewardship while rebutting Berry marble claims amid a broader Hollywood gossip sweep.
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Harcourt Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arthur E. Morgan
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Arthur Morgan
Lilienthal
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Dean Mumford Dies at 67 After Auto Crash
EAN HERBERT W. MUMFORD of the University of Illinois is dead after an automobile accident. A noted agricultural educator and marketing expert, he rose from Michigan roots to become professor of animal husbandry in 1901, then dean of agriculture and director of the experiment station and extension service. He was sixty seven.
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Sweepstake Winners Ride to Big Derby and Payouts
OIS ROUSSEL the French bred horse won the English Derby at Epsom Downs. Four sweepstakes ticket holders in the United States won 150000 dollars each. Scottish Union finished second earning 75000 dollars each for eleven U S ticket holders. Pasch the favorite finished third returning 50000 dollars each to seven ticket holders in the United States.
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Ousted WPA Administrator Defies Dismissal Claim
Defies dismissal claim by arguing only President Roosevelt could remove him. Hopkins, national WPA head, notified Christgau that he was ousted after continual quarrels with Gov. Benson and Farmer-Labor leaders in Minnesota.
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Elmer Benson
Farmer-Labor Party
Harry Hopkins
Christgau
Roosevelt
Pensions Boosted for Spanish American War Veterans
President Roosevelt signed a bill with Dill to raise pensions for soldiers sailors and nurses from the Spanish American War Philippine Insurrection and China Relief Expedition. The act allows a $60 monthly pension for veterans sixty five or older who served at least 90 days and for those with less than 90 days who were discharged for a disability incurred in service.
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Roosevelt
Vargas as authoritarian leader and early rise to power
Brazilian President Getulio Vargas is depicted as a bold frontier figure who built a totalitarian state after seizing power in 1930. The profile notes his suppression of the green shirt revolt, denials of press and assembly rights, and a sardonic, self-made rise through law and politics.
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Vargas
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Aurelio Monteiro
Luiz
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Prairie Town
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Empire State and City References in Early New York History
New York was called the Empire State for its population wealth and commerce outranking other states. New York City also earned the nickname Empire City. On December 2 1784 General Washington replied to Mayor James Duane urging blessing and commerce to strengthen the union and state standing.
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Empire State
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Common Council
Washington
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Smart Summer House Dress Patterns for Easy Sewing
Two practical and fashionable patterns for summer wear. Slenderizing Shirtwaist Dress features a notched collar short kimono sleeves and action pleats ideal for chores and outings. Basque Frock offers a snug bodice puff sleeves and wide revers perfect for home and afternoon parties. Patterns 1462 and 1453 cover multiple sizes with yardage details. Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago Ill.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Crocheted Linens and Cross Stitch Motifs Featured
Decorate towels pillowcases and scarfs with cro cheted baskets and cross stitched bouquets. Pattern 6038 offers two motifs sizes plus edgings and a transfer chart. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY for pattern 6038.
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Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Thought Is Life Reflects On Mind and Existence
A quoted aphorism emphasizes thinking as the measure of life. The author attributes life to thought and asserts that those who do not think do not live in any meaningful way.
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Eddie Cantor
A. B. Alcott
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