Battle Over Income Questions Threatens 1940 Census
Washington urged Census Director William Austin to withdraw Rosselli charges as a furor over income questions roils plans for the 1940 census. Kenosha shoe repairman Rosselli refused to answer certain business questions, while Sen. Tobey presses to strike the questions from the headcount. The Senate committee postponed debate as Census workers prepare to start visits April 2. Concurrently, Congress considers labor and agriculture measures, including NLRB reforms and farm credit debates.
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Farm Credit Administration
Department of Agriculture
Trend Notes Wind Effects And Relief Measures
Relief plan mirrors surplus foods effort and will start this month in five or six cities to distribute clothing to relief families. Winter wheat prospects in the U S show some improvement in early March due to winter moisture and snow protection. The War Department reports surplus and unstandard munition sales to neutrals with 90 six inch World War guns from Aberdeen sold as is to Brazil. Britain restricts Palestine land sales to Jews to curb Arab unrest and Chamberlain government faces wartime censure with a narrow House vote in favor of the decree.
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Aberdeen
Brazil
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Palestine
Neville Chamberlain
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Peace in the North and Europe’s Coal Clash
The article notes Finland and Russia fighting near Viipuri with a hospital bombing in south central Finland. It discusses peace talks led by Sweden and other powers, and outlines Britain Italy coal disputes as U S Undersecretary Sumner Welles tours Europe meeting Mussolini and Hitler in a bid to defuse conflict.
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Notable Allied Delegation in Washington and Hawaii Visit
General George C. Marshall greeted in Hawaii by sixty army planes. A midair collision of two ships prompted safe parachutes. Frank Ashton-Gwatkin and Charles Rist led an allied effort to placate U S anger over German blockade issues. Secretary Hull met the delegation in Washington. Archbishop Samuel A Stritch was installed in Chicago.
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Hawaii
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Charles Rist
U S
Washington
Cordell Hull
Samuel A. Stritch
Chicago
Atrocity News Across Poland and Europe Emotions Rise
Reports from Berlin Paris and Washington describe Polish deportation halts the curtailment of church services and alleged executions of Polish schoolchildren in Bydgoszcz. Sabre rattling in Romania and Molotov talks signal shifting tensions as Roosevelt faces third term questions.
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Gdynia
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Queen Elizabeth ends maiden voyage in New York
A truncated report notes Britain’s Queen Elizabeth concluding her inaugural voyage with a stop in New York. The piece also mentions a large testing machine at Aluminia Company of America in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, illustrating its varied demonstrations.
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New York
New Kensington
Aluminia Company of America
Passports deny medical students yet ambulance work abroad approved
The State Department refuses passports for several hundred American medical students seeking study in Britain, citing danger on English soil, while approving about fifty to go to France to drive ambulances at the front as humanitarian. The policy contrasts with allies and adds to wartime committee chatter.
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Washington
State Department
France
Weir criticized for political offense amid wartime defense debate
The column defends William Green against attacks on John J. Raskob and Weir. It notes wealth is not a crime and recounts Weir’s labor relations stance with NRA era battles. It cites a Senate defense hearing where anti aircraft gun delivery figures for London are given, timing through 1941.
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Weir
William Green
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U. S
Senate
London
Four charming motifs for embroidery pillow slips
Ilacs daisies daffodils and pansies form a foursome of charm motifs for pillow slips. Designs suit simple embroidery with crocheted or scalloped edges and may extend to matching sheet ends. Numo hot iron transfer 78716 15 cents yields all four designs and multiple stampings from one pattern. Send order to:
Constipation Relief With Pepsin and Senna
A vintage ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin to relieve constipation and stomach discomfort. It claims pepsin helps dissolve undigested protein in the stomach while senna laxative stimulates bowels, suitable even for children.
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Breane
Dr. Caldwell
Full Reason To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason
The quote attributes a stance to Rousseau linking abstention to enjoyment and frames it as epicurean in nature. It presents a philosophical assertion rather than reporting current events.
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