TVA Feud Triggers Congress Probe and Private Power Upheaval
A. E. Morgan Berry claims $5 million over flooded marble quarries near Norris Dam. Morgan calls for congressional investigation as Lilienthal, Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan defend the TVA. Roosevelt praised, Norris seeks probe. private power buyouts loom, risking elimination of private plants if purchases proceed.
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Morgan
Berry
Congressional
Lilienthal
Harcourt Morgan
Commission
Roosevelt
Maverick
Texas
Congress
Norris
TVA
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Battle near Cartagena sinks rebel cruiser Ba leares
Loyalist forces strike a major naval blow off Cartagena sinking the 10,000 ton rebel cruiser Baleares after a planned assault by warships and planes. About 300 crew drowned with 400 rescued by two British destroyers amid the Mediterranean sea battle.
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Baleares
Cartegena
Mediterranean
Prieto
President Adds Pacific Isles to U S Possessions
President issues orders placing Canton Enderby islands in the Phoenix group under U S control as stopover points for flights to Australia. Britain disputed claims to the Phoenix islands. order follows settlements by American citizens. Also includes lands in Antarctica first explored by Admiral Byrd and others.
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NDER
Ickes
United States
Pacific
Canton
Enderby Islands
Phoenix Archipelago
Australia
Great Britain
Britain
Antarctica
Admiral Byrd
French Ambassador Rene de Saint-Quentin Arrives in Washington
Saint-Quentin arrives to present his credentials to President Roosevelt at the White House. The 54 year old bachelor counts a long famous French family among his credentials. Also drawing attention are the three unmarried sisters of King Zog of Albania on a US pleasure tour.
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Rene Doynel DE Saint-Quentin
Georges Bonnet
France
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Zog
Albania
United States
Borah Warns Navy Bill Faces Senate Fight
Senator Borah attacked the administration's billion-dollar naval building program calling it unjustified and dangerous to peace. He warned the measure would not pass the senate without a lively fight, saying vast sums drain relief efforts from the people in distress. Borah, senior on the foreign relations committee, voiced strong opposition.
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House
Borah
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Supreme Court Narrows Reciprocal Tax Immunity In State Leasing Income
The court held income from state lease lands is not immune from federal tax, widening Tax Field No. 5 with implications beyond a century of precedents. Justice Butler dissented with Justice McReynolds, warning the ruling unsettles reciprocal immunity in the dual system and signals a broader shift in immunity doctrine.
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United States
Supreme “Court
Pierce Butler
James Clark McReynolds
Supreme Court
Trade Treaty Signed Between United States and Czechoslovakia
Secretary Hull and the Czech minister signed a reciprocal trade treaty covering tariffs on 76.7 percent of American exports to Czechoslovakia and 55 percent of Czech exports to the United States. Limited concessions on shoes were granted to the Czechs, who produce large quantities of inexpensive footwear for the U S market.
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Hull
United States
Czechoslovakia
House leaders balk at wage hour bill angering members
Chairman John J. OConor of the rules committee urged action before adjournment on the wage hour issue. He warned a flexible bill is needed this session to guarantee minimum wages to lift workers from starvation and set maximum hours to end industrial slavery.
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House
John J. O’connor
Rules Committee
Congress
Tax Bill Battle Rages In Congress Over Revenue Plan
R L Doughton of North Carolina chairman of the ways and means committee presents the revenue bill framed by a committee majority. Administration leaders say it will boost trade and ease business burdens without lowering federal income. Critics flag the closely held corporation tax as political weapon and oppose several house provisions. Senate Finance Committee leadership plans hearings.
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Obert L. Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means
House
Coughton
McCormack
Massachusetts
Lamneck
Ohio
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Veto Power Refused in Appropriation Bill Debate
A senate-house conference committee rejected a provision granting Roosevelt power to veto individual items in appropriation bills. The House had added the veto provision to the independent offices appropriation bill, but the Senate rejected it and the conference elimination was approved.
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Roosevelt
Senate-House
Independent Offices
House
Senate
Conference
Corn Acreage Cut Aims at 12 States for 1938
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration told farmers in 12 commercial corn states they may plant 40,491,279 acres in 566 counties this year. Last year 58,616,000 acres in 1,123 counties were harvested. The national goal for 1938, including commercial corn allotments, stands at 94,000,000 to 97,000,000 bushels.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
California Flood Devastates Los Angeles Area
A severe flood in Southern California after heavy rains swamped the Los Angeles region. Nearly 200 people were drowned or killed in landslides and thousands fled their homes as property damage was estimated at about 65 million dollars.
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California
Los Angeles
Czech Premier defies Nazi demands rallying deputies
Prague Premier Hodza declares Czechoslovakia will defend itself as Hitler advances in Austria and Hungary announces internal loan of 200 million dollars for air defense and rearmament while easing Nazi access to payrolls.
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Itler
Austria
Seyss-Inquart
Czechoslovakia
Fuehrer
Milan Hodza
Prague
Hodza
Germany
Chamber’ of Deputies
Hungary
Dayanyi
U. S Leads World in Rubber Making
U S chemists lead in synthetic rubber research with Koroseal and Neoprene showing promise. Germany's Buna rubber and Russian alcohol-based efforts mark global competition. Dr H L Trumbull notes American innovations resist ozone and chemicals, offering non vulcanized elasticity and broad uses.
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New York
United States
H. L. Trumbull
Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering Magazine
Trumbull
Germany
Russia
Dr. Trumbull
Chemical Laboratories
B. F. Goodrich Company
Post Trader Keeps Cow North of Arctic Circle
Kotzebue Alaska residents gain fresh milk as Kotzebue’s Warren Ferguson ships a western Washington Jersey cow with alfalfa hay and dairy seeds to cope with 50 degree below zero winters. The cow stays in a hay lined barn with an oil burner for warmth and an airplane mechanic tending daily.
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Kotzebue
Alaska
Arctic Circle
Warren Ferguson
Ferguson
Seattle
Kotzebue Range
Washington Jersey
Druggist Bowls 5 Years St Louis Legend
Charles H Hahn, eighty six year old druggist, keeps bowling despite age. He has been knocking over ten pins since 1872 and plays regularly in St Louis.
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St. Louis
Charles’ H. . Hahn
San Jose bulletin ranks common causes of exam failures
A San Jose State College bulletin lists time as the sole cure for students flunking exams. Petting is cited as another common cause. The note identifies love as ranking among the ten most frequent reasons for academic failure.
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San’ Jose
Calif
San Jose State College
Sacred clubs drop male-only walls in New York
The 169 year old Chamber of Commerce of New York opens to women at its annual tea with Dorothy Thompson in attendance and a photo with president Winthrop Aldrich. A women’s powder room appears at Liberty Street HQ, while women staffers exist but entry and elevators remain restricted to men. The Fifth Estate club, long male only, begins inviting women after Judge Oberwager enlists fellow governors, culminating in a first annual dinner for ladies. The piece also notes hats and a maid who sought work to advance a career, plus a quip about a father asking for his daughter back from Gus Haenschene.
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Chamber of Commerce of
New York
Dorothy Thompson
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Mabel Green
The
Sun
Liberty Street
Chamber
Fifth Estate Club
Charles Oberwager
Board of Governors
Park Avenue
British Hawker Hurricane Reaches 408 M. P. H. In Flight Test
London reports reveal the RAF's Hawker Hurricane piloted by Squadron Leader J. W. Gillan achieved 408 miles per hour in darkness from Turnhouse near Edinburgh to Northolt near London. The 48 minute flight averaged about 406 mph, claimed as the first dark condition speed feat, aided by a tail wind and surpassing a Munich land plane record.
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London
J. W. Gillan
Turnhouse
Edinburgh
Northolt
Munich
Hollywood notes on Tom Sawyer film and star rumors
A roundup of 1930s show business items reports Tom Sawyer filmed in Technicolor with Tommy Kelly chosen after a nationwide search. It notes Katharine Hepburn’s image shift, Lawrence Tibbett’s screen plans, Joan Crawford’s rumored divorce, and cast picks for upcoming films including Zasu Pitts and Claire Trevor. It also mentions Peter Van Steeden’s radio debut anniversary and Martha Tilton's singing in The Rueful Truth with Boni Goodman.
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Hollywood
Zasu Pitts
Victor Moore
Joan Bennett
Beverly Hills
Texas
Randolph Scott
Claire Trevor
Edward G. Robinson
Warner Brothers
Brimstone
Wallace Beery
Arizona
Peter van Steeden
New York University
Martha Tilton
Benny Goodman
Joyce Compton
Andrea Leeds
Virginia Verrill
Western Newspaper Union
Vatican Railroad: World’s Smallest Line Stuns with Gold Carriages
The Vatican State operates a tiny railway about 600 feet long with a locomotive and three cars. It features a throne room coach a chapel coach and the pope’s private dining and sleeping car all elaborately decorated in gold and mother-of-pearl. The line runs from behind St Peter’s Basilica under 300 feet of tunnel to the state frontier.
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Vatican State
Vatican Hill
St. Peter's Ba Bice
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Advert
Sugar coated laxative ad touts effectiveness and child appeal. Claims easy use and urges immediate purchase.
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Dr. Pierce
Mind's Portrait Quote Reflects Cicero Insight
A line on the mind and its face by Cicero compares the eyes to formers of thought, stating the countenance mirrors the mind. The phrasing presents a philosophical view on expression and inner character.
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Cicero
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R. L. Doughton
Hitler
U. S
DuPont
L. L. Stevenson
Gus Haenschen
Haenschen
Bustop
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Muff Potter
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David Selznick
Tommy Kelly
WPA
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Tommy
Tom Sawyer
Katharine Hepburn
Baby
Lawrence Tibbett
Grace Moore
Joan Crawford
Franchot
Vatican Railroad
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Tennyson
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Lou J.ienee
N. Walnut St
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