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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
3
House votes 328 to 70 to pass the president three billion dollar relief package sending it to the Senate. The bill authorizes 3.154 billion dollars for relief and WPA fertilizer and rural electrification while a notable vote to curb state debt limits fails. Farm amendments ease eligibility for relief and fertilizer access.
Haile Selassie appeared in person at the League of Nations council in Geneva to challenge the British policy of realism under Chamberlain and Halifax over Ethiopia and the Spanish civil war. He claimed Ethiopian forces still advanced, despite Italian gas, and urged the council to take up his protest. The council did not vote on recognizing Italy’s conquest, while Spanish loyalist Alvarez del Mayo assailed British and French nonintervention policy from both the trenches and the assembly.
Senate and House conferees patch a 300 million dollar revenue act and send it to the President. The measure retains a vestige of the undistributed profits tax through 1938 and 1939, with a 19 percent top rate if no earnings are distributed and 16 percent if all earnings are paid as dividends, plus a 24 percent credit against the maximum tax for dividends.
PRATERCANS of the nation and the Railway Express agency served formal notice on chairmen of rail brotherhoods of their intention to reduce basic rates of pay 15 percent on July 1. The carriers expect to trim the annual payroll by 250 million dollars affecting about 925,000 railroad workers. The announcement drew a defiant reply from the Railway Labor Executives association declaring they will fight the action with every resource at their command.
Texas shut wells on weekends to cut output by 16 percent. Oklahoma ordered May production down by 81 000 barrels daily to 405 000. Governor Marland praised the move as a swift state-led effort to stave off federal regulation.
Federal Housing Administration begins insuring farm mortgages under Stewart McDonald. Amendments allow insurance for loans on farms with new or repaired farm buildings given at least 15 percent of funds to materials and labor. Eligible borrowers include operators renters tenants and prospective buyers. Maximum loan support ranges from 9 percent for 5400 or less to 80 percent for larger loans and 80 to 90 percent for mid-range loans.
The Department of Agriculture prepares a nationwide wheat loan scheme as a safeguard against falling prices if a poor harvest hits this summer. Secretary Wallace weighs heavy planting reductions, with bids for 37.5 percent cuts, while total supply could top 1.1 billion bushels alongside a new crop insurance campaign.
Twenty eight members of the House signaled to discharge the rules committee on the administration wage hour bill. Supporters led by Chair Mary T Norton expect Senate approval despite Southern opposition over the lack of regional differentials. The bill sets minimum wage of 25 cents an hour rising to 40 cents within three years and a 44 hour week lowering to 40 within two years, administered by Labor and enforced by Justice.
Foreign correspondents guessed the Rome summit between Hitler and Mussolini strengthened ties. They believed Hitler assured Mussolini Germany would not absorb the Tyrol minority, and Italy would not hinder Nazi plans for Sudeten Germans. Mussolini reportedly gained recognition of Italy’s interests in central Europe and a promise about Trieste’s Austrian traffic post Austria’s absorption.
Joseph Davies a wealthy lawyer was named ambassador to Belgium by President Roosevelt. He will move from Moscow where he and his wife Marjorie Post Hutton Davies found the social life lacking amid Soviet restrictions.
Striped fabrics are popular for chair slip covers this season. Center stripes on the back and seat and use crosswise stripes for the bottom. Main pieces are cut on the furniture with seam allowances. paper patterns guide small sections. Gather edges as needed and pin in place. Spears offers patterns in SEWING for the Home Decorator and can mail a copy for 25 cents to Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chicago, IL.
The text presents a quiz and scattered historical notes. It asserts Mexico's production value at 225 million dollars and claims on early discoveries, with several questions about ancient myth, presidents, geography, and exploration.
Chronos argues that earlier presidents were mainly presiding officers of the Continental Congress. A 14 inch gold cube would weigh about one ton. Arlington cemetery burials rose to 46 661 by March 25 1938. United States population listed as 127 000 000. Submarine animals have porous bodies and elastic fiber skeleton remains as a product. Mexico leads silver production with 500 million ounces in five centuries, 33 percent of world output.
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