Budget Blues and Global Tensions Across 1940s
Roosevelt's budget message splits Congress between defending peacetime spending and balancing the budget, with tax hikes discussed as lawmakers debate funding and policy shifts. In Europe, Romania, Hungary, and Italy maneuver over Bessarabia and Balkans while Britain reshuffles war leadership. U S labor disputes surface in NLRB hearings as broader geopolitical strains loom.
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Moscow Finns and Casey: Interwar Diplomacy Notes
A Moscow magazine quotes Communist Internationale denying Finland sovietization aims while urging democracy. Simultaneous reports from Washington and Canberra announce first U S Australia diplomatic ties, with Richard G Casey named Australian minister and the U S envoy to Canberra. Other tidbits note Gloria Vanderbilt’s 1939 allowance, a Democratic banquet, and Flora Finch’s age secrecy in Hollywood.
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Roosevelts naval budget and rail fare moves prompt power shifts
The piece notes Roosevelt’s proposed naval appropriation of 1,924.59 dollars and a 33 naval appropriation request pledging U.S. sea-power leadership, the B & O president Daniel Willard advocating two cent per mile coach fares to meet bus competition while rail rates stand at 2.5 cents, and farm policy concerns from the tariff commission about cheap Canadian wheat undercutting parity and farm aid goals, plus U.S. warning to Britain over injuries to American vessels and crews in belligerent ports.
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Roosevelt Third Term Question Roils Washington Rumor Mill
Washington buzzes that Franklin D Roosevelt may retire next January, a shift driven by mass psychology rather than new facts. The piece traces rumor networks, key players like Byrnes Wheeler and Joe Martin, and the tension between silent restraint and party factions shaping early 1940s political maneuvering.
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Dawes and Elliott Roosevelt figures loom in obits and bids
In Chicago Rufus C. Dawes 92, former head of the Progress Exposition and brother to Charles G. Dawes is noted. Elliott Roosevelt, linked to Transcontinental Broadcasting System plans for 100 stations, faces delays as he resigns from TBS in Fort Worth. In Boston Mrs. Biffe J. Can ning Carlton, 84, remembered for singing to a restless baby with Rack-a-bye Baby. In New York W Alten Jones named head of Cities Service Co.
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Household Questions and Food Prep Tips from a Vintage Column
A quaint collection of home tips covers melting chocolate safely over hot water, feeding houseplants with bone meal, giving cacti extra light in winter, storing items cool and dry, and enhancing fudge with cornstarch. Other notes include grape juice with grapefruit for color, hints on opening asparagus cans, feather removal from ducks, and straining pulp with cheesecloth for clear juice.
Metaphorical Flight In Vermont Lawyer Rejects Defense
A Vermont lawyer concludes his closing argument with a metaphor about the defendant’s hypocrisy. He claims the defendant replaces truth with excuses and inserts his hands into the client’s pockets, alleging theft of two oxen and a pig.
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