Bill Passes in House Amid Turbulent Session
The House approved the president's three billion dollar spending bill and sent it to the Senate amid a volatile session. A proposed shift to state relief administration was defeated, and additional authorizations bring total spending to over three billion dollars. The debate touched on unemployment, educational debt, and aid while critics urged vigilance against fascist aggression in Spain. Haile Selassie addressed the league council, denouncing ally desertions and urging action on Italian conquest.
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Senate
WPA
Japanese seizure of Amoy port shocks South China coastline
Japanese naval forces seized the important port of Amoy in South China, 600 miles south of Shanghai, prompting hurried dispatch of American and British warships to protect their nationals. Reports say Japan again advanced on the Lunghai railway from the Shantung front amid stubborn Chinese resistance, while air forces raided Suchow and Kiting.
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South China
Shanghai
Shantung
Lunghai
Suchow
Kiting
Revenue Bill Enacted in 1933 Tax Conferee Pact
The 300 million dollar revenue act, patched by senate and house conferees, was sent to the White House for the President’s signature. It preserves a vestige of the undistributed profits tax to ease administration, valid only for 1938 and 1939, with corporate rates from 16 to 19 percent depending on dividend distribution and a 24 percent credit against the maximum tax for dividends paid.
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Senate
House
White House
Rail wage cut announced by rail agencies
ATLRGADS of the motion and the Key Express agency served rmen of rail intention to re duce basic rates of pay 15 per cent on July 1. The carriers through this action hope to reduce their annual petrol, by $250,000,009. Approximately 925,000 railroad workers are affected by the move. The long-anticipated announcement brought a defiant warning from the Railway Labor Executives' association that they will fight the action with every resource at their command.
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Atlrgads
Rmen
Reilwey Labor Executives’ Association
Oil Production Cut Tightens Texas and Oklahoma Output
Texas ordered wells shut on Saturdays the 2nd and 9th to cut output by 16 percent. Oklahoma producers must reduce May production by 81,000 barrels daily to 405,000. Governor E W Marland hailed the move as stabilizing prices and a assertion of state control over affairs.
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Oklahoma
E. W. Marland
Marland
Farm Mortgage Insurance and Wheat Loan Plans Across Agencies
Federal housing administration backs farm mortgages under amended acts with 90 percent loans for small properties and tiered equity limits for larger ones. Separately, the Agriculture Department plans a sweeping wheat loan program and crop reductions led by Secretary Wallace to avert price crashes, aiming for a record 1.1 billion bushels supply with crop insurance campaigns underway.
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Federal Housing Administration
Steward McDonald
Wage Hour Bill Seen Clearing House Easily
218 House members signed a petition to discharge the rules committee on the wage hour bill. Supporters say Senate passage is likely despite a Southern bloc concern over wage differentials. The plan sets min wages from 23 to 46 cents with 40 hour weeks in two years, enforced by Labor and Justice departments, no regional differentials. Also notes on Hitler Mussolini Rome meeting hints about Axis cooperation and Sudeten policy.
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Sil
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Trieste
Austria
Germany
Davies Named Ambassador to Belgium by Roosevelt
Joseph Davies, a wealthy lawyer, is nominated by President Roosevelt as ambassador to Belgium. He will move from Moscow with his wife Mrs Marjorie Post Hutton Davies amid social isolation concerns due to the Soviet regime.
Iodine Hunger and Health By Dr Houston Goudiss
Dr Houston Goudiss surveys iodine’s crucial role in thyroid function and overall health. He credits Marine and Kendall for iodine research, notes goiter as iodine deficiency, and highlights animal and human studies showing iodine prevents thyroid enlargement, with emphasis on pregnancy and adolescence. The piece urges iodine-rich foods, especially for those in the goiter belt from Vermont to the Pacific states, with seafood and sea-salt sources named.
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Ensoth Sy
New York
Ana
David Marine
C. Kendall
Mayo Clinics
Rochester
Minn
Appalachias Mountains
Vermont
Basin of the Great Lakes
Washington
Rocky Mountain
Pacific States
New Crochet Pattern 6031 for Butterfly Chair Set
Ladies are guided to make a butterfly motif crochet chair or buffet set with matching scarf. Pattern 6031 includes directions, material list, and a photograph. Request costs 15 cents via The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. New York.
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Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
Witth Street
New York
N.Y
Have You a Question Ask Houston Gondiss Kitchen Lab
Reader letters reach C Aolston Goudiss at his New York City kitchen laboratory. He answers questions on foods and digestion and will respond by mail to postcard inquiries sent to 6 Fas. 30th Street New York.
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Fonda
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East 30Th Street
New York City
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30Th Street
New York
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Iodine in Diet and Water Safeguards Against Goiter
The article explains how iodine varies in soil and plants, with leafy vegetables and legumes rich in iodine while fruits are poorer. Watercress can be a good source when soil is iodine rich, and iodized salt greatly reduces goiter prevalence. Water with low iodine was linked to goiter. while adding iodine to water is debated, supervision by authorities is advised. Home makers are offered lists of iodine rich and poor foods.
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Gonerous
United States
Questioned Text on Digestive Experiments and Toast Bread
A fragmentary discussion mentions digestion, timing, and yeast in bread. It references Miss G and C Houston Goudiss 18 and claims about toast, starch, and protein behavior in crusts versus crumb.
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feM_C
Houston
Goudiss
Damson Conserve Promoted By Aunt May Tilgy Ad
A promotional advertisement claims Aunt May Tilgy and a multimillion dollar laboratory process have perfected damson conserve. The copy touts tested recipes, experts and decades of experience, urging readers to use the brand for modern living.
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Aunt May Tilgy
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