World’s Week highlights relief and recovery debates
A sweeping summary notes 12 million unemployed and over 18 million on public assistance nationwide. It cites a $19.4 billion spend by federal and state governments 1933–37 on relief and calls for WPA funding, while criticizing relief policy and tax parts of recovery measures. It also mentions politics around Earle and party control ahead of 1940 conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Relief
Byrnes
Harry Hopkins
WPA
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
First Spending Bill Passes Without Record Vote
The House approved the $903 million spending bill for Agriculture for the next fiscal year without a recorded vote. About $201 million is allotted for road construction as part of the president’s pump priming plan. Roosevelt seeks expanded federal aid to public utilities through RFC lending to fund new construction and reduce unemployment.
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House
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
RFC
Jones
Douglas
Hanes
SEC
Labor unions form political group amid CIO split
The American Federation of Labor follows the CIO by forming a national organization to back selected candidates. The move underscores a renewed labor vote split across state primaries and November congressional elections.
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AF. of L
C.I.O
Merican Federation OF Labor
Pennsylvania Democratic rift over Senate nomination fight
Gov. George Earle is in a heated race for the senate nomination as May or Wilson of Philadelphia, backed by Senator Guffey and John L. Lewis, opposes him. Wilson accuses Earle of borrowing large sums from contractor M. H. McCloskey, co-leader of the Philadelphia Democratic organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Emocrats
George Harle
Wilson
Philadelphia
Guffey
John L. Lewis
Earle
M. H. McCloskey
Philadelphia Democratic
Hitler Reviews Army As Open Warfare Looms
Hitler celebrated his forty ninth birthday by reviewing the Pan German army with 10 000 troops and 500 tanks and armored cars with radio. Archduke Otto is wanted in Vienna and Habsburg properties are said to be confiscated. A New York rally by German American Bund turned riotous and seven men in American Legion caps were assaulted by Storm Troopers. J W Hill urged a congressional probe of Rep Dickstein over bloodshed at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archduke Otto
Berlin
Senate Joins Tennessee Valley Authority Inquiry Panel
Senator Donahey and Senator Davis of Pennsylvania joined a joint congressional committee to investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority. The panel includes Donahey, Bridges was left off, other members from Ohio New Hampshire Wyoming North Dakota and House members from New York Arkansas Texas New Jersey and Ohio. Investigators will be deployed soon with hearings planned in Knoxville and Washington. An earthquake in Turkey killed about 800 people and left 50,000 homeless amid widespread destruction near Ankara.
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James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Congressional Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bridges
New Hampshire
Garner
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Fred H. Brown
H. H. Schwartz
Wyoming
Lynn Frazier
North Dakota
House
J. M. Mead
New York
W. J. Driver
Arkansas
R. Ewing Thomason
Texas
C. A. Wolverton
New Jersey
T. A. Jenkins
Donahey
Senate
Congress
Joint Committee
Knoxville
Tenn
Washington
Anglo-Italian pact aims for peace and broader bloc
Britain and Italy signed a friendship treaty to ease tensions in the Mediterranean and Red Sea, curb territorial aims, and limit forces. Britain hopes to include France and possibly Germany later, with talks of a four power pact involving Poland and Italy. France’s participation hinges on Franco-British negotiations.
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Neville Chamberlain
Europe
Lord Perth
Rome
Ciano
France
Mussolini
Bonnet
Hitler
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
Chamberlain
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Libya
Suez Canal
International
Spain
Balearic Islands
Spanish Morocco
Berlin
Daladier
London
Paris
Britain
Poland
Plot Against Carol Foiled by Iron Guard Crackdown
Romanian authorities jailed Corneliu Codreanu and 1,500 Iron Guard followers after foiling a plot to seize King Carol and declare a fascist state. A blacklist with 2,000 leaders was seized along with large arms stocks. Paris linked the plot to Nazi Germany’s moves in Romania.
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Carol
Iron Guard
Romania
Corneliu Codreanu
Codreanu
Paris
Rumania
Townsend Pardoned On Urgent Presidential Pardon
Dr Townsend was pardoned by President Roosevelt upon the urgent request of Representative C Jasper Bell after Townsend refused to testify to a congressional committee. He arrived at the jail in Washington to serve a contempt term but will not due to the pardon.
When Only Jesus Could Help
Lesson on Mark 9 14 29 shows faith as the key to God’s power. It contrasts unbelief in various forms with Christ’s readiness to act and stresses prayer as the connecting link to ministry and victory over spiritual weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Christ
Morgan
Happiness and Fire Sides Not Found in Cow Gardens
A short, reflective note quotes Douglas Jerrold on happiness growing from inner fires rather than cow gardens, suggesting contentment comes from within rather than external fields.
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Douglas Jerrold
New Call for Work and Nobility in Society
A solemn address appeals to mature men to undertake essential labor and uphold virtue, urging dedication to constructive national service and moral leadership in challenging times.
Silence as Soul’s Refuge Says Quiet Practice Guides
An essay extols silence as vital for inner peace arguing that the soul heals through quiet more than speech and contemplation. It suggests daily intervals of stillness improve clarity and balance.
This Washington Column Questions the New Deal Pace
In a reflective Washington column a writer questions the Roosevelt spending program and the path of national policy. He notes mixed signals from officials and critics while pondering whether pump priming will revive prosperity and citing concerns over inflation and congressional mood.
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Washington
Ture
Roosevelt
Congress
The
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Capitol
Senate
Austria's Katie Schratt and Radio Czar Ethridge Featured
Frau Katie Schratt recalls six decades at the Austrian court while Arch E Ethridge rises in American radio leadership. Schratt, once a dancer and confidante of Emperor Franz Joseph, recounts debts and gifts from the monarch. Ethridge, 44, passes from journalist roles to lead a new era in radio.
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New York
Frau- Katherina Schratt
Austria
Gnaedige Frau
Francis Joseph
Katie Schratt
Of Course Falls In A Doctor's Fatal Slip
A doctor who habitually says of course to interject remarks overheard during a patient visit. He rushed to a gravely ill patient and, of course, the patient died.
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Army Air Corps
Martin
Fes
TVA
Sen. Donahey
Turkey
Ankara
Anatolia
Asia
Aegean Sea
Kirshehr
Yozgad
Tchorum
Barcelona
Vinlaroz
Catalonia
Garcia Valino
Miguel Aranda
Vinaroz
Valino
Tortosa
Franco
Gen
Dore
Gertile
John F. Dore
Dave Beck
Scho
Lesson
Harg
Lundquist
S .Western Newspaper Union
William Brucka
National Press Building
Gton
D. C
New Deal
Western Newspaper Union
By Lemuel F, Parton
Frau Katie
Katie
Rudolf
Vetsera
Frau Schratt
Ark Ethridge
Mr. Ethridge
Simon Legree
Meridian
Miss
Meridian Dispatch
University of Mississippi
Macon
New York Sun
Richmond
South
Consolidated News Features
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