Wage Earners Face Heavier Tax Load In New Program
Opinion pieces warn that federal budgeting shifts burden to small wage earners as defense spending expands. Proposals include lower bracket changes and a 10 percent income tax with exemptions tightened to fund health and defense programs, while foreign policy tension and labor law debates shadow the economic outlook.
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Edsel Ford
Senate
Treasury
Economy
Federal Reserve
Marriner S. Eccles
Henry Morgenthau
U. S. ‘Health Service
Pan American conference tensions surface in Lima
U S delegates at Lima for the Pan American conference face cool reception from 20 American nations. Brazil backs Cordell Hull while Argentina resents U S moves to control wheat exports. Nazi envoys attend uninvited seeking to derail hemispheric defense aims.
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Lima
U. S
North
Rome
Paris
Madrid
Pan America
Europe
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Hull
Brazil
Political whispers on future U S and UK leaders
The item lists potential moves for public figures including Harold Ickes possibly retiring to pursue Chicago mayoralty, John Garner facing a Detroit backed challenge for the presidency, Anthony Eden possibly returning as dominions secretary, and Joseph Martin poised to become House Republican leader with wide GOP support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Rep
Joseph Martin
House
New York Bill Triggers Nationwide Life Insurance Policy Changes
The Piper-O'Brien bill reducing policy loan interest from 6 to 5 percent prompts nationwide rate revisions. Most firms raise new policy premiums 10 to 20 percent, effective after January 1, with earlier policies spared. Additional changes include reduced guaranteed interest to beneficiaries, lower dividends interest, higher endowment premiums, and contract withdrawals or changes. Insurance firms face about 50 million in annual revenue loss from the rate cut amid tougher capital markets and little new financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Piper-O’brien
Liberal G. O. P. shifts threaten 1940 party course
The national committee clash in Washington shows liberals facing a stronger Hoover, duPont, and Liberty League bloc. Liberal strength has moved from rural areas to cities while conservatives gain in small towns. Hastings and Jewett named to executive posts deepen deadlock over liberal or conservative path.
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National Committee
Washington
Hoover, duPont
Liberty League
Daniel O. Hastings
Delaware
Harvey Jewett
South Dakota
Masaryk to resign from Czechoslovak official posts
Thomas G Masaryk founder of the nation announces retirement on January 1 in protest at Czechoslovakia capitulation to Germany. He is Masaryk’s son and longtime minister to Great Britain. He plans to live in England after visiting the United States.
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Europe
Oswald Pirow
Union of South Africa
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Paris
France
Germany
Hitler
Russia
Berlin
Romania
Carol
Memel
Italy
Mediterranean
von Ribbentrop
Neville Chamberlain
Rome
Masaryk
Thomas G. Masaryk
Great Britain
U.S
England
Star Dust Reveals All About Laughton and Hollywood Tastemakers
A lively Star Dust column surveys Elsa Lanchester and husband Charles Laughton along with other stars. It notes Laughton’s stage break, his push to avoid typecasting, and contrasts with Cagney and Cooper. It mentions Ezra Stone and Lanny Ross, plus Ezra Stone’s acting and teaching career.
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Charles Laughton
Hollywood
New York
Henry the Eighth
Henry
Scribes Lead Prewar Era to Modern Foreign Reporting
In a feature on historic press conduct, American correspondents like Frank Smothers of the Chicago Daily News are praised for rapid, global reporting beating European rivals. George Rublee, veteran lawyer and diplomat, is noted for his work aiding Latin American and Caribbean oil and banking issues. The piece also covers artist Max Weber, his career rise after initial criticism, and a brief note on Consolidated News Features WNU Service.
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York
Europe
Henri S. de Blowitz
Berlin
London Times
Press Association
Morning Coat
Frank Smothers
Chicago Daily News
Italy
Italy For Faithful Reporting In the Last Year. Mr. Smothers
Chicago
Orient
Boston Transcript
China
Roseville
University of Wisconsin
Northwestern
George Rublee
Fim
Covington
Burling & Rubleé
Washington
Robert la Follette
Western Hemisphere
Rublee
Colombia
Mexico
Dwight
Morrow
Madison
Wis
Harvard Law. School
Fine Arts Substitutes Association
New York Board of Examiners
Max
Weber
Metropolitan’ Museum
New York Sun
Neck
Long-Island
Consolidated News Features
WNU Service
Santa Won't Miss Farthest North U S Community
Penasse Minnesota sits as St Nicholas first U S stop and farthest north community. Santa travels by ski plane from Warroad twice weekly though snow slows his reindeer. Postmistress Miss Helen Arnold notes winter business is slow even at Christmas.
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Penasse
Minn
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
United States
St. Nick
Warroad
Indiana Pete
Lake of the Woods
Helen Arnold
Ointment From Native Shrub Tied to Christmas Tale
The piece links a Bible referenced ointment to a shrub rooted in United States habitats, notably Minnesota woods, whose highly perfumed oil is used to anoint Jesus feet in the King James Bible. It notes the plant’s U S. presence alongside Holy Land associations and Christmas significance.
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United States
America
Holy
Bethlehem
Minnesota
North ‘Woods
Jesus
Northern Outposts Await Planes With Christmas
Far northern Canadian outposts like Adkayik and Coppermine hope for timely Christmas parcels by air. Pilot Marlowe Kennedy ferries provisions from Port Radium to Coronation gulf and Great Bear lake, but weather gaps still threaten the holiday supply.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canadian
Northwest Territories
Adkayik
Coppermine
Coronation Gulf
Marlowe Kennedy
Port Radium
Bear Lake
Arctic
Christmas Tree Lighting Traditions In Town
Communities erect Christmas trees each December in the main square or street and hold a ceremonial lighting to inaugurate the shopping season. Lights along streets add holiday spirit and are taken down after New Year’s Day.
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Yale
Fateful Meeting at Christmas Ride
In a gray December afternoon a man trudges alone as cars pass by without stopping. A driver finally brakes and offers a ride saying they nearly passed up a chance to show kindness this Christmas season. The exchange emphasizes how haste can dull Christmas spirit.
Christmas Meeting With a Scientist Reveals a Shared Dream
Tod Jenkins, a young engineer, meets Perry Birch, an eccentric scientist, while driving home to spend Christmas with his mother. Birch reveals he has pursued a lifelong wish to become a scientist and admires Tod’s work, framing a serendipitous encounter as a Christmas Spirit moment.
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Tod Jenkins
St. Louis
Tod
Perry Birch
Aerial Santa Claus Delivers Yuletide Gifts
Capt William H Wincapaw leads a century old Christmas drop service from West Quoddy Head to New York City. He and his son Bill Jr parachute bundles to remote lighthouse keepers, the captain shouting Let er go as the gifts fall.
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Boston
New
Bill
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