US Debt Limit Increase Favored to Aid Defense
Washington reports Congress backing for Secretary Morgenthau's plan to raise taxes and expand borrowing authority to fund the defense program. Senator George sees an inevitable rise as the treasury may relax limits for defense needs, with the next congress facing higher debt and a broader tax base.
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Washington
Congressional
Morgenthau
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Commttes
Treasury
Congress
Martin
Diestad Yestering
Rayburt
Chip sabotage probe at Seattle shipyard stalls navy conversion
An investigation into sabotage at a Seattle shipyard where two passenger ships are being converted into navy transports is reported by the Post-Intelligencer. Five sabotage schemes were alleged last week, none occurred locally, and ground emery was found in some machinery. J Lamont Todd, president and GM, says the case is being handled swiftly and will not discuss details. Miners president Grant and President Harrigan are being converted into navy transports at the yard.
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Seattle
Odd
Poat-intelligencer
Wasa
J. Lamont
Todd
Grant
Harrigan
Kruschen Salts Promises Fat Loss For Women
Marketing copy targets girls and women with a fat reduction claim through Kruschen Salts. It advises a daily 14 teaspoonful dose in hot water before breakfast, cutting pastries and fatty foods, asserting three weeks to see fat loss and energy gains. Leading druggists nationwide offer the product, with a money back guarantee.
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America
Beily
Amercla
Light Want Ads and Cash Transactions
The notice explains Want Ad readers pay cash for items in the For Sale column. Light Want Ads can sell used articles from 40 cents to as much as 100 dollars, with occasional transactions reaching thousands. The small cost of a Tight Want Ad yields profits far beyond the price.
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Light
Socialite Jane Minson and ex GOP chief wed in Tampa
John D. H. Hamilton, former Republican national committee executive director, and Washington society figure Mrs. Jane Kendall Minson eloped from New York and married quietly in Tampa aboard a Gulfview residence. They plan a Hawaii honeymoon before Hamilton enters private industry.
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Tampa
Fla
Ty51
John D. H. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Jane Kendall Minson
Washington
New York
Hamilton
London
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Nassau
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Mason
George Grant Mason Jr
Tuxedo Park
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Laura Hall Hamilton
Topeka
Kan
France dissolves key steel coal trade unions
In Vicny France on November 12 the government by special degree dissolved the Comite des Forgés steel trust and the Confederation of Labour along with the coal trust. Committees will replace private firms in steel and coal, and seized property is held for future decree. Other dissolved bodies include the employers association and the Confederation des Syndicate Professioneles Francais as part of ending old regime industrial control.
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VICNY
France
Comite Des Forgés Steel Trust
General Confederation of Labor
Great Coal Trust
Tlsolved
Employers Association
Confederation Des Syndicate Professioneles Francais
Soviet Russia Looms Over Berlin Conference
US and Britain reevaluate Russia policy as Molotov signals possible closer ties with the axis. Diplomatic circles note a shift from denouncing Bolshevism to seeking improving relations, with Rome exporting 70 million loaves to Russia viewed as a tangible sign of outreach.
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Washington
State Department
Berlin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Adolf Hitler
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Russa
Bovidt
Neveléay
Rome
Helen Morgan Stricken During Oakland Club Show
New York singer Helen Morgan, famed for Show Boat, collapsed after an abdominal disorder while performing at an Oakland night club. She completed the show, then collapsed in her hotel room. doctors described her condition as grave and said an operation would be necessary at Merritt hospital in Oakland.
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S&c
Oakland
British Attack on Taranto Hits Italian Naval Base
Taranto in the gulf of Taranto reported by Italian high command as a British bombing raid damaged one warship and possibly downed several raiders with some crews captured. The communique also claims Italian submarines attacked British naval forces and convoys in the central Mediterranean, with a large warship damaged by torpedoes and two steamers sunk.
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Rome
Italy
Taranto
High Command
Gulf of Taranto
Mediteranean
Eure
Talian
Greece
Reek
Allbsk
Epirus
Condard
Uves al Toantina
Metsovon
Kastoria
Lariss
Gorfu
Lake Presba
Albania
Yugoslavia
Alam ® Hateel
Tiwilan
St Aid Batrant
Africa
Alexandra
Egypt
Matra
Derse
Bengasi
Polaon
Bardia
Sidi Barrani
Leo
Gallabat
British Extend Raids From Border Post
Cairo dispatch reports British troops extending raids from Gallabat with heavy enemy casualties and little British loss. Artillery struck a Malian camp, destroying gasoline and food stores as part of renewed operations in the Gallabat region.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gallabat
Galabat
Kennedy Defends Off the Record Interview Statements
United States ambassador to Britain Joseph P. Kennedy denies printing portions of an off the record conversation with The Boston Globe. He says Louis Lyons relied on memory and that many statements were inaccurate while Boston Globe cites Lyons’ understanding of off the record remarks.
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Aceelst
New York
Joseph P. Kennedy
United States
Court of St. James
Louis Mi Lyons
Boston Globe
Uiydhs
Boston
Céglon
Edmondson
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Luis
The
Globe
Lyons
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América
Winchester
Deer
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