Natalie and Bruce Restore the Harlow Homestead
Natalie Parker receives a bundle of Christmas gifts and meets Bruce Draper on a snowy journey back to Hillsboro. A rekindled romance unfolds as they share a warm fire, explore the stone house, and pledge love under mistletoe, greeting Edith Arnold and Amanda at the reopened homestead.
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Natalie Parker
Natalie
Amanda
Natty
Harlow Chillun
Edith
Arnold Harlow
Hillsboro
Benjamin Parker
Bruce Draper
Bruce
Parker
Harlow
Harlow’s
Edith’s
Arnold
Phillip
Peter
Marjorie
Western Newspaper Union
Housing act revisions aimed to spark a building boom
President Roosevelt urged Congress to revise the housing law to ease credit flow and mobilize idle capital. Proposals include lower FHA loan charges, flexible insurance premiums, higher insurable values, blanket mortgages for rental groups, streamlined large project financing, explicit authority for national mortgage associations, elimination of the July 1 1939 construction limit, and continued insurance for repair loans. Congress faces delay until January with emergent action debated by Celler and farm bill fights between House and Senate.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
National Mortgage Associations
Federal Housing
Roosevelt Goes Fishing Cruise Amid Trust Legislation Talks
President Roosevelt sails to Miami with Assistant Attorney General Jackson and Secretary Ickes to discuss proposed laws allowing action against bad trusts while protecting good ones. WPA Administrator Hopkins joins the angling party as discussions focus on tax and housing issues referred to Congress.
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Havaes
Congress
Roosevelt
Miami
Fla
R. H. Jackson
Ickes
WPA
Hopkins
Senator Barkley Says Tax Revision Impossible This Session
Senator Barkley, Senate majority leader, announces it is impossible to formulate and pass a tax revision bill in the remaining time of the extraordinary session. He had just conferred with the President, outlining the urgent need for revision or repeal of the tax on undivided corporate surplus.
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Marvin Jones
Texas
House Agricultural Committee
House
Senate
Barkley
Congress
Sen. Barkley
Duc de Guise Larms of plot to overthrow republic
The French government declared the Cagoulards plot against the republic had been wrecked and weapons caches uncovered while Duc de Guise in exile in Belgium issued a manifesto claiming he would reconquer the throne. He urged French men to resist dictatorship and abdication and promised happiness through a union with a titular king.
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Larm
Belgium
Duc de Guise
France
Vinson Nominated for D C Court of Appeals Vacancy
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Rep Fred M Vinson of Kentucky to fill a vacancy on the U S court of appeals for the District of Columbia. The post pays 10000 dollars a year for life with retirement benefits. Vinson, a 47 year old tax expert in his seventh term, lives in Ashland Kentucky. The President also nominated Associate Justice D Lawrence Groner of Virginia to be chief justice of the court, creating another vacancy to be filled by Henry of York.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Vinson
House
Ashland
D. Lawrence Groner
Virginia
Henry
York
The Christmas Tree That Found Its Joy
A humble tree transforms from forest loner to cherished holiday centerpiece at a white cottage. Carols, gifts, and two visiting children heighten the warmth as a silver star tops the tree and lights reflect the season’s happiness.
Household Tips From A Local Magazine
Practical household advice covers a small knee high kitchen table that aids seating for peeling and scraping chores. Tips include tar stain removal with turpentine and fullers earth, preserving patent leather with glycerine, and a knitting trick using snap fasteners to mark decreases for easier counting.
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Gnes Myers
Bruce Secon
Japan
China
Yangtse Valley
Nothern Provinces
Taiyuan
Ways and Means
Celler
New York
Farm Bill
Christiaes
Docile Webb Pearson
Father
Mother
R Western Newspaper Union
Autopower
Autopowwer
S. Hoyne Ave
Chicago
United States
Axelren
Coleman Lamp and Stove CO
WU-322
Wichita
Kans
Iil
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Calif
Carlyle
sepentes_ fe
Wincharger Corporation Sr
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