Defense Bills Promise Billions as Congress Opens
The newspaper urges rapid defense funding as Congress begins in Washington. It predicts total two year appropriations near twenty billion dollars, with about sixteen for defense and seven for ordinary government expenses. It warns against cutting defense to placate fiscal concerns while stressing need for ships and arms. It calls for strict economy elsewhere and rejects dodge on New Deal programs.
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Tith
Heratd Jor
Congress
Congo
United States
Defense
City Radio Station Charter Amendments Introduced
The Common Council moves to transfer main maintenance and engineering duties of WPEA radio operations from the Police Department to the Department of Engineering. Dispatching of police emergency vehicles remains with the Police Department. WPEA serves 87 mobile units including police, fire, city, county, state, and federal vehicles.
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Common Council
WPEA
Grant Boulevard
Harold C. Quick
Department of Engineering
Police Department
Police
Sbervice
E'E
Enen Wpea
Teshe
Talgna
Federal Commimmnications Commission
Art
Syracuse Comm Center Proposal Backed For Communications Bureau
City officials discuss autonomous technical service and a Bureau of Communications to support five departments served by station maintenance staff. The proposal aims to modernize traffic signal maintenance and police communications as metropolitan policing extends wireless telephony trials.
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Syracuse
Department of Engineering
Tis Herown Jor
Von Luckner and the Seeadler Rampage Recalled in Turbulent Times
The piece references Count von Luckner and his Seeadler raider image, noting alleged wartime terror on the high seas and potential future clashes with U S vessels. It mentions a 1938 goodwill trip, spy accusations, and rising fears of piracy and naval risk amid global tension. It also notes a separate tale of two wild dogs terrorizing Cortland County farmers with a massive paw and 15 foot jump.
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von Luskner
Devil
von Luckner
Seeadler
Lise
Pacific
United States
England
Count von Luckner
Bozst
Luckner
Australia
Sen
Luma
Cortland County
Hitler at the door of the new year looks past the Axis triumphs
The New York Times editorial critiques Hitler's New Year messages to the army and party as hollow, arguing they mask a grim 1941-42 reality. It notes Germany’s conquests rely on force, while morale and resistance crumble under occupation, fear, and hunger.
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Hitler
Sex York Times
Roosevelt
France
Low Countries
Europe
New York newsboy’s patriotic Christmas tree decree sparks debate
A wartime column discusses a New York newsboy who urged Christmas trees to display at least one American flag. It praises Lieutenant Walter Winchell in the Naval Reserve for vowing to report war action and issue communiques, while critiquing the idea of selling patriotic pins and tree flags as the sole sign of loyalty.
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New York
Christias
Ywgo
Wanehett
Naval Reserve
Walter
Winchell
Erst
Hong
Jose “Me
Sensbday
Bassinet Department
Avis
Mr. Dooley
Joe Vicker
Shakespeare
Bel Geneva
Lane Painting Nonsense Draws Traffic Critique
A Syracuse reader attacks city traffic lane painting as misguided harm to safety. The piece mocks urban plannings and cites abrupt stop signs at West and West Genesee Streets as evidence of impractical tinkering. It urges abandoning trial-and-error regulatory ideas and preserving established order.
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Herald-Journal
Law and Order
Grivas
Ana
sTewss
Suvernisia
Genesee Streets
Iaraln Goodfellowshp
Syracuse U
Predictions for a finer England after Nazism
A speaker argues England must rebuild a finer democracy after Hitler's defeat, praising British legal and cultural traditions while urging the destruction of Nazism. He contends many in capitalist nations feel useless, urges facing facts, and hopes England preserves leadership for a new Germany.
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England
Herald-Journal
Cain
Mr. Nolan
New England
Chamberlain
Churchill
Hitler
Germany
Roosevelt plans to arm Britain as war moves closer
The Washington column notes the Roosevelt administration gearing to finance and equip Britain, turning the U.S. into a vast munitions factory, granary, and shipyard. A $350,000,000 shipbuilding program is outlined as neutrality erodes, with Congress and Treasury prepared to fund war orders and shift America to a wartime production basis. Harry Hopkins travels to London to strengthen confidential ties as Britain’s needs grow and new envoy Lord Halifax awaits approval.
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Washington
America
United States
Roosevelt
Britain
Congress
France
Belin
Europe
Dia
Amena
Russia
Atlantic
Harry Hopkins
London
Lord Lothian
Lord Halifax
Hopkins to act as eyes in London amid embassy vacancy
The article notes Mr Hopkins will serve as the President's eyes and ears in London, meeting with Prime Minister Churchill on long range issues. It compares Hopkins to past personal representatives like Col. House and Roosevelt appointees, while detailing the need for Senate confirmation for ambassadors, and the president’s push for a rapid defense and production program led by William Knudsen.
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Hopkins
White House
London
Winston Churchill
Wilson
Colonel House
Europe
Roosevelt
Nahe Penne
Winder
Senate
Congress
William 5. Knudsen
Brst
Washington
No London visit by Raymond Clapper sparks British policy talk
Raymond Clapper quips he is not heading to London as another Colonel House to stir British diplomacy. He notes England’s postwar shift and U.S. interest in an arsenal for democracy, citing Senator Vandenberg’s skepticism about Britain’s political drift and Bevin’s and Churchill's circle shaping the future.
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London
Colonel House
England
Roosevelt
Mr. Hopkin
New England
States
Vandenerg
Michigan
Ernest Bev
Churchill
Great Britain
Ware
Senator Vandenberg
Hopkins to Study Trends in Britain During Wartime
The article reports that Hopkins, a private citizen and close friend of President Roosevelt, will visit Britain to observe labor and political currents. He aims to gauge English public sentiment, labor cooperation during wartime, and the left right struggle, hoping to inform U S policy and wartime strategy.
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Britain
Roosevelt
Mr. Hopkins
Hopkins
England
Churet
Hiller
General Johnson Critical of Federal Reserve Inflation Plan Push
Hugh S. Johnson denounces anti inflation proposals as deflation deflationary money schemes. He condemns plans to print money and devalue the dollar by gold and silver purchases at inflated prices, accusing officials of spending large sums beyond support.
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Ashington
Federal Reserve
Mouc
Inflation Fears Highlight Fed Credit Control Debate
A historical analysis argues that Federal Reserve credit expansion mirrors fiat money risks, warning of inflation and price spirals. It calls for limits on bank and gold-based money growth, plus a statutory price ceiling as proposed by the Baruch plan to guard national security and wartime costs.
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Federal Reserve
Monetary clash over Federal Reserve plan shocks Treasury
Paul Mallon notes a fiscal fight between Hatfield Eccles and H. McCoy Morgen amid inflation control. Treasury allies complain they were not given the announcement in time to analyze it, signaling a broader clash over banking powers and oversight.
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HincTon
Iself
New Deal
Feud Over Eccles Credit Shapes Treasury Firestorm
The dispute centers on Eccles and Treasury Secretary Morgenthau as Senator Wagner leads a casual inquiry into monetary policy. A long questionnaire nudges the Fed into Wagner’s path, with critics arguing the move skirts root causes of inflation while aiming to calm public fears. The piece questions whether Eccles has proposed enough or if other measures are needed to halt runaway prices.
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Morgenthau
Eccles
Robert Wagner
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Wagner
Federal Reserve
Carter Cla
Italy
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