Legislators Target Final Obstacles In 1940 Budget Plan
Albany report shows New York Republican leaders pressing two main paths to end the 1940 session in 14 days. A revenue package to balance a 391.76 million budget and a pari mutuel betting bill for race tracks are under refinement. Assembly and Senate leaders wrestle with tax, betting, and admission-rate terms amid party tensions. Desmond threatens to bolt on budget votes, raising the risk to passage.
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Albany
New York
William C. Martin
Syracuse
State Fair Commission
Paul Smith
Saratoga Spa
John J. Dunnigan
Senate
Joint Conference Committee
Dunnigan
Abbot Low Moffat
Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Moffat
Lehman
Thomas C. Desmond
Newburgh
Desmond
Budget clash over education savings and consolidations
Law already partially enacted limits on state aid to districts and demands proof of need for remainder while Republicans fight Lehman proposals to consolidate school districts. Gov Lehman expects nearly 25 million dollars in annual savings. leaders plan adjournment tactics around holidays as bills on fireworks, the Erie County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, and camp site fees loom.
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State Education Department
Lehman
Erie County
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
State Board of Regents
Whitney
Nazi Forays Hurled Back Paris Claims
German attacks the largest since the war began were repelled by French machine gun and artillery fire in sectors west of the Vosges and east of the Moselle. French observers reported heavy German losses with several engagements and retaken positions, while both sides exchanged machine gun fire along the Rhine amid propagandist loudspeakers. Allied and German air reconnaissance continued despite poor weather.
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Paris
Vosges Mountains
Moselle
Vosges
Rhine
Maginot Line
Basel
Switzerland
Moselle River
Germans Claim Many Captured and Killed
Berlin reports by the German High Command say large numbers of prisoners have been captured and many enemy troops killed. The bulletin asserts significant gains and notes ongoing operations on the front.
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Berlin
Washingtons Teeth and War Front Battles Report
The piece blends a dental anecdote from George Washington with a World War I frontline communique. It notes Washington’s wooden teeth shedding splinters until ivory replacements, plus later mentions of port wine staining. A separate wartime update cites artillery activity, air reconnaissance over France and Britain, and Allied ships sinking an outpost boat.
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Washington
Baltimore
George Washington
Carl 0. Flagstad
Minneapolis
American Dental Association
George
John Greenwood
Zweibruecken
Moselle
France
Great Britain
Sardines Drift Ashore in Ushuaia Beach
Hundreds of millions of ship wrecked sardines washed ashore by heavy seas piled up six feet deep on Ushuaia beach in Argentina's southernmost town.
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Buenos Aires
Ushuaia
Argentina
Pope Pius XII Discusses German Peace Terms With Welles
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XII conveyed German peace terms through Sumner Welles. The plan envisions smaller, independent Poland and Czecho Slovakia with Germany’s economic rights in Central and Southeastern Europe recognized. Welles met Mussolini possible later, then prepared to depart. Myron C. Taylor accompanied Welles to the Vatican.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Sumner Welles
Vatican
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Welles
United States
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Europe
Maglione
Osservatore Romano
Pontiff
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Genoa
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Clementine Hall
Taylor
Msgr
Arborio Mella di Fand Ella
Alabama Public Service Commission warns Mobile on transport fate
Montgomery says Hugh White, president of the Alabama Public Service Commission, warned Mobile that its rapidly growing sea port will dry up unless the city stays alive to transportation problems. The warning came amid concerns over port and rail service affecting future growth and regional commerce.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hugh White
Alabama Public Service Commission
Mobile
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