Labor and AFL urge breakdown of barriers to industrial expansion
The American Federation of Labor executive council calls for removing fear distrust and unnecessary regulations to expand industry and reduce unemployment. It advocates repeal of excess profits tax clearer rules for business and shared responsibility among government labor and industry to empower private investment and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Cooperation Between Business and Farmers Brings Progress
Cooperation has linked merchants manufacturers and farmers for mutual benefit. Georgia and Illinois chambers led surveys showing production needs guide marketing plans. When business and farmers cooperate with a systematic approach, communities gain solid ground and real results without reliance on government control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Illinois
Cotton's Loss Abroad In 1938 Shadow Over Exports
Latest statistics show domestic cotton use rising 31 percent in December, the strongest month in 12 years outside 1936. Yet exports fell sharply in December 1937 and 1938, with 361,000 running bales sold abroad the smallest since 1881. India and Brazil boosted foreign sales while American exports lagged due to substitution and price pegging, signaling a costly shift as foreign buyers reduce stocks or switch suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Brazil
Agriculture Department
Dapen
Lunching with Fred Allen and a Maine memorial note
New York day by day piece recalls a lunch with Fred Allen in a New York theater milieu. The author recounts attempts to have Allen write a daily humorous piece, Allen’s focus on acting and broadcasting, and a somber Maine memorial at Columbus Circle marking the 41st anniversary of the USS Maine explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fred Allen
Louis and
Armand
East 52Nd Street
Fred
Hollywood
Willy Rogers
Swanney Swanson
Swanson
Will
Maine
Maine Monument
Columbus Circle
Havana Harbor
Metric System Of Measurement Origin In Antiquity
Pauli Beidanier notes the metric system was not a modern invention. officially adopted by France during the Revolution, it was known to architects of Cheops pyramid in the 40th century B C as the sacred cubit, with pyramid lore kept by priests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Roosevelt Secrecy Clash Over Army Air Detector Sparks Debate
Washington story links to Senator Nye and the War Department amid controversy over the Army air detector. The device’s secrecy and a Mitchell Field demonstration drew UK attention. leaks trace to Saito and shifts in war policy. Roosevelt urged compromised talks between Standard Oil and Mexico’s Cardenas regime to resolve the oil expropriation dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Nre
Army
Secretary of War
Mitchell Field
Malin Craig
Senate Military Affairs Committee
New York Times
United States
Times
London
Nye
White House
Sullivan Family Noted in Cleveland Visit
Sullivan Mr and Mrs Raymond and daughter of Cleveland were over for a visit. The fragment indicates a family group from Cleveland and a local mention of their arrival during a social or community note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wfp Fisher
Harle: Remington
Cleveland
DeWitte Lowe
Herschel
Clarence Spencer
Ashland
Tax rules on stock exchanges and loss deductions
The text explains that no loss is recognized for stock exchanges within certain reorganizations or for exchanges within the same corporation. It notes gains may still be taxable when money or property is received, and it warns against deduction of losses if the taxpayer engages in stock acquisition contracts within a 30 day window. The latter section cites guest visits of family members to a Cleveland household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirosi Saito
Japan
United States
Kensuke Horinouchi
Saito
Washington
Union Station
Tokyo
Justice Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Felix
Anniversaries and Today in History Highlights
Obscure list of birth and death anniversaries for figures like John Bell Cyrus McCormick and Susan B Anthony. Includes Today in History items such as St Louis founded the Maine blown up and Wilson embargo. Birthdays of Alfred North Whitehead James Farrell John Barrymore and others. Horoscope notes seek to advise execution and persistence.
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St Louis
Joseph Smith
United States
Dalles
St. Louis
Minnesota
Maine
Havana Harbor
Wilson
Europe
Permanent Court of International Justice
The
Hague
Los Angeles
James M. Peebles
Alfred North Whitehead
Harvards
England
James A. Farrell
U. S. Steel
New Haven
Conn
John Barrymore
Philadelphia
Joseph Hergesheimer
Shelby M. Harrison
Fiussel Sage Foundation
New York
Leaf River
Thornwell Jacobs
Oglethorpe University
Atlanta
Clinton
S.C
Sax Rohmer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chronicle-Telegram
Second Street
Elyria
Ohio
Laram County Printing & Publishing Company
Budnutt
Clahf George
Lorain
State of Ohio
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago, & So
Michigan Ave
Fifth Ave
Columbus
South Thire St
Detroit
General Motors
Charles B. Driscoll
Siberia
Wiley Post
California
Mary
Calfornia
Wiley
Allen
Boston
Funner
Portland
Dorset
Anthony Burke
Chicago
Grand Central Terminal
Broadway
McNaught Syndicate
Chas. Driscoll
Pauli Beidanier
Atktane
Cope
Takted
Tim Bex
K Pat
Jesus
Frankfurter
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
Donald Richberg
Mexico
Pat Hurley
Standard Sinclair
U. S
Mexten
Cardenas
Hurley
Simpatico
Hurley Skellise
Iuiuats
Tandard Oil
Thomas Armstrong
Richberg
Standard
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Sullivan
P. R. Smith & CO
SODAY
John Bell
Tennessee
Nashville
John A. Sutter
Germany
Washington, D.C
Cyrus Hall McCormick
Rockbridge Co
Elihu Root
N. Y
Fisher
Olds
Lansing
Mich
Glen Rogers Motors, Inc
E. Bridge Street
Axminsters
Axminster Carport
Wilton Carpet
Middle Ave
Axminster
Rown’s Furniture
Fifth St
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