Relief fund boost and tax pace in wartime congress
A weekly analysis notes Senate boosts to farm and relief funding, House trimming navy outlays, and expectations of no new taxes this session. It covers three year trade act debates, anti lynching moves, and political maneuvering as Europe edges toward conflict.
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House
Franklin Roosevelt
Senate
NVA
Virginia
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Key Pittman
Joe O’mahoney
Pat McCarran
Judiciary Committee
Hatch
Texas
Wright Patman
Weaver Myers
Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue
Lighting, Flights and Legal Echoes Across 1949 News
A Northwest airliner dodges a lightning hit near Helena en route to Billings with no injuries as U S airlines log 88 million miles that year without fatalities. Congress debates anti trust, labor, and patent rulings, including Dies investigations, Thom as claims on textbooks, and Ethyl patent cases shaping price controls.
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A. F. Olson
Billings
Mont
Helena
Pilot Olson
Olson
Washington
A. F
S. Teamsters
Anti-Trust Division
Department of Justice
America
Buster Thurman Arnold
Teamsters
A. F. of L
Federal
Peyton Gordon
Supreme Court
Ethyl Corporation
Farley Emerges as Force in 1940 Democratic Race
Washington column traces shifts in Roosevelt third term plans as Jim Farley declares candidacy and Garner’s bid recedes. It notes payroll power, patronage, and the jockeying of party leaders, with Farley demanding influence over convention strategy and leadership.
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Garner
Big Jim” Farley
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Farley
Farley
Democratic Party
Massachusetts
Jim
Roosevelt
Hall-Jackson
Hall
State Department
Bob Jackson
Mr. Roosevelt
Faror Roosevelt
Mr. Garner
Ferguson Eyes Third Term in Dallas Political Splash
In Dallas ex Governor Miriam A Ferguson signals willingness to seek a third term, indicating ongoing political ambitions. The piece notes cross references to national and domestic policy, with contemporaneous items on Japan, U S finance, agriculture, and aviation shaping the era's political climate.
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Dallas
Miriam A
Ferguson
Japan
Tokyo
Shozaburo Kanazawa
U. S
Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Department
Britain
Army
Navy
Bolivian soldiers clash at La Paz palace uprising
At dawn 2000 of Bolivia's 12000 troops advanced on the presidential palace in La Paz to assassinate the provisional president and seize power. Chief of Staff Gen Antenor Ichazo responded with two machine guns and loyal officers. An army captain retook tanks stolen by the plotters and the brief war ended within minutes.
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Bolivia
la Pas
Antenor Ichazo
News Quiz review questions and answers
A collection of quiz items with answers on military aircraft permissions, film stars Penny Singleton and Bob Burns, a U S minister Cromwell resignation, a severe Blizzard event in upstate New York, and an explosive ingredient question. Key facts include that permission was granted for the aircraft, Penny Singleton hospitalized, Burns sued, Cromwell did not resign, a 1888 sized blizzard blocked roads, and the explosive is option A liquid oxygen and carbon.
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France
Britain
Dorothy “Penny
Singleton
Bob Burns
State Department
U. S
Canada
James H. R. Cromwell
Syracuse
Utica
Rochester
New York
Lester P. Barlow
Penny” Singleton
Burns
Strange Bedfellows in Third Term Debate
William Bruckart, a Washington commentator, says Roosevelt’s unclear stance on a third term creates an awkward situation for advocates. He notes the president’s leadership style and coattail riders affect political dynamics and party alignment.
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William Bruckart
Washington
Strange Facts About Praying Mantis Beliefs and US Good Neighbor Policy
A curiosity piece notes that 500000 Chinese letters cheered soldiers, while myths say praying mantises see angels when kneeling. It also recounts an artist misled by credentials painting a president’s wife after painting cows for an ad. The United States extends a Good Neighbor Policy with missions in seven countries and technical experts to nine, plus openings at West Point and Annapolis for students from those nations.
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White House
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Guatemala
Haiti
Nicaragua
Peru
West Point
Annapolis
Collier’s
Idle Words and Nina Storm Story In May Issue
Quotes and teaser ad note a few idle words about us and a warning to Nina with Mrs X knowing the storm night. Read the full storm tale in May True Story Magazine, now on sale.
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George Eliot
Nina
True Story Magazine
Adv
Method in Work Method Hinge of Business
A terse aphorism by Cecil notes that work method hinges on punctuality. It asserts there is no method without timely execution. The quote underscores discipline as essential to productive systems and organized work.
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Cecil
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