Nye and Mussolini Shadow World Peace Talks
Senator Nye reports a drastic wartime bill to empower the President to fix prices license industry and tax profits for a planned industrial conscription in a future war. The McSwain bill mirrors it without tax features as the House panel reports. Mussolini doubts quick peace outcome signaling Europe will stay unsettled.
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Enator
Gerald P. Nye
Munitions Committee
Senate
United States
Nye
House Military Affairs Committee
McSwain
Nye Senate Committee
Roger 8. McGrath
James
Bath Iron Works
Maine
Britain Soviet Talks Push European Security Pact
In Moscow Capt Anthony Eden met with Stalin and Litvinov to back a collective security system in Europe including Britain France and Italy. Germany and Poland may join later but the pact proceeds without them. Pravda warns of a large German army and risks of aggression toward France amid Soviet and Western press coverage.
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Remier Mussolini
Germany
Europe
Popolo d'Italia
Il Duce
Conference of Foreign Ministers
Stresa
Mussolini
Hitler
Flandin
Laval
France
League of Nations
Oland
Eden
Warsaw
John Simon
Berlin
Russia
Poland
Oviet
Great Britain
Italy
England
Moscow
Anthony Eden
Privy Seal
Josef Stalin
Maxim Litvinov
Michael Tukhachevsky
Pravda
Tukhachevsky
Freedom Imperilled by Jacob H. Rubin
Wisconsin writer Jacob H. Rubin argues that 250 million Europeans live under dictatorial regimes eroding democratic government. He warns dictatorship threatens freedom of speech and press in the United States and accuses Stalin of pursuing an international doctrine through propaganda against American institutions.
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Roosevelt
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Denmark
Belgium
Canada
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Lichtenstein
Jacob H. Rubin
Wisconsin
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Circumstantial Evidence Versus Eyewitness Testimony
The piece argues circumstantial proof can be stronger than eyewitness accounts. It uses snow prints near a house to show an expert identifying the animal type more conclusively than three dawn observers agreeing on a breed.
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Les Me
Basis for Constitution by A A Berle Jr
The author argues the only force that could unsettle the Constitution is combined stupidity and dishonesty. He notes the Supreme Court’s sharp divides on legal issues yet a unanimous stance on fundamental honesty, stating there is no constitutional right to dishonesty and sovereignty carries inherent power. Regardless of political direction, integrity determines the Constitution’s endurance.
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Tanley Redd
Supreme Court
Congress
Borah Plan Critics Warn of NRA Narrowing
NRA official Senator Borah proposes scrapping most of the NRA leaving only minimum wages, maximum hours and child labor prohibition. Critics say the plan benefits big business monopolies, raises unemployment and relief costs while hurting workers, consumers, and small businesses.
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Enator Borah
NRA
Submarine Subsidies Suggested By Admlty Counsel
Admiralty counsel Benn Barber argues for a mileage based subsidy method replacing the faulty present system. He urges computing direct route differentials, averaging them across routes, and using that average as the new subsidy figure.
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Benn Barber
Value of Discipline By Dr. Ernest M. Hopkins
Dartmouth president argues that military training should be pursued for discipline rather than war preparedness. He reflects on OCC work’s partial success and suggests placing it under a strict military regime to enhance public interest and discipline among youth.
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Ernest M. Hopkins
Dartmouth
OCC
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Confidence as engine of recovery in business policy
U S Senator Harry F Byrd argues recovery must rest on confidence to spur capital investment and expansion. He notes ample capital exists but lacks confidence, warning that frequent experimental schemes confuse and scare business leaders.
Roosevelt lists must and desirable legislation for Congress
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass a two part program of must and desirable laws before adjournment. Key items include NRA extension social security tax reforms expansion of labor dispute machinery and reform of banking and agricultural policies. He warned opposition and partisan delay could stretch the session into summer.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
National Recovery Administration
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Wagner
New York
AAA
House
Senate
Smart frock pattern for school or work wardrobe
A tailored frock pattern 2085 for sizes 10 to 18 offers a practical school or work outfit. Features a youthful yoke, little boy collar, front pleats with tab pockets, front panel skirt with inverted pleats, and a full back gathered to the yoke. Pattern costs 15 cents. order from Sewing Circle Pattern Dept New York City.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Truth and Tall Tales About a Lake Winnebago Catch
A dialog on fishing exaggeration discusses truth in bragging about a big Lake Winnebago bass. Adjustable Truth quips about honesty while Bassler defends telling only what others will believe.
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Rhodes
Lake Winnebagosh
Bassler
Credit Dispute Overcharges at Butcher Shop
A butcher refuses to extend further credit, telling a woman her bill is too high. She responds coldly that she knows the amount and asks him to adjust it to the correct total so she can pay.
Mistaken Identity Reveals Vaccination Scar in Banter
A humorous exchange centers on a patient noting a stocking hole that turns out to be a vaccination scar. Bob explains he wears no stockings and points to the scar as proof, adding a playful jab at the other person.
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Bob
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Eiji Amau
M, Litvinov
Homer
Cummings U. 8S
A. A. Berle, JR
Borah
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Harry F. Byrd
U. S
Virginia
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, D. C
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Wallace
Davis
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