Wage Earners Face New U S Tax Plan In 1939 40
The weekly analysis argues that federal taxation will shift burden to wage earners as Morgenthau and aides push for pay as you go funding, possible higher surtaxes, and lower personal exemptions to finance defense and a national health program. It notes opposition from business and politics amid European tensions and labor law debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edsel Ford
Senate
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Marriner S. Eccles
Henry Morgenthau
U. S. Health Service
Pan American conference tests hemispheric unity contrasts
U S delegates head to Lima for the Pan-American conference amid skepticism from 20 American nations about U S leadership. Brazil backs Cordell Hull while Argentina opposes American actions on wheat, and Nazi envoys appear, signaling limited backing for Roosevelt’s defense plan.
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Lima
U. S
North
Rome
Paris
Madrid
Pan America
Europe
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Nazi Germany
Mr. Hull
Notable political chatter on potential retirement and leadership shifts
A collage of possible moves from Harold L. Ickes to run for Chicago mayor to John Nance Garner facing pressure at Detroit. Anthony Eden may rejoin Britain’s cabinet as dominions secretary with Chamberlain defeated. Joseph Martin poised to win House Republican leadership on first ballot with broad GOP backing.
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Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Chicago
John Nance Garner
U. S
Detroit
Texas
Garner
Anthony Eden
Neville Chamberlain
Massachusetts
Rep
Joseph Martin
House
National Committee
Washington
Hoover, duPont and Liberty League
Daniel O. Hastings
Delaware
Harvey Jewett
South Dakota
Insurance policy loans trimmed by legislatures ripple nationwide
The Piper O Brien bill cut life insurance policy loan interest from 6 to 5 percent forcing many firms to raise premiums on new policies by 10 to 20 percent and revise guarantees on dividends and endowment contracts. Other factors push higher premiums including capital market difficulty and reduced new financing. Masaryk to retire from Czech official role. will live in England after U S visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Piper-O’brien
Official Title and Trust Busting in Government Power
Washington says public officials gain arrogance from titles and seek to command via decree. The piece critiques Thurmond Arnold and a Department of Justice consent decree in auto financing, warns against expansive regulatory power, and urges Congress to review laws and regulations for clarity and legitimate authority.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Thurmond Arnold
Arnold
Congress
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Stooges
Germany
AAA
Western Newspaper Union
Colorful Tea Towels To Brighten Kitchen
Pattern 1706 offers embroidery and applique options with six motifs. Includes transfer design sized 6 by 7 inches, stitch illustrations, and materials list. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept at 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY with name and address and pattern number.
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Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Uncle Phil LGays on character and fault and virtue
The text comments on virtue and vice including liberty in bachelors, vanity of modesty, inherited blame, and the vamp lure of sympathy. It notes that nature and wisdom can diverge and that belief is hidden knowledge while temper and praise shape character.
Optimistic Pretenders Among Modern Throne Seekers
Collier's Weekly notes Grand Duke Vladimir heir to Cyril’s line hopes to rule all Russias while Anthony Henry Hall campaigns relentlessly aiming to be King Anthony I of England.
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Vladimir
Cyril
Russias
Anthony Henry Hall
Anthony I
England
Collier’s Weekly
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Joseph W. la Bine
U. S. Treasury
Oswald Pirow
Union of South Africa
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
France
Russia
Berlin
Romania
Carol
Memel
Italy
Mediterranean
von Ribbentrop
Labor
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
A. F. of S
William Green
U. S. Supreme Court
NLRB
Consolidated Edison
National Mediation Board
Pasadena
Bedloe’s Island
New Jersey
Edselford
A. F
Masaryk
Thomas G. Masaryk
Jan Masaryk
Great Britain
Bruckart
Washington Digest
William Bruckart
National Press Bldg
Washington, D. C
Mr. Arnold
Phil
Lgays
Nic Cousin
Locke
Blackman
Blackman's
Blackman’s
Blackman Stock Medicine CO
Chattanooga, Tennessee
WNU
Sts of Health
N Nature
Ise Dean
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