Lengthy Congress Faces Battle Over New Tax Measure
Analysis notes President Roosevelt urging adjustments to Wagner act and wage hours law while seeking $460 million in new taxes to cover defense costs. Budget shows $8.4 billion in outlays for 1940–41 with a projected deficit of about $2.18 billion, amid expected clashes with Republicans over trade and fiscal policy.
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Alben” Barkley
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Tom Dewey
New Deal
Treasury
Byal Sen
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Notable Names Parade in Debates and Cabinet Shuffle
Names dominate the page with Harry Bridges freed on deportation charges and seeking naturalization, Charles Edison named secretary of the navy and pursuing faster shipbuilding, Lepke Buchalter jailed on narcotics violations amid Dewey’s vow to “put him away,” James H. R. Cromwell named U S minister to Canada, and John W. Finch urged to resign. Britain’s Chamberlain laments fishing time as Congress debates debt limits, tax plans, Wagner act reform, and Dies’ un-Americanism committee.
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Harry Bridges
C. I. CO
Charles Edison
Secretary of the Navy
Louis (Lepke) Buchalter
New York
Thomas Dewey
James H. RB
Cromwell
Doris Duke
U. S
Canada
John W. Finch
Bureau of Mines
Harold Ickes
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Midland Salmon and Trout Club
Senate
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Martin
un-Americanism Committee
Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Cordell Hull
Francis Biddle
Circuit Appeals Court
Warren Madden
NLRB
James A. Farley
National Committee
Washington
Trebruary
Chicago
World News Mix of Communications, War Fronts and Diplomatic Moves
Western Union and Postal Telegraph face financial strain amid air mail and radio competition while proposed consolidation stirs antitrust talk. Reports from Madrid praise Finland’s defense as European powers weigh Russo-British ties and potential peace moves. German policy shifts and naval acts mingle with Buenos Aires revelry as Britain plans massive draft and Scapa Flow freighters’ scuttles.
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Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Western
Postal
Buster Thurman Arnold
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Buenos Aires
Graf Spee
Scapa Flow
Royal Oak
Supreme Court backs NLRB in three labor rulings
The high court upholds NLRB in three decisions affecting Falk Milwaukee ballots, a CIO waterfront agency, and Jackson Michigan power company voting. Justice Harlan Stone notes congressional failure to provide court review causes hardships.
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Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Falk Corporation
Milwaukee
Pacific Coast
Jackson, Mich
Cc. I. O
A. F. of L
NLRB
Harlan Stone
Congress
May Be Just Tuning Up For the Election Campaigns
A columnist warns of rising petitioners in Washington amid a flood of social welfare and labor pressure groups. He cites church census leverage attempts, old age pensions, unemployment benefits, and large labor factions led by John L. Lewis and William Green. The piece laments growing federal meddling and a looming national debt as politicians chase favors.
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Ber
Washington
Census Bureau
New Deal
Federal Treasury
Organized Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Lewis
Green
Congress
House Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Smith
Madden
Leiserson
Labor
Household Questions and Practical Tips From The Home Page
Short guidance on home care and simple remedies. Tips cover curtain hangs, kitchen safety, quick meat pie crusts, suede shoe care, lemon juice with cream, soap making from bathroom scraps, homemade paste from basic ingredients, and stain removal for fruit chocolate tea coffee. Includes safety notes about heat and burns.
Chinese Houseboy Hid In Billiard Ball Head Prank
In a Shanghai bungalow, English residents teased a Chinese houseboy with paper pellet shots. They announce they will stop. He thanks them and promises not to make coffee with dishwater.
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Shanghai
English Peer’s Hitlerite Daughter Returns to England
The article notes an English peer’s daughter, a Hitler supporter who had been in Germany since before the war, returned to England on a stretcher with a bullet wound in her neck. The piece asks for her name as part of a quiz.
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Germany
Moscow
London
Sir William Leeds
Viacheslav Molotoff
Augusto Rosso
Paul Emile Naggiar
Petit Parisien
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Herman Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Joe Goebbels
Robert Ley
Hans von Mackensen
Russia
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Finland
Reich
North Sea
England
Eamon de Valera
Parliament
Martin Dies
Congress
Justice Department
Isms
Robert Fechner
CCC
Guy Ballard
U. S
Doan
al Worldleg Soerene
Dean
Freeman-Mitford Faces Irish Rebellion Fears
The speaker warned of an uprising by the outlawed Irish Republican Army named the False. He urged Congress to pass more acts. In a grim note, many Russian divisions were killed, while a business census began January 1 with the regular count starting April 1.
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Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford
Irish Republican Army
Congress
Pressure groups harass Congress with varied causes
The piece notes pressure groups busying Congress with diverse campaigns as a coming election looms. It cites union labor and the American Legion as active forces, while Bruckart doubts feasibility and fears new injustices may emerge. Few can analyze the situation.
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Congress
American Legion
Bruckart
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Estonia
Alcazar
Paul Emile Naggiar Lonesome
Courts
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Politics
William Brackart
WIU Service
National Press Bldg
Washington, D. C
Hugo Black
Supreme Court of the United States
Legion
Washington Way
Washington Digest
Seekers After Justice
Fred J. Beardsley
Saino
Psonai
WNU
Doans
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