Battle Over Income Questions Threatens 1940 Census
In Washington and Wisconsin a dispute over income questions for the 1940 census sparks clashes in Congress and with the public. Census Director William Austin faces pressure as Sen. Tobey pushes to remove personal income queries, while Rosselli dispute headlines the ongoing tension over the decennial count.
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Europe
Washington
Racine, Wis
William Austin
Uncle Sam
James Rosselli
Kenosha
Wis
Rosselli
Charles Tobey
Rep
N. H
Franklin Roosevelt
Census Bureau
Senator Tobey
Senate Commerce Committee
Austin
Congress
House
NLRB
Senate
Farm Credit Administration
Department of Agriculture
Peace Talks Rise As Russo Finnish War Weighs
Early March saw Finland fight to save Viipuri while Reds bombed a southern Finnish hospital. Europe pressed for peace with Sweden mediating as possible terms included ceding Viipuri, the Karelian isthmus, Lapland, Petsamo and the Hango base. In the west, 20 Britons were captured by the Nazis.
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Finland
Viipuri
Europe
Scandinavia
France
Britain
Germany
Russia
London
Berlin
Brussels
Paris
Stockholm
Sweden
Karelian
Lapland
Petsamo
Hango
Italy’s coal dispute with Britain risks widening war
The article notes Italy halting coal imports from Britain and seizing Italian ships at British ports. It also follows U S Undersecretary Sumner Welles’ European tour including talks with Mussolini and Hitler. Observers predict Welles may confront the Britain Italy coal clash on his upcoming London stop.
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Britain
Italy
Reich
British
Rome
U. S
Sumner Welles
Berlin
Lausanne
Switzerland
Paris
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Mr. Welles
London
Neville Chamberlain
Il Duce
Conte di Savoia
Wind shifts prompt new relief clothing stamp plan
Patterned after the surplus foods stamp program, a cotton clothing relief stamp plan will start this month in five or six cities to distribute clothing to relief families. Chicago authorities report winter wheat prospects show some improvement due to ample moisture and snow protection. The War Department says surplus and unstandard munition stocks are sold to neutral nations with 90 six inch WWI guns from Aberdeen proving ground sold as is to Brazil. Britain bars Palestine land sales to Jews to curb Arab uprisings as Chamberlain’s government wins wartime support in the House of Commons by a 292 to 129 vote.
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Chicago
U. S
ARMY
War Department
Aberdeen
Brazil
Britain
Palestine
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
House
General George C. Marshall Welcomed in Hawaii
General George C. Marshall, U S army chief, arrives in Hawaii aboard a flight of 60 army planes. A mid air collision between two ships prompts parachute rescues. A British and a French diplomat form an allied delegation to ease U S tensions over German blockade. Washington, the delegation meets with Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Archbishop Samuel A. Stritch sworn in as Chicago’s new Roman Catholic archbishop.
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George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Hawaii
Frank Ashton-Gwatkin
Charles Rist
U. S
Washington
Cordell Hull
Samuel A. Stritch
Chicago
News From Europe and America Amid Turmoil This Month
Reports from Berlin Paris and Washington outline deportations and church limits in Poland and Czechoslovakia. Skirmishes in Romania and Bessarabia precede Molotov talks and a royal parliament pledge. Roosevelt faces third term questions as Garner era rumors swirl ahead of the Pennsylvania primary.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
John Nance Garner
Illinois
Wiseacres
Roosevelt
Garner
Public ownership drive in Washington outlined
Bruckart reports a coordinated group in Washington pressing a broad plan of public ownership using government machinery and political maneuvering. He cites alleged links to key officials and a strategy tying support for a third Roosevelt term to advancing public ownership, with past attempts to seize railroads and energy assets.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Supreme Court
Queen Elizabeth ends maiden voyage in New York
Britain’s 28 million dollar Queen Elizabeth concluded its maiden voyage in New York. A large Aluminum Company of America testing machine at New Kensington, Pennsylvania, demonstrated versatility by smashing a solid oak log then gently tapping an egg until a chick hatched, showing control and power.
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Britain
New York
New Kensington
Aluminum Company of America
Public ownership push surfaces in Washington role clash
A Washington group of government officials backs a wide public ownership plan, says William Bruckart. He claims secrecy shrouds their work, with plans only emerging amid efforts to smear John W. Hanes, former under secretary of treasury.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
TVA
Hanes
America
Senator Norris
Nebraska
Norris
Treasury
Washington
William Bruckart
John W. Hanes
Four floral embroidery motifs for pillow slips
A pattern set features daisies, daffodils and pansies for pillow slip embroidery. Includes scalloped or crochet edges and border options. Hot iron transfer 78716 costs 15 cents and yields three or four stampings from one pattern. Send order to:
Bend or Break Quote on weakness by J R Lowell
A brief quotation on weakness contrasts two types: the strength that breaks and the resilience that bends. It highlights a thoughtful distinction by James Russell Lowell.
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J. R. Lowell
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Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission
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