U. S. Spending Clash Clouds Conciliation Drive
Weekly News Analysis reports that the Hopkins and Morgenthau push for tax revision and debt limits clashes with continued federal spending. It notes congressional hearings on tax cuts and Wagner act revisions, labor peace efforts, and rail regulation proposals amid a wary business mood.
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U. S
Joseph W. la Bine
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Harry Hopkins
Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
Hopkins
Des Moines
Morgenthau
House - Appropriations
Congress
White House
Seventy-Sixth Congress
Wyoming
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Federal Monopoly Investigation Committee
C I. O
A. F
U. S. Labor Department
Roosevelt
John Lewis
A. F. of
William Green
Trend and Longevity Report From Public Health and Science
Trend highlights a 62 year life expectancy for babies born in 1938, surpassing 1937 by 1.1 years and 1931 by two years. In science, Dr. Percy Bridgman declares he will refuse collaboration with scientists from totalitarian states. Automobiles note signals New York show planning 1939 models four weeks earlier than last year.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Percy W. Bridgeman
Harvard
New York
Onele ays and a Patchwork of Sayings
A collage of aphorisms on demagogues ambition and resilience. It contrasts comfort with action and notes that the stubborn is forgotten while the adaptable survives. The piece merrily riffs on wisdom and folly through curious statements.
Explosive puzzle answer and Voltaire first name
The answer states nitrogen iodide is the explosive. A falling dust particle or a fly walking on it triggers detonation.
France’s early auto history and Voltaire fact
The text notes Voltaire as the alias of Jean Francois Marie Arouet and claims the first automobile appeared in Paris in 1769 driven by steam. It also asserts France led in auto development and that the term means love of offspring.
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Voltaire
Jean Francois Marie Arouet
Paris
France
Firestone
Napoleon in Exile on Saint Helena Reveals Restless Spirit
The text notes Napoleon spent six years in exile on Saint Helena and learned English to read Europe’s news, while dictating memoirs and gossip about his English guards and his small French household, seeking some order and harmony in a constrained life.
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Napoleon
Island
St. Helena
Europe
Quote on political machine development by Bruce Barton
A satirical remark compares political machine growth to auto development. Bruce Barton notes if cars had evolved like politics they would be heavy costly machines with extra devices such as a steam roller lawn mower egg beater and more. The quote highlights parallels between political maneuvering and industrial progress.
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U. S
Bruce Barton
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Wall Street
Manhattan
Guaranty Trust Company
Guaranty Trust
Michigan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
California
Clarence F. Lea
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Association of American Railroads
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. V. Fletcher
Vandenberg
Oneleays
Fox
United States
SO Eell
Firestone Auto Supply and Service
Louis Meyer
Kmaa
Firestor
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Voice of
Richard Crooks
Mergeret Specks
Alfred Welleastein
Everett Mitchell
Noosa Heer
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