Fleet Problem XX Tests U S Defense Against An Atlantic Attack
The U S navy massing in the Caribbean conducts Problem XX war games to simulate Atlantic attack defense. West coast Fleet in fighting trim, Black and White fleets duel from Cuba to Brazil with 140 warships and 600 planes.
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U. S
Atlantic
Alexander R
George AP
Washington
United States Navy
Caribbean Sea
America
Caribbean
Cuba
South America
U. S. Navy
West Indies
Uncle Sam
Japan
Pacific
Germany
Panama Canal
U.S. Or
American
Haiti
U. S. Naval
Guantanamo
Mona Passage
Puerto Rico
Canal
E. ©. Kalbfus
Adolphus Andrews
Vite Torah’mirals
Claude C. Bloch
Brazil
Equator
United States
United Defense
Americas
Daladier Gets Ovation in Tunisias Political Theater
Premier Edouard Daladier visits Tunis and Bizerte to reaffirm France will defend Tunisia against Italian threats. Crowds cheer as neo Destour nationalists protest with banners calling for independence. Daladier meets the Bey and French resident general Erik-Labonne at the palace for a luncheon.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Daladier
France
Frante
Dalacdier
Smil
Bizerte
Mediterranean
Italy
Bizerte Canal
Erik-Labonne
Dies committee pins blame on Labor Department for subversive espionage
The Dies committee reports to the House that the Labor Department bore responsibility for a large part of subversive espionage and propaganda in the United States. It assails lax deportation enforcement and urges extended inquiry with adequate funding, criticizing officials including Governor Frank Murphy and calling for broader cooperation with communities.
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Labor Department
Washington
Dies Committee
United States
House
Department
Department of Labor
Dies
D-Tex
Mosier
Ohio
Staynes
D-Ala
Dempsey
D-Nm
Healey
D-Mass
Thomas
R-Nj
Maso
R-Ith
National Labor Relations Board
David J. Saposs
NLRB
Lansing, Mich
Cnnitol
State College
Jack of Courage
Manu
U S Warships Headed for War Maneuvers
New York dispatch reports 160 ships including dreadnoughts destroyers and cruisers set to maneuver from Norfolk to equator. The 10 week exercise covers 3000 miles of canal defense with 60000 sailors and 4000 officers, under Admiral Claude Block.
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New York
Uncle Sam
Warrington
Brobilyn Navy Yard
Panama Canal
Norfolk
Equator
Th Canal
Atlantic
Azorés
Canal
Pacific Squadron
San Francisco
Claude ¢. Block
Legislature Faces Sales Tax Battle in Georgia
Atlanta January 3 The Georgia legislature opens January 9 amid a fierce fight over a possible sales tax to fund state services. Gov Rivers faces pressure as aides confer with the governor, with observers noting a retail sales levy is a likely revenue option but meets opposition from leaders and calls for a referendum. A 1937 bill proposed a two percent sales tax with exemptions and a one half percent on motor vehicles, estimated to raise 5 to 6 million annually, but failed to pass.
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Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
General Assembly
Statehouse Department
Welfare, Agriculture and Education Departments
County Commissioners’ Association
Alabama
North Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
James V. Carmichael
Cobb
J. Robert Elliott
Muscogee
Walter Harrison
Jenkins
High Evans
McDuffie
Hell Bent) Edwards
Lowndes Ars
Governor Rivers
Works Progress Administration
Georgia
South
Allen Chappell
Sumter County
Chappell
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Scranton Mayor Proposes Circles on Cars to Deter Reckless Driving
Mayor Fred J. Huester of Scranton aims to make the city safer by painting color coded circles on drivers. A first offense would earn a yellow ring, a second a red, and a third blue. the circles stay for 30 days pending legal approval.
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Scranton
Fred J. Huester
America
Weather Summary for Southeastern States
Georgia and South Carolina fair and warmer tonight with Wednesday partly cloudy and mild conditions. Florida fair and slightly warmer, especially in the extreme north and east-central coast tonight and Wednesday. Alabama partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Wednesday, slightly warmer tonight and cooler in the extreme north. Northwest Florida partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Wednesday with gentle southeast winds along the coast.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Senate panel flags relief funds diverted to politics
The Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee says relief funds in several states were diverted to political ends during the 1988 senatorial contests. It clears all candidates personally but urges reforms to curb political use of federal relief. The report cites Kentucky and other states, notes Taft campaign spending, and calls for laws banning political contributions by relief recipients and tightening campaign cost reporting.
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Washington
Senate
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Consumerce
Bartit
Congress
Sheppard
D.-Tex
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Walsh
DeMass
Harrison
D.-Miss
White
Maine
Taft
Ohio
California
Georgia
Kentucky
Maryland
New York
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Albert B Chandler
Alben W. ‘Barkley
Léor Jeader
Barkley
Noth
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Congress Opens 76th Session Amid Relief and Defense Talks
Congress convened the 76th session with Republicans boosted by the elections to tackle defense relief and other welfare issues. Senate and House opened with oaths, Bankhead reelected speaker, and Roosevelt's message to be delivered in person. A farm program revision and scrutiny of WPA funds were highlighted as early priorities.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Garner
South Trimble
Bankhead
Alabama
Martin
Massachusetts
Hull
Gehrmann
Wisconsin
Marcantonio
New York
American Labor Party
Buckler
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Republicans
McMary
R-Ore
Murphy's Rise Tied to Roosevelt Support and Michigan Politics
Detroit figure Frank Murphy rose from Detroit mayor and Michigan politicking to national attention after Roosevelt took an interest. He helped curb Detroit's immense debt, reformed social services, and urged federal help for the unemployed during the 1930s. Murphy later became governor general of the Philippines before winning Michigan governorship in 1937 and facing labor turmoil.
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Detroit
Frank Murphy
Cummings
Michigan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
New York
Murphy
Washington
Philippines
Flint
aRed
Dies Committee
Red
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Justice and Labor
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Perkins
Communist Party
Gov. Rivers
Col
Francis C. Harrington
Army
Campaign Fund Committee
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Demos
Sen. Smith
S. C
Harry L. Hopkins
Commerce
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Rep. Dies
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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