Roosevelt urges housing act revision for a building boom
President Roosevelt asked Congress in a special message to revise the housing law to ease credit and unlock idle capital, with labor and industry bearing responsibility for success. Proposals include lowering FHA loan costs, adjusting mortgage insurance on diminishing balances, raising insurable values, and clarifying financing for large rental projects. Congress may delay action until January, prompting urgency from Representative Celler and about 60 lawmakers.
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President Roosevelt and fishing trip discusses trust plan
President Roosevelt, who has sent tax and housing issues to Congress, traveled to Miami for a fishing cruise. Accompanying him were Assistant Attorney General R H Jackson, Secretary Ickes, and WPA Administrator Hopkins. They discussed legislation to allow action against bad trusts without harming good ones.
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Barkley Says Tax Revision Impossible This Session
Senator Barkley, Senate majority leader, announced it is impossible to formulate and pass a tax revision bill in the remaining time of the extraordinary session. He cited ongoing talks with the President and said prospects for revising or repealing taxes on undivided corporate surpluses and capital gains appear dim. Roosevelt favored early revision, but any bill must originate in the House amid current legislative constraints.
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Farm Bill Debate Splits over Surplus and Prices in House
Marvin Jones of Texas chairs the House Agricultural Committee as the House submits its farm bill with a majority report urging swift enactment to curb mounting crop surpluses depressing prices. A minority report labels the measure unconstitutional and unsound, warning it could disrupt markets. Both bills likely to be amended due to the President’s veto threat unless financed on a pay-as-you-go plan.
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France Fright Over Hooded Plot and Monarchy Return
Alarm in Paris over Cagoulards plot to overthrow the republic and crown a dictatorship. Authorities say the conspiracy was foiled, while Duc de Guise, in exile in Belgium, issued a manifesto urging French men to resist abdication and to reconquer the throne for a restored monarchy and united nation.
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President Vinson Nominated for DC Court of Appeals
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Representative Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky to a life post on the U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia with a $10,000 salary. Vinson, 47, a tax expert in his seventh term, hails from Ashland Kentucky. The president also nominated Associate Justice D Lawrence Groner of Virginia as chief justice, creating another vacancy, to be filled by Henry White Edgerton of New York whose nomination has gone to the senate.
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New York
Walters of Idaho Dies in Washington Navy Hospital
Theodore Walters assistant secretary of the interior died of pneumonia at the Naval Hospital in Washington after an emergency gall bladder operation. He was sixty one years old. Walters was named by President Roosevelt in 1933. A Caldwell Idaho native, he had long been prominent in Idaho Democratic politics.
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Shifting spending shows autos foods and clothes lead in small towns
A study by the bureau of home economics analyzes surveys from 46 villages across Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa. It finds that as income rises families increase spending most on food and clothing and especially on automobiles. Food expenses for wage earners rise from 180 to 539 dollars, clothes from 25 to 186, and family car costs from 14 to 315 between income bands 250 to 2499 dollars.
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Green brands wage bill unacceptable to labor
W. Liam Green, president of the A F L, denounces the pending wage and hour bill as unacceptable to labor and calls for it to be sent back to committee for revision. He also assails the national labor relations board and says it is unsafe to let a government board of that kind administer laws on labor relations with employers.
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National Labor Relations Board
Labor Federation Proposes Six Point Plan to Fight Recession
The American Federation of Labor offers a six point program to strengthen mass purchasing power. It calls for maintaining high wages and employment, raising wages where possible, boosting heavy industry with plant expansion and gear purchases, improving credit to business, prompt unemployment pay in 22 states, and upgrading labor management relations to cut costs. The China-Japanese War report notes Japan’s progress slowed by rain, with Nationalist forces retreating from Nanking and Ambassador Johnson moving to Hankow as Shanghai officials surrender key positions. The Brus sels Far East conference adjourns without resolving the China-Japan conflict.
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Roosevelt Hosts Utilities Talks Amid Restraint on Projects
President Roosevelt begins conferences with private utility chiefs to ease fears of government policy. He meets Wendell Wilkie of Commonwealth & Southern and Floyd Carlisle of Niagara Hudson Power, while a New York power authority report accuses utility backers of propaganda against public power.
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STAR DUST Movie Radio Stars and Stage Plans
Deanna Durbin may perform on Broadway in spring if her guardians approve, aiming to protect her welfare amid public life. Loretta Young and Tyrone Power uplift Marjorie Weaver in Second Honeymoon as audiences praise her. a Louisville trip was halted. Warner Brothers clamps down on weekend work. Fernand Gravet quits steeplechasing while George Brent and Errol Flynn halt flying. Helen Claire faces slim chances in New York radio as agents note limited roles across varied characters.
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Hollywood Talk on Twentieth Century Fox Casting
Twentieth Century Fox casts Russel Gleason in Love on a Budget while noting his engagement and interest in frugal film theories. Leslie Howard headlining It's Love I'm After with Davis and de Havilland, praised for a witty rinse on the classic matinee idol tale. Od ds and ends report Gertrude Berg’s eight years with The Goldbergs, Dolores Costello’s comeback, James Stewart with Joan Crawford in Shopworn Angel, Gary Cooper’s retirement plan from acting to study, George Raft’s directorial ambitions, and John Barrymore for another Bull Dog Drummond.
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The Heavenly Home and Comradeship in Christ
A Christian fellowship lesson contrasts present fellowship with God through walking in the light and righteousness with future fellowship in a new heaven and new earth where God dwells with his people. It emphasizes Jesus Christ as the path to true fellowship and eternal union with God, offering guidance on living a holy life and the hope of eternal communion.
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Quote on intellect emotion and truth guiding duty
A brief reflection attributes true religion to the union of intellect and heart. It argues intellect without emotion is vain, emotion without intellect is vain, and both require truth to guide duty.
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Tryon Edwards
Suspect Hidden Merit Clouds Tam's Account
A reader quotes a tense exchange about Tam and a man, noting Tam's harsh claims and the speaker's counterview that the man may possess a genuine, troublesome merit that could eclipse others' reputations.
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Cleopatra's Fan Quilt Pattern Choice 1879
Pattern 1879 offers a simple nine and a half inch block quilt with a yardage chart and diagrams for single and double bed sizes. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Neodletratt Dept 82 Eighth Ave New York NY for instructions and patches planning guidance. Include name and address.
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Quotations on life love and perception in brief notes
A compact collection of quotes highlighting how mood bias shapes view. Includes lines from H M Tomlinson William Davies and William Lyon Phelps and A Cowley on happiness marriage danger and friendship in reflective tones.
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Major Oil Firm Claims Advertising Cuts Price Per Gallon
One of the nation's largest oil companies asserts that its advertising enables it to market fuel at less than half a cent per gallon. The claim frames pricing strategy amid market competition and advertising spend.
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