Half Year Relief Appropriation Sparks Budget Debate
Weekly News Analysis notes Congress debates relief funding to avert new taxes as economy stalls. Roosevelts farm bill is trimmed. Woodrum cites past fiscal lessons while Byrnes hints at partial year relief to stay under debt limits. Navy inquiry absolves Squallus crew, root cause mechanical valve failure.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Virginia
Clifton Woodrum
Roosevelt
Hyde
Woodrum
Dent
Mr. Woodrum
Jimmy Byrnes
South Carolina
NLRB
Texas
Marlin
Missouri
John Cochran
Europe conference at Belgrade and war prep notes
Europas diplomats meet in Belgrade to avert war with Little Entente Turkey Romania Yugoslavia and Greece while Hungary and Bulgaria press territorial claims. Romania leverages threats of security with Russia and Germany and offers a Bulgaria concession. In Finland Russia battles Finns as bombings sap morale and cathedral at Viipuri is ruined. Britain fears German Ju-88s as Chamberlain rejects a war economy dictab. In Chicago 1932 Roosevelt is drafted for President and Mayor Kelly and Hague loom.
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Europe
Belgrade
Turkey
Romania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Rumania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Germany
Russia
Entente
Grigore Gafencu
Sukru Saracoglu
Sofia
Italy
Viipuri
Abo
Finland
Britain
Reich
Neville Chamberlain
Commons
Chicago
Franklin Roosevelt
Edward J. Kelly
Jersey City
Frank Hague
Democratic National Committee
Washington
NAMES IN THE NEWS AND DIPLOMATIC SHIFTS
The report covers statements by ex Kaisers and others calling for united front against communism, U S diplomats William C Bwillit and Joseph P Kennedy expected back in service, and notable deaths including M Vauclain and Cassius C Dowell. It notes Ellis Perker Jr a famed detective tied to the Lindbergh case and Idaho banker John Thomas arriving to succeed William E Borah with concerns over New Deal policies amid looming war fears.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Cassius C. Dowell
Iowa
Fred W. Sargent
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Ellis Perker Jr
Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
John Thomas
New Deal
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Woman of the Week in Barrie Barrymore Play Spanking Row
John Barrymore and Elaine Barrie staged nightly spanking in My Dear Children as the turbulent Barrymore Barrie romance unfolds. Elaine quit after a hard spanking and Doris Dudley replaced her before a New York run revealed a Barrie Barrymore reconciliation, ending Dudley’s stint.
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John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Miss Barrie
Barry
Doris Dudley
Donnis Dudley
New York
Elaine
Southern Freeze Damages Southern States Crops
A late January cold wave caused severe crop damage in southern states. Florida imposed a one week embargo on citrus shipments while inspectors assessed losses. The U S Sugar Corp reported 25 percent of planted cane acreage totally destroyed. Marine, political notes accompany the agricultural report with international tensions referenced.
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Florida
California
Agriculture Department
Texas
U. S. Sugar Corporation
Whose News This Week Russ Like Poles Cling to Horses
A quirky column contrasts Poles clinging to cavalry tradition with Russian cavalry general Budenny and his romantic war myth. It sketches Budenny’s rise, his wife’s exploits, and Lenin’s use of horseback fervor, then shifts to social notes on Willard Wright and philosopher novelist figures, ending with Kurt Steel and a murder tale.
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Consolidated
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Europe
Simion M. Budenny
Denikin
Wrangel
Lenin
Russia
Willard Huntington Wright
Empire State Building
Prof
Rovburgen
Wright
Mr. Wright
van Dine
Rudolf Kager
Fatr
Kurt Steel
Judes Incorporated
Dr. Kager
New York University
F. H. Bradley
Sweden buys 150 Vultee planes amid U S export surge
Sweden placed an order for 150 Vultee attack planes worth about 8 million dollars as U S manufacturers face high demand from Europe. Congressional rumors swirl that the planes may go to Finland, while experts say Sweden is shoring up defenses against possible Soviet aggression. Morgenthau outlined the size of America s foreign aircraft business, noting exports since mid-1938 total 1100 planes to France and allied nations, with daily deliveries rising above 100 ships and ongoing bids for thousands more bombers and fighters.
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Europe
U. S
Sweden
Congress
Finland
Treasury
Morgenthau
America
France
Roosevelt Receives Birthday Cake Donation Amid Snowy Washington
In Washington a birthday cake and infantile paralysis checks from the A F L were accepted by Roosevelt after a brief talk with Bill Green as a snowbound city watched. Mrs Roosevelt walked six blocks to call on a friend, reflecting a tense political moment with internal revenue probes into McNutt and lingering debate over John L. Lewis tactics and Roosevelt support.
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A. F P. of
Bill Green
Roosevelt
A. F. of L
Green
Steve Early
Mrs. Roosevelt
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
McNutt
Internal Revenue
Paw McNutt
American Legion
Indiana
The
Treasury
Pleas Greenlee
Greenlee
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Burt Wheeler
Lewis
War conversation among Stalin Hitler Chamberlain and Mussolini
A dialogue parodying WWII leaders discusses bearings and strategy. Stalin asks where they are, Hitler suggests location, Chamberlain warns them to orient themselves, Mussolini mocks, and Hitler touts a swift body blow tactic while Stalin notes no Finns in Poland.
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Stalin
Hitler
Chamberlain
Mussolini
Poland
New Cutout Designs To Beautify Garden
A garden craft feature markets life-size bird cutouts and a rustic bird house pattern 29063 for 15 cents. Patterns cover red-headed woodpecker scarlet tanager indigo bunting towhee oriole bobolink and blue jay with painting tips and varied birdhouse openings. Order Aunt Martha Box 166 W Kansas City Mo.
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Martha
Kansas City, Mo
Two Ways to Beat Constipation With All Bran Cereal
Kellogg's All Bran promotes regularity by supplying bulk missing from the diet. Eat the toasted cereal with milk or cream, or bake it into muffins, and drink plenty of water to help prevent constipation. Made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek. If chronic, consult a physician.
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Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Tts
Seeing Myself as a Monster and Miracle of Self
A reflectivequote from Montaigne appears here as a philosophical meditation on self perception. The text contrasts inner enormity with outer observation, inviting readers to question identity and greatness.
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Montaigne
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