Social Security Amendments and Townsend Vote Impact
Weekly analysis notes that amendments to the social security act aim to broaden old age coverage, raise start dates, and keep payroll taxes flat, while proposing state cash matches and unemployment funding. The move seeks to curry Townsend supporters and affect 1940 election dynamics, with critics warning of higher federal-state costs and unclear funding. Arthur Vandenberg suggests the bill adds hundreds of millions in costs without clear financing.
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House
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Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Relief: Unraveling WPA wages sparked labor unrest
Old WPA rules tied relief pay to hours, pitting skilled workers against unskilled reliefers. Harrington urged 120 hours monthly with monthly earnings. strikes followed as Congress and the White House stood firm. Riots in Minneapolis left two dead. authorities shut down projects as pressure mounted.
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WPA
F. C. Harrington
Congress
O. K
Roosevelt
Minneapolis
George E. Leach
Washington
Linus Glotzbach
Rooosevelt
A. F. of
White House
John Lewis
William Green
The
Cincinnat Enquirer
Europe in preday doldrums amid wars and Bastille day
The Chicago Tribune reports Adolf Hitler consulting the stars for guidance while Goebbels fumes at anti Nazi letters from Stephen King Hall. A French Bastille day parade in Paris features 30,000 troops and Mrs. Sarah Jee Roosevelt on the reviewing stand as Edouard Daladier proclaims peace. In Baton Rouge a grand jury indicts LSU leaders and aides in a wide ranging embezzlement scandal. Dr Clarence Loria faces 29 counts including receiving stolen property and forgery tied to embezzled building materials and kickbacks.
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Europe
Adolf Hitler
Chicago Tribune
Sigrid Schultz
Joseph Goebbels
England
Stephen King-Hall
Reich
British Isles
Paris
Albert Lebrun
Sarah Jee
Roosevelt
U. S
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Edouard Daladier
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
James Monroe Smith
Clarence A. Loria
Louisiana Medical Society
LSU
State Penitentiary
Lorio
George Caldwell
Caldwell
E. N. Jackson
Dr. Smith
Board of Supervisors
Navy Salvor Raises Squalus Toward Surface Spirit Fails
Fifty two days after the submarine Squalus carried 26 men to their deaths, divers and salvage teams wrapped giant 15 inch links around the wreck and pumped air into stern and bow pontoons. The craft rose to 155 feet, but rebara plunging seas sent two pontoons up and the bow to the 240 foot grave again. Amid hopeful delays, Rear Adm. C W Cole and divers waited under heavy seas as the men below moaned.
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Salvagera
Portsmouth
N. H
Adm
C. W. Cole
Ocean floor mapping advances with record Milwaukee Deep
A new Atlantic depth near Puerto Rico and Hispaniola reaches 28 680 feet, prompting plans for complete ocean floor contour maps. The piece describes soundings, diving gear progress, and the potential future of deep-sea exploration including submarines and tourism.
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Berio
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Puerto Rico
Washington Monument
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England
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Europe
English Channel
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Asia
New Guinea
Australia
Hemisphere
Equator
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
Philadelphia
Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department
Pacife
Mindanao
Philippine Islands
South Pacific Ocean
North Atlantic
New Milwaukee
Southern Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Antarctic
South Pacific
Heifetz Agrees to Film Role Despite Screen Aversion
In a feature on Jascha Heifetz, the famed violinist agrees to appear in a forthcoming motion picture. Sam Goldwyn's persistence helps overcome Heifetz's reluctance, with speculation on motivating factors including his wife Florence Victor and a midtown club demo. The piece also notes Paul Robeson's life turning point from ministry toward law, sparked by a Rutgers senior year and a bishop's funeral anecdote.
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Jascha Heifetz
Samuel Way
Goldwyn
Persua
Sam
Heifeiz
Hollywood
Florence Victor
Bill-Billy Fiddler
Danny Boy
Sher
Sam Goldwyn
Vilna
Heifetz
Redding
Conn
Maxine Elliot
Geraldine Farrar
Aul Robeson
Sam “Byrd
Paul Robeson
Roark Bradford
John Henry
Jacques Wolfe
Paul
Rutgers
New Jersey
Robeson
Foster Sanford
Sanford
Puzzle questions from Providence Ky news page
Puzzlers rating: Auicer all fore excel lent three good tree fair one. Four multiple choice questions ask about Providence Kentucky crops McNutt candidacy 1940 Democratic nomination and Father Divine actions. Answers listed at column bottom.
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Auicer
Arrow
Franklin Roosevelt
Neutrality debate shapes new U S war policy
In 1935 37 and 37 neutrality acts restricted arms shipments loans and goods exports with a cash and carry rule. The latest provisions expired recently and Roosevelt urged new law including restoring cash and carry while repeal of arms embargo faced opposition. Senate foreign relations committee tabled neutrality for the session amid isolationist and Democratic intra party tensions.
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U. S
Congress
Europe
Asia
Great Britain
France
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
Japan
Britain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Puzzlers Answers Reported From The Page
Answers to Puzzlers list key results including Twenty nine miners killed in a soft coal mine explosion. Estimated crop totals predict corn 2 670 798 bushels and tobacco 1 654 822 000 pounds, with wheat at 716 655 000 bushels. Mr McNutt is said to have accepted chieftainship of the U S security agency while continuing his campaign. Pather Divine allegedly bought an Newport mansion from Angela Chaufman socialite.
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McNutt
U. S. Security Agency
Pather Divine
S Newport
Angela Chaufman
Charming Practical Midsummer Patterns
The afternoon dress with a neckline slim skirt and shirted bodice offers two versions for hot days and summer travels. Patterns No 1779 and No 1783 provide sizes and yardage for voile silk georgette and wool fabrics. Send orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
There Are Two Ways to Get at Constipation
An advertising note for Kellogg's All-Bran promotes regularity by supplying bulk with a toasted cereal. It suggests daily consumption with milk or baked into muffins, plus ample water, to ease constipation. Made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek and sold by every grocer.
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Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Man Changeth Do Not Think That Years Leave Us
Meredith quote notes that time alters people as years pass, urging reflection on growth and change rather than insisting sameness remains.
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Meredith
Do Without Fear Quote by Whittier
A historical line by Whittier declares that simple duty has no place for fear, reflecting a stoic moral stance. The fragment presents a short aphorism attributed to the poet.
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Whittier
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