Commerce Chamber Seeks Tax Reform and Growth
National business delegates gathered in Washington urging tax relief and broad reform to revive the economy. They pressed for repeal of the undistributed profits tax and capital gains tax shifts, voices urging private enterprise over new federal controls and a steady work climate. The session aligned with President Roosevelt’s policies while warning against continued spending and new reforms.
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Commerce Chamber
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
John W. O'Leary
Roosevelt
South Atlantic
Jesse Jones
RFC
Woodring
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Board
White House
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
N I R Bbacks Down Ford Inquiry Reopens Probe
The National Labor Relations Board moves to reopen its inquiry into Ford Motor Company after Ford counsel sought to challenge board testimony. The NLRB asks the Covington circuit court for permission to withdraw its petition to enforce an order from December. The order directed Ford to stop alleged Wagner Act violations and to rehire certain former employees.
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National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Covington
Ford
Business Leaders Back Roosevelt Economic Recovery Effort
Owen D. Young and Winthrop W. Aldrich among 16 executives who offered cooperation with President Roosevelt to revive the economy. The statement, released by John W. Hanes, stresses government support for business functions and calls for closer government business cooperation.
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Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
General Electric Board
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank of New York
John W. Hanes
Securities Exchange Commission
America
Roosevelt Seeks $600,000 Inquiry on Monopolies
President Roosevelt urged Congress to authorize a $600,000 federal inquiry into concentration of industrial power as a prelude to broader antitrust law revision. He asked for immediate action only on federal control of bank holding companies while vacationing at sea.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Plane Crash in Italy Kills Nineteen During Royal Wedding Trip
A hydroplane from Tira na Albania crashed in Italy killing nineteen on a return from King Zog's wedding. Among the dead was Helen Lindhelm of New York. Jewelry valued at 1,052,000 dollars belonging to Paris and Vienna firms and chosen for the royal bride was destroyed.
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Italy
Tirana
Albania
King Zog
Helen Lindhelm
New York
Paris
Vienna
Zog
Corn Belt Liberty League forms to fight crop control
The Corn Belt Liberty League gathers in Macomb Illinois with leaders like Tilden Burg opposing compulsory crop control. Farmers from Iowa Wisconsin Indiana Michigan Missouri and Minnesota plan branches while officials mull larger allotments to appease growers.
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Middle West
Tilden Burg
Washington
Senator Sherman Minton press censorship bill
Indiana senator and former chairman proposes criminal penalties for publishing false stories in newspapers magazines or other periodicals circulated in Washington DC or transported across state lines or by mail. The bill makes false statements a felony with fines from three thousand to ten thousand dollars and two years imprisonment.
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Sherman Minton
Indiana
Hugo Black
Senate
Inquisitorial Committee
District of Columbia
My Friend Joseph My Friend Joseph
A narrator recalls a birthday with a seven year old neighbor Joseph visiting in heavy rain to share candy. Joseph negotiates for sweets with a playful routine, requesting to be “Laddin An’ His Lamp” and joking about asking the genie to build his mother a fine house in town.
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Joseph
Tarzan
Dizzy Dean
Laddin
Child’s daydreams and a mother’s care shared in rain
In a tender scene a child imagines supplying a mother with a happy home and paying bills while longing for gifts from a genie. The boy, Joseph, reflects on his absent father, the weight of monthly expenses, and his plan to bring joy with sweets and a tiny motorcycle. He ends by leaving with birthday chocolates as the rain lightens.
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Joseph
Kansas City Star Fragment: Odd Anecdotes on Speech and Boundaries
A Kansas City Star fragment notes a baseball announcer who avoided adjectives about weather and plays, a book reviewer who declined praising wording, a neighbor trespassing into others’ yards, and relatives not heckling a young man about his dating status, all framed as quirky observations.
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Kansas City Star
Wise and Otherwise Bright side keepers seek the gold brick
In this column a wry look at optimism notes some people persistently see only the positive, while big men snag top jobs and small men are overlooked. A lazy man buys a Great Dane to avoid stooping, and the maxim money does not grow on trees echoes amid the cheeky game of life.
Welsh village name a charm of long Welsh place
Detroit News notes the village named Lian teir pwll gwyngs aoger yebwyrndrubwhl and ysiligga popoch. The piece explains the meanings of elements like Lian church and Pwll Gwyngyl pool of White hazels, inviting readers to visit the Church of St. Mary by the Pool near the swift whirlpool of St. Tysilio's Church of the Red Cave.
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Tysilio Gogoguch
Tysilio
Red Cave
What Knows He of England Who Only England Knows
Mr. Barry A. Franck, a globe trotter, explains humorous language gaps between American and English usage. He notes how words differ in everyday items from laundry lists to groceries, dry goods, and kitchen terms, illustrating translation confusions in British English.
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England
Barry A. Franck
British Isles
Draper's
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Firestone
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Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
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