Term Congress Nears End Signals 1940 Realignment
A weekly analysis by Joseph W TaBine argues the 1940 outlook favors Republicans in the House and augurs a broader conservative coalition. It notes Roosevelt’s need for party unity, Hatch Bill limits, and Looming 1940 census plans with detailed demographic probes, including employment and migration shifts. Michigan Governor Loren D Dickinson endorses a recall petition opposed by critics.
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Roosevelt
Labor Board
New Jersey
Mary T. Norton
Virginia
Howard W. Smith
National ‘Labor Relations Board
NLEB
Smith
Nurb
White “House
Hatch
Senate
House
New Mexico
Carl M.hatchis
G. O
NLRB
Senate ‘Banking Committee
Senate ‘Banking Committee Where Federal Loan
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
RFC
Michigan
Loren D. Dickinson
Detroit
John B. Corliss Jr
Britain Reverses China Aid Policy in Far East Shift
In Tokyo Sir Robert Craigie outlines Britain's new stance recognizing Japan needs to take extraordinary defensive measures in China and abandons Britain’s aid program. The move signals a Far East policy reversal that could enable Japan to dominate China and remove Western commercial interests there.
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Tokyo
Robert Leslie Craigie
China
Britain
Far East
Japan's War Strain Threatens Rice Output and Power
The report notes Japan endures economic strain from long fighting in China with a record drought in central and southern regions. The rice crop faces danger and hydroelectric power is scarce, jeopardizing the speedup program for key industries. War funds must shift to farm relief.
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Japan
China
Wind of change in revenue and clothing trends forecast
The article notes U S tax collections 1938-39 total 5 688 765 314 down 477 191 361 from last year with the textile sector seeing a big drop 434 860 356. It forecasts gaudy spring clothing for men by designers with taupe to macon hues and narrower trousers. Retail trade faces midsummer slumps while wholesale buying remains strong signaling good autumn prospects.
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U. S
Ar -Yetr
Tricomie Uanet
Taupe
Macon
Europe news on Wehitat Dove and peace rumors
The item narrates Wehitat and Dove repairs across the English channel amid hints of European peace talks. It cites alleged plans and rumors involving Secretary Hudson and a 1 billion pound loan to Germany, plus five power peace proposals and denials, signaling appeasement anxieties and looming diplomacy.
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Britain
Hudson
Germany
London
Berlin
Danzig
Shas
der Fuehrer
Philadelphia
Washington
Philadelphia Inquirer
France
Italy
Poland
Darizig
Suez Canal Board
Gibraltar
Japan and Soviet clash on border as tensions rise
Jap Ambassador to Russia Shi genori Togo and his wife are shown with a shadow box as Moscow reports steady issue. Jap and Soviet troops fight bitterly on the Outer Mongolian Manchukuoan border. Tokyo refuses to pay fines on coal and oil concessions on the Russ portion of Sakhalin. Warships and troops stand ready for an emergency. Neither nation will yield.
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Russia
Shi‘ Genori Togo
Moscow
Tokyo
Sakhalin Island
Brave Lemont mother wields shotgun to stop rail line
In Lemont Illinois, Mrs John Doolin defends her home against a railroad project. After law conflicts and a threatened arrest, she retrieves a family shotgun, confronts workers, and forces negotiation. Two lawyers apologize as the company agrees to pay for the land and halt the line.
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Freehold
N. J
Molly Pitcher
John‘c. Hays
Molly Pitchers
Steng
John Doolin
Lemont
Doolins
Doolin
Chicago
Alexander Sullivan
Tlegal
John ‘Doolin
John
Deo W Js
Jyas
Western Newspaper Union
Hollywood Musings on Leigh Bergman and More
Hollywood gossip notes discuss Vivien Leigh preparing for a Rebecca role opposite Laurence Olivier while Ingrid Bergman debuts in Intermezzo and Paul Muni pursues Nobel film rights. Mentions include Jeanette MacDonald under a Metro contract with Alice Duer Miller adapting Smiling Through, and Korda’s The Thief of Bagdad to be shot in technicolor with Sir Robert Vansittart writing lyrics.
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Scarlett
O’hara
Hollywood
Rebecca
Laurence Olivier
Rustor
Miss Leigh
India
Germany
Italy
France
England
Metro
Alice Duer Miller
MacDonald
Sweden
Paul Muni
Warner Brothers
Alfred
Bernard Nobel
Hal Wallis
Pasteur
Zola
Juarez
Robert Vansittart
Alexander
Korda
Bagdad
Unusual Moscow Lab Restores Moldy Ancient Scrolls
In Moscow a special laboratory performs odd book operations on ancient manuscripts. Two thousand Chinese scrolls were moldy, partly stuck, and fragile. An electrical table uses high voltage static electricity to open the pages for treatment.
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Moscow
Turkish chrome ore history under Republican regime
Chrome ore, essential chromium source for modern Turkey, was discovered by J Lawrence Smith. Exploitation remained unclear until the Republican government. Under the regime, production rose from almost nothing in 1923 to over 200000 tons in 1938.
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Turkey
J. Lawrence Smith
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Ingrid Bergman
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Lamour
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