Intensified War Fears Sweep Europe in 1939 Crisis
Intensified warfare looms as Germany presses for war while Britain and France bolster defenses. Italy shifts toward benevolent neutrality, seeking Balkan blocs. Russia pushes for Baltic bases amid fears of Turkish neutrality shifting with war. Berlin claims air and sea successes as Royal Oak sinks, signaling brutal year ahead.
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Europe
London
Paris
Italy
Ber
Balkans
Russia
Virgina Gayda
Hi. Giornale
Dibelia
Chamberlain
Germany
U.S
der Fuehrer
Britain
Charles
Boscobel
Shropshire
Worcester
Royal Oak
Jutland
Valencia
Berlin
Admiralty
Estonia
Johan Laidoner
Lithuania
Moscow
Latvia
Wilno
Memel
Adolf Hitler
Hungary
Ruthenia
Czecho-Slovakia
Rumania
Bessarabia
Balkan
Turkey
France
Dardenelles
Dewey Born in Owosso A Future Republican Leader
The district attorney of New York County recalls Tom Dewey's roots in Owosso Michigan and his early life. Dewey's family background, farm ties, and boyhood interests reveal a future national figure shaped by Republican traditions and a prominent talent for music. The piece notes his March 24 1902 birth and his rise toward a presidential bid in 1940.
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New York County
Owosso
Mich
Thomas B. Dewey
Dewey
Teddy Roosevelt
George Washington
Continental Army
Tom Dewey
William Pitt the Younger
England
Pitt
Jackson
George Dewey
New England
Chase S. Osborn
Joseph W. Fordney
Charles Evans Hughes
Tammany Hall
New York
Tammany
Saturday Evening Post
Dutchess County
Manhattan Island
Dewey-for-President
Tom
Tom Dewey as Political Prodigy and Rising Power
A profile tracing Tom Dewey from his Michigan and Columbia years through his rise as New York district attorney and national figure. It details his musical roots, legal battles against Tammany corruption, decisive prosecutions, and a platform of midline liberalism and efficient law enforcement.
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University of Michigan
Glee Club
Law School
Chicago
New York
Tom Dewey
Columbia University
National
Fraternity
New York Variety
Texas
Frances Eileen Hutt
Jefferson Davis
Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey Jr
John Martin~Dewey
Dewey
Charles Evans Hughes
Hoover
George Z. Médalie
United ‘States
New York City
Medalie
Federal Attorney's Office
Usi
Waxey Gordon
Atlantic Seaboard
Tammany
Lehman
New, York
Tom Davey
Richard Whitney
Wall Street
Sing Sing
Jim
Wind Trends and Political Pulse in Thrift and Labor News
A June 30 report shows 12,854,114 dollars deposited in school savings accounts for 2,584,472 U.S. children. Labor unions in Cleveland and San Francisco closed their national conventions without peace indications. In politics, a Gallup poll finds Dewey slipping as war continues, Vandenberg gaining, and Taft steady with 39, 27, and 17 percent respectively.
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U.S
Cleveland
San Francisco
A. F
G O. P
Gallup
New York
Thomas Dewey
Arthur Vandenberg
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Dewey
Vandenberg
Taft
Decorative Gargoyles and Their Gothic Function
A gargoyle is a decorative water spout projecting from a building to throw rain from the roof. The term covers iron heads on cornices of Greek and Roman buildings but mainly refers to Gothic carved grotesque monsters extending from parapets. Notre Dame gargoyles are the best known.
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Notre Dame
Paris
Automotive finishing aids reveal diverse material use
A 1910s style survey notes feminine beauty aids like rouge and diamonds used in auto finishing processes. It cites vast annual purchases such as 12 barrels of rouge, up to 1,000,000 dollars yearly for grinding and drilling, Mohair from Angora goats for upholsteries, and brushes with camel and badger hair. It lists unusual materials like agate, arsenic, platinum, radium, mica, jute and silver.
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Milady
Texas
Milk Needs Cleanliness To Retain Healthful Aids
An old discussion stresses that milk, while healthful, can pose dangers if it is not kept clean. Public health officials warn that sanitation in production and handling matters, but the milk delivered to homes is safe if kept clean and cold in the home. Clean containers and hands are essential to preserve milk’s wholesome reputation.
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U.S
John Public
Russia
Michael Kalinin
Josef Stalin
Franklin Roosevelt
Ito
Scandinavia
Baltic States
Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
Finland
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Moscow
Stockholm
Sweden
F.D.R
Gustav
Denmark
Christian
Norway
Haakon
Kyosti Kallio
Stormy blackout strikes Bahia Blanca after cyclone tail
A black pall cloaked Bahia Blanca as a cyclone tail uprooted trees and toppled electric signs. 60,000 residents fled indoors while shutters closed and cars with headlights sat idle. Street lamps remained lit amid lingering fear after reports tied to Cordoba storms and a Chile earthquake.
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Bahia Blanca
Argentina
Cordoba
Chile
New York Goldfish Demand Surges on Lower East Side
Reports from the National Wildlife Federation describe a growing demand for live goldfish shipped in tank cars to markets from New York's Lower East Side. The fish, descendants of 1893 World's Fair aquarium stock, are abundant in Lake Erie and netted by commercial fishermen, closely resembling common carp.
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New York
Lower East Side
National Wildlife: Federation
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
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County Cork
James G. Blaine
Alf Landon
Bryan
Teddy
Colonel Roosevelt
T. R
My” Hines
Kingfish
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Hines
Herbert Lehman
American Labor Party
O’connell
Albany
Communist Party
New ‘York
Orpeum Theatre
Sioux City
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