Capper Urges Free Speech in Face of Barring Meetings
U.S. Senator Capper argues against shutting down meetings or addresses by opponents of a city regime. He defends free expression for all groups including Nazi, Fascist, and Communist organizations as long as they are lawful and do not incite violence. He supports foreign-propaganda disclosure and registration under H R 1591, urging transparency for groups funded from abroad.
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Washington
Hague of
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Senator Capper
Senate
United States
Great Britain
Hyde Park
Capper
Communist Party
Secretary of State
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Soil erosion costs United States billions yearly
Agricultural experts estimate 3 billion tons of soil lost annually from fields and pastures in the United States due to erosion, highlighting a massive impact on farming and land productivity.
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United States
Amarillo Invited to New York World Fair Preview
Amarillo joined about 1000 U S communities in a World Fair 1939 preview as Jack Andrews the Good Will Courier arrived with invitations. Local leaders greet him and Mayor Rogers signs a scroll of honor to be presented to Texas governor. The tour involves officials from auto clubs major companies and civic groups across 47 states with models of the Trylon and Perisphere on Buick and Chevrolet cars. Accidents on California highways in 1936 the first 11 months cost 2773 lives up from 1995-96 data.
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Amarillo
United States
Jack Andrews
Good-Will Courier
Texas
American Automobile Club
General Motors Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
U. S. Rubber Company
Texas Company
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company
Trylon
Buick
Chevrolet
Grover A. Whalen
The
Fair Corporation
Washington, D. C
New York
California
Connally Warns Concentrated U S Wealth Threatens Freedom
Sen. Tom Connally of Marlin told the National Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution in Dallas that wealth concentration in a few corporations and individuals threatens economic freedom as much as foreign invasion, urging control to safeguard democracy.
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Dallas
U.P
Tom Connally
Marlin
National Congress
Sons of the American Revolution
America
Connally
Oberlin Library Acquires Rare Johnson Dictionary
Oberlin College has obtained a rare first edition of Samuel Johnson's 1755 dictionary. The two-volume set carries an inscription from its original owner, William Potter of Norwich, dated 27 November 1756.
Protest Travel Restrictions by Japanese Officials in China
The U S state department seeks permission for Americans in China to return to cities from which Japanese forces drove them out. Ambassador Grew in Tokyo has pressed Japan to allow travel to Shanghai Nanking and other locations where Americans lived or conducted missions. Several hundred Americans face travel bans while Japanese authorities cite safety risks and potential violence.
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Washington
State Department
China
Japan
United States
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Shanghai
Nanking
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