Purge failure stirs fear as Roosevelt era politics shift
The piece surveys Democratic purge failures affecting figures like Gillette McCarran Adams and Clark, argues Roosevelt’s grip weakens but third term odds stay uncertain, and notes a crowded, fractious party stance as Congress resumes. It covers Kentucky politics with Chandler Barkley vote outcomes and broader international tensions with Japan and Russia.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Democratic
Iowa
Gillette
Nevada
McCarran
Colorado
Adams
Missouri
Clark
United States
Congress
Pacific
Roosevelt
The Pulp Mills and the Dutch Boy Hero
Bill, an actor in college bound for theater, takes a safe job at a failing pulp mill. He falls for Josephine, while a Mills manager plots trouble as a cover for theft. A staged impersonation, a roadside accident, and a bank treasure tie the tale, ending with a plan to marry and escape.
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U. S
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Elmer J. Noble
Greenwich
Conn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bill
Napoleon
Villain
Josephine
New York
Sig
Anen
Built to Last Forever. Nation's Archives on Swamp Land
A Washington DC archives complex rises on a former swamp with a five foot reinforced concrete scow foundation and 5000 piles. Pumps, turbines guard against Potomac floods while stone blocks from Indiana shape the entrances flanked by carved figures. The Justice building showcases aluminum boast and FBI operations draw public interest.
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Fional Geographic Society
D. C
WNU
A National Archives
Washington
Potomac
Pennsylvania Avenue
West Chelmsford
Mass
Bedford
Ind
Indiana
Constitution Avenue
White House
Justice Department
Washington Monument
Department of Justice
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Lee Combs
William Combs
A. S. Lizmore
Versailles
A. B
Chandler
Alben W. Barkley
Paducah
Alben Barkley
Happy Chandler
Alben
Japan
Manchuria
Tokyo
Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Asia
Changkufeng
Little Changkufeng
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Litvinoff
Siberian
Yangtze River
Nanking
China
Peking
Canton
Britain
Hongkong
South China
London
Africa
John Harris
Bechuanaland
Rockaway Beach
England
Dore
Corri‘tan
Manhattan
Callander
Ont
Olivia Dionne
Roy Dafoe
Pappa Dionne
Emilie
Pearl White
Paris
Warner Oland
Sweden
Hammond
Richard W. Lewhe
Jesus
Israel
Adolph Hitler
Germany
Pennsylvania
James J. Davis
U. S. Moose
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
TVA
Arthur Morgan
Davis
M. C. Conick
Labor
John L. Lewis
Detroit
Los Angeles
Homer Martin
C. I
United Automobile Workers
Martin
Jay Lovestone
Independent Communist Labor League
Lovestone
A. F
Francis Dillon
Labor Federation
Co. I. O
Harry Bridges
Industrial Union Council
Chicago
Fred Tuerk
Jo Smith Ferebee
Ferebee
Mlimber
Elizabeth G. Gray McClure
WNU Service
Archives and Justice Buildings
Burma
Orient
West
Lincoln
Siam
State Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dillinger
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