C I O Blacklist Targets 40 Congress Members in Fall Vote
The C I O proposes a large blacklist of more than 40 congress members for opposition in the fall elections. John L. Lewis leads the list through E L Oliver of the Non Partisan League. The purge targets both Democratic and Republican lawmakers incl House Rules members and several senators.
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C.I.O
Congress
John L. Lewis
E. L. Oliver
Labor
League
Committee For Industrial Organization
Oliver
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
House Rules Committee
John J. O'Connor
Democratic Rules Committee
E. E. Cox
Georgia
House
Massachusetts
Carl E. Mapes
Michigan
J. Will Taylor
Tennessee
Donald H. McLean
New Jersey
Senators Tydings
Maryland
Adams
Colorado
Lonergan
Connecticut
Hatton W. Sumners
Texas
A. P. Lamneck
Ohio
Leo Kocialkowski
Ilinois
R. L. Doughton
North Carolina
H. B. Steapall
Alabama
C. F. Lea
California
Fred Cummings
C. I. White
Idaho
R. L. de Rouen
Louisiana
John Rankin
Will Whittington
Mississippi
H. B. Coffee
Nebraska
Sam McReynolds
J. I. Mansfield
Fritz Lanahan
M. H. West
S. O. Bland
Virginia
Joe Smith
West Virginia
Unpermitted U S Pilot Flies Solo Atlantic Dash
Corrigan, a California aircraft expert, secretly departed New York’s Floyd Bennett Field in a ragged Curtiss Robin without permit or instruments and landed in Baldonnel Ireland after 28 hours 13 minutes. He claimed a compass error and said he intended to return to California. It was the sixth west to east solo Atlantic crossing.
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Ocean
Corrigan
Dublin
California
Atlantic
Mollison
Bery Markham
Wheat Allotment Announced Under AAA Plan
Wheat allotment set for fall and spring planting not to exceed 55 million acres under the 1938 act. M L Wilson acting secretary signs the order as a part of the AAA wheat program, aiming to keep surpluses in check and support prices with a 30 percent domestic and export reserve. The total supply for the year is 1.147 billion bushels with a normal supply of 866 million.
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Tolley
AAA
M. L. Wilson
General Aaa
Queen Marie Dies at Bucharest Residence
Queen Marie of Romania,English princess and granddaughter of Victoria, died at her summer residence in Bucharest. King Carol, her son, was at her bedside as she passed away. She married Ferdinand in 1914 and helped lead Romania to join the Allies in World War I. In 1926 she toured the United States.
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Marie
Romania
Jix
Bucharest
Carol
Victoria
Ferdinand
Rumania
United States
Insull Dies in Paris After Public Utilities Empire
AMUEL INSULL, once head of a vast U S utilities empire, died in the Paris subway. His wife Gladys Wallis Insull accompanied the body to London for burial. Once a Chicago builder of the holding structure, his fortune was estimated at 100 million dollars in 1932 amid crashes and prosecutions.
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Insull
Paris
Amuel Insull
France
Gladys Wallis
Stage
London
United States
England
Thomas A. Edison
Chicago
Insulls
Europe
Istanbul
Turkey
Primary probes reach multiple states in campaign funds scrutiny
Senator Sheppard's senate campaign committee votes unanimously to probe alleged misuse of federal and state funds in Democratic primaries in Kentucky and Pennsylvania. The panel says it is also examining similar charges in Tennessee. The social security board orders Kentucky inquiry into Barkley allegations of political influence on pension payments.
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Sheppard
Senate
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Social Security Board
Barkley
Hughes Completes World Flight Landing in New York
Howard Hughes and a four man crew finished a world circumnavigation at Floyd Bennett Field New York completing the trip in 3 days 19 hours 17 minutes over 14824 miles with six refueling stops at Paris Moscow Omsk Yakutsk Fairbanks and Minneapolis.
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Hughes
Howard Hughes
Floyd Bennett Airport
New York
Paris
Moscow
Omsk
Yakutsk
Fairbanks
Minneapolis
Wiley Post
Post
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Harry Connor
Thomas Thurlow
Richard Stoddart
Ed Lund
Army Air Corps
Tokyo Cancels 1940 Olympic Games Amid Costs and Opposition
Japan announces cancellation of the 1940 Olympics in Tokyo blaming high costs and military leaders' fears of rising nationalism. The IOC was to meet on next steps with London and Helsinki discussed as potential alternate sites.
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Japan
APAN
China
Tokyo
International Committee
London
Helsingfors
Finland
Debts of Forty-One Billion Hover Over Nation
A 1940s column examines a projected federal debt of 41.5 billion by next June 30, noting per capita debt of 285.70 and a rise to about 320 per person. It details state shares, contingent liabilities of agencies, and potential tax hikes to repay within 50 to 100 years.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Bureau of the Budget
Uncle Sam
Daniel Bell
Budget Bureau
Treasury
United States
Sen
Carter Glass
Virginia
Gov
National Guard
Western Newspaper Union
Many Farmers Earn Income by Outside Labor
A census bureau survey of 3,000 farms in 40 states finds about one third of U S farmers have outside industrial or business income. Director William L Austin notes a high proportion of outside income and an average return of about three fourths of farm income, with 975 farmers reporting non farm earnings totaling 458 522 dollars, averaging 573 dollars per farm and a quarter earning less than 100 dollars annually.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
William L. Austin
Austin
Jiffy Crochet Cloth Youll Be Proud Of Pattern 6084
A 58 inch cloth worked with a big hook and two strands of yarn. Three sizes available with small at 26 inches. Pattern 6084 includes stitch illustrations materials and a photo. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W Fourteenth St New York NY.
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Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
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Georges Bornet
H.R. Tolley
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