Wheeler As Presidential Timber In 1940 Race
Post dispatch portrait of Burt Wheeler of Montana outlining his rise in the Senate, involvement in Teapot Dome fallout, role opposing court packing, and appeal to farmers and labor. The piece notes his reform bids, legal career in Butte, and personal life with six children as he contemplates a 1940 Democratic bid.
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Roxy Stinson
Daugherty
Jesse Smith
Roxy
Wheeler
Montana
America
Moscow
Ray Baker
The
Mint
District of Columbia
Robert M. LaFollette
Rim
LaFollette
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
New Deal
Holding Companies
Hughes
Senate Judiciary Committee
Brandeis
Interstate Commerce Committee of
National Association of Manufacturers
Abor
Borah
Hudson
Mass
University of Michigan Law School
Ann Arbor
Dr. Chase
Lulu White
Albany
Burt Wheeler
Butte
Illinois
John Waites
Wheelers
Glacier Park
John L. Lewis
Lewis
William Green
Popular Film May Be Shut Out of England
London April 29 Gone With the Wind may be boycotted in Great Britain and moviegoers may be denied a chance to see Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in the romance. The British Exhibitors' Association threatens a monopoly by three west end houses who are showing it currently. The dispute centers on the rental price asked by Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
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London
Great Britain
Margaret Mitchell
Clark Gable
Vivien Leigh
British Cinematograph Exhibitors’ Association
Exhibitors’ Association
Gable
Leigh
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Germany Claims Conquest of Norway Virtually Completed
Berlin reports that Oslo to Trondhjem rail link and key nodes including Dom bas and Opdal are in German hands after a 20 day campaign. Hitler praises the victory and notes beginnings of a concentric drive to eject Allied forces from Norway. In London a German plane crash near an Essex town caused about 40 casualties.
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Germany
Norway
Berlin
Oslo
Trondhjem
Combas
West Coast
Adolf Hitler
Dombas
Andalsnes
Tynset
Trondhjem - Dombas
Hamar - Oslo
Storen
Gudbrands
Opdal
London
Essex
Refugees in Norwegian mountains amid war devastation
Refugees in central Norway endure cold hunger and disease with scant medical aid. In Namdalen and Steinkjer areas, children and elders suffer as mountain huts fill and villagers share scant supplies. Bombing damaged Namsos caused civilian loss and displacement as aid routes remain blocked.
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Namsos
Norway
Namdalen
Steinkjer
Trondhiem
Trondhjem
Sweden
Administration notes seven months of war lift US economy
Officials report higher stock prices and trade gains with Latin America and Scandinavia. Bond values fell and the Fed bought 400 million to steady markets. War costs rose defense personnel and coast guard strength while export and import shifts favored allies. fiscal policy remains contested.
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Washington
Administration
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Latin America
Scandinavia
Germany
Navy
Army
National Guard
Coast Guard
Panama Canal
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Republicans Plan Keep Out of War Plank For Platform
Washington April 30 Republicans debate a keep out of war plank for the party platform at Philadelphia. Stassen plans a noncommittal foreign policy keynote while Vandenberg and Austin clash over mind our own business versus aiding allies without full involvement. The platform may call for a balanced budget and state local control while preserving New Deal social programs and considering agricultural price mechanisms and farm support reforms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Texas
Harold E. Stassen
Minneapolis
United States
Vandenberg
Michigan
Austin
Vermont
Stassen
Philadelphia
Platform Committee
Congress
Senate
A.F.L
Park Roads Open Livingston Entrance to Yellowstone
Yellowstone park access expands as the Cody entrance opens to motorists on Thursday marking the earliest opening in park history. Snow cleared inside the park but outer sections remain muddy and May 1 slated for travel on main roads with fees collected then.
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Public Roads Administration
Red Lodge
Cooke
Rogers
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Post-Dispatch
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Denby
Joe
Willis
Ohio
Harry Daugherty
Hound
Burton K Wheeler
England
Gerelas
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Havre
C. F. Morris
State Supreme Court
Morris
Missouri
Law School
George Washington University
Helena
Albert J. Galen
Galen
Fred Lay
Gallatin
Benjamin FE. Berg
Park
Sweet Grass
Bozeman
Livingston
Northern Pacific
Glendive
Lay
Jack’s Harness & Saddle Shop
Livingston, Mont
Vic Christensen
Furstenberg’s
C. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
Bear Creek and
Fromberg Coal
R.A. Traver
Warner
Stewart-Warner
Uie
Big Timber
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