Need A Candidate For 1940 Election
The piece argues Democrats lack strong leaders for 1940 with Roosevelt as sole viable candidate. It notes many former hopefuls are sidelined, while Republicans present multiple options led by Vandenberg Taft Bricker Dewey Knox Lodge and others. It frames third term talk as strategic for the New Deal camp to keep Roosevelt in the White House.
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Harry L. Hopkins
Henry Wallace
James A. Farley
Paul V. McNutt
Robert H. Jackson
White House
Republican Party
Senator Vandenberg
Taft
Gov
Bricker
Ohio
Senator Bridges
New Hampshire
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Col
Frank Knox
Illinois
Massachusetts
Lodge
Mr. Roosevelt
Public Payrolls Under Fire by Attorney General Murphy
In a broadcast statement Attorney General Murphy urged trimming government payrolls at all levels. He estimated four million workers nationwide with potential to drop one million and save about one billion dollars annually. He warned against politically unintended consequences ahead of 1940 and questioned voters' reactions.
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Murphy
Washington
Uncle Sam
Mr. Murphy
Opposition to Political Debt Payments Sparks Cabintet Question
A cabinet officer questions the practice of paying government jobs with political debts. The attorney general decries this ancient custom while wondering how he himself was appointed to his post.
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Murphy
Goebbels Urges Nazi World Rule in Berlin Address
Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels told a Berlin student mass that Germany’s mission is to govern the world. He claimed Germans once had the unity to rule and argued democracy remains superior to totalitarianism. He warned fascist dangers and warned that a harsh lesson may come with blood and iron.
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Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Germany
England
Goebbels
Dr. Goebbels
United States
Debts Owed to United States by Fourteen Nations
The article notes fourteen European countries owe the U S about 13 billion dollars with Britain leading at over 5 billion and France around 4 billion. Hungary begins partial payment this year, and Germany and Poland owe roughly 193 million and 260 million respectively. If collected, the funds could slash the U S debt or cover a year of government operations, but officials expect no full repayment.
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United States
Finland
Hungary
State Department
New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Poland
Congress
Sam
A Man To His Mother Poem Reflects Sacred Maternal Love
John Freeman in Poems New and Old presents a meditation on a son addressing his mother with reverence for a selfless love akin to devotion to God. The speaker contrasts human loves with the motherly bond, praising forgiveness and unwavering care.
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John Freeman
Host of Spending Plans Considered
Washington plans discuss a flood of spending ideas aimed at funding programs outside the treasury balance sheet. The proposals originate from FRB and other sources and would be marketed as invisible to the budget.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
FRB
Treasury
Eccles plan eyed by Senate as toll road funding seen
The article notes the plan to empower a federal agency to earn interest on borrowings for self supporting projects like toll bridges and sewers. It references that schools and sewers are excluded and mentions the president and spending message proposing interest free loans.
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Senate
Barking and Currency Committee
Commas
Spa
Eccles
President’s Currie plan eyed for rail equipment loan aid
A largely drowsy idea the president already hints at favors involves forming a government rail equipment corporation to park cars engines and all rolling stock and rent them to railroads while pushing down interest rates on equipment loans. The Roosevelts hoped to cut rates from four to two percent.
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Roosevelt
Government bonds by self liquidating agencies eyed
A proposed plan would have the government form a corporation to sell bonds of self liquidating agencies like the Tennessee Valley Authority and Hoover Dam to the public. The idea aims to remove these bonds from the general treasury though critics note agencies have not yet cleared their books. The concept appears dead though Roosevelt is reportedly considering it.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Hoover Dam
General Treasury
TVA
Slums Clearing Costs Questioned in Senate Debate
The drawer notes Nathan Straus slums clearers and USHA agents pushing housing for incomes between 2000 and 3000, while Senator Tydings cites senate figures showing USHA and FHA costs are close and USHA running higher than expected.
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Nathan Straus
USHA
Tydings
Senate
FHA
Invisible spending program faces congressional resistance
The article argues the spending program will be thin and hard to track, drawing Byrd's complaint about billions of debt in independent agencies. Congress will resist, but the White House may push the self liquidating claim as money hoped to return, complicating Republican campaign framing.
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Byrd
Congress
White House
Forty Years Ago Today Local Historic Notes In Bluefield
From The Files Of The Bluefield Daily Telegraph records touch on Judge Samuel C. Graham of Tazewell and Rev. B Shugart of Athens visiting Bluefield. It notes deaths of Mrs. Mary Cecil and other then and mentions the Y M C A dedication with L E Johnson and a Bluefield gun club formation in Matoaka.
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Samuel C. Graham
Tazewell
EB. A. Shugart
Athens
Bluefield
Visi
A. B. Hunter
Grace Methodist Church
Mary Cecil
G. Jee
Evi
L. E. Johnson
Norfolk and Western Railway
C. Heck
Matoaka
Peterstown
Otto Rogertson
Western
Everett E. Carter, Jr
E. E. Carter
New
R. E. Baylor
Graham
Dante
H. S. Goode
Mercer County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Princeton
West Virginia Bankers Association
Welch
New York Stars Find Stage Breaks in Countryside Tours
The New York Broadway scene shifts to rural venues as actors retreat from neon lights for summer stock. Cows moo in protest as haystacks become spectator stands while performers endure rustic lodging and meals, hoping to spark the next big screen or stage breakout. Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis are cited as examples of stars who started in country theaters, with Diana Barrymore aiming for Broadway through Ogunquit and other village stages.
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New York
Broadway
Thespis
Farmer Jones
Parmer Smith
Ith
Ding
E Evans
John Rrymore
Sardi’s
Katharine Hepburn
Ivorytown
Conn
Bette Davis
Hollywood
Cary Grant
Barrymore
Diana Barrymore
John Barrymore
Ogune Ogungu Playhouse
Ogungue
Kaufman-Hart
Plan press outing for West Virginia newspaper council
Marlinton West Virginia June 19. The West Virginia newspaper council announces a three day summer outing for June 29 to July 1 featuring several of the state s outstanding scenic attractions as part of the council s program president Calvin Price reported
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Marlinton
W. Va
West Virginia
Screen Life In Hollywood Glamor and a Flawed Sound Track
Myrna Loy and Tyrone Power star in a rehearsal scene as a glamorous scrub lady and hospital bedside hero. John Beal faces a ruined Broadway premiere when a sound track malfunction leaves him without cues, prompting a tonic critique and lasting lesson.
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Hollywood
Myrna Loy
Tyrone Power
Animal Kingdom
Zanuck
Arthur Hornblow
Paramount
Powell
John Beal
John
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Beal and Company
Helen Craie
Broadway
Beal
Johnny
Leslie Howard
A City From Tobacco Ordnance And Independence
Bruce Catton recounts the early colonial push for collective urban development as planters debate burning tobacco versus building a city to unite producers, expand trade, and rival elite plantations. Humphrey challenges, Judd Allen voices defense, and the plan centers on forming a shared city to empower small growers.
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Humphrey
Jack Daugherty
Judd Allen
Chris
Tidewater
Voice of The People: Cadet ranks and rights debated
A fragmented piece discusses cadet attire and chest expansion demands by officers. It references Uncle Sam, Marlene Dietrich, silk stockings, and penitentiary privileges. The passage portrays tension over personal rights and discipline in a military setting with partial, unclear statements.
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Sam
Marlene Dietrich
Buckingham Palace idle talk and a royal retreat plan
Fragmented diary style notes describe a royal pair contemplating months of rest in a secluded palace area away from public life. The king jokes about regality and telephones while the queen muses on discomfort and change. Local oddments include stray town news and a found apron notice.
Error Corrected in Cox Advertisement At Store
The notice explains an error in Cox Department Store advertising. It clarifies a bottle of white shoe polish was not given free with each new set of half soles and heels. The corrected ad appears to address the false promotion and reiterates the genuine offer.
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A. W. Cox Department Store
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