Wheeler enters labor politics as potential presidential timber
In Columbus late January Wheeler, a New Englander from Montane, campaigns as C I O ally though wary of a third term for Roosevelt. He vows support if re nominated and outlines an eight point program including neutrality, expanded South American trade, labor advancement, private jobs, relief, and unemployment solution.
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Washington
Columbus
Burton K. Wheeler
Wheeler
John Lewis
United Mine Workers In
Roosevelt
Lewis
Jack Garner
Paul V. McNutt
C. I O
America
Congress Debates Embargo Tactics Over Japan
Congress weighs actions as Japan defies U S rights in the Orient and abrogates the 1911 trade pact. Debate centers on an arms embargo while U S officials show no urgency to move, with some senators urging firm censure of Japan.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Orient
Bricin
Emi
Washington
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Berkley
Minton
Austin
Lewis Schwellenbach
War News From Around The World And Europe
In Washington SEC official Jerome N Frank says public utilities face imminent action for not starting integration programs. Britain sells about 10 percent of ready marketable U.S. securities early in the war. Mussolini's paper cites rumors of mass arrests in Ukraine. Churchill claims Nazi Germany is weaker than 1914, while Allies press embargo talk and budget cuts persist. Romania balks at oil shipments to Germany as London Paris threaten cuts. Soviet forces suffer heavy losses around Ladoga after Besarabia pressure.
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Securities and Exchange
Jerome N. Frank
Washington
Treasury
Britain
Russia
Rome
D1 Duce
Girnale
Klia
Ukraine
Stalin
Viacheslav Molotov
Klementi Voroshiloff
Winston Churchill
Nazi Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
U. S
Sweden
Swedish Foreign Press Department
Baltic
State Department
Rumania
Reich
Carol
London
Paris
Romania
Bessarabia
Justice: Christian Fronts Draw U S Criminal Probe
The 1917 Russian czarist overthrow echoes as 17 New York Christian Front suspects are arrested by the Justice Department. FBI chief Hoover says their aim is revolution and anti Jewish notions. Detroit’s Rev Charles E Coughlin later calls himself a friend of the accused amid DOJ review led by O John Rogge.
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U. S. Justice Department
New York
Russia
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Christian Front
Detroit
Charlies E. Coughlin
Justice Department
O. John Rogge
Mexico Eyes Japanese Oil Trade Amid War Powers Shifts
Mexico faced oil surplus and reduced cash after war cuts halted shipments to Europe. President Lazaro Cardenas now signals openness to Japan following the U S abrogation of a trade pact with Tokyo. Reports say Japan may fund Pacific port dredging and storage upgrades in Mexico as a strategic move.
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Europe
Mexico
U.S
Germany
U. S
Japan
Lazaro Cardenas
Tokyo
Congress
Pacific
Public opinion and defense spending shift amid war headlines
A Gallup poll shows 60 percent favor seeking public approval before future wars, down from 51 percent last September. U S arms expenditures rise from 93 million in 1958 to 204,555,780 in 1999, led by aircraft and air parts.
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U. S
Gallup
Names in the News Highlight Three Figures
Harry Hopkhins returned to work after his nomination as commerce secretary. John Thomas of Gooding Idaho was named U S senator to replace the late William Borah. Kaiser Wilhelm II died in New York at age 66 after celebrating his eighty first birthday in Doorn Netherlands.
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Harry Hopkhins
Commerce
John Thomas
Gooding
Idaho
U.S
William E. Borah
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Doorn
Netherlands
Cromwell among world’s ten best dressed women
United Press poll places Mrs. Cromwell in the world’s top ten for fashion alongside Duchess of Kent and Windsor and Queen Elizabeth. Despite not shopping in Paris, her wardrobe is valued among the affluent leading figures, with crinoline preferred for formal wear.
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Ana James Cromwell
Paris
United Press
Cromwell
Duchess of Kent
Windsor
Mme. Antenor Patino
Name of the rescue ship and fate questions
The passage asks five trivia prompts about a returning ship, a sudden Canadian election, a late January southern US weather reading, a noted explorer revealing new mountains, and a Vatican memorandum accusing Germany of aiming to destroy Catholicism in a specific country.
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U. S
Vatican
Germany
Fragmented Historical Quiz Answers and Geographic Mentions
A disjointed list mentions City of Flint and a aim to align war records with public mood. It notes Byrd’s Antarctic discovery and references Poland with charges of mass shootings and persecutions. The text mixes quiz answers with geographic and military notes, lacking cohesive narrative.
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Flint
Florida
Atlanta
Richard E. Byrd
Marie Byrd Land
Antarctic
Poland
Pot Boils in Democratic Row Over Roosevelt Third-Term Drive
Washington dispatch notes a heated Democratic battle over a possible Roosevelt third term. Labor leaders and New Dealers push renomination while critics like John L. Lewis and Senator Wheeler threaten splits. Florida and Ohio delegates face conflicting signals, with Pepper Linback and state factions testing allegiance to Roosevelt or Garner.
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Washington
Democratic Party
New Deal
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
C. I. 0. Labor Organization
Sen
Burton Wheeler
Montana
Lewis
Florida
Ohio
Pepper
Mr. Roosevelt
Senator Pepper
Garner
Arthur Linback
Linback
Mississippi
Paul McNutt
Wallace and
Ickes
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Joseph P. Kennedy
Davies
Senator Wheeler
Peppers
Linbacks
Political tempers ease after party splits and protests
William Bruckart predicts the Democratic party will cool after recent feverish episodes such as Lewis v Roosevelt, Wheeler at the CIO meeting, and delegate boasts in Florida and Ohio. He foresees a lull and several weeks of quiet ahead.
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United Mine Workers
Senator Wheeler
Columbus
Ohio
Lewis
Montana
Wheeler
William Bruckart
Roosevelt
Florida
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