TVA Seen as First Great Socialist Enterprise of New Deal
The Chicago Tribune argues TVA proves government overreach curbing private investment, portraying TVA as a model of socialist planning. It claims Willkie’s sale of Tennessee Electric Power Company assets enables federal power production while condemning federal subsidies and planned economy as threats to private enterprise and national growth.
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TVA
David Lilienthal
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Tennessee Electric Power Company
Tennessee
Willkie
Tennessee Valley Authority
Norman Thomas
American Socialist Party
New Deal
Roosevelt
The
Tennessee Valley
National Economic Committee
Columbia
Platte
Loup
Chicago Tribune
Safer cars and new sealed-beam headlamps foreseen
Automobiles grow safer yearly as better road design reduces hazards. Next year vehicles may feature sealed-beam headlamps to cut glare, a development joined by lamp makers and motor manufacturers alongside existing safety features like four wheel brakes and safety glass.
Safer Cars Through Glass Advances And Materials
The text highlights cooperation and new safety glass reducing side-window distortion and eyestrain, along with bodies incorporating transparent plastics. It notes ongoing auto safety improvements yearly, while warning that the driver’s stubborn mindset remains the toughest safety hurdle despite campaigns and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Uncle Sam’s Stature Under Roosevelt’s Shadow
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reflects on President Roosevelt’s vigor and a cautionary view of his uncle Sam, noting concern about whether the veteran public figure could endure another term amid mounting strain and political pressure.
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France
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Sam
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A Brave Husband Needed In This Country
In a Lincoln Nebraska Star blurb a joke on marriage law grows into a call for balance in dress choices. It notes a Chicago divorce court ruling and suggests husbands buy sensible hats for their wives. The piece ends with a Taft remark about presidential ideas and fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lincoln
Neb
Star
Quotes reveal public figures urging faith, policy, and war reflection
A collection of 1930s voices from Garner York Fosdick LaGuardia and others expresses themes of returning to faith the old days the dangers of war and government policy. Notables urge balanced production criticism of the New Deal and caution about Germany and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. LaGuardia
New York City
New Deal
Iowa Senator Clyde Herring and Winchell Scoop Sparks Debate
A Gazette report analyzes the August night events and Walter Winchell’s claim that Herring would announce a 1940 presidential bid. Town reaction splits on whether the statement was engineered by Herring or an abrupt shift in plans.
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ED Hadley
Gazette
Ashington
Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde Herring
Walter Winchell
Winchell
New York
Ray Murphy
the Gazette
Federal
Washington
Associated Press
Herring
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Roosevelt
Paul Appleby
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry
Gillette
Garner
NBC
The
Clyde L. Herring
The Call of Enterprise for Young Men
A didactic verse urging young men to seek brave futures and work diligently. It stresses duty, perseverance, and continual self-improvement, noting that effort now shortens the climb to success and that the top is earned through persistent endeavor.
Demyelled Item From Gazette Files
By JAMES J. HRUSHA. Demystified caption notes an item from the Gazette Files with archival reference and authorial framing. No further readable facts available in the fragment to identify the subject, date, or location.
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Gazette
James J. Hrusha
Moonlight Tally-Ho Party Honors Ruth Whitney
Miss Steele Hamilton hosted a two hour moonlight ride for Ruth Whitney of South Bend and Hazel Higley of Burlington as part of a Tally-Ho gathering. Guests included Ada Leen Fagan, Lotta Mehle, Susie Witwer, Mabel Cherry and others. Local markets reported grain and livestock prices.
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Miss Steele Hamilton
Ruth Whitney
South Bend
Ind
Hazel Higley
Burlington
Adaleen Fagan
Lotta Mehle
Susie Witwer
Mabel Cherry
May Smith
Helen Harwood
Marjorie Kirk
Helen Weeks
Lillian Consigney
Mary Mills
Margaret Couden
Georgia Mullin
Ethel Pinney
Bess Munger
Mary Munger
Helen Hayes
Elizabeth Shepardson
Ruth Pinney
Gertrude McCormick
Gertrude Hormel
Jennie Solomon
Hattie Solomon
Mary Deacon
Faun Hamilton
Ruth Taylor
Olivia Dawson
Clarissa Dawson
Walter Winchell on Broadway gossip and nightlife notes
A compact column surveys New York City social buzz and showbiz happenings. It mentions Walter Winchell’s Broadway chatter, stock exchange unrest, celebs at the Diamond Horseshoe, hotel orchestras, and various lighthearted anecdotes about society figures and nightlife in the Big City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio City
City Hall
Eleanor Roosevelt
Central Park
Paris
Notice to Bidders for Springville School Demolition and Boiler Room
The Consolidated School District of Springville Iowa invites sealed bids for demolishing two frame buildings on the Springville town school property to prepare for a new boiler room. Bids due by 7 PM August 26 1939 in the Secretary’s office.
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Springville
Linn County
Iowa
C. L. Burroughs
School Board
Ark Anthony
Cedar Rapids
Iown
Secretary of the Board of Directors
Springville Consolidated
Consolidated School District
L. Burroughs
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Col
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
Riverside Church
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Christian Endeavor
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Charles E. Johnston
United States
Britain
Japan
Bill Ackerman
Germany
Paul Hymans
Walter Hackett
United States Department of Justice
O. John Rogge
U.S
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Berlin
Hamilton Fish
N. Y
Pe C. Dawes
Chicago Fair
Sean Russell
Irish Republican Army
Joseph M. Schenck
Plymouth Rock
Passamaquoddy
Liberty Bell
Philadelphia
Hyde Park
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Hitler
Jules S. Bache
Guy Gillette
Agriculture Secretary
Agriculture Department
Mr. Wallace
Frank R. Kent
Wall Street Journal Thursay
Victory
Tima
Edger
Gust
Forester
J. B. Gourley
Cedar
Iowa Foresters
Will Manilaw
Drake University
Carnival
Cedar Rapids Carnival Company
G. K. Barton
F. M. Tull
C. L. Miller
Alex Charles
Hook and Crook
H. G. Healey
Hook and Crook Club
Business College
Augusta Sunbury
G. W. Cunningham
Inez M. Minshall
Lower Palisades
F. E. Hathorn
Bertha Tisdale
Edna Moulton
Blanche Harman
Kathleen Hathorn
Glenn Hathorn
Bert Calder
Mark Kenyon
John Hughes
Linwood
Mrs. Stewart
Mrs. Chase
Mrs. Keller
Laura Adams
Ethel Chase
Pearl Stewart
Will Chase
Earl Stewart
Lee Stewart
Berchem Nesley
Clarence and
Robert Keller
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W. W. Gist
Congregational Church
Osage
Coe College
George W. Bryant
Grand Rapids, Mich
Coe
Princeton
B. R. Johnston
Regents of
the State University
Wyoming
Weston
Will Brooksmit
Sheridan
Wyo
Cripple Creek
George K. Wenig
Aegon Star
Hedrick
Ralph van Vechten
Daily Mirror, Inc
Manhattan
DV. James
Penn
Chums
W. W
Stork
Stock Exchange
Wm. Martin
SEC
Ingersoll
Paley
Sherman Billingsley
W. 54Th
Amesa
Moffett
Diane Chase
Diamond Horseshoe Seminary
Mike Romanoff
George Weinberg
Dixie Davis
Chase National Bank
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
Nazli
Farouk
Egypt
Fuad
Brazil
Rio
Congress
Woodrum
Federal Theater Project
Arthur Brisbane
Seward
Civil Service Weekly
Jerry Finkelstein
Mirror Civil Service
Dies Committee
Earl Browder
U. S
Marion Anderson
Richard Whitney
Gentry Bunkum
U.S. A
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Thomas Goddard
Miami
Fcr
Denver
Chamberlain
Emily Post
Funk & Wagnalls
Alabama
Miles Dresskell
Columbia University
J. P. Morgan
Loving
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Erie
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Home Financing Services
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