Farm Belt States Seen as 1938 Political Barometer
A dozen interior states housing a third of U S farms and wages forecast the 1938 election as a test of Roosevelt and the New Deal. Ohio Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri North and South Dakota Nebraska Kansas form the key barometer for party gains or losses in the next House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
North Central
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Congress
House of Representative
Ohio
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Great
Interior Farm Belt
New York
Pennsylvania
House
Illinois
Farley Says GOP Focuses Pennsylvania Battle In Election
Postmaster General James A. Farley told a Keystone Democrats dinner that Republicans have made Pennsylvania a special battleground in the November 8 national election. He warned a partial GOP victory would be framed as a decline of the New Deal and urged voters to support the party against efforts to create congressional trouble. He spoke before Pennsylvania leaders including U S Senator Joseph F. Guffey Governor George H. Earle and Charles Alvin Jones.
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Philadelphia
James A. Farley
Pennsylvania
Farley
Congress
U.S
Joseph F. Guffey
George H. Earle
U. S. Senate
Charles Alvin Jones
Pittsburgh
Earle
Knox Attacks Relief Spending and Corruption in 1936 Campaign
Col Frank Knox Republican candidate for vice president in 1936 denounced New Deal relief spending and alleged corruption. He argued relief funds are used to build a political machine, warned the federal taxing load remains high, and called for a return to Republican governance before the 1938 and 1940 elections.
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Enid
Okla
Frank Knox
Hopkins
Knox
Everett assails Kraschel administration in Iowa
Republican attorney general candidate Fred D Everett of Albia accuses Gov. Kraschel era officials of expanding state bureaus and misusing funds. He cites a $21,000 dredgeboat purchase, $30,000 rent for Des Moines buildings, and CCC aid misused for political gains. Everett calls for cost cuts and new leadership to restore good government.
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Iowa
Fred D Everett
Albia
Montrose Hotel
Everett
Nels G Kraschel
Des Moines
Kraschel
CCC
Republican Party
Mississippi River
State
Bloomfield
University of Iowa Law School
Fifty-first Iowa Infantry
Radio Station Schedules and Orchestra Lineup Across Networks
A dense listing of Friday and morning radio programming across NBC CBS WABC WJZ WEAF and other affiliates. It details times and acts including orchestras soloists like Xavier Cugat Carol Weyman and Henry Busse, talk segments such as Katherine Lenroot, and varied programs from Hollywood Hotel to Death Valley Days with notes on chains and shared time slots.
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Lvening
Dick Yaad
Richard Seibert
WJZ Chain
Rave Weatherton
CBS
Wabc and Chain
Jamie Picher
Hollywood
Weaf Chain
Ghent Shumsky
NBC
WJZ
Abner
WABC
Kmox Weecco
Xavier Cugat
Weaf Split Chain
Carol Wievman
WBBM
KMOX
Wooo
WCCO
Martin, Music
WEAF
Guy Lombardo
Maurice Spit
Air Donahues
Henry Busse
Johnny Messner
Russ_ Morgan
WEAP
Iarry Ndullo
Charles Bain
Bishara ‘Timber
Orchestra
Paul Pendarvis
Gray Gordon
Ble Brown
Frank Novak
Orcheat BC
Chain Mehr de UE
Dick Barrie
Waec and Chain
WHO
Weaf Yehain
Breakfast Club
Montana Slim
Katherine Lenroot
Weap Chain
Our Barn
Bailey Axton
Alf and
Lee Reiser
Carol Weyman
Farmers Union Program
Mission of San Juan Capistrano
Robert Emmett Dolan
Vatican City
Italy
Pope Phuis XI
Ray Kinney
Top Hatters
WdJZ_chain
Les Brown
Bob Trout
Wabc and Chain Fvenivge
Phil Davis
Israel
Richard Himber
Ricardo
Rendezvous
Joe E. Brown
KKOX
Larry Clinton
Atte
Bonshue
Waring
WBREM
Wjzn
Wbbm Kmox
Arturo Tossenini
Weaf Ain
George Crook
Kay Kyser
Againinitsa
Chain
Dee Brown
Wayne King
WIZ Ain
Wabec and Chain
Henry Kine
Gardener falls on coworker in two story accident
Philadelphia AP report states gardener Erb, 49, fell two stories and landed on fellow worker Thomas Michael, 31, who had fallen before him. Erb was uninjured. Michael sustained a broken wrist.
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Philadelphia
Gardner Erb
Erb
Thomas Michael
Kraschel Urges Settlement in Sioux City Strike
Des Moines Governor Kraschel sends telegrams to Swift and Don Harris of Des Moines urging immediate settlement of the Sioux City labor dispute by negotiation or arbitration. He warns that delay risks unrest, highlighting public interest due to plant operations affecting farmers and workers.
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Des Moines
Nelson G
Kraschel
Sioux City
Swift and Company
Don Harris
Packing House Workers’ Organizing Committee
Iowa
Packing House
Italians Demobilize as 10 000 Leave Spain for Naples
Italian legionaries finish a year and a half in the Spanish civil war with fewer than 20 000 remaining in Spain. Press cites 40 000 who went to fight for the insurgents, about 3 000 killed and 9 000 wounded. In Naples crowds cheer as troops depart on ships Sardegna Piemonte Liguria and Calabria for demobilization centers near Naples.
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Naples
Spain
Sardegna
Piemonte
Liguria
Calabria
Vittorio Emanuele
Berti
Umberto
Ciano
Italy
Pedro Garcia Conde
Despondent lover kills self at fiancee grave in Chicago
In Calvary cemetery Chicago 28 year old Deforest Jaynes shot himself beside the grave of Mae Sweeney the fiancee whose funeral had been held days earlier. His brothers arrived soon after and said they had feared for his life and had watched him closely.
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Chicago
Deforest Jaynes
Jaynes
Calvary Cemetery
Riding Academy
Mae Sweeney
Grass seed drive aims to restore western ranges
More than 50 000 pounds of carefully tested grass seeds will be sown soon by CCC workers to bring back grass to western ranges and fight desert encroachment.
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CCC
Lincoln-Zephyr 1939: V-type 12 engine with hydraulic brakes
The 1939 Lincoln Zephyr features a smooth V12 engine, hydraulic brakes, and rubber insulated springs for quieter operation. It offers six body types including two convertibles and sedans, with improved interiors and refinements. Over 60,000 owners already praise its value and performance.
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Lincoln Motor Company
Scata
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Second Avenue SE
G.O.P
Penn
Col. Knox
Att’y Gen's
Wegman
John Mitchell
Attorney General’s
State of
Leo Wegman
Cedar Rapids’ Bargain Shoe Center
2Nd Avenue
Lingola
Lincoln-Zephyr Dealers
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Mercury
Lincoln-Zephyr
Lincoln Motor
Rude Auto Company
Second Avenue
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