Battle lines Forming For Next Congress Amid 1940 Stakes
Washington dispatch reports congressional leaders foresee a war of nerves in the upcoming session. Key issues include extending reciprocal trade programs, tax law revisions, national defense expansion, labor relations act reform, and relief for unemployed seamen and shipowners. Farm aid plans grow, Republicans organize farmer support, and the anti monopoly question may reemerge.
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Washington
INS
Europe
Senate
National Defense
Congress
House
National Economic Committee
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Oil and gas waste in state draw congressional warning
Washington experts warn against flush oil production and wasting natural gas reserves in Texas Oklahoma West Virginia and other states. Glenn E McLaughlin economist says wells overdrilled drain reservoir energy and raise bankruptcy risk due to gas loss and underground depletion. He cites West Virginia gas waste reduction and Illinois surge as a flush field.
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Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Congress
Glenn E. McLaughlin
Natural Resources Planning Board
House
New Mexico
McLaughlin
Illinois
New
Mamma Remembers Dad’s “Rich Quick” Land Spree
Willie Willis recalls his mother predicting a grand farm with ponies and cows if his father had invested in land each time he bought something to grow rich quickly. The quote reflects family tension over risky ventures and dreams of improvement.
Mayo Clinic reports rocking beds ease pain and aid sleep
New York reports that Mayo Clinic proceedings describe rocking beds as a new medical aid. In 88 cases the beds produced rapid relief of leg pain and helped many sleepless patients sleep. Improvements occurred in arteriosclerosis cases with poor circulation. 24 showed permanent benefit, 25 improved with additional therapies, 42 percent felt relief only while in motion. The bed elevations lift legs above and below head level to aid blood flow.
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New York
Mayo Clinic
GOP Weighs Short 1940 Campaign Plan
Republican leaders discussed a concentrated eight to nine week drive to win the presidency in 1940 ending with the November election. Sen. McNary and Sen. Vandenberg backed a quick campaign and a late June or early July convention, with Chicago favored to win back Illinois.
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Washington
Sen. McNary
Oregon
Senate
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Mlinois
Sen. Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Vandenberg
Police officers take borrowed car after college game
Syracuse detectives Metzger and Beagle seized an automobile after the Cornell Colgate game in Ithaca and drove toward Syracuse 30 miles before realizing the car was not theirs. They returned to Ithaca and surrendered at police HQ when the owner reported the theft. The vehicle was a duplicate of Beagle's and parked in the same block.
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Syracuse
N. Y
William Metzger
Howard F. Beagle
New York Central Railroad
Cornell
Beagle
Finns warn Soviets to modify demands or end talks
In Moscow Soviet papers condemn Finnish obstinacy and press for control of areas west of Murmansk while warning of grave results. In Helsinki Foreign Minister Erkko warns negotiations may break down if Russia does not revise its demand for a naval base at the Gulf of Finland entrance and a Karelian isthmus border change.
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Finland
Arctic
Gulf of Finland
Red Fleet
Russia
Murmansk
Soviet Union
Norway
Trud
U. S
Helsinki
Elias Erkko
Erkko
Karelian
Snow Cruiser Shrinks Bridges as It Heads Toward Boston
In Framingham and Boston areas on November 12, the 27 ton Snow Cruiser Penguin I, under Dr. Thomas Poulter, navigates under low bridges along the Berkshire foothills at a slow pace. The crew notes the bridges appear to shrink while the vehicle grows taller as it passes. The cabin is heated by diesel engines to withstand Antarctica temperatures, with no windows opened due to carbon monoxide risk. The Penguin I traveled from Chicago on October 26, continuing toward its Boston goal.
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Francis E. Carey
Boston
Admiral Byrd
Berkshire Hills
Thomas _ Poulter
Dr. Poulter
Antarctica
Ohio
Chicago
Rail Bridge Is Completed After Line Is Discontinued
A Connecticut railroad bridge opened after $50,000 cost, but the line meant to use it had been discontinued. The year 1939 is noted for a string of humorous misreports and mistaken facts across the nation.
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Wailu
Attorney General of
New York
Lake George
N. Y
Aaron Burr
Indiana
McNutt Seeks Security Agency To Back Democracy
Paul V. McNutt, federal security administrator, spoke in Lakeland on November 12 praising the proposed federal security agency with old age benefits and unemployment insurance as a first step against insecurity. He defended the profit motive and urged economic freedom to sustain democracy, calling for a guaranteed minimum security and an economic floor to prevent hardship.
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Lakeland
Fila
INS
Federal Security Agency
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Florida Southern College
McNutt
U. S
French freighter Indochinois loaded with oil and planes in New York
The S. S. Indochinois, first French government freighter under neutrality loopholes, was heavily loaded with oil and gasoline at the foot of 47th street guarded by police. Tomorrow she will add American airplanes before secretly departing through the German U boat danger zone.
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New York
INS
S. S. Indochinois
47Th Street
Indochinois
Atlantic
France
French General Dies of Wounds in War
Paris reports the death of General Maurice Raymond Pigeaud from wounds received in action. The veteran commander, twice decorated with the Croix de Guerre, will be buried at Val de Grace. News from the front notes raids by both sides as war news and peace talks unfold amid forecasted danger after Hitler’s reply.
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Maurice Raymond Pigeaud
Val de Grace
Leopold
Wilhelmina
Hitler
George
Lebrun
Britain
France
War Office
Berlin
Pirmasens
33 Witnesses Set In Blackmail Case In Harrisburg
Harrisburg awaits the start of a blackmail trial involving Democratic State Chairman David Lawrence. District Attorney Carl B. Shelley lined up 33 witnesses, citing the Erie gravel case and charges that Lawrence used party power to demand ten thousand dollars. Witnesses include Arthur Colegrove and Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti.
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Harrisburg
Carl B. Shelley
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Shelley
George H. Earle
Arthur Colegrove
Earle
Colegrove
Erie
Pennsylvania
Charles J. Margiotti
Roy E. Brownmiller
War news readers urged to seek facts over propaganda
The Gazette reminds readers war dispatches are censored and to distinguish facts from propaganda. It notes reduced front reports can be good news, favoring fewer bloodletting attacks, and urges printing what is reported while avoiding sensational detail from past conflicts.
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Gazette
Verdun
Somme
Churchill vows Allied war until Nazi regime is broken
London reports Winston Churchill declares Allies will keep fighting Nazi Germany until it is defeated. He warns that if Britain and France fall, the U S would be left to guard human rights, noting Poland and Czecho Slovakia as war aims and naming a united English speaking world backing action.
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British Admiralty
London
Winston Churchill
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U. S
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Hague
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Eight year old killed by loaded rifle accident in Hallburg
In Hallburg on November 12 James Russell Dawson, eight, was killed when a 22 caliber rifle he took from his mother’s lap discharged in his heart. The gun was believed unloaded. his brother Roncell, two years older, discharged it accidentally while their father Lloyd Dawson cleaned a shotgun nearby. Surviving siblings include Harley, Robert, and four sisters Lena Cottrell Ada Gertrude and Della. The body was sent to Hardman mortuary for services at Hardman Methodist church led by Rev. Carl Morris.
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the Gazette
Clay
James Russell Dawson
Hallsburg
James
Roncell
Lloyd Dawson
M. B. Siders
Mussolini Expands Italy’s Army With Thousands Added
Premier Mussolini ordered 5 000 non commissioned career officers and 18 000 volunteer specialists added to the army to boost Italy's military strength. It follows a prior week’s expansion and signals a wartime push in arms production and motorized forces.
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Mussolini
Italy
Il Duce
Nazi Bombers Driven Back From Scotland
Three German bombing planes were intercepted by royal air force squadrons and driven back as they approached the Firth of Forth. One plane was seen in a gap between clouds near Rosyth and Edinburgh. Two more Nazi aircraft were detected over the North Sea and turned back before reaching the coast.
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London
INS
Royal Air Force
Firth of Forth
Scotland
Rosyth Naval Base
Edinburgh
North Sea
Nazis pocket battleships threaten Allied convoys
AP dispatch reports German pocket battleships like the Deutschland and Admiral Scheer worry U S naval planners and the British navy. It notes American admirals seek ways to counter these fast, heavily armed raiders and questions using battleships for such missions.
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Edward E. Bomar
Germany
Deutschland
Admiral Scheer
U. S
Japan
France outlines essentials for durable peace in reply to Belgian Dutch pleas
President Lebrun sends identical telegrams to King Leopold and Queen Wilhelmina accepting their peace initiative but insisting on German reparations to Austria Czechoslovakia and Poland and on firm guarantees of political and economic stability. He rejects any peace that concedes German Polish partition and warns only a just settlement based on reparations can secure lasting peace. He notes Germany bears responsibility for the war and urges inclusion of Allied minimum conditions in any settlement.
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INS
France
Leopold
Wilhelmina
Albert Lebrun
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Netherlands
Brussels
Hague
George VI
Lebrun
Pacific
Germany
Europe
George
Hitler
Leopold and
Goebbels Claims Britain Behind Munich Bomb Plot
Berlin reports Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels said Britain sought to split Hitler from the German people and then framed the Munich bombing of the Nazi leader. He called the attack a foul crime by criminals and vowed German justice would prevail to achieve their goal.
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Berlin
INS
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Great Britain
Hitler
Munich
Nazifuehrer
Goebbels
Lady Luck Arrives as New Car Replaces Stolen Sedan
Newcomerstown Ohio story Perry Harding faced a stolen 1929 sedan last week and walked to work. His wife won a new car in a contest, restoring mobility for the family and letting him drive again.
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Newcomerstown
Perry Harding
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