Year in Review of 1939 to 1940 Highlights and Figures
Compiled chronicle lists events from June to November including political trials tax actions and international notes. Items reference Pendergast Bergdoll Kuhn Leche Roosevelt Senate actions and labor disputes with dates and related figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Europe
trans-Atlantic
Pendergast
Kansas City
Senate
Squalus disaster tests U S navy diving bell
A historical log notes the Squalus rescue, 33 survivors saved after the sunken submarine incident. It also lists multiple maritime and air disasters across months from January to December, naming ships, locations, and casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squalus
U. S. Navy
Diving Bell
Champion Lamb Sells at Auction After Grand Champion Call
James Burnett, 16, of Dimondale, saw his pen of three lambs named grand champion at the 4 H Livestock Show in Detroit. Lamb sold for 61 cents a pound at auction. Burnett has six years in club work and helps run a Shropshire flock with his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Burnett
Dimondale
Detroit
Prominent Figures Named in Random Historical Notes
A list of notable individuals appears including Alfred Granger the architect Princess Louise duchess of Argyle Wu Pei fu a poet soldier Butler Wright ambassador John Hammond sportsman and soldier Ti Pongins Fairbanks Sr stage and screen star Charles R Walgreen drug store head Heywood Broun columnist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Granger
Princess Louise
Duchess of Argyle
Queen Victoria
Marshal Wu Pei-fu
China
Butler Wright
Cuba
John 5. Hammond
Ti Pongins Fairbanks Sr
Charles R. Walgreen
Heywood Broun
Union
Necrology roundup of notable deaths and disasters
A condensed list reports Pope Pius XI death and a series of incidents including air crashes in the United States and abroad, a Reno to Miami air disaster, a streamliner wreck in Nevada, and multiple notable figures such as Col Ruppert, Sen France, Yeats, and Sargent. The items cover tragedies, political figures, and cultural leaders from 11 to 29 with varied locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Navy
Miami
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Streamliner
Nevada
Prof
Herman Oliphant
Treasury Department
Washington
Col
Jacob Ruppert
The
New York Yankees
Sen
Joseph J
France
Maryland
Baltimore
William B. Yeats
Iron Man Strikes Out and Notables in Brief
Lou Gehrig retires from the New York Yankees after a record run of games due to a paralysis infection. The entry lists numerous notable figures across politics, sports, science, and entertainment with brief mentions and associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giants
Reds
Cooperstown
N. Y
Lou Gehrig
Mayo Clinic
Joe Louis
Tony Galento
Yankees
Lou Ambers
Armstrong
New York Giants
All-Stars
Chicago
Eddie Anderson
Green Bay Packers
Nile Kinnick
Iowa
New York Yankees
Iron Man
Dover Christmas Celebrations and Community Notices
Christmas observances included church and school trees with students treated to ice cream and cake. A long list of families shared holiday visits and dinners around Clare Mt. Pleasant and surrounding areas, with notes on mumps among some children and a described green spider pest on garden leaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Belle Deller
Clark Walters
Anna Derino
Floyd
Lois
Robert Walter
Henry ‘Magnus
John Larmon
Carl ‘Bauer
Sam McClaine
Everette Allen
Dorothy
Clare
Alice LaVaye
the Brown
Courtney Bauer
Harold Shaeffer
John Bauer
Charles Pfetsch
Ray Houghton
Also Mentioned on This Page
John D. Grant
Navy Department
Manton
Ribery
Flouse
Hyde Park Home
Roosevelt
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
United States
Niagara Falls
Hull
King and Queen
House
Louisiana
Leche
F. Ryan Duffy
Milwaukee
Louisiana University
Long
President Smith
W. P. Buckner
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Federal Security Administration
War Department
House Committee
Will Rogers
Boonville
Ind
Unie
Pan
Francis B. Sayre
Philippines
Congress
WPA
New York
Waterbury
Conn
Canada
Hitler
Italy
Bremen
Atlantic
Borah
America
Democratic National Committee
American Legion
War Resources Board
Administration
Hawaii
Army
Grover Bergdall
Codner
Bishop Ablewhite
William Green
A. F R. of L
Brazil
Carl ‘Bevins
Missouri
Ernest Pletch
California
U. 8
Germany
Kingsland
Unitedt Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Ohio
Ad A
Pacific
U. S
Lewis
C. I. Te
Al_ Capone
Ledder
Civil Service
Cerea
Montgomery Ward
Morgenthau
Ces
Tegal
Chrysler Company
C I. O
Ays
Fritz» Kuhn
Russia
Sto
Curtiss
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona
Fritz Kuhn
Ia É
Bearetany Hull
Caribbean
RFEC
Finland
ICC
Garner
Cape May
N. J
Los Angeles
Chile
Japan
Tacoma
Wash
Oklahoma
Mexico
Arkansas
Texas
End
Minnesota
Kentucky
Ranger
Providence
Mount Baker Wash
National Professional Football League
Joseph Carr
Vunara
Tony" Galento
Abe Feldman
Charles Bowser
Pitt
Naibal
Ralph Guidah
Atlanta
Boston
Toronto
Jack Roper
Joey Archibald
Leo Rodak
Johnstown
Joseph F. Carr
Davy Day
Pedro Montanez
Henry Armstrong
Ernie Roderick
Shaw
Indianapolis
Roberts
Alice Marble
Dick Metz
Roscoe Turner
Nova
Bobby Riggs
Bucky Wreen
Cincinnati
al Davis
Tony Canzoneri
Billy Conn
Esnevitch
Dr. Livingston Farrara
Cornell University
Ace Butler
U. S&s. Supreme Court
James Simpson
Ae J. A. Naismith
Clare Sentinel
Pope
Pope Pius XI
Britain
J. M. Francis
Charles R. Crane
Clarence True Wilson
W. Va
Howard Carter
King Tut
London
John G. Sargent
Frank W. Stearns
President Coolidge
Pere Machado
Uba
George F. Harding
Ilinois
Joseph Lyons
Australia
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
S. S. van Dine
Willard H. Wright
Charles Mayo
George Peabody Gardner
Inoston
Grace Abbott
University of Chicago
Ford Maddox Ford
Claude A. Swanson
Secretary of the Navy
Bebe Ellis
Sam D. McReynolds
Tennessee
J. Louis Comiskey, Ower
Chicago White Sox
William J. Ie
Maya Clinic
F. A. Geiger
T.E. Powers
Southern California
Duke
Budge
Vines
Edward G. Barrow
la Aie Orkeach
John Henry Lewis
Charles Donnelly
Northern Pacific Ratiags
Charles M. Schwab
a-Si Fréud
Floya ‘Gibbons
Carl Laemmie
Ken Bartholoméw
George Cardinal Mundelein
M. M. Logan
Way Templeton
We Bernstorf
Ford Sterning
Eee Sher
Alleen Brady
Opie
Read
Fabious
Dover News
Otha
Myr
Bernard Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Bill
Lily Michel
Vane
Glen Gorden
Elsie Saul
Blaine
Arthur Saul
Burey Shaver
Emerson Burton
Claude Milan
Milan
Meus Esale
North Star Grocery Co
Consumers Power Co
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