Landon Wins? Roosevelt Fights On In Tough 1937 Battle
Washington August 3 The GO F has calculated that Alfred Moss landon wins the bout in 1986 though not the title holder. Roosevelt battles a split Congress and an anti-Roosevelt GOP. Garner pledges duration but the era of reform faces stiff opposition as Landon’s allies in the party push to block New Deal measures.
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Jay Franklin Washington
GO. F
Alfred Mossman Landon
Madison Square Garden
Congress
House
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Garner
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Lavison
Tories
Jehiate Committee On Agriculture
Landon
Inyairy
Trust
Cpyright
Register and Tribune Synticate
Lewis the Politician Influences Labor in 1940 Campaign
A historical column portrays John L Lewis as a militant labor leader shaping labor's role in the 1940 presidential race. It questions whether any GI movement aims to place a candidate and suggests Roosevelt distanced himself to curb Lewis. It urges a sensible program for workers while noting tensions over strikes and industry stability.
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Lewis
John &. Lewis
Labor
I. O. Feater
White House
G. I
Labouer
Roosevelt
Youngstown
Johnstown
Hoosevelt
Lanor
Independent ‘Steel Companies
Iabor
American Federation of Labor
DANGEROUS PRACTICE Auto crash near Greenville warns on sleep risk
Monday morning's crash near Greenville involves Pittsville youths and stresses drowsy driving danger. Veterans advise immediate rest of 30 minutes or more to clear the mind before continuing, as falling asleep at the wheel endangers all.
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Greenville
Pittsville
WPA in Wheat Fields Harvest Labor Shortage
A wartime era note reports wheat harvests underway with labor shortages. Many unemployed urban workers still seek jobs, while WPA relief offers deterred by short-term stays. The piece links farm labor needs to broader economic plans including Poland’s industrial push and wages tied to war-era employment programs.
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Jask
Electrified rotating lamp warns motorists at grade crossings
A Chicago and Northwestern Railway test features a motor driven reflector forming a rotating figure eight beam to alert drivers. The powerful light covers 2,000 feet ahead and gives warning 1,000 feet from track on grades, with potential automotive adaptation. European religious tensions and Balkan unrest follow.
Exemption Board Lists 280 Local Army Examinees
Twenty years ago a Union City exemption board published a list of 280 young men from the district to be called for examinations and probable service in the new army. A Climax accident left Shious with a crushed hand in a machine shop. Captain Chester S. Wilson of Company K Stillwater Minn is the son of Judge Franke T. Wilson. another son Robert Wilson commands the Mandan company in North Dakota. Velma Man Warren begins work at the Corry Brick and Tile Co. Mrs. George Chadwick visits Tidout.
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Union City
Se Shious
Chester S. Wilson
Comy K
Stillwater
Minn
Jurge ‘Franke T. Wilson
Corry
Robert Wilson
Mandan
Sugar controversyanders in Congress and imports
Stewart reports on the sugar shortage debate, noting officials and experts say the continental United States can only produce about 20 percent of its needs. President Bitling of United States Sugar Corp cites a 25 percent maximum. Refiners and growers see their interests clash, with cane and beet sugar combined under 25 percent as the share.
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Rudolph Spreckdes
United States
Clarence R. Bitting
United States Sugar Corporation
Spreckles
Bilting
Bruce Cabot Says Screen Acting Surpasses Stage
Hollywood Aug 3 Bruce Cabot defends motion picture acting arguing it demands greater real ability than the stage. He cites Norma Shearer Joan Crawford Myrna Loy and Robert Taylor as stars who found fame without stage work and describes the immediacy of film audiences and the cutting room as proof of the screen’s superiority. He recalls stock theater experience and mocks stage fear of constant corrections by directors.
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Hollywood
Bruce Cabot
Cabot
Czbot
Norma Shearer
Joan Crawford
Mytia Loy
Robert Taylor
Ca Ibot
Sugar Refining Official Questions Domestic Beet Supply
In an annual New York report dated March 19 1987 Zar D Babs chairman of the American Sugar Refining Company notes that earlier agricultural experts claimed soil and climate could support a national beet sugar industry within continental bounds. He argues that despite government aid capital and technical help the assumption has long proven mistaken.
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New York
Zar D. Babs
American Sugar Refining Company
Nim
Gagk
Chicken Farm Aids Church Fund in Eadow Mass
The Congregational Church Janses aid society started a chicken farm to raise funds. Mrs. Andrew Nelson bought 100 chicks and plans to feed them by donations.
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Chicken Farm TO Aid Church
Eadow Mass
Congregational Church
Janses’ Aid Society
Andrew Nelson
One-Minute Test and Answers in the Bag
The document lists a trivia quiz titled One-Minute Test. It answers that Burton K Wheeler is the senior U.S. senator from Montana. It notes a “tower house” of the Trish Free State parliament and gives population estimates: China about 370,000,000 and Japan about 100,000,000 including Korea and Formosa.
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U.S
Montana
Trish Free State
China
Japan
Burton K. Wheeler
Korea
Formos
Bullfrog Bites Bird at Dent’s Pond
In Vinita Oklahoma Ed. S. Dent owns a frog that prefers birds to flies. The frog seized a fish near the pond during a morning commotion Dent heard. He investigated and found the frog had captured a fish attempting to fish near the pool.
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Okio
Ed. IS. Dent
Dent
Road Crew Paves 1700 Feet Daily Near Here
A modern paving machine laying 1700 feet of concrete daily near here was operated by a Negro preacher from Matileon and manned by Indians from northern Wisconsin.
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Marth
Wis
Matiléon
Wisconsin
Friendship Hall and Gallatin Estate at New Geneva Landmark
New Geneva sits at the junction of Routes 198 and 266 in Fayette County near Route 118. Friendship Hall hosts the Albert Gallatin homestead from 1788 with 700 acres overlooking the Monongahela River. Lafayette visited in 1825. The Old Stone Church built in 1811 now serves as a voting place.
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New Geneva
Fayette County
Smithfield
Friendship Hall
Monongahela Valley
Albert Gallatin
Gallatin
Friendship Hill
Monongahle River
Lafayette
Ere
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Litis
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Yugoslavia
Europe
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Erie
Velma Man Warren
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Corry Brick and Tile Company
George Chadwick
Tidloute
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Y Charles P
Stewart Central Press
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Miss Smith
God's Mercy
George Biot
SEE
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Scenic and Historic
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Adam
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