GOP Old Guard Out to Get Simpson in 1940 race
Washington dispatch reports Rep Culkin accuses Republican old guard of trying to oust national committeeman Kenneth Simpson to steward party defeat in 1940. Culkin warns removal over labor votes, calls for progressive leaders like Simpson, cites Dewey ties and midwest youth convention push for Harold Stassen as keynote in 1940.
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Kenneth Simpson
Congressional
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Culkin
Simpson
New York County
Thomas E. Dewey
New ‘York
New York
Republican Party
Labor Party
Culkins
New York State
Republican National Committee
Thomas
Roosevelt
D-Okla
C. Bascom Slemp
Coolidge
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Senator Bridges
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Bridges
Stassen
New Hampshire
Hard Money Republicans Join Silverites of West
Senate and House debate over monetary reform continues as silver price provisions face possible removal in conference. Silver leaders warn of a serious two month filibuster if the price is dropped, while the administration seeks to stabilize markets and extend devaluation powers amid looming Friday midnight deadlines.
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House
Senate
McCarran
D-Nev
Pittman
Nevada Miners hail silver amendment
Senate approval of a price 77.87 cents an ounce for domestically mined silver was hailed by Henry M. Rives, secretary of the Nevada Mine Operators' Association, as splendid news for the Nevada miner. He called the 64.64 cents a ounce price marginal and said he was sure the House would approve the 77.07 cents figure.
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Nev
Senate
Henry M. Rives
Nevada Mine Operators’ Association
Nevada
Rives
Congress
House to Scrap Much Of Neutrality Bill in House
Washington reports say House leaders agreed to remove much of the administration neutrality bill while keeping the embargo repeal on arms shipments. The talks, chaired by Speaker Bankhead and Rayburn, involved the foreign affairs committee and Democratic steering panel, with secrecy promised on timelines and scope. The pact reportedly also drops provisions to define combat areas and tightens credit and travel rules for Americans amid war.
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Washington
House
Bankhead
Rayburn
D-Tex
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Representative Tinkham
R-Mass
Hatch Seeks Bill To Limit Political Activity
Senate Leader Hatch urged support for a bill restricting political activity by relief workers and federal employees. Roosevelt said the objectives are agreed but the measure is poorly drafted and being redrafted by the house committee. Hatch predicted ultimate passage and noted potential additions to bar campaign funds from relief workers.
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Hatch
Dent Roosevelt
House Committee
Blair Accepts City Counselor Job
Blair takes the city counselor post as officials push reforms. A mass of routine cases is to be cleared by a new grand jury in western Missouri with Thomas Halsey named foreman. The panel resumes duties July 10 as probes into city payrolls and Water Department leaks intensify reform efforts.
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Thomas J. Halsey
Holden
Congress
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Missouri
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Public Works Department
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Blair
Smith
Eugene C. Zachman
W.D. Boyle
Pendergast
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Roy W. Crimm
Boyle
Rathford Engineering Company
Glenn P. Donaldson
C. G. Leitch
Donaldson
Willard P. Gerrett
Jackson County Court
Women's Forward
Kansas City
Margaret Whervitt
Independence
Long Sworn in As Leche Quits At Baton Rouge
Long arrives in Baton Rouge to take oath amid campus security and WPA probe talk. Federal grand jury in New Orleans launches its own investigation into Louisiana WPA irregularities as Long vows to review university affairs once governor.
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Baton Rouge
Long
Huey Long
Smith
Federal Grand Jury
New Orleans
Louisiana
Manila Gangsters Nemesis Fends Off Cabine Attack
Lieutenant Ransom, senior naval shore patrol officer and foe of Manila gangsters, escaped unharmed when a gunman fired into his taxicab in a suburban district after an inspection trip of cabarets. He aided in incarcerating several gangsters for life following the murder of Navy radioman W. R. Gibson.
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Manila
R. R. Ransom
Ransom
W. R. Gibson
Navy
Drudgery Wins Arlington Handicap at Park Opener
Winston Guest of New York sent out Drudgery a long shot to win the $5,500 inaugural Arlington Handicap as Arlington Park opened its 30 day meeting in Chicago.
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Chicago
Winston Guest
New York
Arlington Park
Japanese Tire Of Blockade At Tientsin
The Japanese blockade of the British and French concessions in Tientsin entered its 14th day amid rumors of talks to settle the British Japanese impasse. Reports claimed Wang Keh Min arrived to negotiate via Wen Shih seng, with local authorities seeking a face-saving exit. Stricter blockade rumors circulated as clashes over cooperation with the Chinese sector persisted. A British military truck was held up for an hour amid disputed identifications as tensions rose. Also today, farmer William Morgan, 65, was killed in a Clinton county auto crash in Missouri.
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Tientsin
Wang Keh-Min
Peiping
Wen Shih-seng
Britain
Wen
Robbers Pose as Electric Inspectors In Home Burglary
In Kansas City two men forced entry into 74 year old Mrs. Mary Culbertson’s home. They gagged her and searched for money, claiming they needed 200 dollars. After failing to find cash they released her and left, taking nothing. The assailants damaged her by bruising her neck and loosening a tooth.
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Kansas City
Mary E. Culbertson
Electric Light Company
Big Jump In Building In Western Missouri
The F W Dodge Corporation reported residential building in western Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma rose to 18,577,000 in the first five months of 1939 from 11,689,000 in 1938, while non residential building increased from 14,577,009 to 17,150,000, a total rise of about 9,650,000. Marvin J. Brokaw, manager of the Dodge Kansas City district, noted the jump in both sectors.
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Kansas City
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Marvin J. Brokaw
Dodge
United States May Reduce Large Wheat Carryover
The report projects spring wheat 145 to 170 million bushels versus 244 million last year and a 10 year average of 193 million. June 1 winter wheat yield is seen at 13.4 bushels per acre, with last year at 13.3 and the ten year average at 14.5. The bureau notes above average prospects in the north east of the country and the south, but below average elsewhere. Rains in late May slowed dryness but after June 1 a decline appeared in central Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
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Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac
Great Plains
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Bureau
Montana
United States
Europe
Meanest Man list notes theft of Boy Scout receipts
In St Louis on June 26 AP reports a thief stole the $78 receipts from a Boy Scout benefit show intended to raise funds for sending needy youths to a summer camp at Irondale Missouri. The incident is added to the Meanest Man list.
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ST. Louis
Irondale
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