Weekly News Review: Europe tensions and U S political fights
The piece surveys Europe’s Sudeten crisis with Hitler’s bluff and Britain France and Russia lining up against him, while in the United States South Carolina politics yield Cotton Ed Smith’s Senate return and Sheridan Downey’s California pension bid. It notes Seversky’s fast military plane test and mentions a 1933 Yokohama earthquake.
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France
Joseph Simon Gallieni
Edouard Daladier
Paris
England
London
Nevile Henderson
Neville Chamberlain
St. James’ Park
Britain
Mr. Chamberlain
Hitler
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Runciman
Sudeten
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Sudetens
Russia
Poland
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Benito Mussolini
U. S
Ellison D
Cotton Ed”) Smith
South Carolina
Edgar P Brown
Johnson
Democratic Organization
Ben Sawyer
Senator Smith
Smith
Senate
Wade Hampton
Robert E. Lee
Sheridan Downey
William Gibbs McAdoo
Franklin Roosevelt
Senator McAdoo
Downey
California
Supreme Court
Bridges Deportation Fight and Philadelphia Prison Heat Deaths
A report on Harry Bridges facing renewed deportation efforts by Rep. Dies and Secretary Perkins. The article also details a Philadelphia hunger strike turnout ending in four prisoner deaths after guards heated cells, with coroner Hersch promising accountability.
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U.S
Australia
Harry Bridges
John Lewis
C.I.O
un-Americanism Committee
Rep
Martin Dies
Dem
Texas
Communist Party
United States
U. S
Labor
Frances Perkins
Dies
Perkins
Legislative Branch
Shirley Temple
Representative Dies
Philadelphia
S County
Klondike
Calcutta
Charles M. Hersch
William B. Mills
Hersch
Roosevelt Interference in Primaries Sparks Controversy
Washington dispatch reviews how President Roosevelt and aides faced sharp opposition over involvement in state primaries. The piece traces clashes from Idaho to Georgia, weighing whether the president’s actions damaged his prestige or mirrored traditional partisan politics.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Supreme Court
Mr. Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Barkley
Ohio
Kentucky
Alben
Senate
United States
Middle West
Far West
Senator McAdoo
California
Georgia
Walter
Senator George
Lawrence Camp
Mr. George
John O'Connor
New York
Tydings
Maryland
Davey Lewis
Hopkins
Ickes
Iowa
Oregon
Idaho
Pope
Clark
Mr. Clark
Mr. Pope
Hyde Park
Congress
Representative Clark
Democratic National Committee
Pedone
Democratic
Four Daughters brings Lane sisters to Hollywood
Indianola Iowa’s Mullican family gains fame as Lola Leota Priscilla and Rosemary Lane become Hollywood stars in the film Four Daughters. Their modest roots contrast with glamorous success boosting critics and moguls to note simple craftsmanship over big budgets.
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York
Indianola
Iowa
Mullican
Doc Mullican
Lane Sisters
Hollywood
Priscilla
Rosemary
Lola
Lane Girls
Meg
Beth
Amy
Leota
Gale Page
Metropolitan
Juilliard School of Music
Des Moines
Rock Island
Methodist College
Gus Edwards
Edwards
Lola Lane
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Weekly News Review
Joseph W. la Bine
Upton Sinclair
San Francisco
Alexander P. de Seversky
Aviatrix
Jacqueline Cochran
Seversky
Los Angeles
Roscoe Turner
Yokohama
Carolina
McAdoo
Navy
Army and Navy Journal
William D. Leahy
United. States
Madame Secretary Perkins
Bruckart
Washington Digest
William Bruckart
WNU
National Press Bldg
Washington, D. C
O’connor
By Lemuel F. Parton
Robert B. Irving
Kirtlebridge
Dunfreeshire
Cunard Line
Pipes
Conway
Horn
Irving
Censors
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