Brandeis Legacy Sparks Court Nomination Debate
A retrospective on Louis D. Brandeis highlights his influence on labor law free speech and judicial briefings as successors to the Supreme Court converge with modern nomination fights. Southwest and Western candidates feature in the looming vacancy while regional politics mirror early constitutional debates.
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Louis D. Brandeis
Kentucky
Boston
Supreme Court
Wilson
Brandeis
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Congress
Hoover Victory Dinners Highlight 1940 Political Tensions
At Home keynoting Republican victory dinners last Monday, Herbert Hoover urged fidelity to government obligations and a balanced budget while criticizing entanglements abroad. He warned inflation and a full sized dictator as the rendezvous of destiny and cited looming debt and policy graft cases in New York.
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Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Iowa
Thomas E. Martin
Washington
Los Angeles
Ben S. Kelsey
New York
U. S. Army
Quotations from Key Pittman Nye and Davis on liberty democracy and unemployment
Statements from Senator Key Pittman Senator Gerald Nye and Senator James J Davis emphasize defending liberty democracy and addressing unemployment. General Foods chairman C M Chester warns against fascist acceleration and advocates steady democratic processes.
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Key Pittman
Gerald P. Nye
James J. Davis
C. M. Chester
General Foods
Hitler
White trumpeter swans decline in Montana wetlands
North America hosts the white bodied trumpeter swan once numbering in thousands from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico now about 148 remain in southwestern Montana wilds. Federal biologist A V Hull warns civilization's advance may have ruined migratory instincts.
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North America
Arctic
Gulf of Mexico
Montana
Nature
A. V. Hull
Federal Biological Survey
Divided Democrats and Senate Navy Plans Face 1940 Outlook
The piece notes the longest Congress record may be approached this session as Republicans tease a return to Thanksgiving. It covers House actions boosting army planes to 3,050, Guam naval provisions, and Senate hearings on U S airplane sales to France. It details ongoing debates on neutrality relief social security Townsendism and cost of production, with divisions between Democrats and Republicans shaping 1940 prospects.
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Congress
Senate
McNary
White House
Army
House
Panama Canal
U.S
France
Pace
Rhine
England
Rayburn
Europe
House Naval Committee
Caribbean
Pacific
Guam
Senate Military Committee
U. S
Byrnes
Senate Unemployment Committee
Department of Public Works
AFL
CIO
Sen
Burke
NLRB
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
House Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Week Ahead of Events and Observances
Upcoming Monday February 20 marks the last of nine funeral services for Pope Pius XI in St Peter's. February 21 opens House committee hearings on farm legislation with Ash Wednesday on February 22. February 23 is the Motion Picture Awards banquet. February 24 features remarks by Commerce Secretary Hopkins and February 25 hosts the Flamingo Handicap at Hialeah Park Miami.
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Pope Pius XI
St. Peter's
Washington
Self Rescued after Gale Vanishing in Spokane
Roy Shreck, famed Spokane weather man, vanished in a gale with 21 search planes failing to locate him. He called his wife three days later from Coeur d Alene, revealing he survived a mountain crash and three days in snow without food. Ex convict Charles A Ward now a millionaire in St Paul was target of extortion attempts tied to an unsolved murder involving Walter Liggett. Rudy Vallee faces latest court clash after a Miami bus boy accuses a slugging incident. Vallee claims momentary turn and is acquitted.
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Roy Shreck
Spokane
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
Charles A. Ward
St. Paul
Minn
Walter Liggett
Minneapolis
Ward
Rudy Vallee
Vallee
Miami
Affairs Abroad and turmoil across Europe intensifies shifts
The week saw loyalists expelled from Catalonia with Juan Negrin in Valencia, Madrid siege and purges abroad. Juan March heads to Burgos as Chamberlain hints at recognition while anti fascists block moves. Italy sends troops to Libya and Corsicans attack Italian interests as Britain doubles rearmament funding. Bela Imredi ousted over anti semitic moves and conversion of Jewish policies debated, while refugees plan a five year $300 million program to relocate Jews from Reich.
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Catalonia
Juan Negrin
Valencia
Madrid
Juan March
France
Burgos
Chamberlain
England
Germany
Italy
Britain
Libya
Rome
Egypt
Tunisia
Intergovernmental Committee On Refugees
London
George Rublee
Madison
Wis
Reich
Rublee
Sir Herbert Emerson
League of Nations
Calinescu Named Strong Man of Romania Amid Turbulent Times
Romanian leader Armand Calinescu rises to vice premiership as the strong man while authorities crack down on plots against him. Meanwhile Japan seizes Hainan, drawing Chiang Kai-shek’s protest as Tokyo defends military necessity. Germany ships Bismarck and Orizaba swap machinery for oil, and Mexico seizes sugar lands as U S oil interests prepare talks.
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Armand Calinescu
France
Britain
Germany
Italy
Japan
Hainan
China
Hongkong
Philippines
Tokyo
Simo Chiang Kai-shek
Pacific
U.S. Navy
Russia
Bismarck
Orizaba
Mexico
Reich
U. S
Donald R. Richberg
AFL
Latin America
Washington
Argentina
Uncle Sam
In Short Coming Russian Naval Mission to the U S
Brief items report a Russian naval mission to the United States. Other short notes include weather despite a forecast of 49 below zero in Minnesota and various legal and commercial notices.
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U.S
Mercury
Minnesota
Miami Beach
New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co
Jersey City
New Mexico
U. S
Kiel Canal
Franchot Tone
Joan Crawford
Adolph Eckstrom
Marion Talley
Supreme Court
Charles R. Crane
Henri Jaspar
Belgium
Papal election looms as Cardinals gather in Vatican
The article outlines the pending papal election after Pope Pius XI's death with most Cardinals Italians, discussors of potential candidates, and historical notes on how past papal selections reflected political climates. It mentions a miniature Vatican city ballet, Cardinal hierarchies, and the influence of Italian Cardinals on choosing the next pope.
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Pius XI
Rome
St. Peter’s
Italy
Vatican
Holy See
Papal Palace
Italia
Vica
Christ
St. Pete
West
Universal Church
Itali
Roderigo Cardinal Villeneuve
Quebec
Adeodato Cadinal Piazza
Venice
Alfred Ildefonso Schuste
Milan
Francesco Cardinal Marchel Selvaggiani
Poe
Victor Emanuel
Leo III
Benedict XV
Paris
World This Week quiz questions reference pages
Answers drawn from last week’s World This Week page include Brazil’s Joe Kennedy as a figure mentioned in context. The text discusses whether an atom’s energy can be released under new considerations. Mallorca and Minorca are highlighted for strategic or political importance in maritime or regional contexts. Senators questioned Shoe R. Amlie about a policy matter, while Stoyadinovitch’s cabinet in Yugoslavia faced political upset and upheaval.
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Brazil
Joe Kennedy
Mallorca
Minorca
R. Amlie
Stoyadinovitch
Yugoslavia
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