Gillette and Dickinson win Iowa senate nominations in 1940 primaries
In Iowa Democratic and Republican primaries Guy M. Gillette and L. J. Dickinson won Senate nominations over Otha Wearin and Lloyd Thurston. Gillette touted Roosevelt loyalty but rejected being a rubber stamp, while Dickinson denounced the New Deal opposition. Nationwide, Reynolds and other contests narrowed the field to two Senate races this month.
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Guy M. Gillette
L. J. Dickinson
Senate
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Gillette
Dickinson
Illette
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Otha Wearin
James Roosevelt
WPA
Hopkins
Nelson G. Kraschel
Clyde L. Herring
Supreme Court
Lloyd Thurston
Remarkable Family Records A 11th Child Born Named Enough
A Tonawanda New York couple already raising a child in every class welcomed their 11th birth naming the baby Enough. The odd tale highlights a prolific family lineage amid a quirky local press item.
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Tonawanda
N. Y
University of Pittsburgh
Maxwell Field
Ala
U. S
Centennial town events and national observances listed
A jumble of upcoming events lists a town centennial and children’s day in churches. It notes the New Year schedule with days for rallies, parades, and festivals in Asheville North Carolina and Idaho Pioneer Day. It also mentions professional society meetings in San Francisco and White Sulphur Springs, and national events in Washington and Nahant Massachusetts.
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Russia
Czechoslov
Asheville
N.C
American Medical Association
San Francisco
Society of Automotive Engineers
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Idaho
England
U. S
Glacier
Yellowstone
Acadia
Anter Lake
Washington’s Spring Debate on Relief and Wage Legislation
Congress debates relief funding and wage hour standards with Senate and House discrepancies. The plan sets a 25 cent minimum wage first year rising to 40 cents in seven years with a 44 hour week initially. Roosevelt endorses a WPA expansion and a British labor act study to clarify cross Atlantic policy. An anti trust inquiry aims to boost prosperity while critics warn of political use. The FTC notes eight large firms dominate farm machinery and restrict dealer choices.
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Britain
Washington
Roosevelt
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AFL
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Warren R. Austin
Federal Trade Commission
Congr
Hague and Thomas clash in New Jersey civil liberties battle
Frank Hague mayor of Jersey City leads a counter rally as Thomas, a Socialist candidate for New York Governor, faces egg throwing in Newark. Federal court actions seek to limit Hague’s interference while Jersey City officials defend crowd control and permit rules amid protests.
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Ares
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Thomas
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East Harlem
N. Y. City
League For Industrial Democracy
N. Y
New York
U. S
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Jerry O'Connell
John T. Bernard
Mary Norton
Edward J. Hart
Cay
Stalin
American Civil Liberties Union
Public Safety
Notable Marriage and Exile Highlights Across Europe and America
Reports list marriages in high society including Manuela Hudson to Alfred Vanderbilt and Countess Vers Fugger von Baben hausen to Kurt Schuschnigg in Vienna. Exiled Sigmund Freud heads to London to write on the Bible. Doris Duke Cromwell joins New Jersey agency board. Francis Biddle to counsel congressional TVA investigators. Galloway Calhoun elected Mystic Shrine outer guard in Texas, aiming for imperial potentate in 1949.
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Doris Duke Cromwell
Board of Control
New Jersey Department of Institutions and Agencies
Francis Biddle
Philadelphia
TVA
Galloway Calhoun
Waco
Tex
Mystic Shrine
Stolen Boy Found Dead as Kidnapping Probe Widens
The 5yearold Jimmy Cash of Princeton Florida was kidnapped May 28. His ransom paid and rewards posted. FBI chief Hoover said a 21yearold truck driver linked to the case confessed writing notes and collecting the 10000 dollars. The body and money were found near the Cash home.
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Fla
Roosevelt
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J. Edgar Hoover
Aes
Nineteen Forty-Five Global Political Echoes Abroad
The piece notes parallels between U.S. congressional elections and Soviet style state elections in Russia’s 11 republics with Stalin running in all, and reports on King George VI delaying his 43rd birthday celebration for better weather. It also mentions honors to Sir Josiah Stamp and Rear Admiral Holt while a Mayon eruption displaces 16,000 villagers near Manila with aid from Red Cross and troops.
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Russia
Joseph Stalin
George VI
Josiah Stamp
Reginald V. Holt
Panay
Yangtze
Order of the Bath
Mayon
Manila
Red Cross
Boundary clashes mark long running Peru Ecuador dispute
South American states Ecuador and Peru clash in disputed Pacific coast territory as negotiators in Washington weigh a new boundary. Both nations previously sent delegations to Washington two years earlier and vow to press talks while accusing each other of military moves.
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Pacific
World Almanac
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Deserts in the Sky Aims Revealed By Millikan Theory
Dr. Robert Millikan proposes vast deserts in the sky where matter shrivels and energy forms. He links transformation in low matter regions to Earth’s cosmic ray bombardment, as scientists explore origins near the equator, poles, atop mountains, in balloons, mines, and Chicago tunnels. The report also notes brain research advances in psychiatry.
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Equator
North Pole
Chicago
Robert Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Earth
Explorers Prepare Multiyear Colorado River Venture
Two women and five men will start from Green River Utah in two boats for a 650 mile exploratory trip into Colorado River rapids. The venture aims to chart the perilous stretch as previous riders faced tragedy and disappearance. Meanwhile Patricia Maguire and Mary Ellen Reardon are cited in obituaries, with notes on long sleeping illnesses and untimely deaths. Disney and Mickey Mouse are referenced in relation to degree honors from Harvard and USC.
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Michigan
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Walt
Mickey Mouse” Man
Disney
Boston Traveler
University of Southern California
Testimony cited in Kentucky labor case and other items
Prosecutors cited prior testimony from 44 Harlan County inmates facing trial in London Kentucky on conspiring to block unionization. A federal judge ruled the At Home testimony voluntary and admissible while dismissing claims of government interference with defense evidence. The report also notes education as solution for illiteracy, relief budget limits, Maine to Canada trade, and plans for a possible 50 ton U S Navy transport plane with a 10 to 14 man crew and multi million cost.
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NLRB
Harlan County
U.S. Navy
Bombing, Fronts, and Political Turmoil Across 1930s Wars
The piece catalogs devastating bombings in Canton Valencia Alicante and other cities, notes casualties in Canton and Spanish fronts, and highlights international reactions. It also covers Doihara’s maneuvers in China, the Lunghai line, and rising tensions in Czechoslovakia with the Slovak question and the Pittsburgh pact anniversary.
Moral rearm America urged by Oxford Group leader Frary Buchman
Frary Buchman states America must rearm morally. Mexico's Lazaro Cardenas pledges unity with the humble. Theodore Roosevelt contends U.S. and China moral contrasts. Hull warns of urgent need for U.S. influence in international law.
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Lazaroardenas
Theodore Roosevelt
Mississippi
China
Hull
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