Tammany Drift in Roosevelt Dewey Fight in New York
In New York City three loom large in the 1940 presidential battle Al Smith Fiorello La Guardia and James Farley figure as a center of power rivalry over whether Roosevelt or Dewey wins the Empire State electoral votes. The piece traces Smiths evolving stance and political feuds with Moley Farley and La Guardias shifting tactics amid shifts in Tammany Hall and city finances.
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Washington
Tucker
New York City
al Smith
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Fiorello Henry la Guardia
James Aloysius Farley
Democratic National Committee
White House
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Fred Storm
United Press
Navy
Trapps
F.D.R
Moley
Ne L. Garey
Wall Street
House Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Bellevue Hospital
Tammany
la Guardia
City Hall
Temmany
C.I.0
David Dubinsky
Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
Tammany B. R
New York
Fiorello La Guardia faces Italian voter pressure
An unpublished NY story describes Fiorello La Guardia's tense relations with Tam and his potential impact on Italian voters amid efforts by National Chairman Robert E. Hanegan to rally support against rebellion among foreign-born communities.
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la Guardia
Robert E. Hannegan
Fiorello
Tam
Farley Plays Political Shadow Game Ahead of Roosevelt Vote
Farley avoids direct support for Dewey while signaling to friends and strangers that ties with the man who helped him reach the Washington Executive Mansion have cooled. He attends events he never attended before and stays late, speaking to prominent figures and hinting he will vote for Roosevelt rather than Dewey.
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Roosevelt
Sanatorium Survey Basis For State Rehabilitation Study
Raleigh October 14 The results of surveys in three state sanatoriums and at Guilford and Forsyth county facilities will guide an expanded rehabilitation program for tuberculosis. The studies supervised by the National Tuberculosis Association will be turned over to the NCTA the state division of vocational rehabilitation and the state committee on rehabilitation appointed by the NCTA board.
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Raleigh
Guilford
Forsyth County
Frank W. Webster
North Carolina Tuberculosis Association
National Tuberculosis Association
NCTA
State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Webster
Appeal to Shoppers Cuts Wrap and Shipping Crunch
The National Retail Dry Goods Association urges New York shoppers to carry their own gifts due to acute delivery problems. Stores are asked to reduce unnecessary wrapping as paper shortages loom for the Christmas season.
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Yule Shoppers
New York
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Earthquake bomb used by British destroys U Boat pens and walls
The air ministry said RAF crews used a new 2 000 pound earthquake bomb to attack submarine pens at Brest and sea walls. It is described as the most destructive air weapon yet, capable of penetrating earth and delivering delayed detonation inside targets.
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London
Air Ministry
RAF
Emden
Brest
France
Tirpitz
Dortmund-Ems
Walcheren Island
Dembs
Reconversion troubles loom for many ex servicemen
Washington report cites Col William Menninger on emotional adjustment after WWII. Veterans face homesickness, lost routines, dependence, wanderlust, and the challenge of finding civilian purpose. GI bill helps temporarily, but long term security comes from work and community support.
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Esther V. W. Tufty
Central Press
Washington
Joe
Congress
GI Joe
Col
William C. Menninger
Division of Neuropsychiatry
Surgeon General
Menninger
Topeka
Kan
Wandering Oregon Boy Traveled to New York by Rail
Arnold Lynn aged 10 from Portland Oregon left home with 20 jelly sandwiches and rode in baggage cars to New York. He endured days in Chicago before being found by police and identified after an aunt persuaded authorities to release him.
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America
New York
Arnold Lynn
Portland
Ore
Chicago
Mexico Bids for Leadership in Latin American Helicopter Use
Mexico authorizes the Mexican Helicopter Co. to transport passengers and mail by air. The move aims to leverage helicopters for flight operations across Latin America, citing Mexico's rugged terrain and limited ports, roads, and railways.
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Mexico City
INS
Mexico
Latin America
Mexican Helicopter Co
1840 Election spectacle and Whig victory
The 1840 campaign is recalled as Boisterous with the Whigs using a log cabin and hard cider image. Harrison won 19 states and 234 electoral votes over Van Buren’s 7 states and 60 votes, ending Jacksonian dominance as public mood favored change.
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Albany
Liberty Party
James G. Birney
New York
Thomas Earle
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Ohio
van Buren
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Jackson
Methodists Prepare for Western North Carolina Conference
Charlotte hosts the 55th annual Western North Carolina conference of the Methodist church October 17 to 20 at Myers Park church with about 700 delegates from the western district. Bishops Purcell Peele and Garber will speak as boards and committees meet and appointments are read Friday morning to close the four day session.
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Charlotte
Methodist Church
Western North Carolina
The
Myers Park
Embree H. Blackard
Council of Bishops
Clare Purcell
W. W. Peele
Richmond
Paul N. Garber
Geneva
Switzerland
Purcell
Conference Historical Society
Garber
Board of Missions and Church Extensors
A. J. Watson
New York
Richard L. Ownbey
A. J. Walton
Board of
B. G. Childs
Duke University
Bishop Purcell
Rosewell
Board Education
B. H. Branscomb
Duke Vinity School
Roy Short
Upper
Nashville
J. W. Braxton
Central Methodist Church of
Boro
Roy H. Short
Emory University
John W.comb
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