New Jersey Election Casts Light on Hague and Reform Efforts
On a tour through Trenton and Jersey City, Frank Hague weighs in the 1937 New Jersey election. The piece analyzes how the fight over modernizing the state constitution and court reforms could affect Roosevelt’s national agenda. Labor, reform advocates, and party machines shape registration, turnout, and the likely GOP edge in a Republican-leaning state.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Trenton
New Jersey
Jersey City
Frank Hague
Journal Square
Franklin Dovell
Hudson
Frank
Jersey
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Edison
Mr. Hague
Roosevelt
Mauchunk
Cape May
Henry A. Wallace
Chicago
Hague
G.O.P
Lloyd Marsh
Walter E. Edge
League of Women Voters
Dewey Ward
Registration boosts voting in 1940 race data
A quick look at the 1940 presidential results shows Meague's registration efforts correlated with higher voter turnout. Roosevelt carried New York and neighboring states as registration measures influenced participation.
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Meague
F.D.R
Helps You Overcome False Teeth
Dramatizes relief from loose dentures and offers an improved alkaline powder to hold plates firmer. Claims of soothing gums and reduced embarrassment accompany guidance on use and benefits for comfort.
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Asteeth
Mann’s
CLT Rate
Automobile engine power soars since 1920
The average horsepower of automobile engines has risen by 300 percent since 1920, signaling a substantial leap in motoring performance and engineering.
Care For Insane War Veterans Is Outlined
Government plans for protecting pensions of insane veterans extend to survivors and dependents. A VA guardianship program, begun in 1926, reviews a veteran's finances via a rating board and chief attorney. If competent, the veteran receives funds directly. if not, guardians or suitable spouses manage payments and investments, with violations punishable as federal or state offenses.
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F.D.R
United Nations
al Smith
Santa Claus
Commonwealth
Walter E. Edge
Albert W. Hawkes
House
Veterans Administration
Jones
Guardian
Auroratone films eyed for neuropsychiatric rehab
Hollywood reports the war department wants Ginny Simms as a leading feminine star in Auroratone films used in Army and Navy hospitals to treat shell shock and other mental distress. The color film shows sound waves and music as shifting pictures, with Crosby Pickford and Father Hubbard among directors. Jaeckel rises in fame after Guadalcanal Diary, Catalina leave, and future overseas service noted.
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Harrison Carroll Rio
Features Syndicate
Hollywood
War Department
Ginny Simms
Bing Crosby
Mary Pickford
Father Hubbard
Auroratone Foundation
Crosby
Ginny
Santos Emerges as World Leading Coffee Port
Santos, located about 200 miles south of Rio de Janeiro, stands as the leading coffee port of the world, shaping global trade with its vast exports and port facilities.
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Santos
Rio de Janiero
Guam as central takeoff point for Allied operations
Recon study portrays Guam as a pivotal base in the Pacific theater within 1600 miles of Tokyo and the Philippines, providing a large harbor at Apra, landing space, and shelter. Guam’s geography, typhoon risk, and historic Americanization are outlined amid wartime notes on occupation by Japan.
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Guam
United States
Arces
Tokyo
Philippines
Marshalls
Caroline Islands
New Guinea
Netherlands Indies
National Geographic Society
Marianas
Japan
Rota
Saipan
Father
Hawaii
Apra
Ard
Agana
U. S
U.S. Navy
800 Methodists Expected To Meet In Charlotte
Dr Embree H Blackard pastor Myers Park Methodist church said about 800 clerical and lay delegates would arrive for the 55th Western North Carolina Methodist conference opening in Charlotte The conference will include addresses by Purcell Peele and Garber and begins with the organization at 4 o clock tomorrow followed by boards committees and commissions meetings and the Lord’s Supper at Myers Park church
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Embree H. Blackard
Myers Park Methodist Church
Ed Conference Crusade Council
First Church
Myers Park Church
J W Gilmore Rites Tuesday at Union Tabernacle
Funeral services for John W. Gilmore 69 who died at his home Rt 5 High Point after a brief illness will be held Tuesday at 2 30 pm at Union Tabernacle Prospect Street conducted by Rev S E Taylor Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery He was a Moore County native and painting contractor member of Main Street Methodist church Survivors include widow Myrtle Sink Gilmore a son Troy Gilmore Archdale a half brother Walter Gilmore Raleigh and a half sister Mrs Mattie Ritchie Raleigh
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Rt. 5
High Point
Union Tabernacle
Prospect Street
S. E. Taylor
Oakwood Cemetery
Gilmore
Moore County
Main Street Methodist Church
Myrtle Sink Gilmore
Troy Gilmore
Archdale
Walter Gilmore
Raleigh
Mattie Ritchie
Raliegh
Wishing Well Is Put To Use At Camp Reynolds
Soldiers at Camp Reynolds in Greenville Pennsylvania use a wishing well hoping for a lucky result. Major David Schultz ordered the pool cleaned and the coins collected were turned into training aids for the men.
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Greenville
Camp
Reynolds
David Schultz
Cigar Ban in England Amid Stork Visit Report
Lt Joseph A Adleman notes a temporary ban on celebratory cigars in England tied to a birth. He reports the present selling price at about $1.60. The news item also mentions researchers tracing Egyptian kings by name back to before the first dynasty around 3400 B C.
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Easton
England
Joseph A. Adleman
Egypt
Guam's Development Under Japanese Occupation
The text outlines Guam's infrastructure and self-sufficiency prior to occupation, noting established schools hospitals water and sewage systems ice plants power stations and Pan American air service links after 1936. It details crops and domestic animals including copra as a chief export and lists livestock such as cattle buffalo chickens pigs and goats.
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Guam
Pan-American Air Service
Pacific
Marine Kierson Delivers Message Under Fire Guam Assault
Marine Pfc. Fred A. Kierson of Richmond Virginia crawled through heavy Japanese lines on Guam to deliver a vital message. He killed at least four Japs during a four hour 1 mile trek from front to beach and evaded capture amid heavy gunfire before reaching a jeep on the return path.
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Guam
INS
Fred A. Kierson
Richmond
Red Clay
Kierson
Pfc
John R. Legg
Manasquan
N. J
Arine
Sinatra Dorsey Feud RepToasts Ham Incident
Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey feud resurfaces with a story from the MGM commissary where Sinatra quipped that Dorsey must have cooked a tired slice of ham, underscoring lingering tensions between the two stars.
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Tommy Dorsey
Sinatra
M-G-M
Dorsey
Betty Grabie's Family News and Birth Announcement
Betty Grabie's mother is ill with pleurisy and sinus. James Blakeley flies in from Brazil to meet Mary Carlisle and their newborn son James Blakeley Jr. Alex-
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Betty Grabie
James Blakeley
Brazil
Mary Carlisle
Alex
Marines Rescue Jeep Driver After Grenade Attack
A Marine description tells of locating a Marine runner and engaging the enemy with grenades. He crawled toward a jeep driver to rescue him, with nearby Marines aiding. the driver was shot in the leg and saved. Kierson is identified as Daisy Mae Kierson’s husband from Richmond. Legg is the son of Percy and Mrs Legg of Manasquan.
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Kierson
Daisy Mae Kierson
Hull Street
Richmond
Legg
Percy Legg
P. O. Box
Manasquan
Noted 1940s star Katharine Hepburn in travel trouble
Fragmentary report notes Katharine Hepburn in transit with companion J Berg stranded in Ch without reservations. It mentions a carer and family, and adds sad news of a plane crash near Hickam Hawaii killing Mario Norman, with Frances hearing of Gerald W.'s death.
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J Berg
la Heppurn
Langford
National Magazine
Hickam Hawaii
Mario Norman
Frances
Gerald W
Hollywood Hi Jinks and Portside Pairings Stir
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce honors Jimmy McHu and Harold Adamson for a new song From Atlanta. Ruth Sicking signs a contract with R K O while a boat voyage links to Pearl Harbor. Jewell hires Harris Finn. Anne O Brien seen with Maj. Ben Ryan at the Mocambo. Emerson, Bobby Anderson, Ramsay Ames, Cary Grant, and Roscoe Ames attend Foy's with Irene Ryan as pairs form amid fights at the Somerset.
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Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Jimmy McHu
Harold Adamson
Atlanta
Ruth Sicking
Italia
Pearl Harbor
Jewell
Harris Finn
Anne O'Brien
Ben Ryan
Mocambo
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Foy's
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