The Roosevelt Era and New York Politics Preview 1940
A Western Newspaper Union column analyzes the 1940 presidential race implications from New York City contests. It notes court reforms, senate maneuvers, and the Copeland Mahoney mayoral battle as a microcosm of national conservative versus New Deal tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New England
George H. Moses
Senate
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Curtis
Moses
Jack’ Garner
Garner
House
Supreme Court
White House
Department of Justice
Legislative
Congress
Executive
Roosevelt
Tim
New York
New York City
New York State
Tammany
New Deal
Copeland
Jim Farley
Senator Copeland
Great City
New York Supreme Court
Mahoney
Burrough
Tammany Group
Bailiwicks
Tammany Hall
Farley
Marvin McIntyre
Copelland
Western Newspaper Union
China crisis deepens as Shanghai endures shelling
In Shanghai 4000 US troops and 3.5 million residents endure a dangerous standoff as Chinese bombing raids on Japanese ships trigger widespread fires and casualties. The US State Department says no intent to involve the US despite American deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Bund
Shanghai
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Roosevelt
China
Manchukuo
Japan
Nankow Pass
Great Wall
Peiping
Eighty - Ninth
Suiyuan
Shansi
Nankow
Anacion
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Brazil
South America
Hull
Senate Naval Committee
State Department
Lesson on Intemperance and Its Social Harm
August 29 lesson condemns alcohol use with biblical citations from Leviticus Isaiah and Romans, arguing religious disobedience political disorder national decay and personal degradation result from intoxicants. It urges the divine principle of moderation and consideration for others to avoid causing offense or stumbling others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron
Swift
Christ
Foundations of Happiness Across Faith and Trust
A quotation attributed to Lando r emphasizes that domestic happiness rests on faith in womans virtue, political happiness on trust in mankind, and eternal happiness on belief in God, highlighting moral foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worman
God
Landor
Reading Good Books Inspires Pure Pleasures
Book lovers are invited to savor the greatest and purest pleasures prepared for God’s creatures. The idea emphasizes love of reading as a pathway to spiritual and intellectual delight.
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Desert
Court Post
Sen. Black
South
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
House Committee
AAA
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Bilbo
Mississippi
Hugo L. Black
Dem. Ala
Willis van Devanter
Black
Ashurst
Dem
Ariz
Burke
Neb
Johnson
Rep
Calif
Senate Judiciary Committee
SeapFrout
Edith
Barcelona
Copenhagen
Peame
Tunisian
Mediterranean
Santander
Franco
Bilbao
Madrid
France
Segovia
Jim
Fim
Pierce- Arrow Motor Corporation
Pierce-Arrow
Maine
Vermont
Senator Black
Siberia
Russia
Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute School of Leago
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