Willkie Leads GOP Ticket Amid War Debate
Roger Shaw notes Russia's fluid role in Europe and the shifting political landscape as the GOP nominates Wendell Willkie on the sixth ballot in Philadelphia. Senator Charles McNary secures the VP berth while debates over foreign policy and peace influence Republican strategy.
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Philadelphia
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Dewey
Taft
Willkings
Dewbirds
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Charles McNary
Oregon
Names in the News at the 36th AFA Convention in Chicago
At its thirty sixth annual convention in Chicago the Advertising Federation of America named Elon G Barton president. The piece notes personal details about Wendell Wilkes widow Mrs Wilke and other figures including Col Thurston Hughes and Dr Wilhelm Stekel plus Roosevelt Willkie banter and references to the League of Nations demise.
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Chicago
Advertising Federation of America
Elon G. Barton
la Salle Extension University
Wendell Wilke
Wilk
Indiana
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Thurston Hughes
War Department
American Panama Canal Zone
Panama Canal Department
Jacob Devers
U. S.A
Wilhelm Stekel
Freud
London
England
Stekel
Japan celebrates 2600th founding of empire with Kin Horinouchi cake
Japan's ambassador to the United States Kensuke Horinouchi cuts an ornate birthday cake in New York to mark the 2600th anniversary of Japan's empire founding. Sideline jokes question if Japan can cut its cake in China and still have it.
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Kensuke Horinouchi
Japan
U. S
New York
China
Rumors Favor Neville Chamberlain as Possible Peacemaker
The piece notes whispers in British circles that Neville Chamberlain could seek peace despite denials. It cites German favor toward Chamberlain, union opposition, and a belief in possible peace by late summer. New York readers see August or September as a latest target date.
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Neville Chamberlain
Churchill
Chamberlain
Neville
England
Seven Seas
British Isles
New York
Threats and Thrusts in World Tensions and Domestic Panic
The piece surveys multiple nations under threat from others including Germany threatening England and Russia threatening Romania while Japan pressures French Indo China and Italy menaces British Malta. It notes domestic fear such as a Wyoming crowd tar and feathering a pacifist and a Boston committee debate on language rules, with industrial output rising in key sectors like steel and auto tire shipments.
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Russia
Polonia Restituta
Finland
Viborg
Viipuri
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Czar
Rumania
Bessarabia
England
Germany
Bulgaria
Hungary
Japan
Morocco
Malta
Italy
Marshal Petain
Winston Churchill
Uruguay
London
Fifth Column
America
Wyoming
Boston
Joe Lee
George Washington
Henry Ford
Morgenthau
Jamaica unrest and European diplomacy in wartime
The report notes Jamaica's unrest amid economic hardship and propaganda of resistance under German rule. It also discusses French attitudes toward Britain and the United States, Nazi influence in Paris, and a strategy to isolate the United States while triggering revolutions in South America. The piece ends with light portraits of Senator Wagner and Senator Lee enjoying nightlife and westerns.
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State Department
Great Britain
United States
Tony Biddle
Bullitt
Bordeaux
Sumner
Welles
Washington
Hitler
Europe
Czecho-Slovakia
Czech
Poland
Russia
Stalin
Berlin
Western Hemisphere
Britain
France
South America
Germany
Revolutionary Party
How Sew by Ruth Wyeth Sheats Bride Chair Makeover
Ruth Wyeth Sheats presents a pocket feature showing how a junk shop chair is transformed into a cheerful green accented piece. The Bride notes its personality and simple remodeling steps including shortening legs and trimming the back for a lighter look. Readers are invited to order Book 5 for 32 pages of homemaking ideas and money saving tips.
Around the House Around the House
Keeping Cool. If your home uses warm air ducts a furnace man can install a proper fan in the basement to push cooler cellar air into the house through the ducts. Meat loaves bake quicker and more evenly in a tube cake pan. Carpet can be made from a thick pad of newspaper covered with hessian felt or cloth. Save leftover toast as bread crumbs run through the food chopper or rolled out and stored in a glass jar. Remove lime marks on bath fabric from hard water by rubbing with hydrogen peroxide.
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France
Paris
Herr Himmler
Gestapo
National Socialist Party
Hitler
Europe
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Jamaica
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West Indies
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Senate
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
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Par Green
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Deaver
Bedford Wills
PRM
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Departent of Agriculture
Cope
Sunkist
California
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