Roosevelt on tour links Barkley to 1940 aims
President Roosevelt visits Marietta and Covington Kenton Kentucky urging support for Senator Alben Barkley as a liberal ally. He tours Tennessee Oklahoma and Texas, praising Barkley and Thomas while critiquing rivals and aligning with Democratic party goals through 1940. TVA inquiry opens in Knoxville as Cardozo dies. Purge politics and southern economic restoration feature in national records.
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Star football star Chapman breaks baseball jinx with A's
Sam Chapman, former California Golden Bear, moves from Pac Coast football stardom to an outfield berth with Connie Mack's Athletics. He debuts with 44 hits in 123 at bats and nine homers in five weeks, shaking the axiom that football stars cannot succeed in baseball.
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Frankie Frisch
Ted Lyons
Riggs Stephenson
Chicago
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OY Hoss
Jim Thorpe
New York Giants
Ernie Neyers
St Louis Browns
Earl Caldwell
Yale
Cleveland Indians
Sam Chapman
Night baseball grows as floodlights reach big league parks
Night baseball, pioneered by Cincinnati and adopted recently by Brooklyn, signals floodlights becoming standard in major league parks. In two first night games Brooklyn drew 66,000, Cincinnati’s crowds were similarly strong, suggesting broad appeal despite weekday attendance limits. Some managers oppose it, but proven success in two cities foreshadows wider adoption.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Joe DiMaggio
Gabby Hartnett
Clark Gable
William Powell
Bill Terry
Giants
Causes of Rheumatism
The article discusses recurring rheumatic attacks likely caused by a persistent organism in some individuals. It notes possible heart and vessel inflammation with each attack, emphasizes dental, tonsillar, and digestive sources, and advises regular medical checkups plus weight management. It also explains overweight risks and the need for individualized weight reduction strategies and glandular considerations.
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E. I. Tsukershteyn
Moscow
Huge Wheat Crop Forecast Triggers Acreage Cuts
The U S Department of Agriculture projected the second largest wheat crop in American history at 967,412,000 bushels. The forecast accompanies automatic acreage reductions and wheat loans under the new farm act. Crop totals include corn 2,482,102,000 bushels oats 1,093,829,000 barley 239,375,000 rye 51,327,000 tobacco 1,496,000,000 pounds and rice 53,330,000 bushels.
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Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Department
Japan warns of bombings near Yangtze frontier
Representatives of the United States and other foreign powers in Shanghai received notes from Japan urging evacuation of their citizens from six Yangtze valley cities named as probable bombing targets. Earlier notes demanded removal of all foreign vessels and personnel along the river ahead of Japanese advances on Hankow. US gunboat Monocacy and British Cockchafer reportedly moved up the Yangtze toward Kiukiang as Japanese warships shelled Chinese defenses.
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Shanghai
Yangtze Valley
Yangtze River
Hankow
Monocacy
Cockchafer
Yangtze
Kiukiang
Turmoil in Palestine and arbitration over Chaco dispute
Reports from the region describe renewed anti Jewish riots in Palestine with police and British troops struggling to suppress Arab violence. Casualties occurred after bombings and fires, including an ambush near Mount Tabor. In South America Boats ad Paraguay agree to arbitration to settle their Chaco territory dispute, with Spruille Braden credited for influence in Washington.
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Mount Tabor
Paraguay
Chaco
Spruille Braden
Washington
Colombia
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