Dies presses Roosevelt on outlawing communists groups
San Francisco August 19 Martin Dies chairman of the House committee on un American activities urged President Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie to declare if they will outlaw the Communist Party German American Bund and other groups linked to foreign governments. He said he would continue hearings tonight.
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San Francisco
Martin
Congressional Committee On un-American Activities
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Community Party
Bund
Dies seeks nationwide pledge on fifth column activity
Rep. James P. Dies plans a national speaking tour with 100 plus appearances to press candidates to state stances against totalitarian propaganda and to back laws outlawing the Communist Party and allied groups. He cites about 675 foreign spies in the San Francisco area and backs a West Coast inquiry with 200 to 300 witnesses, costing around $60,000 and 60 days.
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United States
Communist Party
Bund
Dies
San Francisco
James Cagney
Franchot Tone
Los Angeles
Cagney
Moscow
Congress
Seattle
Officer Rufus Goza Back on Police Duty
After weeks away from duty Officer Rufus J. Goza returns to the city police department. He had been confined to his home with a requirement.
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Rufus Goza
Rufus J. Goza
Goza
W. P. Chrysler Dies at 65 in Long Island Home
Walter P. Chrysler 65 a former locomotive wiper rose to leading automotive industrialist. He died Sunday at his Great Neck Long Island home of cerebral hemorrhage after 24 hours of unconsciousness. Funeral at St Bartholomew's Church Wednesday 10 am Eastern. Burial in Sleepy Hollow. He was born April 2 1875 in Wamego Kansas and grew up in Ellis. He directed 25 plants in five states and three countries.
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New York
Walter P. Chrysler
America
Long Island
Great Neck
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Tarrytown
N. Y
Chrysler
mid-Manhattan
Wamego
Kan
Ellis
Chrysler Story From Car Start To Auto Empire
The narrative chronicles Walter P. Chrysler starting work as a railroad worker then building a car interest. He bought a car with borrowed funds to study its parts, joined Buick as works manager, rose to General Motors vice president, and founded the Chrysler Corporation in 1923. He held numerous board roles and honors. His wife Mrs. Chrysler died two years earlier. surviving children are Walter P. Jr. Jack, Mrs. Byron C. Foy, and Mrs. Edgar W. Garbisch.
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Carter
Chrysler
American Locomotive Company
Pittsburgh
Buick Company
Flint
Mich
General Motors
Willys- Overland
Maxwell Motor
Ations
Chrysler Corporation
W. P. Chrysler Building Corporation
General Foods Corporation
Automobile Manufacturers Asociation
Madison Square Garden Corporation
Leopold III
Belgium
Legion of Honor
Della V. Forker
Ellis
Kan
Walter P. Jr
Jack
Mra
Byron C. Foy
Edgar W. Garbisch
Monroe Chamber weighs forming a junior chamber
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce considers creating a junior chamber to engage younger civic leaders. President C. C. Boardman notes the current junior board lacks proper membership and function and proposes a strict age limit of 25 to 35 with independent operation, pending charter and bylaws revision and approval by both boards.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
C. C. Boardman
Boardman
Twin Cities
Chamber
Junior Chamber
L. E. Mathis
Monroe Chamber
The
Mr. Boardman
W. H. Anders
A. O. Evans
Lee Hodges
Federal Civil Service Exams Open for Various Posts
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Inspector signal corps equipment and army air corps roles, engineering draftsman, architectural to topographic branches, and hulls boiler hulls inspectors. Closing dates range September 12 to October 10 1940 with details from C E Thornhill in the local post office or customs house.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Signal Corps
War Department
Engineering Air
Army Air Corps
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
Department of Commerce
C. E. Thornhill
Board of
United States Civil Service Examiners
Custom House
McNeil Hides Window, Mistaken Rain on Hot Dayton Nights
Dayton resident Tom McNeil kept windows shut during two of the hottest nights after hearing what he thought was rain from street cleaning. He wore a hat to bed and waited for cooler air, misreading the city sounds.
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Dayton
Ohio
Tom McNeil
Noted D C Davis Denies Arrest Link
D C Davis of the Louisiana State Employment Service seeks to clear confusion over a Saturday sheriff update that he is not the D C Davis arrested on charges of assault with intent to commit it. He asks friends to note the distinction and avoid mistaken association.
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D. C. Davis
Louisiana State Employment Service
Milton Coverdale
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Tae
Parents’ Magazine
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Says Wilbur Shaw
Athe
Wilbur Shaw
RJ. Reyeal
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
W. P. Chrysler
Organization For
Civil Service Commission
U. S
Union Depot
Biltmore Hotel
Western
Sth & Olive
Batu Otl Ce Led
Linoleum Ee
Armstrong
Monroe Steam Laundry
Normandy Voile
Jenny Lind
Batiste
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