Five Louisiana candidates clash with charges at rivals
In Baton Rouge and Creole rallies, five candidates assailed opponents over unpaved roads and alleged misuses of state funds. Sam Jones accused officials of concealing conservation books while vowing a merit system for public workers. Eugene Stanley of New Orleans joins the ticket as attorney general candidate.
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Baton Rouge
Creole
Sam Jones
Cameron Parish
Jones
Conservation Department
Eugene Stanley
New Orleans
Political rally remarks and campaign claims in Louisiana and beyond
New Orleans speakers claim a square count and honest votes while accusing rivals of overspending and mismanaging funds. Morrison pledges records access and tax cuts, Moseley attacks Long, and other stops chart campaign moves with no public itineraries. King George VI cancels salutes for his accession and birthday anniversary.
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New Orleans
Governor Long
London
George VI
Dewey speech draws mixed reaction amid delegate race
Reporters summarize public reactions as mixed with some praise for delivery and criticisms of generic farming proposals. Observers note the speech is Dewey’s debut and may influence convention dynamics though no clear consensus emerged. Dewey is forecast to command strong delegate support, especially from New York, potentially ahead of Ohio and Michigan.
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Supreme Court
Middle West
Chamber of Commerce
Dewey
New York State
Ohio
Michigan
Ovation for Finn sparks crowded theatre moment
A lively pageant scene shows Finn receiving a long ovation while skits mock trade policy and tariff fights. Senators protest Rec-Reciprocal Trade as foreign goods rival cattle and copper, then Old Man Cordell Hail roars of Republicans. Roosevelt appears in a desert tableau debating a third-term question. Ivory scraps are repurposed into several forms including ink and jelly.
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Texas
Montana
Cordell Hail
Roosevelt
Finland Appeals to World for Help as War Rages
Karl J. Hambro leads the League assembly urging action to halt the Soviet invasion of Finland. Finland’s parliament calls itself the outpost of western civilization and seeks active aid from civilized nations, while Britain reports moves to aid Finland and the League debates declaring Russia the aggressor.
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League
Hambro
Russia
Turkey
Iran
Moscow
China
Arctic
Finland
Britain
Germany
English Channel
George
France
Maginot
Berne
United States
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Great Britain
League of Nations Assembly
Geneva
US extends 10 million dollar credit to Finland for farm surpluses
The United States approved a 10 million dollar drawing account to finance Finnish purchases of American agricultural surpluses and civilian supplies. The RFC and Export-Import Bank establish the program, with Finland using the Finnish American Trading Corp in New York to buy goods. President Roosevelt proposes suspending the 234 693 dollar December 15 installment payments to aid Finland.
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Finland
United States
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Export-Import Bank
Jesse Jones
Norway
Hjalmar Procope
New York
RFC
Bank of Finland
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Finland Defaults on 1919 Loans to Buy Food in U S
Finland continues payments on American loans due, exempt from Johnson act bans. A December 15 payment would reduce Finland’s 1919 loan debt to 7,998,464 dollars for food imports, with supplies likely routed via Norway due to Baltic Sea combat restrictions on U S merchant ships.
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Norway
Baltic Sea
Good Fellows HEFD Recruits Entertainment for Kiddies
A Good Fellows event promises a feature length Warner Brothers film Nancy Drew Trouble Shooter and a comedy stage show to entertain children. The piece also includes letters from families in need asking Santa for help for Christmas 1839, highlighting efforts to secure education and basic clothing and toys.
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Twin Cities
Santa Claus
Papa
Mama
Ouachita Parish
South
Louisiana
Early Linotyper Timothy Sullivan Dies at 71
Timothy J. Sullivan of Hastings on Hudson New York died of heart disease aged 71. He helped Otomatic Mergenthaler perfect the linotype and worked 48 years at the Wall Street Journal as supervisor of linotype operations.
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Hastings-On-Hudson
N. Y
Timothy J. Sullivan
Otter Mergenthaler
Sullivan
Ireland
The
Wall Street Journal
Oil control debate and relief projects spark political clash
The Cole bill would create an interior department division to judge avoidable waste in oil and gas with federal powers, while supporting cooperative regulation with states. Debate centers on federal vs state control as representatives Mapes and Kelly arrive after hearings. White House says relief projects in Ohio create 14 000 jobs over six months and stress state responsibility for needy workers. Governor Bricker says the president attacked a Republican administration.
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Roosevelt
Interior Department
Mapes
Republican
Michigan
Kelly
Illinois
Cleveland
White House
Ohio
Bricker
Hatch Would Widen Law To Curb Politics
Senator Hatch proposes broadening the law to make it a felony to try to influence an employee’s vote. He cites resignations of party officials and a U S marshal who left federal service to stay in party leadership as consequences. He argues Congress may regulate primaries affecting federal candidates, noting the Newberry ruling limits Senate policing of state elections.
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Hatch
United States
Justice Department
Congress
Newberry
Supreme Court
Senate
Roosevelt approves $1,248,991 for Cleveland WPA projects
President Roosevelt approved an expenditure of $1,248,991 for three WPA projects in the Cleveland area. John Carmody, federal works administrator, advised the approval and outlined the plan for funding and implementation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cleveland
John Carmody
Federal Works
Kennedy says no reason for U S entry in war
The ambassador arrives after days in Washington and York and reveals he has lost 15 pounds in six months. He plans a checkup at Lahey Clinic today, stating there is no place for the United States in the fight and that war would worsen the situation.
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Washington
York
Lahey Clinic
Two More Called In Poison Trials In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia the commonwealth proceeds with 18 guilty pleas and two acquittals in a mass murder for insurance scheme. Marie Woloshyn faces trial for the January 1936 death of her husband John 54 felled with an iron pipe then run over on a suburban road. Joseph Swartz stands charged with poisoning his mother in law Lena Winkelman in 1936. David Brandt, a go-between in delivering poison, is set to be tried tomorrow as the sixth defendant still awaiting trial.
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Commonwealth
Marie Woloshyn
John
Woloshyn
Joseph Swartz
Lena Winkelman
The
David Brandt
Brandt
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