Lewis Attacks Roosevelt Policy In Labor Conference Remarks
John E Lewis challenged President Roosevelt on his economic talk and on the fine print of job, peace and civil liberties assurances. He mocked the idea of not addressing subjects beyond expertise and questioned implications about youth needing jobs, warning that such logic would curb rights to gather on the lawn in the rain. He cited Finland as a debated issue and contrasted past rhetoric with present needs.
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Congress
John E Lewis
Lewis
Finland
United Mine Workers Convention
Roosevelt
Albany Tornado Disaster Reports Fatalities and Rescue
The Albany storm caused widespread destruction with thousands injured or displaced. Emergency crews, Red Cross, and National Guard aided rescue efforts as officials estimated millions in damage and halted transit. Eyewitness accounts described a train like roar and near total destruction of the Albany railroad station.
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Sitgie
So-Hed Hospital
First Methodist Church
C Hamrick
Internal Revenue Bureau
Wright
E. D. Rivers
Atlanta
Lon Sullivan
National Guard
Red Cross
William de Kleine
Washington
L. R. Ferrell
Albany
Army
Fort Benning
Florida
J. A. Green
Southland
Briton of Grenville Sinks After Rescue Photograph
In the North Sea on January 21 Sidney George Bromfield Cabavel, shown with his nephew Lawrence, after rescue. The 26 year old able seaman clung to the ship’s side for an hour and a half unable to swim. Sixty eight men were believed lost in the disaster.
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Brit
Grenville
North Sea
Sidney George Bromfield Cabavel
Lawrence
City of Flint master accused in wartime ship halts
The article details a dispute over the City of Flint during its capture by Germans and the actions of Captain Gainard and the crew in Murmansk and Tromsoe. It notes Soviet orders to sail and Gainard's claim the crew behaved well, with emphasis on caution in belligerent waters and limited ashore contact. A final mention notes a rise in value of rare cigaret card sets.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Richard Borden Harriman
United States
Murmansk
Kuasia
Fliint
Union
Gainard
Baltimore
Russia
Scandals Week Predicted With Grand Jury Actions
A busy scandals week looms as old holdover and new grand juries meet to review indictments, civil liberties cases, and potential vote fraud probes. Harold Rosenwald notes over 100 interviews, while NYA officials say related reports reach the Department of Justice.
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Harold Rosenwald
United States Attorney General
Grand Jury
Albert E. Arent
Civil Liberties Division
Department of Justice
NYA
Aubrey Williams
Washington
Head of Silver Shirts Arrested Faces Questioning
The leader described as head of the Silver Shirts testified about evading congressional pursuit and using aliases. He claimed operations in Washington and a visit to Representative Thorkelson in Montana last September while the committee sought him. He denied ties to Fritz Kuhn or the Black Shirts and claimed psychic feats as part of his defense. Progress in watchmaking timelines was noted as a separate historical aside.
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Congressional Committee
William Goodale
Washington
Capitol
Thorkelson
Montana
Pelley
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Michigan
Mixed news from war fronts and personal courtship in Baltimore
Reports cover Ludwig Lewisohn and Edna Manley marrying amid claims of a common law wife and custody battle with a son. Also wartime dispatches note fighting near Saarlouis Nied river, French confidence in Da ladier government, Hull’s peace plans, and British air losses. A highway board cites 19 to 21 year old drivers causing 220 deaths per 100 000.
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Ludwig Lewisohn
Edna Manley
Baltimore
Thelma Spear
Lewisohn
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Daladier
France
Germany
United States
Cordell Hull
Air Ministry
Kingsley Wood
Bristol
England
Europe
Britain
Highway Research Board
Finns claim success with Nenonen artillery chart and sea raids
Finnish reports credit General Vilho Nenonen and his artillery chart with higher effectiveness, claiming one shell can do what three once did. They report repairing and using captured Soviet planes and sinking eight Russian warships and one submarine, with more damage cited.
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Vilho Nenonen
Nenonen
Europe
Free rupture control treatise offer from William and Rice
An advertisement promises a free 30 day trial of a modern rupture support method. It targets men and women with single or double hernias, claiming comfort and security across occupations. Send for the free treatise to William and Rice, Inc Dept SYT.N Adanig NY.
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William & Rice, Inc
WLS. Rice, Inc, Dept
Adanig, N.Y Adr
H. Will Elders
Unclear fragment on New Deal brakes and third term questions
The excerpt questions if a third term or dynastic power is inevitable and contrasts it with the idea of shackles, as part of broader political developments.
New Hampshire Democrats Enter Official Roosevelt Slate for 1940 Primary
The New Hampshire Democratic officials vote to enter an official slate of delegates pledged to Roosevelt for the March 12 state primary the first of 1940. Friends of Garner deny plotting against Roosevelt on the third term issue and aim at Illinois primary. Kaiser Wilhelm remark noted as historical aside.
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New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Friends
Garner
Rosevelt
Chiraged
Kelly- Nash
Buffalo
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Fragmentary Sports Note From Unclear Source
Vague lines describe an athlete named Pavlova and a four mile route or race. Details are damaged with many missing words making exact event, org, place, and outcome unreadable.
Would You Like To Lose 15 Lbs Of Fat
An advertisement promises weight loss and fat reduction claims with diet tips and a free trial. It emphasizes quick results and energy boosts while urging readers to try a product and compare benefits.
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Armhrough
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New Orleans
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Colfry
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WPA
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Coats
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Jean
Jean Durreil
Dawn Leigh
Miss Glammer
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Saarlouis
Nied River
Kaiser Wilhelm
Yallet
Cerformar Pavlova
Monroe Building & Loan Association
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Oldsmobile
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Olds Sixty
Twin City Motor Company, Inc
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General Motors
America
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