Olympic Games Opened in Berlin Amid Parade and Records
The Berlin ceremony opened the 1940 Olympics with a flame from Greece, a grand parade of fifty nations, and tensions as some groups saluted Hitler while Americans faced whistle blasts. Jesse Owens and Helen Stephens set world records as the games begin amid global tension and Locarno pact talk.
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Greece
Fuehrer
United States
Jesse Owens
Ohio State
Johnson
California
Owens
Metcalfe
Chicago
Helen Stephens
Missouri
Tokyo
Finland
South America
British Empire
Japan
Far East
Roosevelt Open to Run for New York Governor
Col Theodore Roosevelt, age 48, says in a public letter he would accept the Republican nomination for governor if the party asks. He previously ran for governor in 1910, was defeated by Alfred E. Smith, later served as governor of Puerto Rico and as governor general of the Philippines. Lewis and Allies Absent at A F L Council Meeting. O L Lewis of United Mine Workers and allies skip the session.
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Italy
Great Britain
France
Belgium
League of Natans Essembly
Geneva
Britain
Federation
William Green
Lewis
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Puerto Rico
Edro Albizu Campos
Nationalist Party
San Juan
United States
R. A. Cooper
Francis Riggs
Insular Police
Frank Knox
Chicago
Col
Steiner
Oregon
Republican Party
John Houlton
Knox
Stadium
Landon
Roosevelt
Congress
United Effort
America
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New Brunswick
Mr. Roosevelt
Campabello
Quebec
Lord Tweedswaii
Canada
Hyde Park
N. Y
Democratic Party
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Wallace
Chester Davis
Drouth
Col. Roosevelt
New York
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Alfred E. Col Roosevelt Signith
Philippines
la Follette
House of Representatives
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Coolidge
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New House
Alt M. Landon
Lemke
London
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Cleveland
Wagner Labor Relations Board
Associated Press
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Supreme Court of the United States
Labor Board
Bell Syndicate
Electrification talk flags Northeast rail routes and TVA links
In Washington the federal power commission proposes electrifying about 12,000 miles of railroad, including routes Boston to Buffalo and New Haven to Providence. The plan sparks debate over government power ventures and the economic viability amid coal interests and potential St. Lawrence seaway impacts.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Boston and Maine Railroad
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Troy
Rotterdam
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New Haven
Hartford
The
Power Commission
TVA
Northeast
West
Chesapeake and Ohio
Virginian Railway
Virginian
New England
Middle Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Lawrence Seaway
St Lawrence Seaway
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Sierra Mountain
St Lawrence
St. Lawrence
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Gulf States
Chic Frock Pattern Ad Promises Easy Summer Style
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1886 B offers a slender summer dress design in silk crepe dotted swiss and printed silks. It features spider shoulder width, unusual bodice lines, kick pleats, a turn down collar and quick pattern assembly with low fabric needs. Sizes 14 to 42. 16 requires 418 yards of 39 inch material. Send 15 cents for pattern and 15 cents for Summer Pattern Book.
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Barbara Bela
Sév Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Til
Ball Syndicaté
Bervier
Dizzy Dean Winners Contest Comes to Local Paper
Read the Grape Nuts ad in another column to learn how to join the Dizzy Dean Winners and win valuable free prizes. Advertisements promise prizes amid notes about trying times and community participation.
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Dain
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