Ford Planes Anew Face Heavy Industry Challenge
Henry Ford proposes producing 1000 airplanes daily, prompting mixed industry reaction. Sherman M. Fairchild, head of Fairchild Engine and Airplane, asserts mass production is possible with sufficient funds materials and personnel. Fairchild’s career spans cameras to aviation, backed by a family history of invention and Yankee ingenuity.
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New York
Henry Ford
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Sherman M. Fairchild
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
Fairchild
George Winthrop Fairchild
International Business Machines Corporation
Fairchild Aerial Surveys
Igor Sigorsky
United States
Germany
President's Defense Commission
Detroit
War Department
Red Cross Chief H D Davis Aids War Relief Appeal
The American Red Cross chief 0 Davis stresses the futility of relief work without broad support. He cites 350,000 volunteers sewing bandages and knitted garments and millions contributing to the war relief fund, with supplies and ambulances in rapid distribution as needs rise.
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Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Red Cross War Relief Fund
Davis
Europe
Now Is the Time as Republicans Open Convention in Philadelphia
The Republican national convention opens in Philadelphia with a focus on selecting a presidential nominee who can project a strong foreign policy amid looming 1940 campaign concerns. Domestic business shows a rebound aided by defense spending, with steel leading the surge and gains across machinery, aircraft, shipbuilding, chemicals, meat packing, rayon, petroleum, and coal industries.
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Philadelphia
Republican Party
Democratic Party
U. S
Federal Reserve Board
Harry L. Hopkins
Uncle Sam
Europe
Record Reserve Agriculture Drives Surplus Stock Levels
The agriculture department reports that ever normal granary reserves held by the Commodity Credit Corporation have reached new highs worth about 1 billion dollars. Major loans are set on 1940 crops with cotton and corn expected to draw strong support while prices dip due to war-related foreign demand losses.
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Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Americas
Fifth Column Guns Challenge Firearm Regulation in U S
Washington reports Robert Jackson argues a federal gun registration law is needed to expose unaccounted arms and fifth column risks. Firearms sales in 1938 1939 and three year totals reveal rising private gun traffic and potential enforcement gaps.
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Washington
D. C
Fifth Column
U. S
Bob Jackson
Fifth Columns
Jackson
Internal Revenue Bureau
England
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Foreign bases and the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America
A column argues the United States cannot rely on the British navy or a Latin American alliance for defense. It criticizes regional democracies as military oligarchies and warns that South American loyalty remains doubtful. It urges securing naval and air bases to protect the Americas and critiques universal compulsory military training proposals.
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France
Roosevelt
Paul Reynaud
Marshal Henri Petain
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
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Latvia
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Siam
Foreign Office
South Pacific
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Tientsin
Chungking
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Mussolini
White House
United States
Washington, D. C
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Latin Americas
Hokum
Santo Domingo
Hitler
Rome
Ballyhoo
Rio Grande
New York Times
Impra
Gov Dickinson Removes Wayne County Sheriff Over Payoff Charges
Gov Loren Dickinson of Michigan dismissed Thomas C. Wilcox as sheriff of Wayne County after charges he received a cut in a vice and gambling payoff. The action follows investigations into corruption tied to law enforcement.
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Michigan
Thomas C. Wilcox
Wayne
Detroit
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Juliana
Netherlands
Dominion
Kentucky
Supreme Court
McReynolds
Adolf Hitler
Ernest Lundeen
F. L., Minn
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