Alger’s Theory Of Clock Watcher Gets a Setback
Dr Frank Conrad, hailed as father of radio broadcasting, became famous by clock watching and time signals. He built a rudimentary receiving setup in Wilkinsburg, traced stray signals to a slag heap, then helped birth the KDKA era with John Coleman and later earned multiple honors for radio patents and research.
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Coleman
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British Soviet Tension Grows After Nazi Pact
Weekly analysis notes a rush to aid Finland as Nazi and Soviet alignments deepen. Britain moves colonial troops to the Near East while Balkans unite against aggression and Russian fronts tighten from Turkey to India. President leaves on a Caribbean fishing trip after signing a $252 million emergency defense bill.
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NAMES IN THE NEWS Highlights From 1940 Political Scene
A roundup of early 1940 events and figures including John D. M. Hamilton as GOP chair in Washington naming dates for the convention. Hoover and Hoover Jr. advance oil detection and forecast European food demands. Bulgar premier Kyoseivanov resigns amid Soviet ties talk. Davies named America's best dressed man. Artie Shaw and Lana Turner wed in Las Vegas. Congress debates bills on mail carrier salaries, Export-Import Bank funding, Japan embargo, and naval expansion. Welles to Europe as envoy. Vatican status for Myron Taylor discussed.
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Britain
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Miami
Joe Kennedy
Paris
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France
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Sumner Welles
London
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Vatican
Myron Taylor
Pius XII
Insurance Quiz Signals Shifts in U S Life Firms
U S insurance companies face scrutiny from the temporary national economy committee in Washington. SEC studied 26 large firms finding drift from life writing to investments and rising asset concentration that could divert funds from business enterprises.
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U. S
Leon Henderson
Securities and Exchange
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Congress Sets Stage for Executive Legislative Clash in 1940
Washington columnist William Bruckart describes the 1940 congressional session shaping a high stakes battle with President Roosevelt. Lawmakers push retrenchment and defense cuts while faces of New Dealers and Wallace clash with budget limits and debt debates. Public opinion from home signals a drift away from New Deal spending as primaries approach.
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Goering Plans Million Polish Laborers for German Farms
In Berlin Field Marshal Hermann Goering states Germany will import 1,000,000 Polish workers to farms to support the German war effort without drawing soldiers. In Albany New York 8,000 taxpayers protest a proposed 15 million personal income tax hike and seek reductions in a 396.7 million budget.
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President and Congress Seen Headed Toward Budget Fight
William Bruckart says the President and Congress seem poised for a clash over government items such as the budget economy waste and spending though he notes it is early to forecast a definite outcome. He adds that opponents welcome a confrontation.
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