Roosevelt Campaign Tour Expands Liberal Drive for 1940 Seats
President Roosevelt resumed a national campaign during a transcontinental tour from Ohio to Kentucky and Texas. He urged renomination for Sen. Barkley of Kentucky and backed other liberals, praising Barkley while criticizing rivals. He announced Allred's federal court appointment and TVA dispute developments surfaced with Dr. Morgan pursuing reinstatement.
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Roosevelt
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George White
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Kentucky
Barkley
A. B. Chandler
Senate
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Covington
Chandler
Alben Barkley
Bowling Green
Louisville
Tennessee
George Berry
TVA
Oklahoma City
Elmer Thomas
Thomas
Gomer Smith
E. W. Marland
Smith
Townsendites
Marland
White House
McAlester
Wister
Booneville, Ark
Hattie Caraway
Elliot
Fort Worth
Texas
Amarillo
Pueblo
Colo
San Francisco
San Diego
Houston
Panama Canal
Wichita Falls
James V. Allred
Federal Court For
Southern District of Texas
Tom Connally
Morris Sheppard
TVA Inquiry Opens Investigation in Tennessee
A congressional joint committee opened an inquiry into Tennessee Valley Authority activities in Ile Tennessee with Chairman Vic Donahey presiding. After an executive session investigators began an inspection tour of involved projects. Public hearings in Knoxville were next.
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TVA
Ile, Tenn
Vic Donahey
Knoxville
Hughes Flies New York to Paris Nonstop in 1939 Plane
Wealthy aviator Hughes and four companions completed the first nonstop NY to Paris flight since Lindbergh. Time 16 hours 38 minutes in the rebuilt New York World's Fair 1939 aircraft. Ambassador Bullitt greeted them at Le Bourget before resuming a world flight toward Moscow amid fuel fears.
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Oward Hughes
New York
Paris
Lindbergh
le Bourget Field
Ambassador Bullitt
Bullitt
Hughes
Ed Lund
Harry Connor
T. L. Thurlow
Richard Stoddart
Moscow
Wiley Post
Purge politics reshape Indiana senate race
After McNutt urged renominating Frederick Van Nuys, Indiana Democrats shifted to endorse Van Nuys for the senate to maintain party harmony amid the Purge plan. Corcoran and allies faced setbacks as renomination efforts stalled in Georgia and South Carolina. In New York, Tammany backed Representative John J. OConnor and other targets in the opposition list.
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Manila
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
Indiana
Hoosier
Frederick van Nuys
Senate
Tommy Corcoran
Townsend
van Nuys
McNutt
Corcoran
George
Georgia
E. D. Smith
South Carolina
New York City
Tammany
John J. O’connor
New York
Agriculture predicts second largest U S wheat crop in history
The Department of Agriculture forecast a 967,412,000 bushel wheat crop for the year, with acreage cuts and automatic loans under the farm act. It also projected corn 2,482,102,000 bushels oats 1,093,829,000 barley 239,375,000 rye 51,327,000 tobacco 1,496,000,000 pounds and rice 53,330,000 bushels.
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Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Department
Japan Warns of Bombings Along Yangtze River
Japan handed notes to the United States and other powers urging evacuation of citizens from six Yangtze valley cities likely to be bombed. Earlier notes urged removal of foreign vessels and foreigners along the Yangtze in Hankow’s path. US gunboat Monocacy and British gunboat Cockchafer moved three miles up the river as Japanese warships shelled Kiukiang defenses.
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United States
Shanghai
Yangtze Valley
Yangtze River
Hankow
Monocacy
Cockchafer
Yangtze
Kiukiang
Riots and Attacks Plague Palestine Amid Turmoil
Palestine endures renewed anti Jewish riots with police and British troops struggling to quell violence. Fights bombings and fires cause numerous deaths as a patrol near Mount Tabor is ambushed, yielding heavy casualties among British soldiers and Jewish constables.
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Palestine
Mount Tabor
Arbitration settles Chaco dispute between Paraguay and Bolivia
Chaco dispute between Chaco region nations Paraguay and Bolivia to be settled by arbitration. Spruille Braden cited as key figure in settlement and rumored to receive a ministerial appointment to Colombia in Washington.
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Paraguay
Chaco
Spruille Braden
Washington
Colombia
Roosevelt tops south economic balance talk with 25 leaders
President Roosevelt calls southern leaders to draft plans for regional economic restoration arguing the South now faces the nation’s foremost problem. Lewie Mellett presided as he read the President’s letter and noted labor and absentee ownership in the new industrial era as key issues.
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Washington
Lewis Mellett
National Emergency Council
South
Mellett
Romain Rolland Returns as War Clouds Gather
The essay notes Romain Rolland, once exiled for peace, returning to France at seventy two. It recalls his influence on European conscience, his opposition to totalizing ideologies, and his stance against moving toward another war while contrasting figures like Tolstoi and Ossietsky.
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Romain Rolland
Jean Christophe
Leo Tolstoi
Europe
Rolland
Switzerland
France
Clamecy
Carl von Ossietsky
Jerusalem
America
Zurich
Meats
Gies
Henri Barbusse
Clarte
Fichte
Tolstoi
Ecole Normale
Wagner
Shakespeare
John Reith
British Broadcasting Corporation
John
Italy
Imperial Airways
Americans
Aaa
Consolidated
Wordsworthshire: England’s Wild Lake District Highlight
The English Lake district spans 35 square miles and is famed as Wordsworthshire due to its strong link with the poet. The wild landscape draws visitors and scholars seeking a landscape steeped in literary heritage.
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Wordsworthshire
Lake District
England
Government Reports Overload Strains Nation and Consumers
Roosevelt questions the flood of official reports demanded from business and farmers as government expands. The piece argues voters share responsibility, cites a dairy firm incurring 265000 in annual reporting costs, and recounts the author’s tax and employment filings revealing bureaucratic bloat across agencies. It notes inspectors visiting firms and a personal incident with a mistaken February tax. Western Newspaper Union.
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Roosevelt
Stuart Rice
Mate
Rice
Mr. Rice
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White House
House
Senate
United States
Department of Agriculture
District of Columbia
District of Columbia Employment Board
United States Social Security Board
Social Security Board
Western
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Robin Hood Tale Captivates Children in Forest Adventures
A lively reader discovers Robin Hood and his Merry Men in Sherwood Forest. Robin fends off a towering stranger, gains a new member, and hosts a feast. In an archery contest a disguise reveals Maid Marian, ending in a swift escape with his beloved.
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Merry Men
Robin
Little John
Sherwood Forest
Nottingham
Maid Marian
Unknown Robin Hood Authors Champion of the Poor
The Robin Hood storytellers are unnamed as individuals but share a dissenting stance against rich Normans and churchmen who taxed the people. Robin Hood stands as a champion of the poor, akin to King Arthur for the nobility, with deeds preserved in early ballads sung around campfires before widespread literacy.
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England
King Arthur
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