Speech slip sparks West drama over typical prairie state label
Washington notes reveal how a misstep in a Farley Wallace speech touched Montana and New York politics. Steve Early edited the draft, then deletions were restored, drawing attention to Charles Michaelson and James A Farley.
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Washington
Montana
London
Congress
Butte
Helena
James E. Murray
Senate
Thomas J. Walsh
Idaho
Wyoming
West
Kansas
Hudson River
Charles Michaelson
James A. Farley
Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
Wallace
New Yorker
Farley
White House
Steve Early
Roosevelt
Early
Prairie State
Michaelson
Louis Howe
San Francisco
Prairie States
New York
Upstate New York Republicans Find Oil Interest Ends Career
Woodrow Wilson era lawmakers from western New York built conservative reputations around business. Charles M Hamilton of Ripley inspired peers to invest in Kansas oil, prompting his retirement and Daniel A Reed of Dunkirk to take his seat, with Reed serving in Congress thereafter.
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Kansas
New York
Charles Dewey Hilles
Landon
Charley Hamilton
New York State
Upstate
Old Guard
Empire State
Woodrow Wilson
House of Representatives
Charles M. Hamillton
Ripley
Pennsylvania
House
Bertrand H. Snell
Daniel A. Reed
Dunkirk
Reed
Republicans Face Nebulous Tax Issue at Cleveland Campaign
The Republicans struggle to define their platform on taxation as President Roosevelt keeps the final tax bill secret. Conference members Hastings and Treadway join the group unsure of the bill’s form or outcome while Roosevelt remains silent, guiding without details. The result is a nebulous campaign focus on taxation.
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House
Senate
Daniel O. Hastings
Delaware
Allen T. Treadway
Massachusetts
Ways and Means
Washington
Cleveland
Franklin PD
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Rainfall Tiny in Cairo Cairo Egypt Sees Minimal Wet Days
Rain falls in Cairo Egypt for only four to six days each year and the city averages about one inch of precipitation annually.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nebraska Faces Large Loss in Federal Old Age Aid
Nebraska will lose 298,546 in federal funds for old age pensions and aid to the blind due to delays in establishing a cooperative program with the U.S. Social Security Board. Only 278,954 will be received for general assistance and 8,261 for blind aid in the second quarter, far below the anticipated 577,000 for the period.
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Lincoln
Federal
Social Security Board
Nebraska
Washington
National Security Board
Wheat harvest under way across Nebraska with strong yield hopes
Farmers across Nebraska begin cutting the 1940 wheat crop ahead of schedule. State yield forecast near 41.37 million bushels, down from ideal averages but improved from last year. Northern Gage county reports excellent prospects around DeWitt and Ed Williams notes best in years. Adams, Kearney, and Phelps counties anticipate 12 to 20 bushels per acre with significant totals. Burlington expects 7000 cars of winter wheat moving late this week.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Gage County
DeWitt
Ed. Williams
Beatrice Flour Mill
Adams County
Kearney
Phelps County
Burlington
Farmers to Help Buy Land Under Resettlement Aid
L L Scraton assistant regional director said loans by the RA will fund farm purchases for rehabilitated borrowers. He described this as the next logical step beyond rehabilitation. W H Brokaw praised the resettlement work and stressed its national importance.
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Lincoln
Resettlement Administration
L. L. Scraton
Scranton
W. H. Brokaw
Omaha Bills on Omaha Bridge Deadlock
Washington reports both Omaha bridge bills appear doomed as Congress nears adjournment. The Dodge Street bill passed the House, moved to the Senate, but faced four objections and no further action planned. The Farnam Street bill also passed the Senate and awaits the House, but sponsors say no move will be made to vote it, as amendments would only extend construction time rather than create a bridge commission.
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Omaha
Washington
Omaha Bridge
Congress
Dodge St
House
Senate
Farnam St
Pioneer watchmaker with step needle system in Nebraska City
Hastings notes describe a Nebraska City watchmaker who built a simple defense for a doorway by boring small holes in the entry steps and inserting sharp needles. When activated, the needles released a sudden surprise and the loafers fled in a rush.
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Nebraska City
Hastings
State will allocate federal pension funds to Nebraska counties
Nebraska plans to distribute its $287,313 quarterly federal allotment for old age pensions and social security programs to counties on a 50 50 basis. Drafts are expected soon. most funds go to pension payments while $8,360 remains for other uses. The total pension certificates reach about 20,000 recipients, with 96 new names added recently. May expenditures show declines in state assistance funding and overall warrants, though highway spending rose. unspent biennial appropriations total $12,789,659.
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State Assistance Office
Nebraska
Washington
W. H. Smith
Highway Department
Watkins Urges Continued Care for Shelterbelt Plantings
Clayton W. Watkins Nebraska director of the plains shelterbelt asks 357 farmers whose land hosts recent tree plantings to maintain them until they are fully established. In a direct mail message he thanks cooperators and notes two to three years of cultivation costs pale beside the value of thrifty trees on their farms. He says he does not know if forest service aid will continue after July 1.
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Clayton W. Watkins
Nebraska
Plains Shelterbelt
Watkins
Forest Service
July Omaha Golf and Tennis Lead Summer Sports
Golf and tennis headline the July sports calendar in Omaha. The Western Amateur runs July 14 to 19 at the venue drawing wide interest. Ten nis enthusiasts converge July 6 to 12 for the Mid-West championships at the Omaha Tennis Club courts.
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Omaha
Omaha Tennis Club
State highway set to spend record June projects
The Nebraska highway department lists a June 25 setting valued around 450000 dollars with more than 1 million dollars in planned work. Items include paving on U S 30, base stabilization on routes 81 and 39, armored crossings, bridge work, and gravel resurfacing from Fremont to Arlington and between Genoa and Silver Creek.
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State Highway Department
A. C. Tilley
U. S. 30
Fremont
Arlington
Chester
Hebron
Scribner and Crowell
Genoa
Silver Creek
Hastings State Hospital to Replace Main Building
Architects for the state board of control work on plans for a $290 000 main building at Hastings state hospital while awaiting federal concurrence on low bids for an employees dormitory. Board member C W Schabank notes plans may not be ready to invite bids. Legislature provided $200 000. 45 percent PWA grant secured. F C Hageman of Hastings submitted the low bid of $69 900 for the employees' building general contract.
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State Board of Control
Hastings State Hospital
C. W. Schabank
PWA
F. C. Hageman
Hastings
Resettlement loans top two million in May region
The Resettlement Administration loaned 1,922,072.86 to rural rehabilitation clients in Nebraska, Kansas, and the Dakotas during May, with grants of 446,856. Since July 1, 1935 loans total 12,846,781 and grants 5,079,340, for a grand total of 17,926,122. Farm families in the area total 78,303.
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Resettlement Administration
Nebraska
Kansas
Dakotas
Cal A. Ward
Changing Ocean Safety and Speed on the Normandie
In a Brisbane weekly travel note aboard the steamship Normandie four nights from New York, passengers glimpse Europe in crossing and landings. The piece discusses modern ocean travel, speed measurement, depth sounding, and physicist wartime duty as Newton D. Baker urges MIT graduates to carry science into politics.
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Normandie
New York
Southampton
Isle of Wight
England
France
Chicago
Lake Forest
Wall Street
Forty-Second Street
Europe
Newton D. Baker
Massachusetts Institute For Technology
Great Crisis Warns of War and Class Strife
The speaker laments a pervasive crisis as nations eye conflict and classes clash within the United States where ten million people live almost entirely on charity, arguing that only a true crisis would awaken concern.
Shaw Plans Quiet Life as He Reaches Eighty
George Bernard Shaw, not yet eighty, says he must give up public speaking due to age. The article notes it surprises a Celt and an Irishman and contrasts with peers like Pope Leo, Von Moltke, Gladstone, and Michelangelo while noting Shaw's vegetarianism and teetotaler lifestyle.
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George Bernard Shaw
Pope Leo
von Moltke Gladstone
Michelangelo
Britain Maintains Mediterranean Fleet Amid Mussolini Tensions
In response to British fears of Mussolini's air strength London signs a reluctant backdown. Lloyd George denounces the move as cowardly while Britain preserves a powerful Mediterranean fleet for face-saving purposes. Mussolini may view air and submarine targets near home as convenient hostages to fortune.
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England
London
Mussolini
Lloyd George
Britain
Mediterranean
France Refuses Franc Devalue Amid Trade Struggles
M Auriol states France will not further devalue the franc, noting a prior eighty percent reduction that likens the dollar's value to twenty cents rather than fifty nine. Prime Minister Blum aims to calm capital markets as French workers move toward a forty hour week and strikes ease.
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M. Auriol
France
Blum
Washington
Defeat of Joe Louis Inspires Courage in Fighters
The text notes that more than size or age, perceived courage matters in boxing. It claims Louis’s opponents faced a formidable rival whose fearlessness and persistence defined his dominance, urging readers to confront challenges without cowardice.
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Joe Louis
Louis
Friendship Fan Quilt Pattern Invitation
Invite friends to a quilting bee to piece the Friendship Fan block. Pattern 460 provides simple cutting sewing finishing instructions a yardage chart and diagrams for single and double bed sizes. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept 82 Heighth Ave New York NY with your name and address.
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Needlecraft Dept
Heighth Ave
New York
N. Y
HOUSCHOL Tips And Household Hints From August
Various home guidance on gardening cooking and care. Poppies divide in autumn for hardiness. avoid stiff linoleum brushes to preserve luster. dampen cheesecloth to press linen. cabbage should be salted boiled briefly for digestion. gingerbread with ice cream a dessert. prune tomato side shoots for sun and faster fruit. meringue needs moderate heat for stability. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Ancient Balkan hospitality linked to disease demons
Miss P Kemp of the University of London suggests that traditional hospitality in southern Balkans communities, especially Macedonia, may have originated not from generosity but to ward off disease. She argues strangers were kept inside to prevent disease demons from attaching to them as they left.
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Balkans
Macedonia
Miss P. Kemp
University of London
Miss Kemp
Pathfinder Magazine
Dizzy Dean Winners Offer Free Prizes Ad Offer
A newspaper column promotes a Dizzy Dean Winners contest with a Grape Nuts advertisement and instructions to join for chances to win valuable prizes.
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Adv
Need of Love: George Eliot on Love’s Subduing Power
A concise reflection cites George Eliot noting love as a compelling force equal to Nature’s hunger. It frames love as a heart’s demand that reshapes one’s world through a deep, peremptory drive.
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George Eliot
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