Defense Costs Rise as U S Defense Budget Expands
Defense costs surge as the United States opens the new fiscal year with higher peacetime spending. The Army reports 703 new aircraft delivered and 763 ordered, while the Navy outlines material and labor shares for next year. The piece discusses housing policy and a Hammond Indiana experiment in low cost homebuilding as a contrast to FHA and PWA projects, and covers Turkey’s shifting alliances as World War II looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Louis Johnson
Army and Navy
Ray Spear
America
Turkey
Refik Saydam
France
Britain
Iraq
Iran
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Mediterranean
Italy
Albania
Balkan
Saydam
Rumania
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
League of Nations
Hatay Republic
Syrian Alexandretta
Dardanelles
Bosporus
Black Sea
Romania
Russia
Afghanistan
Egypt
Nile
Hungary
Mussolini
Portugal
Spain
Gibraltar
Farley Faces Crucial Loyalty Decision In 1940 Campaign
The article assesses James Aloysius Farley’s tight situation as he weighs backing Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a third term or pursuing a vice presidential bid under Garner or Hull. It stresses that Farley must avoid alienating Roosevelt supporters and cannot risk harming the New Deal platform ahead of the 1940 Democratic convention. Farley continues to build political fences while courting different potential paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
James Aloysius Farley
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Jim Farley
John Nance Garner
Cordell Hull
South Penn Highway Dream Reaches Final Phase
In 1837 Pennsylvanians first dreamed of a Harrisburg to Pittsburgh rail cut through the Appalachians. By 1940 that 100 year dream becomes a four lane express toll highway using Vanderbilt era tunnels, at a total cost of 63 million dollars.
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Appalachians
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie
William H. Vanderbilt
New York Central
Hudson
Vanderbilt
Transfusion progress and future plans in childbirth care
The piece notes improved blood transfusion techniques since 1492 but cites underuse in obstetrics where 10 percent of maternal deaths stem from hemorrhage. It reports a September meeting in Cleveland where the U S Congress on Obstetrics and Gynecology will urge action among physicians nurses hospital admins and educators to boost childbirth transfusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Innocent VIII
Cleveland
U. S. Congress On Obstetrics and Gynecology
America Largest U S Boat Launch at Newport News
The article notes the launch of America the largest U S boat at Newport News. It highlights the blade work for the turbines with about 15 000 blades for the turbine casing and 15 000 more for the rotor. Construction photos show seven cranes and rivet ing machines at the shipyard during the event.
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America
U. S
Newport News
Daughters Courageous and Other Film News
The piece previews evolving film projects from star pairings and studio plans. It notes the Lane sisters and Gale Page returning in Daughters Courageous with Rudy Vallee’s Four Daughters evolving into a possible Four Wives. It mentions music projects with Heifetz and the Juarez collaboration starring Aherne Muni and Davis. It also highlights radio talent discoveries by Vallee and the Ellery Queen mystery radio program.
Felix Knight Extends Radio Contract Ahead of Vallee Show
Felix Knight renews his contract for a regular half hour slot before the Vallee program after a single guest appearance about 84 weeks ago. Lum and Abner plan a return to their Arkansas hometown this summer for vacation and to refresh their accents, with locals already planning a celebration.
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Felix Knight
Lum
Abner
Arkansas
Tarzan Finds a Son and Other Film News
Tarzan Finds a Son with Johnny Sheffield provides light entertainment. Maureen O Sullivan, Tarzan's mate, welcomes her first baby. Metro delays It Cant Happen Here again. Benjamin Loe is to be screened. Joan Blondell delivers another sharp turn in Good Girls Go to Paris Too. Jack Benny and Rochester star in Man About Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarzan
Johnny Sheffield
Maureen O' Sullivan
Metro
Benjamin “Oe
Joan Blondell
Paris
Jack Benny
Rochester
Western Newspaper Union
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Joseph W.labine
Hammond Plan
Federal Housing Administration
Hammond
Ind
Frank
William
Joseph
John Hoess
Nebraska
George Norris
FHA
PWA
Frank Hoess
Joseph C. O’mahoney
National Economic Committee
Gary
Chicago
Hoess
Johnson
Panama Canal
Civilian Conseration Corps
Pennsylvania
Titans’ Dream
Air Corps
United States Lines
Rudy
By Virginia Vele
John Garfield
Three Lane Sisters
Gale Page
Samuel Goldwyn
Jascha Heifetz
Brian Aherne
Juarez
Christopher Columbus
Edward Small
Aherne
Paul Muni
Bette Davis
Tely
Rudy Vallee
Scrooner
Tommy Riggs
Edgar Bergen
Bob Burns
Ellery Queen
Mr. Queen
Queen
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