Frahm Warns of Radical Influence in Labor Unrest
Detroit police superintendent Fred W Frahm testifies before the Dies committee about alleged communist and radical activity in U S unions. He cites 246 sit down strikes and warns of growing danger to American government and society if curbs are not placed on subversive groups.
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Washington
Fred W. Frahm
Detroit
Mich
House of Representatives
House Committee
Frahm
Representative Dies
Texas
Russia
Dies
Hemisphere
House
Gary
Ind
Congress
John L. Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Automobile Workers’ Union
Communist Party
National Labor Relations Board
Sam Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor Board
Weekly News Review of Axis Expansion and U S Response
The piece warns that Germany may seek colonies and abandon Italy and Japan if driven by world power aims. It cites Hitler’s moves on Africa, calls out labor agitation linked to the CIO, discusses Dies Committee hearings, and outlines looming railroad mergers and Western fears of Japanese expansion.
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Germany
Italy
Japan
Munich
Great Britain
France
Hitler
Cameroons
Africa
Tanganyika
League of Nations
Britain
Mediterranean
Il Duce
Spain
der Fuehrer
Hungary
Mussolirfi
Czechoslovakia
Poland
America
Washington
Roosevelt
Hankow
State Department
Tokyo
China
Kodiak
Alaska
U. S
Far East
Pacific
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchukuo
Royalty across oceans stirs talk of visits and exile
The piece notes King George and Queen Elizabeth planning a state visit to Canada and possibly the United States. It highlights the 35-year-old Duke of Kent becoming Australia’s governor general next year and jokes about royal envy over Marina’s fashion sway. It also reports Australian pay and derelict nightlife in Canberra. Nearby, oranges are dumped in Anaheim due to diverted funds, and in Prestonburg a 34-year-old man marries a 10-year-old girl.
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Canada
Duke of Kent
Australia
Kent
Marina
Greece
London
U S
Elizabeth
Canberra
Siberia
U S Fiscal Outlook and Dies Committee Inquiries
The article notes Roosevelt may face questions on the 1940 budget amid a growing deficit and rising gold reserves. It cites Morgenthau predicting an $8 billion budget, five proposed tax and policy changes, and Dies committee shifts toward communism amid election-year tensions.
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U. S
Roosevelt
Congress
U. S. Treasury
Tion
John
Agriculture Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Morgenthau
Sherwood star of stage and screen earns praise in review
Robert Sherwood, six foot six, wowed audiences with singing undulations and a wise, humane wit as a playwright. The piece traces his wartime service, career, and marriage, noting his Lincoln in Illinois prominence and long creative arc from Vanity Fair to Life and beyond.
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Yorek
Robert Sherwood
Canadian
Black Watch
Vanity Fair
Boston
Life
New Rochelle
Harvard
Tom Ruggles
Rome
Mary Brandon
Sutton Place
New York
Surrey
England
Alexander Korda
Pillow and Chair Set Of Crocheted Lace Pattern 6168
Crochet pattern Pattern 6168 provides charts and instructions for a pillow and chair set with matching scarf ends. Includes materials, illustrations, and stitches. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W.14th St. New York NY for the pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
W.14th St
New York
N. Y
Time Clock and Union Contract Change for Film Actors
Time clocks are now required for film actors and extras under a new union contract with overtime provisions. The trend notes many actors earning up to 1,000 dollars weekly as studios adopt timekeeping.
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No Man's Land
Canton
U. S
Dorothy Kantack
Chicago
Jumbo the elephant killed by freight train in Ontario
Jumbo the famous elephant owned by Barnum died after being struck by a freight train near St Thomas Ontario on September 15 1885 while his keeper led him along the Grand Trunk line. The elephant suffered fatal injuries and died thirty minutes later. His value was estimated at 300000 dollars.
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Jumbo
Barnum
St. Thomas
Ontario
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Brackart
Washington Digest
Dies Committee
William Brackart
National Press Bldg
Washington, D. C
Christs Actson
Lewis
Weekly News Review
Rome-Berlin
Joseph W. la Bine
Togoland
British South Africa
Southwest Africa
Angola
Portugal
Rural Electrification Administration
Western Newspaper Union
Northwest
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago & North Western
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad
Mobile & Ohio
Burlington Railroad
World Democracy
George
Anaheim
Calif
Prestonburg, Ky
Fleming Tackett
Rosie Columbus
White House
Dies Congressional Committee On UN
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Murphy
la Follette Civil Lberties
Who’s News
Bob Sherwood
Abe Lincoln
Tlinois
Lincoln
Mr. Sherwood
Edward Johnson
Metroplitan
Met
John Carter
Leonard Warren
Rockland County
Metropolitan
Mr. Carter
New City
New York City
New York University
Mr. Warren
Bronx
North Woods
Columbia University
Nove
By Lemuel F. Parton
William E. Borah
Palestine
Europe
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Bayer
Collier’s
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