Dewey Gains Steam in New York and Wisconsin Primaries
Weekly analysis notes Tom Dewey outpointed Arthur Vandenberg in Wisconsin and surpassed Roosevelt in the New York Democratic primary. The piece covers third-term threats, Harold Wilson–style party realignments, Hull’s diplomacy, and a looming government reorganization order affecting treasury and federal agencies.
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Wisconsin
Congress
Senate
Alben Barkley
New York
Tom Dewey
Cactus Jack Garner
Empire State
G. O. P. Hope
Frank Gannett
America
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Franklin Roosevelt
Jack Garner
Los Angeles
Eleanor Roosevelt
Europe
Sumner Welles
White House
Germany
Monongah
W. Va
John Lewis
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
San Francisco
Europe, un Americanism in wartime headlines
Europe reports hint at a looming showdown as Churchill faces blame for Gallipoli and Hitler's spring offensive looms. Chamberlain forms a war cabinet to steady Britain while Reynaud vows no peace with Germany. Dies committee targets un Americanism as Pelley leads fascist legions and Waring exposes plots in Philadelphia.
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Czar Churchill
Gallipoli
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
West
Scapa Flow
Germany
Chamberlain
Kingsley Wood
John Simon
Paris
Paul Reynaud
America
France
King Pelley
William Dudley Pelley
Washington
Dies un-Americanism Committee
Pelley
Dorothy Waring
McCormack Committee
Miss Waring
Dies
New York
Legion
U. S
Chain store tax bill draws Wallace opposition
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace denounces Rep Wright Patman bill as ruinous to marketing by driving larger interstate chains from business. Supreme Court agrees to review AFL case over anti-picketing in junction restraining Chicago milk wagon drivers under anti trust statutes. March income tax receipts rise 31 percent from 1939. AT&T reports 82000 telephone gains in March. Winter wheat prospects boosted to 450 million bushels from 389 million forecast.
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Henry Wallace
Texas
Wright Patman
Wallace
U. S
Supreme Court
A. F. of L
Chicago
New Orleans
U. S. Circuit
Cleveland meeting links belts to heart thrombosis risk
At the American College of Physicians gathering in Cleveland a former president explained how elastic belts that support adipose tissue can elevate the diaphragm and reduce heart oxygenation, contributing to coronary thrombosis. Dr. William J. Kerr of San Francisco highlighted this risk.
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Cleveland
American College of Physicians
William J. Kerr
San Francisco
Potocki forgery allegation stirs debate on signature
Polish ambassador Potocki was accused by German sources of signing an account of a talk with William Bullitt. Some experts call the signature a forgery. The claim sparked controversy over authenticity and diplomatic implications.
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Potocki
William Bullitt
France
Bullitt
Canada
Australia
Wang
Carmen Snow
Harper's Bazaar
Italian exile son pledges to Fascism after return home
At Rome General Giuseppe Garibaldi Baldi, son of the Italian patriot and long exile in the U S, visited his sick mother and publicly submitted to Fascism by writing Dictator Mussolini. In Helsinki both men and women surrendered jewelry to raise six million dollars for pursuit planes.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
U. S
Mussolini
Fascism
Helsinki
Frank G Q P Platform Echoes Across GOP Campaign
The Frank report’s liberal farm plank echoes in Dewey Taft and Vandenberg speeches as GOP candidates align with its soil conservation focus and critique of subsidy administration. Roosevelt's quip about lenses at the White House dinner and stamp collectors' ire close the piece.
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Glenn Frank
Capitol Hill
GO. P
Dewey Taft
Vandenberg
Omaha
Dewey
Taft
Des Moines
Springfield
Senate
Philadelphia
Dr. Frank
Bullitt Ambassadorship Critique and Gang Busters Debate
The column mocks Bill Bullitt as an amateur ambassador and notes critics in Washington about his remarks. It contrasts him with other ambassadorships and condemns political careers tied to wealth. It also lauds the New Deal’s anti gangster efforts while cautioning against pro prosecutors becoming presidents.
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Bill Bullitt
Bullitt
Poland
France
Bill
Washington
General Foods
Soviet
Russia
Brussels
New Deal
Tony Biddle
Hitler
Warsaw
Eliza
General Putnam
Breakneck Hill
Jimmy Cromwell
Canada
Dewey
New York
Judiciary
Public Prosecutor
Roosevelt
Cummings
Murphy
Jackson
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Easy Way To Do Smocking By Ruth Wyeth Spears
A reading on honeycomb smocking techniques from Ruth Wyeth Spears highlights using tucked fullness in dresses and points to begin at the center front. It mentions Book 2 offering 42 embroidery stitches, mending, doll clothes, and gift item projects, with a 10 cent price and four-booklet set offer including free quilt block patterns.
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Ruth Wyeth Spears Book Offer
Advertisement from Ruth Wyeth Spears offering books and a quilt block pattern set. Enclose 10 cents for one book or 40 cents for four books plus block patterns, with name and address.
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Bedford Hills
New York
Actions the criterion of true friendship in Washington quote
A concise reflection noting that deeds prove friendship more than words and that even generous professions of goodwill do not guarantee genuine attachment, as stated by George Washington.
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George Washington
Pepsin-Enhanced Laxative Senna Promises Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Laxative-Senna with Syrup Pepsin. It claims Pepsin eases stomach distress by dissolving undigested protein in the stomach while Senna laxative wakes lazy bowels. The copy emphasizes stomach comfort, belching, acidity, and taste appeal for families and children.
Treacherous Memory Quotation Attributed to Colton
A short quotation frames memory as a friend to wit yet treacherous to invention, attributed to Colton. The line contrasts memory's usefulness with its potential to mislead creative thought.
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Colton
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