Defense Costs Soar as Army Navy Seek New Year Funds
A weekly analysis notes defense spending climbs from 1929 levels to record peacetime highs as the 1938-39 fiscal year ends. It cites Army and Navy budget figures, new aircraft deliveries and orders, and the impact on U S industry plus housing policy debates and a Hammond Indiana test project. It also surveys Turkish alignment shifts and Allied moves shaping the eastern Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Louis Johnson
Army and Navy Jour
Ray Spear
America
Panama Canal
Shit Functions & Works
Coast “Guard
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
Russia
Afghanistan
Egypt
Nile
Hungary
Mussolini
Portugal
Spain
Gibraltar
Farley faces decisive choice on Roosevelt third term
James Farley, a towering figure in FDR's rise, weighs backing a third term or pursuing a vice presidency. The 1940 Democratic platform hinges on Roosevelt's record, while Farley risks alienating Roosevelt loyalists whichever path he chooses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
James Aloysius Farley
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Jim Farley
John Nance Garner
Cordell Hull
Titans Dream of South Penn Railroad to Toll Highway
In 1837 Pennsylvanians conceived a South Penn railroad from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. By 1940 the concept becomes a four lane toll highway using Vanderbilt era tunnels, with eight of nine tunnels repurposed. Cost about 63 million dollars.
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Appalachians
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Andrew Carnegie
William H. Vanderbilt
New York Central
Hudson
Vanderbilt
Transfusion gains since 1492 and modern use in childbirth
Pictorialized account notes that transfusion has improved since 1492 when Pope Innocent VIII and three donors died in crude attempts. It cites 10 percent maternity deaths from hemorrhage and reports a September congressional push in obstetrics to boost childbirth transfusion. It also covers US Army recruiting targets, air corps emphasis, and a silver price boost proposal with miners anticipating new jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Innocent VIII
Cleveland
U. S. Congress On Obstetrics and Gynecology
Army
Air Corps
America Is Launched at Newport News Largest U S Boat
The article notes the launch of America at Newport News as the largest U S boat. It describes blade production for the turbine casing and rotor, with about 15,000 blades needed for each part. Visible are seven cranes and rivet guns in operation during early construction.
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America
U. S
Newport News
United States Lines
Radio and film gossip and upcoming projects
Radio quiz hosts boost stars like Rudy Vallee and Ellery Queen while new Journey musical titles shuffle with They Shall Have Music and Juarez. Felix Knight renews contract as shows shift. Tarzan and Good Girls Go to Paris, Too headline disparate previews. Sam and Abner plan Arkansas visit as Metro delays It Cant Happen Here filming.
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Tarzan
Johnny Sheffield
Maureen O’sullivan
Metro
Benjamin Franklin
Jom Blondell
Paris
Jack Benny
Rochester
Untion
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Joseph W. Labine
Western Newspaper Union
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
Boess
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Titans’ Dream
Ashion
Verr
Virginia Vale
John Garfield
Three Lane Sisters
Gale Page
Samuel Goldwyn
Jascha Heifetz
Brian Aberne
Juarez
Christopher Columbus
Ife
Edward Small
Aherne
Paul Mann
Bette Davis
Rudy Vallee
Tommy Riggs
Edgar Bergen
Bob Burns
Ellery Queen
Felix Knight
Sam
Abner
Arkansas
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