Roosevelt Leads Democrats in 1940 Campaign Tour
President Roosevelt visited Arietta Ohio and Kentucky to back Senator Barkley’s re nomination amid a heated race with George White. He praised Barkley as a liberal ally and urged renomination while signaling White House support for other New Deal contenders during the cross country tour.
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Ohio
Roosevelt
Robert J. Bulkley
George White
Kentucky
Barkley
A. B. Chandler
Senate
Latonia
Covington
Chandler
Alben Barkley
Bowling Green
Louisville
Tennessee
George Berry
TVA
Oklahoma City
Elmer Thomas
Thomas
Gomer Smith
E. W. Marland
Smith
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Marland
White House
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Wister
Booneville, Ark
Hattie Caraway
Elliot
Fort Worth
Texas
Amarillo
Pueblo
Colo
San Francisco
San Diego
Houston
Panama Canal
Wichita Falls
James V. Allred
Federal Court For
Southern District of Texas
Tom Connally
Morris Sheppard
Justice Cardozo Dies at Port Chester NY
Associate Supreme Court justice Benjamin Cardozo died in Port Chester New York from a chronic heart ailment. He was sixty eight, born in New York City, educated at Columbia, appointed by Hoover in 1932, aligned with the liberal minority, leaving a global influence on law.
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United States Supreme Court
Port Chester
N. Y
America
New York City
Columbia University
Supreme Court
Hoover
Hughes
Cardozo
Italy
Roosevelt
Washington
Sen
Robert Wagner
New York
Ferdinand Pecora
Samuel Rosenman
Robert H. Jackson
Far West
Court
Record Wheat Forecast Prompts Acreage Cuts
The Department of Agriculture projected the second largest U.S. wheat crop at 967,412,000 bushels. The forecast also estimated corn at 2,482,102,000 bushels oats 1,093,829,000 barley 239,375,000 rye 51,327,000 tobacco 1,496,000,000 pounds and rice 53,330,000 bushels. Acreage reductions and wheat loans become automatic under the new farm act.
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Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Department
Japan Warns of Bombings in Yangtze Valley Cities
Representatives of the United States and other powers were handed notes by Japan urging evacuation of citizens from six Yangtze valley cities. Earlier notes urged removal of all foreign vessels and foreigners in the path of the Japanese advance on Hankow. The US gunboat Monocacy and British gunboat Cockchafer moved up the Yangtze as Japanese ships shelled Kiukiang defenses.
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Shanghai
Yangtze Valley
Yangtze River
Hankow
Monocacy
Cockchafer
Yangtze
Kiukiang
Riots flare in Palestine as British force clashes escalate
Disorder spreads in Palestine amid anti Jewish rioting. Police and British troops struggle to quell violent Arabs. Fights bombings and fires cause many deaths. Near Mount Tabor a patrol of British soldiers and Jewish constables was ambushed and suffered heavy casualties.
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Palestine
Mount Tabor
Braden to Lead Colombia Mission After Chaco Arbitration
Bours and Paraguay reach arbitration settlement over Chaco. Spruille Braden, a young American businessman, credited with securing the agreement, is expected to be appointed as minister to Colombia in Washington.
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Paraguay
Chaco
Spruille Braden
Washington
Colombia
No Renomination Decision Divides Indiana Democrats
Governor Townsend accepts Frederick Van Nuys to run for U S Senate after pressure from Paul V. McNutt and New Dealers in Indiana seeking party unity. Corcoran purge stalls elsewhere as Georgia’s George and South Carolina’s Smith look to renomination. Roosevelt convenes 25 southern leaders to map an economic recovery addressing labor, wages, and absentee ownership amid broader national unbalance.
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Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
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Indiana
Hoosier
Frederick van Nuys
Senate
Tommy Corcoran
Townsend
van Nuys
McNutt
Corcoran
George
Georgia
E. D. Smith
South Carolina
New York City
Tammany
John J. O’connor
Roosevelt
Washington
Lewis Mellett
National Emergency Council
Hugh
South
Mellett
Rolland Comes Home To Die In France At Seventy Two
Albert news profile notes Romain Rolland, Nobel Peace laureate, returning from exile to France to die in Clamecy. It contrasts his spiritual warnings for peace with the era’s obsolescence, and recalls his life philosophy of inner struggle over political fronts. Also mentions Sir John Reith’s BBC role and a radio program ruling in favor of Italy.
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Jean Christophe
Leo Tolstoi
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Carl von Ossietsky
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Ecole Normale
Wagner
Shakespeare
John Reith
British Broadcasting Corporation
John
Italy
Imperial Airways
Americans
Fd Oo
WNU
Norma Shearer to play Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind
The announcement that Norma Shearer will portray Scarlett O Hara in Gone With the Wind stirs debate among fans while Clark Gable is set as Rhett Butler. Richard Cromwell jokes about radio rehearsals and Don Ameche marks six years of marriage with a Europe honeymoon.
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Scarlett O’hara
Miriam Hopkins
Bette Davis
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Richard Cromwell
Kit Marshall
Donald Woods
Don Ameches
Don
Europe
Hollywood
New York
Wordsworthshire Lakeside Region Named For Poet Link
The English Lake district spans about 35 square miles and is nicknamed Wordsworthshire due to its strong ties to the poet.
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Wordsworthshire
Lake
England
Poet i
Cake Recipe Contest Winners Seen in Busy Kitchen
In the Experimental Kitchen Laboratory in New York City home economists tested readers cake recipes for a contest. First prize of 25 dollars went to Mrs D F Kelly of Whitewater Wisconsin. Multiple second prize and honorable mentions listed with names and addresses.
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C. Houston Goodiss
New York City
Robert B. Lee
D. F. Kelly
Charles St
Whitewater
Wis
H. Harshburgen
Fifth Ave
Altoona
R. A. Williams
Rosemary Ave
Detroit
Mich
C. A. Burns
Oakland
Miss
Sadie Cunningham
Avonmore
Laura Mey
Emogene Williams
Damon
Texas
Simon Moen
Norma
N. D
Dick Collins
Masonville
Iowa
B. F. Herman
Crosby
Paul Lorenz
Strathmore
Calif
S.S. Arentz
Simpson
Nev
Vida Hilger
Rockland
Grace H. Peterson
Amherst
Cecil Skinner
Bedford
Wyo
Joe Furnace
West Twentieth St
South
Sioux City
Neb
Experimental Kitchen Laboratory
C. Houston Goudiss
Making Friends Blessed Gift of Making Friends Quote
A reflection on friendship praising the ability to go beyond self and value the noble and loving in others. The passage attributes the sentiment to Thomas Hughes and describes friendship as a divine gift.
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Thomas Hughes
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