Unhushed Hope for Willkie McNary Ticket at RNC
The 1940 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia gathered diverse candidates led by Wendell Wilkie and Charles L. McNary for a joint ticket. Delegates shifted from Dewey Taft and Hoover among others to support Wilkie McNary, amid a new, decentralized party dynamic, fierce debates, and a compact platform.
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Small Town Boy Makes Good Tells Story of Willkie Life
A readable profile traces Wendell Willkie s rise from Elwood Indiana to national attention. From farm work to law, Army service in World War I, and leadership at Commonwealth and Southern, his education and persistence shaped a plausible presidential timber narrative. Willkie s amiable, engaging manner and broad appeal are highlighted as core traits.
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Women named assistant sergeant at arms at Philadelphia convention
Jottings note the historic appointment of Mary Berkmeier Quinn, a Chicago attorney active in Illinois Republican work, as assistant sergeant at arms. It also mentions the convention’s large Test headquarters telephone setup and a quip about crowd fatigue and World's Fair feet. Philadelphia's ancient Mummers Parade, typically on New Year’s Day, was staged during the convention as an all male spectacle.
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National affairs on TVA power and Ford engine plan
TVA power shortages threaten defense needs as senators block a 65 million dollar dam authorization. Henry Ford halts mass production of wartime aircraft engines, opting to produce only for U.S. defense, limiting collaboration with foreign allies.
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Flood Control and Home Repair Advice Column
Answers provide guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on flood control literature and restore painting, linoleum, roofs, plaster, wood piles, and shingles. It covers restoration by professionals, safe cleaning tests, cementing linoleum, drying, waterproofing with asphalt, rat control, wood storage, shingle spacing, oiling, and ready cut versus prefab houses.
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Risk Me Another A General Quiz Risk Me Another A General Quiz
The item presents a jumble of trivia questions about sound visibility salutes fingerprints Tippecanoe bear's little brother pica nolo contendere milk delivery in India eye anatomy and Lebanon sheep with a stray inquiry about sugar cane length.
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Tippecanoe
India
Republic of Lebanon
Intense sound waves visible by spark photography
The list presents ten Q and A style items with facts about sound, optics, biology, and geography. It notes spark photography for visualizing sound waves, counts of prints on a man, an Indiana locale near Lafayette, and a raccoon’s bearlike gait among other concise trivia questions and answers.
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Sea Bed Clues To Ice Age History In Deep Atlantic
Scientists from the United States Geological Survey report 10 feet of sand and mud on the Atlantic bottom hiding 2 million years of Ice Age history. Using a cannon-like tool fired by gunpowder, cores from the sea bed reveal advancing and retreating ice, simple organisms, and episodes of volcanic activity hinted by tektite layers possibly linked to Icelandic eruptions.
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On Own Resources Quote by Benjamin Franklin
A Franklin quotation urges that relying on one’s own resources tests faculties, sparks development, and awakens energy previously untapped, casting one into the lap of fortune through self reliance.
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