Legal Rights of Women in New Mexico
The United States Women's Bureau lists serious inequalities in New Mexico law, noting that earnings of a married woman are only separate when living apart, and in death the husband gains most community property. It also cites civil rights of women including custody, public office eligibility, and equal property interests, while other sections discuss broader political context and neutrality debates. The report covers marriage, divorce, and property, highlighting both inequalities and rights for women.
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Washington
United States Women’s Bureau
New Mexico
Bureau
United States of America
Women’s Bureau
League of Nations
Mary Anderson
Young Army Officers Debate Japan Germany Italy Alliance
Discussion shows Japan weighing a tripartite pact with Germany and Italy while insisting on a conditional war commitment. Tokyo's cabinet and Japan’s ambassadors to Italy and Germany are cited, with Tokyo’s inner five ministers meeting to decide but not yet concluding.
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Japan
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Tokyo
Toshio Shiratori
Hiroshi Oshima
Lake Como
Itagaki
Prince Kotohito Kinan
Toshizo Nishio
Navy
President warns on lending and housing bets impact
The president warned that poor bets on lending and housing programs could affect 5,000,000 workers and 15,000,000 dependents who rely on WPA and PWA for livelihood. He emphasized responsibility would fall on Republican and Democratic leaders rather than Congress as a whole.
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WPA
PWA
Congress
Min
Hatch Strikes on Democratic Ideals in Public Power
The speech argues the Democratic party has long preached American ideals and, now in power, must turn those professed beliefs into reality. The senator notes a bill he sponsored, passed by Congress and signed by the president, aims to enact these ideals. He decries repudiation by Democratic organizations.
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Maner
Democratic Party
Start Training For Nova Galento Fight Begins
Lou Nova travels to the east to train for the September 7 bout with Tony Galento in Philadelphia. The buildup runs through September 21 when Joe Louis defends against Bob Pastor in Detroit. Nova camps in Atlantic City while Galento trains in New Jersey before entering Philadelphia for final polish.
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New York
Joe Louis
Tony Galento
Lou Nova
Tony
Philadelphia
Louis
Bob Pastor
Detroit
Nova
Atlantic City
Galento
Philly
Madame Bey
New Jersey
Propaganda Our Worst Foe, Correspondent Says
LC Cosmopolitan quotes Gervasi on propaganda as the foe of public reason. He argues panaceas and lies fuel war psychosis and calls emotional conditioning a tool to rally support for democracy with neutrality and nonintervention. He warns Britain and France rely on U.S. aid against Nazism and Fascism, urging strict neutrality at home.
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LC Cosmopolitan
Gervasi
United States
Great Britain
France
Gerald P. Nye
Congressional Record
Sidney Rogerson
America
Europe
Britain
Chamberlain
Nova Eyes Early Knockout To Break Louis Record
Nova and manager Ray Carlen project a first four rounds stoppage of Galento, aiming to beat Louis' record for quickest win. The pugilists square off as expectations rise for a decisive early finish.
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Nova
Ray Carlen
Galento
Louis
London wedding guest fined for motorcycle prank
John Hillery, a wedding guest, hid the couple’s planned honeymoon motorcycle. He was charged with driving under the influence, taking the machine without consent, using it without insurance, and having no license. The bride’s brother received a $9 fine.
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London
John Hillery
Hillery
Anti foreign movement in China grows amid protests
Broad anti foreign sentiment spreads across Japanese held China with expulsions of Americans and Britons from mission compounds in Sinyang Kikungshan and Suchow. Canadian missionaries and Chinese associates were arrested for organizing a pro Chinese resistance and supplying military information. In Hopeh Shansi and Shuhchiachwang anti British demonstrations flare as a British naval clash near Swatow prompts demands for apology compensation and admission of sailors' involvement.
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Peiping
China
United States
England
Sinyang
Kikungshan
Henan
Suchow
Kiangsu
National Salvation Society
Hwohsien
Shansi
Shuhchiachwang
Hopeh
Ralph C. Scoville
Los Angeles
Scoville
Hong Kong
South China
Swatow
Tenedos
American View of Japan in Alliance Debates
AP reports Tokyo debates a potential Axis alliance as Japan weighs CCP control aims in China. Observers note reluctance to join Germany and Italy, wary of provoking Britain and Russia, with Russo Japanese ties looming large and risk of war pushing toward cautious avoidance.
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Japan
England
Tokyo
Commodore Perry
China
Manchuria
League of Nations
Far East
Germany
Italy
Russia
Fatherland
Nippon
Marion Miley After Another Title Challenge Looms
Marion Miley of Lexington Kentucky, holder of the Southern and Trans Miss titles, pursued the western women s closed championship in Detroit on August 9 facing Edith Estabrooks of Dubuque Iowa. Miley, medalist with 74 at Oakland Hills, beat Jean Kyer 3 and 2, while Estabrooks nearly defeated Mrs G T McGlynn on the nineteenth green after a 12 foot putt effort.
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Detroit
Marion Miley
Lexington
Edith Estabrooks
Dubuque
Iowa
Patty Berg
Miss Miley
Oakland Hills Country Club
Jean Kyer
Ann Arbor
Mich
Miss Estabrooks
G. T. McGlynn
Chinese Injury, Punishment, and No Recurrence Stated
The report notes an injury to Chinese nationals, details penalties for the British sailors alleged responsible, and asserts there will be no repetition of the incident.
Germany Plans Registering Talents for Total War
Germany moves toward total mobilization with a nationwide call for every man, woman and child to serve at their strongest points. A talent registration program and a press campaign against Poland accompany gas rationing, Siegfried Line film showings, and troop quarters in Berlin schools as maneuvers approach.
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Reich
Poland
Siegfried Line
Berlin
Governor invites Marine Band to play in New Mexico
Governor Miles extended invitation for the U S Marine Band to perform in New Mexico this month following its Trinidad engagement August 22 25 during the Confederate reunion. He urged a 25 mile trip to Raton and named state senator J Q Thaxton of Raton to arrange the details in Trinidad with Major Edmund R Wiles.
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Santa FE
N. M
Miles
U. S. Marine Band
New Mexico
Trinidad
Colo
Edmund R. Wiles
Raton
J. Q. Thaxton
Bernalillo County Faces Retrenchment Budget Slash
Bernalillo County in Albuquerque New Mexico announces a retrenchment plan after a 2295 dollar budget cut from the previous year. Sheriff Andres Salazar says two deputies will be dismissed due to a 2000 dollar cut in his department. The county clerk and health department are also expected to face reductions as the 1939 40 fiscal year budget totals 307325 versus last year 310250.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bernalillo County
Andres Salazar
Democrats Deny Indebtedness To CIO Leader Lewis
Pittsburgh August 9 Usually silent Oliver A. Quayle Jr treasurer of the Democratic National Committee said during a visit to John L Lewis stronghold that the committee is not obligated financially to the CIO chief He dismissed reports of a 500000 contribution by Lewis organizations to the Democratic Party saying he knew absolutely nothing about such a gift
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Hatch
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Oliver A. Quayle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
John L. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
Democratic Party
Week-end entertaining woes from Cosmopolitan article
Veteran host Jack Alan critiques week-end entertaining in Cosmopolitan's September issue. He argues that hosting strains both hosts and guests, favors unlimited wealth, and suggests a summer home solution to escape the meddling, loud gatherings of visitors.
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Jack Alan
Cosmopolitan
Alan
Saily
Talley
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