Willkie vows action on Hatch Act violations in 1940 campaign
COLORADO SPRINGS August 12 Wendell L Willkie pledges to prosecute all buyers and sellers of advertising in the Democratic national committee campaign if elected president He says such purchases violated Hatch anti politics law and the corrupt practices act In New York Oliver A Quayle Jr says he is not perturbed by Willkies warning and that Willkie will pursue such actions only if elected The scene includes a press conference with Herbert Hoover Elliott Roosevelt and a brief non political visit from Roosevelt Jr The report notes discussions of a possible third term for Franklin D Roosevelt and ends with a note on thousands of fish dying in the upper Wicomico river drawing irate sportsmen in Salisbury Md
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Colorado Springs
Wendell L. Willkie
Democratic War Committee
New York
Oliver A. Quayle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Willkie
Herbert Hoover
Elliott Roosevelt
Elliott
Chicago
Religious census shows 55,807,366 in U.S. churches
The 1936 figures from the Census Bureau list 256 religious denominations totaling 55,807,366 members, about half the population. Catholic leads with 19,914,937. other large groups include Jewish 4,641,184 and various Protestant bodies. Total church expenditures and edifice values declined since 1926, reflecting economic strain.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Methodist Episcopal Church
Southern Baptist Convention
South
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
Protestant Episcopal Church
Congregational and Christian Churches
Coronado Fifth Column Recalled In Southwest Expedition
An August Arizona New Mexico and surrounding states commemoration recounts Coronado’s 1540 expedition. The Entrada of Coronado features Andres do Campo and other foreigners from muster rolls and court records. The show, now in Denver then Prescott August 16 to 18, is presented by the United States Coronado Exposition Commission.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Francisco Vasquez Coronado
Southwest
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Colorado
Oklaho
Kansas
Contol
Coronado
Mexico
Garci Lopez de Cardenas
Andres Do Campo
Do Campo
Juan de Padilla
Quivira
Denver
Prescott
Is Your Nose Drying Up?
A vintage ad advises relief for dry itchy noses from dust or dryness. Mentholatum is applied in the nostrils to soothe irritated mucous membranes, keep them moist, and ease breathing. It claims use for sunburn windburn and cracked lips with jars or tubes offered at drug counters for 30 cents.
Williamson Dies At Ft Stanton
Byron Franklin Williamson of Berger Texas died at the U S Marine Hospital Ft Stanton Saturday morning at 8 30 from injuries in a car overturn near Ruidoso last Friday. He was 45 born July 31 1896 in Blue Ridge Texas survived by a brother a sister Tylvie Williamson of Borger and an uncle Ben Eakle Artesia New Mexico Funeral services Tuesday at 1 pm at the Talmage Memorial Chapel Roswell with Rev Thos W Brabham in charge. interment Artesia. Also notes police fines for drunkenness and farm program updates from the Nat conference.
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Byron Franklin Williamson
Berger
Texas
U. S. Marine Hospital
Ft. Stanton
Ruidoso
Williamson
Seminole
Fort Stanton
John Williamson
Byron Williamson
Blue Ridge
Tylvie Williamson
Borger
Ben Eakle
Artesia
New Mexico
Roswell
Talmage Mortuary
Talmage Memorial Chapel
Thos. W. Brabham
Methodist Church
Liberty KY Town Sees Surge of Army Enlistments
About a fifth of Liberty's population has joined the army with sixty six youths enlisting this week, pushing total enrollments to over one hundred in the past 30 days. The town's population is a little over five hundred.
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Liberty
City council steels through heat as radiators roar
In Klamath Falls Oregon the city council endured a hot session on a warm night. Officials shuffled through a dwindling agenda as perspiration dampened brows and a radiator roared at full blast.
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Klamath Falls
Orc
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