Roosevelt Opposes Conservative Nomination Says Third Term Debate
Pittsburgh reporters cover a Democratic convention as Roosevelt signals opposition to conservative or service platforms for 1940. Senator Barkley and Paul McNutt address the crowd while Pepper names Bricker and Dewey as rivals favored by financial interests. The president urges unity for a liberal, humanitarian program and warns against reactionaries.
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Pittsburgh
Reoostvelt
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Paul ¥. McNutt
Roosevelt
Ant Eller
Jin
NaNy
Fitz Tyson Maner
Montgomery
Ala
Young Democrats
Pepper
John W. Bricker
Onlo
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
United States
Owen D. Yous
General Electric Board
Sales
Boston
Mr. Young
Ennis
Benatar McNary
Oregon
Arch
China Dwellers Seek Papers In Evacuation Context
A British woman in Hankow seeks American citizenship to avoid separation from her husband, G Martel Hall of the City National Bank of New York. Peter J. Pung, naturalization examiner, notes the couple plan to evacuate to the United States if needed, with the wife awaiting a hearing in Texas.
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Oorder
Hupkow
China
Nauralization Office
Peter J. Pung
Frances Hall
G. Martel Hall
Bbern
Hankaw
City National Bank of New York
Nacagdothes
Texas
Pung
Hall
Halls
Tyler
Anti Subversion Drive Urged at Oregon Encampment
Eugene Van Antwerp, national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, urged a definite anti subversion drive during the nineteenth annual Oregon state encampment. He condemned dictatorships and warned Americans to act against totalitarian ideologies that threaten employment and liberty.
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Pendleton
INS
Europe
America
Eugene van Antwerp
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Oregon
Sie
New Minerals Displayed by Philadelphia Academy
Samuel G. Gordon, 42, assistant curator at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, reports a four month solo expedition through Chile's Atacama desert yielded minerals alacamite, grantanite, marshite, collapite and natrochaleite. He slept outdoors in 150 degree heat, traveled to a high altitude sulphur pit in the Andes, and crossed earthquake zones three times without serious tremors. He recalls a prior Philadelphia quake last October as the worst he felt.
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Philadelphia
Andes
Aucanquilicha
Gordon
County Dads in Fight on Red County Dads in Fight on Red
A San Antonio dispute over a communist rally as city officials debate a permit for use of public buildings. Veterans groups vow to protest on the matter at the Twentieth district American Legion convention while city leaders defend free speech rights. Leaders push for a formal resolution to oppose communism and call for revoking the permit amid broad opposition.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Communist Party of
Twentieth District Convention of the American Legion
Columbus Hall
Jetty
Herman &. Nami
Boa
Frank Vaughan
Vaughan
Alamo
American Legion
George A. Mueller
Heny Wurzbach
E. A. Hell
FE. S. Sloan
R. A. Duryea
James
Todd
B. F P. Harris
Americanism Committee
V. Flw
J. G. Delisi
Opicoga
Nami
Emma Tenaynea Brookes
Communist Party
Re. Komits
Gojlumuus
Catholic Church
Maury Maverick
Bray
Saint Anthony Society
Mangold
Eh City Launell
Dt Mart
Brooks
Arthur Gray
Gray
Brookstad
Lon
Communit
Airline Gives Aid to Private Pilots
CHICAGO Aug 1 United Airlines offers weather data hangar service fuel and other flying needs to private pilots or sportsmen free of charge. President W A Patterson says commercial aviation owes much to private flyers and urges support for their development. Townsendites 106 Meet at Highland Park Recreation Center 204 ny, Sunday, C Chirsden announced.
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Chicago
United Air Ilats
W. A. Patterson
United
Scommercial Aviation
Townsendites
Bexar County
Townsend Club
wUlanert
Wighland Park
C. Chirsden
SEA LORD FOR NAVY OFFENSE
Sir Dudley Pound, aged sixty one, a lifelong naval officer and advocate of offensive naval strategy, defended strong shipbuilding and opposed disarmament. He warned that Britain would build capital ships and urged accelerating naval growth despite prewar policy debates and Geneva conference tensions.
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Lonnos
Dudley Pound
Hin
Drita
Geneva
Bir Dudley
Howeever
Hin Dudley
Aps
Murray man claims battery used 25 years
Murray Kentucky August. Aue. Gentry, a carpenter, testifies he has used a Tivd unit wet cell battery daily for two years to power a gasoline engine, stating the battery has operated continuously for 25 years in America.
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Aue
Gentry
Alcm
America
Inquiries From The Light Want Ad Reporters
A fragmented newspaper item references the Inquiring Want Ad Reporter and Mr. Smith. It mentions ad listings in The Light paper, noting furnished apartment rentals and the cost of ads, with vague allusions to profits and lessons from others.
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Mr. Smith
Yrar
Bnin Pala
the Light
Bar Antonio
Union Protests Mayor Over Auditorium Permit
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 14 protested in a letter to Mayor Maury Maverick against using the Municipal Auditorium for a meeting of Come Tmuilats. Signed by secretary Paul Biel, the letter urged withdrawal of the permit as local trades objected. An American Legion Post 592 Forty and Eight adopted a resolution condemning the meeting.
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United Brocnernomd
Carpenters and Joiners
Priday
Maury
Come Tmuilats
Paul Biels
Isecretary
Sann Antonio
Union
American Legion Post
Bee Infestation Drives Man to Wall Breakthrough
In Trenton on August 11, Burger Reed tried every method to rid a bees hive behind a wall. For three years the insects resisted smoke and spray until Reed removed a wall section uncovering a honeycomb slab measuring about five feet by twenty three inches and four inches thick. The event highlights a stubborn hive and the courage of local residents dealing with pests.
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Trenton
Reed
League of Teachers and Social Workers planned in Boston
Health education officials announce a new group named the League of Teachers and Social Workers to promote health education among the poor. The organization will operate under the auspices of the Mexican consulate and involve Latin American teachers and social workers.
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Mra
Maria Ordonez Seeley
Fare Mey
The
League of Teachers and Social Workers
Biexienn
Lyrical Lady T Years So T J Bond Turns 77
Carrie Jacobs Bond, famed lyricist of "I Love You Truly" and "When You Come to the End of a Perfect Day," is 77 today. She plans a Chicago luncheon August 18 to mark a tenth anniversary cake for a raisin festival while noting she remains healthy and mentally alert. A separate note reports twelve general railroad passenger agents met at the St. Anthony hotel in an all-day session led by J. F. Sullivan of Houston to discuss boosting business.
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Tollywood
America
Carrio Jacobs Bond
Chicago
General Railroad
St. Anthony Hotel
J. F. Sullivan
Houston
Job Education Plans Shaped at Austin Conference
Preliminary plans for vocational education for the coming year were formed at the one-day Austin conference of federal state and local vocational educators. L W Pax San Antonio schools spoke stating emphasis on part time cooperative programs in diversified occupations and distributive education. Ernest Rumbo added to Brackenridge High as related subjects teacher. Clarkson Groos returns to Tech as distributive education teacher. Peavey Stratton will interview applicants for the cooperative program from 9 to 10 am daily starting August 17.
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Austin
L. W. Pax
San Antonio
O. E. Rakestraw
Washington
James
D. Eddy
Fox
Ernest Rumbo
Brackenridge High’ School
Eugene Hill
Aimilay
Tech School
G. W. Peavey
Bess H. Stratton
Peavey
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