Repeal Debate and New Deal Tactics Stir 1940 Campaign
The piece analyzes Republican and Democratic stances on repeal and silver policies, noting drys may vote against Roosevelt to punish repeal. It highlights Passamaquoddy tidal project delays, House dynamics, patronage shifts, and how Robinson-Patman pricing rules threaten wholesalers and independents, with little bookstores at risk from discounts and bulk buys.
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Roosevelt
Farley
Passamaquoddy
Eastport
Maine
Congress
Capitol
House
Nomland
Bryan
Parker
Wilson
Cox
Davis
Smith
White House
Robinson - Patman
Hobey and Al Brave Rescue On Burning Barstow
Hobey and Al describe a February shipboard blast on the Barstow when a gas vent exploded and naphtha ignited. Two crewmen, the boatswain and storekeeper, died while anchoring the vessel. Hobey and Al leapt into the icy water to reach a tug and survived, though the Barstow burned to the waterline.
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Hobey
Barstow
Prison Conspiracy Case Echoes in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles authorities pursue a major prison conspiracy case as part of a broader criminal plot. The report mentions Charles W. Wheeler, 61, a veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars, linked to the ongoing investigation.
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Los Angeles
Charles W. Wheeler
Land Dispute Yields Half Wall to Tewsbury Purchase
Reported in Australia, P. W. Tewsbury obtained legal rights to half the adjoining garden wall after a dispute over a nine inch width. The owner refused to sell the full width, but Tewsbury ultimately secured a share of the wall. The piece notes high land values and a partial acquisition.
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Australia
P. W. Tewsbury
Tewksbury
The Sporting Code of Honor in a Young World
A humorous moral tale about Griswold a boy raised on conflicting rules of behavior. The piece mocks juvenile virtue tales showing how early temptations and peer pressure push him toward sportsmanlike bravado through smoking drinking gambling and risky bets. It ends with a blunt moral that surviving as a true sport costs health and wealth and warns against being a mere piker.
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Hobart N. Deane
New York City
S. S. Barstow
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Hobey Deane
Hobey
Barstow
NCE
Fred
Connecticut
Griswold
Robbin Hood
John Bunyan
Griz
Buffalo Bill
John L. Sullivan
Gris
Hyson
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Carter
Philadelphia
Chicago
Hoover
Maryland
Free State
du Pont Delaware
Hits Wholesalers
Plan Co-operatives
Dulin
Ey Erno
Fred Hayes
Erno Hi
Ida
The
Sun of
California
S Cocceahe Ie
West
Admission Bay
Iola Paone
Gertrude Arnstein
Twin Peaks
Tetas
Floyd Gibbons
Ball Byndica
George Ade
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