1939 Chronology Highlights World Events and Policy Shifts
A dense chronology surveys 1939 events from a coast to coast air venture and major Congressional actions to tax and defense policy. It notes air patrols, neutrality debates, embargo reversals, and social security adjustments, with mentions of Roosevelt, Leche, and key industrial and labor figures across the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
House
Senate
Congress
Leche
Louisiana
Hitler
Italy
Erman Lner Bremen
New York
Disasters and wrecks tally across years and seas
A catalog of maritime, air, rail, and natural disasters listing Squalus submarine rescue efforts, submarine sinkings, airliner and bomber crashes, deadly earthquakes, factory blasts, and multiple mass casualties worldwide across 1939 and surrounding months. It notes survivors, fatalities, and notable incidents including Chile quake losses, Mexico train wrecks, and American naval accidents.
Iron Man Lou Gehrig Retires With Paralysis Infection
The Iron Man of baseball Lou Gehrig retires from the New York Yankees after a medical paralysis infection ends his record for most games played. Southern California defeats Duke in the Rose Bowl. Edward G. Barrow is elected president of the Yankees. Joe Louis stops John Henry Lewis in the first round in New York. The National Professional Football League reelects Joseph Carr as president for ten years. Tony Galento scores a technical knockout over the Feldman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Bull
Congress
Supreme Court
Ohio
California
AAA
Navy
Gawai
Pacific
Roosevelt
Lewis
CI Q
Dr Smith
L 6 U
Louis Lewys
New York
Manton
Capone
Baltimore
Smith
LS Us
General Motors
Michigan
Chrysler
Loto Union
Iron Man
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
Duke
Edward G. Barrow
Joe Louis
John Henry Lewis
National Professional Football League
Joseph Carr
Tony Galento
Feldman
Yankees
Bucky Walters
Cincinnati
Joe DiMaggio
March through September year of boxing and sports milestones
A dated record lists multiple sports results and leadership changes from March to September including Charles Bowser named Pitt head coach, Ralph Guldahl winning the Masters, Joe Louis KO of Jack Roper, Joey Archibald title win, Kentucky Derby winner Johnston, NFL president Joseph F. Carr's death, Henry Armstrong over Ermie Roderick, Shaw winning an Indy car race, Lou Nova and Max Baer KO, Centennial at Cooperstown, Lou Gehrig infantil paralysis announcement, Joe Louis stopping Tony Galento, Alice Marble Wimbledon win, White Sox night game, Lou Ambers regaining title, Roscoe Turner air race, Yankees pennant, Reds MVP, DiMaggio MVP, Al Davis KO of Canzoneri, Billy Conn defense, Packers title, Nile Kincke— No, this line is a compact field note of cross-sport events and notable figures.
Pope Pius XI Remembrance and Notables Listed in Obit Row
A necrology column lists pope Pius XI and numerous notable figures with brief identifiers. Entries include Jacob Ruppert, Joseph Lyons, Charles Mayo, Sigmund Freud, Carl Laemmie, George Mundelein, and Havelock Ellis among others, spanning politics, science, arts, and sport.
Heat waves fade as sudden storm follows brief rise
A weather pattern unfolds with heat easing gradually yet thunderstorms arrive swiftly and depart slowly as cold fronts surge. The sequence shows heat waning while storms surge and then dissipate, leaving cooler air in its wake.
Calf Club Show Winners Across States at St Louis
Calf Club Show at St Louis National Stock Yards drew 643 entries the largest ever. Champion Shorthorn went to Willard Frye Peona County Tl with Reserve Hereford Howard Bradley Calhoun Mo. Grand Angus sold for 1.00 per pound. First prizes went to Mary Bradley Calhoun Mo Evelyn Burditt Shelbyville Ill Marjorie Prewitt Clarksville Mo with No 4 Shorthorn. All calves in show auction averaged 11.45 per cwt marking the end of the 1939 junior livestock season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simon
Maize
Kansas
Willard Frye
Peona County
Howard Bradley
Calhoun
St. Louis National Stock Yards
Mary H. Bradley
Hereford
Evelyn Burditt
Shelbyville
Ill
Angus
Marjorie Prewitt
Clarksville
St. Louis
United States
Farm Income in 1939 Totals 88.5 Billion Dollars
Officials measure agricultural prosperity by cash income from sales. Income climbed to 11.2 billion in 1922, fell to 4.6 billion in 1932, rose to 8.02 billion in 1938, and is estimated at about 8.5 billion for 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nime
U. S. Army
Navy
Miami
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Nevada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bremen
Atlantic
Borah
Democratic National Committee
American Legion
Chicago
War Resources Board
Administration
Hawai
Grover C. Bergdoll
T—Bishop Ablewhite
War Department
William Green
A. F. of L
Brazi
America
New House Bil
Indiana
Carl Bevins
Missouri
Ernest Pletch
U. S
Germany
Tom
United Mine Workers
Montgomery Ward
Morgenthau
Chrysler Company
Fritz Kuhn
Russia
Curtiss
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona
Hull
Caribbean
Tesafg
Finland
U.S. Supreme Court
ICC
Garner
Squalus
U.S. Navy
S ‘Diving Bell
Cape May
N. J
Los Angeles
Chile
dl—Army
Japan
Tacoma
Wash
Oklahoma
Mexico
Arkansas
Texas
Minnesota
Kentucky
Ranger
Providence
Mount Baker
Britain
W. Va
Philippines
Charles Bowser
Pitt
Ralph Guldahl
Atlanta
Jack Roper
Joey Archibald
Leo Rodak
Johnstoun
Joseph F. Carr
National Football League
Henryrmstrong
Ermie Roderick
Shaw
Indianapolis
Roberts
Lou Nova
Max Baer
Cooperstown
N. Y
Mayo Clinic
Pisien
Alice Marble
Dick Metz
Afu
Elimer Layden
Notre Dame Bsen
Chicago White Sox
Comiskey Park
Lou Ambers
Armstrong
Roscoe Turner
Nova
Bobby Riggs
U.S
al Davis
Tony Canzoneri
Billy Conn
Lesnevitch
Eddie Anderson
Green Bay Packers
New York Araris
Nile Kinmeckx
Iowa
Pope Pius XI
Jacob Ruppert
Joseph S. France
Maryland
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
J M Francis
Charles R Crane
Clarence True Wilson
Howard Carter
King Tut
London
John G Sargent
Gerardo Macrado
Cuba
Joseph Lyons
Australia
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
S. S. van Diné
Willard H Wright
Charles Mayo
Grace Abbott
University of Chicagorofessor
Ford Maddox Ford
Claude A Swanson
Secretary of the Navy
Havelock Ellis
Philospher Ist
Louis Comiskey
Wiliam J Mayo
T. E Powers
Charles Donnelly
Northern Pacific Railway
Charles M Schwab
Sigmund Freud
Floyd Gibbons
Wir
Carl Laemmie
George Cardinal Mundelein
Count von Bernstorf
Ine Grey
Alee Brads
Fivingsacyn Farrand
Cincatds
Cornell University
Tbe
Pierce Butter Ogs Supreme Court Disttreet
Tannes Stoon
Chicago Business
Pepe
Pune
Duchess of
Argyle
Tye Ee
Pei Fu
Ryiea Cie
Uta Aroend
Douglas Farovaika
Charles F Nan Ore
Chetn
Cove
Apaper Tite
Letws Papa Srt
Dempster
W. Front St
Sikeston, MO
Scott County Abstract Company
Enton, Mo
Harris D. Rogers
The
Herald
Conoco
Bud Schrader
Schroff & Aufdenberg
Noxall
Stroud & Lindenschmidy
F. Spann Vanduser
Defield Station
East Prairie Drake Auto Service
Matthews
C. M. Miller
Charleston
Kluge’s Hill
H. O. Alfatis
P.s
Sims
Sikeston
C. E. Felker
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