Boake Carter Highlights Imaginative Genius Prizes
First prize goes to Robert H. Jackson for sophistry on third term. second prize to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd for Antarctic expedition talk. State Department seeks 310000 from Congress. Monroe Doctrine proposed to extend to Antarctic lands. Byrd suggests Navy deployment. penguins in camps and polar bears as troops cited humorously. Congress authorized vast spending for next year, Harry Woodring still Secretary of War amid rumors.
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Richar E. Byrd Jackson
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Stalin
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Kansas
Louis Johnson
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Woodrings
White House
Steve Earls
Steve
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The Next New Deal and the Rise of a Benevolent Dictatorship
The piece critiques looming 1940 policy shifts including government loans to small business, expanded capital credit, and looser antitrust rules. It argues these steps amount to a middle class‑focused reform, risking a shift toward centralized federal control and a “benevolent dictatorship” under Roosevelt. It contrasts such moves with earlier New Deal themes and notes social changes in England and Romania.
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Congress
America
Cain
Washington
Wall Street
Department of Commerce
United States
Roosevelt
Mauler Dempsey Recovers After Appendectomy Battle
Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey battles peritonitis after an appendectomy and shows improvement at Polyclinic Hospital in New York City. Doctors report he is gaining strength and near readiness for another bout as he recuperates following surgery.
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Jack Dempsey
Manassa Mauler
Polyclinic Hospital
New York City
Delays Verdict In Suit Against Ruth Etting
Superior Judge Samuel R Blake said a verdict would take several days in Alma Alderman's $150000 alienation of affections suit against Ruth Etting. Alderman accuses Etting of stealing the affections of Myra Alderman, pianist and music arranger for Etting during her peak screen and radio fame.
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Hollywood
Samuel R Blake
Alma
Workers Face Job Termination Under 130 Hour Rule
WPA workers must log 130 hours monthly under a new law. Anyone absent five consecutive days will have their employment terminated. Harrington says officials cannot alter the rule and workers must decide whether to accept the conditions.
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Columbus
WPA
F C Harrington
Carl Watson
Work Projects Administration
Harrington
Sales Tax Frauds Suspected in New York City
Seven Emergency Revenue division employees two private accountants and two lawyers runners were arrested in a sales tax fraud probe announced by City Controller Joseph McGoldrick. Over 60 private accountants and lawyers were questioned as $50 000 to $100 000 allegedly involved in frauds dating back to 1934 the year the sales tax began.
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New York
Emergency Revenue Division
Joseph D Mc Goldrick
Smith Karns Reunion Held At Ridgeville
The Wi Smith family of Krebs Road hosted the tenth annual Smith Karns Fourth of July picnic on their lawn in North Ridgeville. Twenty six places were set at noon with a ball game for men and swimming for youths at Randalls Beach in Lorain. Rain postponed the planned fireworks display. Guests included H Ross, M Karn, F D Karn, Gearity from Cleveland, and DeZorth from North Olmsted. A Moscow cinema festival drew 530000 farmers to see top Soviet films.
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Smith
Krebs Road
W. G Randalls Beach
Lorain
H Ross M
Harry Karn
F D. Karn
Gearity
Cleveland
DeZorth
North Olmsted
Playboy Broker Sentenced To Prison
William P Buchner Jr and associate William J Gillespie received prison terms for conspiracy and mail fraud tied to a $1,000,000 manipulation of defaulted Philippine railway bonds. Buchner 2 years plus $2,500 fine. Gillespie 18 months plus $2,500. Felipe Buencamino 18 months and $5,000. Buckner and Gillespie also on three years probation.
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New York
William P Buchner, Jr
Philppine Railway
William J. Gillespie
Felipe Buencamino Phillippine
Buckner
Gillespie
Reports Increase In Sales Tax Collections
City and state records show a 24 percent rise in sales tax receipts for the week ending June 24, led by higher general collections. State Treasurer Don H Ebright reported 1939 weekly receipts at 852,516 vs 655,954 in 1938, with year to date totals at 20,213,439 vs 17,331,660 last year.
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Columbus
Don H Ebright
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