Republicans Sweep Key States In Off Year Victory
The GOP gains in postal, state and federal races reshape the 1940 map as Republican victories in Pennsylvania Massachusetts Idaho and Wisconsin join a wave that reshapes New York California and Ohio. Democrats cling to Senate seats while California and Maryland governors shift to the Democrats amid a broad anti New Deal drift.
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South Dakota
Maine
Lewis O. Barrows
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James J. Davis
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Ernest Gibson
Gerald P. Nye
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Calvin Coolidge
Saltonstall
Arthur H. James
Robert A. Taft
U. S
John W. Bricker
New York State
Davey
Wrank
New Deal
Frank Murphy
Ints
Murphy
Fitzgerald
East
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Promises Quick Bile Flow
An advert promises that waking your liver bile with Carter's Little Liver Pills will force two pounds of bile into the bowels daily, improving digestion, reducing gas and constipation, and lifting mood, with a 25 cent price and a call to refuse substitutes.
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Carter
Wisconsin Rejects La Follette in 1938 Election
Wisconsin voters rejected Gov. Philip F. La Follette and his National Progressives of America, returning the Republican party to power for the first time since 1930. Alexander Wiley won the U S Senate seat, defeating Duffy and Ekern, as Heil led for Governor with Borens and La Follette trailing among early precinct returns.
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Philip F. la Follette
New National Progressive Party
Minnesota
Farmer- Labor Party
New York State
Herbert H. Lehman
Thomas E. Dewey
Owosso
Mich
New York
California
William G. McAdoo
Dem
Milwaukee
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Ryan Duffy
Robert M. la Follette
Congress
Heil
la Follette
Harry W. Borens
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
United States
Duffy
Herman L. Ekern
Wiley
U. S
Exern
Taft Says Ohioans Tired Of Regulation And Extravagance
Senator elect Robert A. Taft hailed his Tuesday victory as proof that Ohioans oppose arbitrary regulation of industry and wasteful extravagance. Democratic candidate Charles Sawyer conceded defeat and thanked supporters who remained loyal through the campaign.
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Ohio
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
John W. Bricker
Columbus
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Acme
Taft
Progr essiv ism fate tied to 1930s party splits
The piece notes a strong Socialist showing for governor in Connecticut that split liberal forces and aided a Republican win. It highlights LaFollette's Wisconsin bid, a setback for national Progressivism, and contrasts New York where the New Deal allied with American Labor for a close victory. Republicans fared well where liberal minor parties faltered.
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Mendous
Connecticut
North Central
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Philip F. LaFollette
New York
Wu Pei-fu Connected to Unified Chinese Command
Retired Chinese warlord Wu Pei-fu is reportedly chosen to command all territories in China currently held by Japan. He is said to lead a new central government acceptable to the Japanese officials in power.
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Wu Pei-fu
China
North Elyria Grange To Fete Master Nieding
North Elyria Grange honors Master Arthur Nieding who recently married Helen Mayhew at a tureen supper in the Grange Hall on Griswold road at 6 p m Thursday. All members invited and asked to bring a covered dish. A survey notes one in four large cities has municipal parking lots.
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Nieding
Lake Avenue
North Elyria
Arthur Nieding
Helen Mayhew
Grange Hall
Griswold Road
Close Contest Modifies Picketing Rules in Oregon
Portland voters approved a measure outlawing picketing during union jurisdiction disputes and shielding farmers from labor unionization effects, with returns from incomplete precincts. Seattle reports a close race on a strike regulation initiative, showing 120,204 for and 129,456 against from 1,546 of 2,962 precincts.
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Portland
Ore
Seattle
Wash
Distress Signal Device For Airplanes Invented
PASADENA California Anthony Easton physicist of the California Institute of Technology and Major Daniel Ellis of the air corps reserve have invented a distress signal apparatus to aid in locating wrecked planes. A short wave radio device placed on the tail automatically starts sending a signal when a crash commences. Signals heard within 100 miles can be tracked by a directional finder.
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Anthony Easton
California Institute of Technology
Daniel Ellis
Air Corps Reserve
Folger elected Ward President of Montgomery Ward & Co
Raymond H. Folger was elected president of Montgomery Ward & Co at a directors meeting succeeding Sewell L. Avery who remains chairman and chief executive officer. Folger, 46, has led operations as vice president in charge of operation for five years since joining in 1932 as director of retail store operations. He is a Maine native and a graduate of the University of Maine and Princeton University.
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Montgomery Ward & Co
Sewell L. Avery
Fogler
Folger
Maine
University of Maine
Princeton University
Acme
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