Isolationist Senate Rift Over LaFollette Plan Surfaces
Four Republican senators including Vandenberg Bridges and Danaher clash with LaFollette brothers over neutrality leadership. They warn against a permanent third party axis, suspecting a nationwide neutrality organization could evolve into a political bloc after the fight. LaGuardia jokes about pledging to curb anti-Hitler jibes as Hull blocks visas for 360 Jewish medical students in Scotland. Stettinius leads new War Resources Board with GM's Pratt.
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Vandenberg
Michigan
Danaher
Connecticut
Gur‘ney
South Dakota
Bridges
New Hampshire
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Bob
Phil
LaFollette
Phil LaFollette
la Follette
Wisconsin
Vandenberg-Budges
Do FALSE TEETH Rock Slide or Slip
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State eyes Foster Park Road extension to boost westward route
A state highway official discussed extending Foster Park Road from Kolbe Road to the Sunnyside and Lake Road intersection at the Vermilion overpass eastern end. The plan would have the state take Foster Park Road to Kolbe Road, build a new road west to Lake Road, and relieve congestion on Lake Road while preserving total state mileage by county reversion of Route 254 and the Amherst to South Amherst road.
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Kolbe Road
Sunnyside
Lake Roads
Board of County Commissioners
Cleveland
Foster Park Road
Lake Road
Brownhelm Township
Vermilion
Lorain
Oberlin Avenue
Amherst
Presidential intrigue and probes stir Washington gossip
Kings to Congressmen drop in on Pratt and press a plan for a personality sketch of Stettinius. Chief Justice Hughes recovers from influenza and plans a West Coast return. Toland, House Labor Board counsel, expands congressional probes with mimeographed news style releases. Pershing maintains a small staff while not active in the Army. Stalin is pronounced Sta leen by the Président. A Senate missive from Charles McNary warns the Government to watch for spices arriving from many countries.
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Edmund Toland
House
Labor Board
Pershing
Army
George E. Adamson
Senate
Charles McNary
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Janitor’s Pay in 1833 Church Stipend in Boston Area
WPA Historical Records Survey notes a Universalist Church of Christ in New Orleans mass? No, in Orleans Massachusetts? The janitor traded free pews and church assessments exemption for his services. This unusual barter reflects early parish labor arrangements.
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Orleans
Mass
Universalist Church of Christ
Children’s Home sets October drive and events in 1939
Oberlin College sponsored Children’s Home news outlines membership drive on October 10 1939 with big brothers and sisters assignments and a wiener roast and dance. David Cordray to photograph all boys for office use and promote the big brother movement. Sunday School organization under Charlotte Phillip with a theological student as superintendent and Helen Snyder to form a Glee Club with weekly practice.
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Y. M. C. A. Children’s Home Committee
David Cordray
Emma Rose Hubbard
Big Brothers and Sisters
Chidren
Charlotte
Phillip
Helen Snyder
Wakeman Community Fair Slated For October 20
Wakeman announces its annual Wakeman Community Fair will be held October 20. Gale Bachelder, general chairman, says the event, in its 12th year, showcases community products from fields gardens and homes and highlights neighborly work. Exhibitors are urged to prepare and save vegetables for display.
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Wakeman
Gale Bachelder
Caroli nians Flying More in Air Minded South Carolinians
Dexter C. Martin director of the state aeronautics commission says a survey shows 341 pupils licensed this year versus 219 in 1938, a 64 percent increase, indicating growing air mindedness among South Carolinians.
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Columbia
S. C
Dexter C. Martin
State Aeronautics Commission
Martin
Thieves Fill Night With Silent Melon Heist
Turlock California. John Espinosa watched his ten acre melon patch ripen for market. After days of waiting he went to pick his fruit but thieves had beaten him by hours. Not a single melon remained.
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Turlock
Cal
John Espinosa
Soviet Renews Interest In The Balkans
Berlin reports say Soviet Russia seeks broader influence from the Baltic to the Near East, with Ribbentrop tests in Moscow and talks expected to extend through the weekend. Topics cover Baltic status, Balkan reawakening, Bulgaria ties, and closer Yugoslav ties amid tensions with Estonia.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany
Baltic
Near East
Berlin
Esthenia
Belgrade
Jugoslav
Slovakia
Detroiter Favored To Head Legion
CHICAGO September 2 The American Legion closes its 21st annual convention with officer elections and debate on whether to voice a stance on the arms embargo A Foreign Relations Committee resolution urged Congress to determine America’s course toward maintaining neutrality in Europe and other issues at stake
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Chicago
American Legion
Legion
Congress
America
Turkish Foreign Minister to Join Russia German talks
The report notes a shift in government policy toward improved relations with Slavic neighbors. It states that when Ribbentrop visited Moscow yesterday, Sukru Saracoglu, Turkey's Foreign Minister who preceded him, would be drawn into negotiations between Russia and Germany.
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Moscow
Sukru -Saracoglu
Russia
Germany
Candidates for Women's Auxiliary president named
Among candidates for the president of the Women's Auxiliary was Mrs. Ernest G. Karye of Shaker Heights Ohio.
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Women’s Auxiliary
Ernest G. Karye
Shaker Heights
Switzerland Size Compared To United States
A brief note compares Switzerland to the United States in scale noting that Switzerland is one half of one percent the size of the United States. The fact highlights geographic difference in land area.
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Switzerland
United States
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