Rhode Island by election signals GOP edge in 1940 race
Republican Charles F Risk defeated Democrat Antonio Prince in Rhode Island's First district by about 13 000 votes, a result hailed as a warning to President Roosevelt's 1940 bid. Republicans cited the vote as a rebuke to New Deal spending and predicted a broader GOP win next year.
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Rhode Island
Charles F. Risk
Antonio Prince
Congress
Francis B. Condon
State Supreme Court
F. Risk
Roosevelt
B. H. Snell
New York
House
John J. O’connor
Tammany Democrat
Tom Blanton
Texas
Gerry
Byrd
Tydings
White House
Fess
Ohio
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
W. W. Barbour
New Jersey
Barbour
Red Tape Violates Commerce Rise of FCC Control
Washington columnist laments federal bureaucratic expansion under New Deal. He warns an FCC order could curb AT T and Co’s experimental coaxial cable work, risking national benefits from advanced communications. He notes duck hunting limits set to protect migratory birds and conserve wildlife.
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NRA
J. C. O’mahoney
Wyoming
Federal Trade Commission
O’mahoney
Washington
Hoover
New Deal
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
FCC
Communications Agency
The
Communications Commission
Asto
Roosevelt
J. N
Ding) Darling
Biological Survey
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Arizona
California
Darling
Western Newspaper Union
Long-Lived Colquhoun Family Records Canada Longevity
The Colquhoun family has eight of its original 11 members still alive with a combined 627 years and an average age of 78 years 4 months. Members include J D Colquhoun 87 Wales Ontario Charles 85 Sacramento J H 81 Detroit J K 78 Deloraine Manitoba M M 78 A M 72 Sacramento J E 76 Waskada Manitoba and Dr Phil lip 70 Waterville Quebec. Their parents Mr and Mrs J A Colquhoun settled in Dundas county in 1844.
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Canada
Colquhoun
J. D. Colquhoun
Wales
Ont
Charles
Sacramento
Calif
John Hay
Detroit
Mich
J. K
Deloraine
Man
M. M
A. M
J. E
Waskada
Phillip
Waterville
Que
J. A. Colquhoun
Dundas County
Montreal Herald
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Black
Hurley
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newsnane Union
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Harrison HB. Spengler
Leslie Wheeler
Illinois
Jo Ferguson
Enator
Hugo Black
Senate Committee
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover Administration
Associated Gas and Electric System
Joseph P. Tumulty
Wilson
Tumulty
George H. Moses
N. H
John Walsh
Thomas J. Walsh
Dem
Mont
P. J. Hurley
House Ways and Means
Guffey Cou Bcill
Doughton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bituminous Coal Commission
Hjalmar Schacht
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Essen
Ngland
France
Italy
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Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Ananda
Siam
Udden
Nathan P. Bryan
Jacksonville
Fla
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Bryan
Frank H. Hitchcock
Daily Citizen
Tucson
Ariz
Hitchcock
Taft
Pos Louis
Amuel Insull
Chicago
Insull
Brest
Paris
Census Bureau
Sen
Paul Goebbels
Mogest Digest
William Bruckart
National Press
Philadelphia
Rample
Coleman Lamp & Stove CO
Mast— & Homa Flee
Wichita, Kans
Dept
Aera
Ann Avenue
ST. Louis
Daisy
RMAN
WNU
Shelby
HOTEL
Fort Shelby
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