Willkie McNary Ticket Emerges From 1940 GOP Convention
The 1940 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia settles on Wendell Willkie for President and Charles L. McNary for Vice President after a crowded field and long balloting. Delegates, new to leadership, prize party unity yet debate war policy and isolationist voices. Hoover and Stassen energize the platform while the party heals under a changed, plural leadership.
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Willkie
McNary
America
Dewey
Vandenberg
Taft
James
Bridges
Bricker
Martin
Hoover
MacNider
Gannett
Wendell Willkie
Charles L. McNary
Europe
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Herbert Hoover
Stassen
Small Town Boy Makes Good Willkie Story Emerges
The piece portrays Wendell L. Willkie's rise from obscurity to Republican presidential nominee. It traces his varied early work from farming to teaching, his Indiana University degree, military service in World War I, legal career, and leadership at Commonwealth and Southern. It notes his appeal, tall presence, and reputation as a unifier across social strata.
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Willkie
Republican Party
White House
Wendell L. Willkie
Philadelphia
Indiana
Minnesota
Texas
Wyoming
Colorado
California
Indiana University
Elwood
America
France
Edith Wilk
Akron
Ohio
Commonwealth & Southern Utility Company
New York
Will Rogers
Woman named assistant sergeant at arms at Republican convention
Mary Berkmeier Quinn, a Chicago attorney active in Illinois Republican work, becomes the first woman named assistant sergeant at arms at the Philadelphia convention. Taft headquarters features 120 trunk telephone lines. An expert notes convention feet wear out to the garter line unlike at a World’s fair, and Philadelphia’s all-male Mummers parade is staged during the event.
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Republican Party
Philadelphia
Mary Berkmeier Quinn
Chicago
Illinois
Taft
Jamaica unrest and French shift in World War II era notes
The article outlines Jamaica’s unrest amid failed crops and rumors of German manipulation, with Britain watching Jamaica closely as U.S. concerns rise. It also reports on Franco-American sentiment shifts in Paris, Nazi influence campaigns, and Hitler’s strategy to isolate the United States, plus a light column on senators Wagner and Lee with cultural hobbies.
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State Department
Great Britain
United States
Tony Biddle
Bullitt
Bordeaux
Sumner Welles
Washington
France
Paris
Herr Himmler
Gestapo
National Socialist Party
Hitler
Europe
Answers to World War I era civics questions
The six year answer is motor vehicle accidents. Yes on the Union side. None. About 105000 with cost of 130000 dollars. A Confederate and a Union balloon exchanged shots. two Union soldiers died. No a law prohibits it. Silver. To the fact that he and his army are large quantities of on. Oregon taxed gasoline at one cent per gallon in 1919. West to east flights are aided by prevailing westerly winds at normal cruise levels.
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Washington, D. C
British West Indies
Panama Canal
Jamaica
Wich
United States
Roosevelt
England
Hitler
Kingston
West Indies
Britain
Wagner
New York
Senate
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
U. S. Navy
von Zeppelin
District of Columbia
United States Army
Alexander the Great
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Culture a Passion for Sweetness and Light
A compact reflection on culture as the drive for beauty and enlightenment, highlighting the joy and moral force of cultivating sweetness and light through human effort and imagination.
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Matthew Arnold
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John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Democratic Party
Cleveland
Henry Ford
Glenn Frank
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Poland
Russia
Stalin
Berlin
Western Hemisphere
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Germany
Revolutionary Party
Owen
Kentucky
Rush Street
Patricia English
NG Costlier
Gerace Ocjeloteg Bonet
Frank K. Cannon
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