Dewey era reform drives and Balkan tensions rise
The piece surveys reform momentum led by Thomas E. Dewey and Thurman Arnold targeting rackets in politics and construction. It traces Japan China war trends, and tensions in Europe as Hitler courts Bulgaria Hungary and Yugoslavian alliances amid Dobruja disputes, signaling broader axis pressure and Balkan realignments.
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David
Goliath
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Tom Dewey
Frank Murphy
Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Hungary
Rumania
Greece
Turkey
Germany
Bulgaria
Dobruja
Adolf Hitler
Carol
Reich
Yugo- Slavia
Trend How the wind is blowing
LABOR Oregon's Supreme court upholds the anti picketing law adopted by referendum last November. It confines picketing to bona fide disputes between employers and a majority of employees, prohibiting boycotts and outlawing minority strikes. BABIES Since 1937 and 1938 France's deaths exceed births, Premier Daladier decrees to reward large families and boost the birth rate. BUILDING Major U. S. engineering awards for 1939's first half reach the highest volume since 1930.
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Oregon
Supreme Court
France
Edouard Daladier
U. S
Byrd to Lead Antarctic Land-Staking Expedition
Explorer Byrd will head a U S land-staking expedition from New York next October to claim about 675000 square miles of Antarctic territory rich in iron coal and oil. Congress appropriated 340000 for ships Northland Bear of Oakland and North Star plus air gear and a 65 foot diesel snow cruiser with a plane on its roof for yearlong operations.
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Antarctic Circle
U.S
Norway
Germany
Great Britain
Richard E. Byrd
U. S
Congress
Explorer Byrd
New York
Coast Guard
Northland
Admiral Byrd
Bear
Oakland
Chicago
Thomas E. Poulter
Feud at national HQ and a pondered food freezer boom
Since 1932 Indiana's Paul V McNutt clashed with National Chairman James A Farley over Roosevelt nomination plans. A later conference eased tensions. Separately, postwar freezing tech boosted perishable storage with 48 million pounds of vegetables and 86 million pounds of fruit tracked as packing presses melt 130 million pounds in frozen assets.
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Chicago
Indiana
Paul V. McNutt
James A. Farley
McNutt
Franklin Roosevelt
Farley
Wiseacres
Illinois
Anton Cermak
Frank McHale
Roosevelt
Cermak
California
William Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
McHale
Charles Edison Named Navy Secretary After Swanson Death
The 77 year old Secretary of the Navy Claude Swanson dies and the post passes to assistant secretary Charles Edison, son of Thomas Edison. Edison, 48, has directed war materiel production during WWI and has long been trusted in administration roles. President Roosevelt likewise assigns Louis Johnson to oversee naval operations during Swanson’s illness.
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Navy
Claude A. Swanson
Charles Edison
Thomas Edison
Mr. Edison
Mr. Swanson
Adm
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Charles
Edison Navy
Army
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Swanson
Monkeys In Captivity Attract Attention In Washington
A National Geographic style feature from the National Geotranhle Society describes how four handed monkeys captivate visitors at the National Zoological Park in Washington. It covers monkey behavior, care, diet, diseases, and the variety of species from New World and Old World groups, with notes on famous primates and historical anecdotes.
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National Geotranhle Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
Sudan
Xoos
King Solomon
America
Shylock
Venice
Virginia
National Zoological Park
Washington
New World
Tropical
Aging Brig Gen Ferguson Set for Retirement
Brig. Gen. Harley B. Ferguson plans retirement after 42 years in the engineering corps. He led the Maine project in Havannah flow management and has held posts with the Mississippi River Commission since 1922 and the St. Lawrence Way board since 1930. He is 64 on August 14 and may be promoted before leaving service.
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York
Harley B. Ferguson
Maine
U.S
Engineering
Hackenschmidt
Mississippi
Mississippi River Commission
Board of Rivers and Harbors
St. Lawrence
Montgomery
Ala
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Pittsburgh
Norfolk
Second Army Corps
France
West Point
Waynesville
N.C
Navy
Smart Patterns in Midsummer Styles for Women and Toddlers
This advertisement offers pattern No 1763 for a midsummer dress with princess lines and a soft collar in sizes 34 to 49, and No 1765 for toddler playsuit and pinafore among light fabrics like silk crepe georgette and gingham. It provides fabric yardages, required notions, and ordering details from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Chicago, at 15 cents each.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
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Japan
Men of
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Tokyo
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Moscow
Kiichiro Hiranuma
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Berlin
Henry Werth
George Kiosselvanoff
England
Buster Dewey
Ireec
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Gibraltar
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BY Lemuel F. Parton
N. W. Mounties
Paul Popence
Popence
Court of Family Relations
Los Angeles
Gow
Topeka
Kan
Occidental College
Topeka University
Pasadena
FWA
Atlas
John M. Carmody
John
PWA
Rural Electrification Administration
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Bureau of Public Roads
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Treasury
U. S. Housing Authority
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Ater
NLRB
Columbia University
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Pinkham
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