Westbrook Pegler Calls Unions Infiltrated by Communists
Pegler argues the C I O and AF L face Communist control and racketeering. He cites FBI findings on the Vultee strike and claims Roosevelt era union leaders tolerate corruption. He defends reporting truth as the core motive and reflects on his shift from pro union to critical stance.
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Robert Jackson
FBI
C. IL. QO
Atlantic City
John L. Lewis
Transport Workers
Lewis
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
C. IL. Q
Britain Seeks 100 Million Dollar Tank Order For Europe
The War Department receives word of a British purchasing commission planning a 100 million dollar order for 40 to 70 ton tanks. Officials note these heavy tanks would not be used on roads and could be deployed in an invasion of Europe from unoccupied France within a year or two.
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War Department
Hitler
Europe
France
Mexico
Manuel Avila Camacho
Puebla
Senora Camacho de Avila
Avila Camachos
Tezuitlan
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Mussolini
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Congress
FBI
Senate
G-man
Charleston
Boston
Navy Yard
Navy
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National Labor Relations Board
Securities and Exchange Commission
United Feature Syndicate
The Tent and the Stars Eternal in Hard Times
An old friend, broken by heartache, seeks shelter at a mountain ranch. The narrator finds healing in simple comforts and the idea that discovering the stars beyond personal grief offers the only lasting cure for spiritual pain. Each must find that light through self effort and faith.
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London
Rome
Charlie McCarthy
Muscatel
Hollywood
England
Rosenblatt as orator prods press in great awakening clash
The piece mocks Rosenblatt a DNC official as a press reformer and argues his NRA era control shows a drive to shape journalism. It contrasts his claimed free press with a feared labor press bias and cites background from Who's Who to portray him as an overbearing regulator.
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Sol A. Rosenblatt
Democratic National Committee
American Federation of Labor
Chanticler
Rostand
Rosenblatt
Sun
Labor Press
Who
NRA
Rosenblatts
New Deal
Bragging About America Sparks Debate On National Confidence
The piece critiques TVA director David E. Lilienthal for urging a revival of bragging about America as a cure for jitters from the European war. It argues national confidence remains intact, warns against boastful rhetoric, and cautions that leadership must equip the nation with weapons, noting steel output without allied victory.
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America
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
Lilienthal
Washington
Kate D’arc
Heaven
Norway
Belgium
France
Germany
Aa“Ema Defense Commission
Device Aims at Transmitting Power Through Air
The New Yorker notes engineers work on a device to transmit electric power wirelessly and announces broad transmission as a near six or seven corner breakthrough.
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The
New Yorker
Wife Rejects $200 Trip for Coat
A Milwaukee Journal quote notes a wife choosing not to take a $200 trip and to add $50 toward buying a coat instead, reflecting budgeting priorities.
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Milwaukee Journal
Three boys boast about their fathers and a mortgage
A joke sequence where two boys boast about their fathers plans a house with a steeple and a flagpole, and the third declares his father will build a house with a mortgage. The exchange ends on the mortgage punchline.
Kick Up Tunes
Two women at an open window listen to a church choir and crickets. They joke that the choir sings loudly and that the crickets do it with their hind legs, a light humorous exchange from Grit.
Public School Scene in Santa Fe Presses for Change
The Arizona Citizen urges Santa Fe to build free public schools or risk losing capital, merchants, and status as the Territory’s capital. It laments the lack of any public schoolhouse and calls for immediate action to join other towns in advancing education and progress.
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Arizona Citizen
Santa FE
United States
New Mexico
Castile and
Arragon
New Mexican
Milady Goes Christmas Shopping By Arthur Baer
The column humorously guides holiday shopping from parking woes to Exchange Desk etiquette. It jokes about the three types of Christmas shopping, emphasizes separate days for self gifts, husband gifts, and girlfriend gifts, and ends with wrapping items and delaying opening until Christmas.
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Milady
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Bugs Baer for 20 Years
A compact 1935 to 1920 chronology notes Bugs Baer over two decades. It cites December 2 dates 1935 1930 1925 1920 and references a recovery that interferes with itself, a warning about too many fur buyers, a pale face remark, and a Ponzi scheme claiming millions.
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Bugs Baer
King Features Syndicate Card Note
Syndicate notice appears with distribution disclaimer noting reproduction restrictions for the content broadcast or published.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Polish surname spelling sparks brief newsroom clash
Frank Dosse recalls a Wisconsin Polish community assigning a social item over the phone. When he asked for the exact spelling Wojciechowicz the subscriber retorted angrily, noting the standard spelling Wojciechowicz is used by editors and publishers.
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Frank Dosse
Minneapolis Star Journal
Cubs
Wisconsin
Joseph Wojciechowicz
Frank
Wojciechowicz
Wojciechowica
Motivational Thought by Tyron Edwards on Self Improvement
The quote reflects on the gap between our ideals and reality, noting that awareness of deficiency drives progress toward higher moral and mental aims, urging continued effort and self-improvement. It emphasizes that aspiration itself motivates growth.
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Tyron Edwards
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