Vargas salutes dictators and alarms Pan American unity
The article argues Vargas's salute to fascism showcases a shift toward new economic and political systems. It warns that if Latin America aligns with Nazi-Fascist models, Pan American solidarity would erode and threaten U.S. defense, urging clear defense lines before mobilization.
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Getulio Vargas
Brazil
United States
Roosevelt
Vargas
Rio de Janeiro
Italy
Pan- America
South America
Europe
Daily Citizen
Narvik
U. S
Western Hemisphere
Latin Americas
Rhine
Abolish Tucson Constable Office or Endorse It as Honor
The Tucson board of supervisors considers eliminating the constable post and transferring duties to the sheriff. An alternative would keep the office but set a symbolic salary while preserving the title as Tucson’s top civic decoration. This aims to honor unselfish public service without political competition.
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Board of Supervisors
Tucson
Old Tucson
Diplomatic bill seeks pay to Ambassador Biddle
Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania introduces a bill to pay Ambassador Anthony J. Biddle 243361 dollars for compensation tied to paintings tapestries and antique fur niture lost during the overrunning of Poland by Germany and Russia. The piece notes plebeian diplomacy avoided luxury risks of art while taxpayers faced potential costs.
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Anthony J. Biddle
Poland
Germany
Russia
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Julian Eltinge Returns to Manhattan Den of Theater History
The famed performer Julian Eltinge hints this NYC appearance may be his last public show as he recalls the Eltinge Theatre on 42nd Street. Producer Al Wood, Sol Bloom, and Eltinge built the house with improvised dressing rooms and a toy elevator. Eltinge also mentions a $300,000 ranch for $40,000 offered by J. Eltinge, notes Billy Rose’s influence, and shares a Berlin Tiergarten encounter with an equerry asking about his bulldog.
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New York
Julian Eltinge
Broadway
Eltinge
42Nd Street
al Wood
Wood
Sol Bloom
Julian
Carpenters
California
J. Eltinge
Billy Rose
Rose
Manhattan
Diamond Horseshoe
Berlin
Tiergarten
Mass hangings follow desert murder in Tucson
In Tucson a brutal murder case led to six arrests and a county and territorial bounty effort totaling about $900. Cordova the principal killer confessed after coercion by townspeople, and three accused men including Cordova were executed by hanging after the funeral of the murdered couple.
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Cordova
Frank Esperanza
Hernandez
John Willis
Naval power and uncertain futures loom in World War II analysis
In a June Washington column Paul Mallon weighs Allied naval advantage from Iceland to Bermuda and warns that German and Italian fleets can still slip through fog and rain. He notes Hitler’s dwindling fleet, Italy’s Mediterranean challenge, and questions where seized Belgian and French industries will source winter food, while comparing Roosevelt’s Charlottesville course to Lincoln’s emancipation decision.
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Washington
Iceland
Canada
Greenland
Bermuda
Hitler
Mediterranean
Free Seas
Lincoln
Mr. Roosevelt
Charlottesville
Color Blind Patriots in 1812 Too
History in a Nut's Shell argues that America faced betrayal by the Federalist party during the War of 1812. It traces early party divisions before the Revolution with references to Tories and Whigs and the political landscape surrounding independence and conflict.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
America
Federalists
Blue Light Conspiracy Ties to Founding Parties
The article traces a 1813 New London blockade during Decatur's plan to run the gauntlet, halted by blue lights signaling danger. It labels the Federalist Party as behind the conspiracy, with Whigs, Tories and anti-Federalists tied to the era's political shifts and notes their decline by 1816.
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Decatur
New London
Thomas Hardy
Federalist
Bride Of A Struggling Writer Stuns At Evening
The bride, admired as the belle of the room, receives praise from guests. A writer, glumly noting his spouse’s literary output, counts sixteen poems, three short stories, and seven articles as her personal portfolio.
Bible Thought for Today on God’s creation and wisdom
A devotional note citing Psalm 19 1 that God s creation reveals wisdom and declares His glory through the heavens and the firmament showing His handiwork.
Fragmentary excerpt on post Revolution Whig factions
After the Revolution the Whigs split into Particularists favoring state sovereignty and Strong Governmentists advocating the Constitution in 1787 the excerpt ends.
Silver bloc pushes amendment to loan mining bill
The silver bloc backs an amendment to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation bill to fund loans for placer miners and companies to find more gold and silver mines. Tin is cited as a strategic material. About twenty senators signed the proposal. The U S has unpaid mining venture claims from the last war handled by a bureau in the interior department. Rayburn wants Democrats to oppose adjournment. Oklahoma and Virginia delegations then voted against it.
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Silver Bloc
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
U. S
Interior Department
Roosevelt
House
Rayburn
Congress
Oklahoma
Virginia
Karl A. Menninger
Dr. Menninger
Harcourt Brace & Co
Democratic convention book shows big ad spend by brewers
The Democratic national committee convention program notes large advertisers from private business. Two top spenders were brewers, with three rubber firms, and several government contractors including typewriter makers airlines under Post Office subsidies a dredging firm and aircraft engineers. The pattern shows mutual pacing among major sponsors.
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Democratic National Committee
Army
Navy
Mussolini pressed for war as U S aid to Allies deepened
In June 1940 Mussolini pushed for territorial gains while Roosevelt shifted to decisive aid. The talks show Allied and U S diplomacy aimed to keep Italy out yet coax a favorable outcome. Washington signaled action by selling planes and surplus equipment to the Allies to sway Mussolini toward the winning side.
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Roosevelt
Italy
Mussolini
White House
United States
France
Nazi Super Bund Exposed in Ten U S Cities
Dies Committee reports a covert German American group with Nazi aims operating in St. Louis Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Los Angeles Boston Cleveland Detroit and Baltimore. Members swear allegiance to Hitler and push anti Allied anti Semitic propaganda to aid labor resistance and profit from hidden funding.
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FBI
Dies Committee
Fritz Kuhn
Germany
Dies
super-Bund
St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Baltimore
German National Socialist
Hitler
Government Prestige Tied to Seventy Thousand Sum
A brief note discusses a seventy thousand dollar value connected to indirect government prestige. The item is distributed by King Features Syndicate with reproduction restrictions noted.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Dinner Stories on the Early Morning Bus
In Atlanta, residents comment on the removal of the early morning bus line and express mixed feelings about missing it. The brief exchange notes how changes to transit affect daily routines and community life.
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Atlanta
Fiats and New Yorker cars spotted in Fort Wayne roads
Fort Wayne readers recount encountering two 1937 model light cars, a Fiat and a New Yorker, each driven separately as they travel the city streets.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
News-Sentinel
New Yorker
Patent Slippers and Expired Patent Phrases
A playful quip about borrowing patent leather slippers for a dance as the humor hinges on a pun about a patent expiring. The exchange attributes light whimsy to legal and fashion terms in a social setting.
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