US reacts to European war in weekly analysis
Joseph W. LaBine notes fears among congressmen over neutrality act as shipments flood New York wharves. He cites export licenses in November showing France 95.6 million, Britain 14.97 million, Germany none, while war materiel stacks in the foreign trade zone await allied ships. Harold Ickes urges resource conservation amid war profits pressure.
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U. S
Ickes
Britain
France
U.S
Germany
State Department
New York
Stdten Island
Atlantic
Lockheed
Studebaker
Western Front
Washington
Interior
Harold Ickes
America
Army
Navy
Espionage and War News Stir Washington Headlines
The piece highlights Congressman Martin Dies leading anti Un Americanism probes while Earl Browder Fritz Kuhn and Harry Bridges face indictments and investigations. It notes Attorney General Murphy expanding probes using tax passport and foreign agent laws. It also covers fronts in Europe with reports on Hitler internal politics and Finland’s harsh winter battles and foreign volunteers response.
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Martin Dies
Texas
Earl Browder
Fritz Kuhn
Harry Bridges
Justice Department
Earl ‘Browder
Frank Murphy
Washington
White House confirms Roosevelt picks Edison and Bell
President Roosevelt seeks Senate confirmation for Charles Edison as full secretary of the navy and Daniel W. Bell as undersecretary of the treasury. Other items note censorship in Cambridge and union protests in Chicago, plus Mexico City ruling on religion in schools.
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Roosevelt
Charles Edison
the Navy
Department
Daniel W. Bell
the Treasury
John Hanes
Cambridge
Mass
Lenin
Leningrad
Chicago
James C. Petrillo
Federation of Musicians
George White
John L. Lewis
A. F
Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Breckenridge Long as Belgium ambassador pick conflict shifts
Forecast says Breckenridge Long, ex U S ambassador to Italy and State Department official since Wilson era, is favored to replace Joseph E Davies as ambassador to Belgium. Davies has already assumed most of Longs duties heading the special department for the repatriation of Americans abroad. Observers note Goering’s standing with Hitler wavering as he hides at Schorfheide chalet planning a comeback.
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U. S
Italy
State Department
Woodrow Wilson
Breckenridge
Long
Joseph E. Davies
Belgium
Davies
Goering
London Daily Herald
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Schorfheide
Rumors Behind World Headlines and Political Drift
A collection of midcentury speculations touches on a U S neutrality ban motive behind transfers, the possible resignation of Dr Alan Roy Da foe as guardian of the Di onne quintuplets, and a pending homeward move for the Di onne family. It notes cross party strategy to target the Midwest for 1940 campaigns and forecasts a severe Midwest dust bowl with a push to oust the Farm Credit administration from Henry Wallace’s grip amid credit fears.
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Quinisa
Alan Roy Dafoe
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Farm Credit Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
FCA
Jeannette Saves Baby Amid Sound Effect Mayhem
Jeannette E Lowitt of Arverne New York drives barefoot through a stifling August heat to rush a lifeless infant to a doctor. She fights gates and a stalled car at a railroad crossing, then miraculously returns the child to life with doctors pumping the stomach.
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Reaper
Jeannette E. Lowitt
Arverne
N. Y
Jeannette
Rockaway Beach
Mrs. Levin
Hospital
Beach Eighty-fourth Street
Long Island Railroad
Hammel Station
Rigid safety code boosts U S aviation edge
U S aviation supremacy is aided by rigid safety standards and heavy investment in research. A report highlights a new refueling hose developed by B F Goodrich after five years of science. The hose uses a gasoline resistant synthetic rubber compound and stainless steel wire to safely conduct static electricity to the ground.
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B. F. Goodrich Labora
Discovery May Improve Ageing Of Wines And Liquors
Dr George Calingaert of Detroit presented at the American Chemical Society on a chemical dice game enabling organic compounds to react under catalysts. He said product quantities follow chance-like laws, with seven appearing twice as often as ten. The random atom placement could upend ideas on molecular behavior and may enhance ageing processes in wines and spirits.
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American Chemical Society
George Calingaert
Detroit
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation
Calingaert
Two Cicadas: Seventeen and Thirteen Year Races
Scientists report two distinct cicada races a seventeen year and a thirteen year cycle with no major differences beyond larval duration. Broods are numbered 1 through 17 for the seventeen year race and 18 to 30 for the thirteen year race, with overlaps in territories. They are absent in the western United States and inhabit wooded regions from the Atlantic coast to central Kansas.
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Chicago Tribune
United ‘States
Atlantic
Kahn Sag
Tom Thumb Life and Marriage in 19th Century Exhibitions
Tom Thumb was born January 4, 1838 in Bridgeport Connecticut. He grew to 28 inches and 15 pounds by 1842, then toured with P. T. Barnum and later married L Warren. The record notes his exhibitions, travel, and death in an aeronautical mass on July 15, 188 Tobacco Land Grants list early Virginia grants of 100 acres of tobacco land to settlers.
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Tom
Thumb
Tom Thumb
Charles Sherwood Stratton
Bridgeport
Conn
P. T. Barnum
England
Barnum
L They Warren
Aeronaieas
Virginia
Calories in Yeast Cake Containing 100 Calories
The article notes a compressed yeast cake labeled A contains 100 calories. It describes the yeast form and its caloric content, presenting a brief health or nutrition detail from a historical source.
Blood Transfusions Through History and Milestones
Blood transfusion traces to ancient Egypt and Greece with references in classical texts. Denys, physician to Louis XIV, conducted the first documented transfusion on June 15 1667, transferring nine ounces of sheep arterial blood to a patient who survived. The procedure faced opposition until modern science improved safety.
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Denys
Louis XIV
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