New Government Lending Plan Faces Key Economic Test
Joseph W. LaBine analyzes Roosevelt's proposed self liquidating bond program and $3.86 billion loan plan targeting non federal public works roads rails and rural electrification. Experts warn of political timing corporate reaction and legal limits while financiers fear impact on government control and rail recovery prospects.
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Congress
North Carolina
Josiah W. Bailey
U.S
Roosevelt
U S
U. S
Ceeensesence
Suurpmbat
Senate
Alben ‘Barkley
White ‘House
New Deal
Crats
FHA
Adolf Berle Jr
South America
Scandinavian
Admiral Yarnell Might Retire Scion of Asiatic Fleet
A brusque Shanghai message from Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, head of America’s Asiatic fleet, warns Japan that the American navy will protect citizens and expects no interference. Yarnell, nearing retirement in July, has long clashed with Japan over China and will be succeeded by Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart.
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Bear Adm
Harry Yarnell
Shanghai
Tokyo
Japan
Occidentals
Orient
Harry E. Yarnell
Independence
Iowa
America
Yarnell
Vera Cruz
U. S. S. Nashville
Thomas C. Hart
Bonnet Davaz Pact Bends Turkey Away From Axis
Bonnet and Turkish ambassador Davaz sign a mutual assistance pact that stalls Italian and German aggression in the Eastern Mediterranean. The move serves as a lesson in courteous diplomacy for Mussolini as Turkey shifts from Rome Berlin alignment toward Anglo French wartime cooperation. The result is Turkey’s rapprochement with the Allies and tighter control of the Dardanelles to deter German invasion.
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Georges Bonnet
Saad Davaz
Mediterranean
Benito Mussolini
Turkey
Rome- Berlin
Dardanelles
Navy to expand bases ships and planes in 1939 40
Fiscal year start July 1 brings large US Navy funding for bases costing 65 million with 12 new planes and submarine facilities. Outlying bases at San Juan Kaneohe Pearl Harbor Sitka Kodiak Midway Johnston Palmyra. continental at Pensacola Jacksonville Tongue Point. Early June shows 75 ships under construction with 24 more, including two 45000 ton super battleships, to be laid down in 1940. Speed-up applies to 500 airships raising total to 2132.
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U. S
Congress
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Kaneohe
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Sitka
Kodiak
Alaska
Midway Island
Johnston Island
Palmyra Island
Pacific
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Fla
Tongue Point
Ore
Navy
Anglo U S barter pact eyed in wartime supply plan
The United States and Britain sign a barter treaty to swap cotton for rubber worth millions. The U S will deliver 30 million dollars of cotton from farm loan security to Britain in exchange for 85 thousand tons of rubber for military tires. Both nations keep seven years of war stocks and may barter additional items like tin and manganese.
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U.S
England
Britain
U. S
America
Germany
Hollywood Radio and Film News Roundup
Star Dust surveys film talk and radio stars with notes on Daughters Courageous Four Wives and Four Mothers plans for the Lane sisters and Gale Page. It highlights Juarez with Aherne Muni and Davis, Rudy Vallee’s lasting fame as a mentor, Ellery Queen radio drama, Felix Knight contract renewal, and other industry bits including Tarzan finds a son and It Cant Happen Here delays.
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John Garfield
Felix Knight
Dust Bowl recovery reshapes plains fields with rain return
In 1936 the Dust Bowl lands in Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Colorado and Kansas shed topsoil under fierce winds. Reclamation efforts using contour furrows conservation and hardy vegetation cut blow acres from 16 million to 800 thousand. Wheat yields rise from 4 million bushels in 1935 to an expected 15 to 25 million as harvest nears. Rain brings cautious optimism to northern plains farmers despite ongoing dryness.
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America
Panhandles
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Plains
Nebraska
North and
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Pedestrian safety concerns rising in 1938 traffic deaths
National Safety Council official notes pedestrians made up three of five traffic fatalities in 1938. Most victims ignored traffic rules or acted unsafely, with 13 percent drinking. Call to action urges pedestrians to obey signals, drivers to follow rules, and to build rural sidewalks.
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National Safety Council
Leslie J. Sorenson
U.S
Purge expected to reshape Louisiana politics
Forecast purging efforts by Earl Long, Huey Long's brother, aim to reinforce an air-tight machine as internal dissent grows. First to depart is Dr. James Monroe Smith, named president of Louisiana State University by Huey Long. Meanwhile salvage talks for the U S submarine Squalus push raising the wreck to hold until late July.
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Richard W. Lewhe
Huey Long
Earl
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Eallipheny
U. S
Cheese Recipes and Tips for Meal Planning
A slice of cheese pairs with apple pie yet offers much more as a versatile, economical ingredient. The article lists Swiss cheese French toast, macaroni and cheese, baked eggs in ham nests, cheese souffle, hot cheese dreams, and a tomato jelly salad with cottage cheese, plus notes on a new housekeeping book by Eleanor Howe.
Colonial room draperies suit early American decor
The text notes appropriate draperies linen chintz and homespun fit colonial rooms with poster beds patchwork quilts hand-hooked rugs and mahogany highboys. It suggests Southern colonial styled rooms in Jove ly Chippendale Shergton or Heppel white pieces paired with damask or satin draperies and upholsteries.
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Jovely
Chippendale
Shergton
Heppel
Scratched Furniture Care Tip Inks Iodine Patch
When furniture shows scratches apply a small paint brush dipped in iodine to the marred area. Let it dry, then polish with a good furniture polish to restore the finish. This advice appears as a simple at home repair method from a vintage care guide.
Star Design Doilies Pattern for Home Decor
Vintage sewing notice promotes star design crochet doilies in mercerized string. It highlights easy projects for luncheon or buffet tables and provides Pattern 6350 with instructions illustrations and a doily photo. To obtain send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 369 W 14th St New York NY.
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Arts Dept
14Th St
New York
When to Shelve Patience in Quiet Reflections
A miscellany of aphorisms and social observations. It contrasts patience with waiting for outcomes and notes how wild behavior can mislead, education can breed contempt, and the ease of mending clothes versus changing conduct. It also extols duty, starlit skies, and the notion that growth ceases only at the middle.
Rights and Duties: Theodore Roosevelt Quote
A compact card cites Theodore Roosevelt asserting that enjoyment of rights should test the performance of duties. The aphorism reflects civic responsibility and moral balance between liberty and obligation.
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Theodore’ Roosevelt
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