Scandinavia Eyes Peace With Nazis To End Russo Finnish War
Joseph W LaBine reports Scandinavia seeks peace with Nazi Germany to end the Russo Finnish conflict. Moscow advances threaten, while Finland holds Viipuri. Ribbentrop visits Rome as Britain blocks Italian coal, and U.S. farm policy looms with AAA anniversary and larger farm aid plans amid tax and budget tensions. Welles tours Europe amid shifting alliances.
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Scandinavia
Moscow
Risto Ryti
Kremlin
Germany
Finland
Russia
Rome
Joachim
von. Ribbentrop
Britain
Duce
von Ribbentrop
Mussolini
King Victor Emmanuel
Pius XII
Pope Pius
Poland
Sumner Welles
Europe
Paris
Berlin
Welles
Albert Lebrun
Edouard Daladier
Czechoslovakia
London
Viscount Halifax
U. S&s
U. S
Hanover Street
Mr. Welles
Magnetic Mines and Global Tensions Across War News
Magnetic mine dangers threaten ships as German devices proliferate. Britain tests a girdle of insulated cables on the Queen Elizabeth to disrupt mines. Mexico expropriation of oil prompts settlements and looming disputes with Sinclair and other firms. Bloodshed in Buenos Aires, Palestine land restrictions, and rising tensions in Asia highlight a world easing toward war.
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Britain
Queen Elizabeth
New York
Elizabeth
Brit
Ain
Mexico
U. S
Mexico City
Sinclair Oil’ Company
Palestine
London
Jerusalem
Names in the News Highlight 1940 GOP and World Figures
Harold L. Ickes denounces Dewey as photogenic and a “clamor boy” in Look magazine. Lynden Smith, Illinois public works chief, commits suicide after criticising Gov. Horner. Father Divine ordered to repay a follower $3,937. Dorothy Lamour loses tonsils. Adolf Hitler speaks on memorial day pledging victory. John D. M. Hamilton says no 1940 GOP convention book. invites Democrats to contribute.
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Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Look Magazine
Tom Dewey
Ickes
Dewey
F. Lynden Smith
Illinois
Democratic Fund
Henry Horner
Springfield
Father Divine
Trend Poland Forty Thousand German Artisans Seized
Trend reports forty thousand German artisans are sent to conquered Poland to take over small businesses, libraries, and parity institutions. Aviation notes Washington reveals the war department will soon release a Curtiss P-40, a new fast fighter, while an allied purchasing ministry readies orders for a billion dollars in U S aircraft. Defense lists remove aluminum and wool from strategic materials due to substitutes and domestic supplies. optical glass remains pivotal as U S industry seeks alternatives.
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Poland
Washington
War Department
U.S
Arkansas
U. S
Louis Nearing New Phase As Heavyweights Circle Him
The circle tightens around Joe Louis as young heavyweights rush to challenge the champion. Observers note his still formidable punching power and psychological edge, yet acknowledge the era has shifted with new contenders believing they can topple him and claim the title. Louis, at 26, remains rugged and focused, not bored by the crown.
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Joe Louis
Hifi
Johnny Paychéck
Ee Siveid
Beng Ié Savold
BS. Ac
Louis
Long-lived species grow throughout life and farm products aid industry
The article notes that some creatures such as trees and many sea animals keep growing for life. It highlights farm products with over 400 nonfood industrial uses, naming corn in adhesives, potatoes in laundry starch, soybeans in plastics, cattle grease in antifreeze, grape-seed oil in soaps, buttermilk in paints, and eggs in leather dressing.
Japanese Home Beds Honor Practical Compass Spine
In many Japanese bedrooms the compass points are painted on the floor. Few Japanese will sleep with the head pointing north, the position in which they are buried.
Transatlantic Clippers Carry Extra Mail Load
Transatlantic clippers are designed to carry 3,000 pounds of mail but have transported 4,300 pounds or 140,000 letters and packages. The post office department requires clippers to carry all mail given to them even if passenger bookings must be canceled.
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Post-Office ‘Department
Hds
Collier’ Bs
Wise and Otherwise
A collection of witty remarks and quips on optimism laughter science gender and daily life. The passages joke about lipstick women cleaner minds and changing heads with playful observations.
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Joseph W. Labine
Western Newspaper Union
Arctic Sea
Viipuri
Mannerheim
Per Evind Svinhufvud
Per Svinhufvud
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Farmers’ Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
AAA
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
House
Pat ‘Harrison
Senate
RFC
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Congress
Mary Norton
Dem
N. J
House Labor Committee
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Per Svin
Welles and
Lebrun
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Buenos Aires
Roberto Ortiz
Manuel Fresco
National Democratic Party
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la Plata
China
Japan
Chungshan
Sun Yat- Sen
Canton
Chiang Kai- Shek
Elizabeta
Girdle
Botek
Red Army
Helsinki
England
France
Geremans
Switzerland
Central Information Bureau For
Geneva
Red Cross
Mme
Frick Cramer
Jacques Cheneviere
Fred Barbey
Max Huber
Red Cross Committee
Columbus
Kbsto
Getti
Ura
Schmeling
Jim Braddock
Bob Pastor
Godoy
Rugged and
Willing
Rierad
Grantlana
Atlas Chick CO
St Louis, Mos
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Electriomt Works
Sioux
Superior Oxyetylene,Co
M. D
Hamilton
Ria
Chamfort
WNUK
Salina
Rex
Algan
Thora
Doan
Taey
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