New Government Lending Plan Faces Expert Skepticism
The analysis by Joseph W. LoBine scrutinizes a proposed $3.86 billion, seven year plan to fund self-liquidating projects via extra-budgetary federal guarantees. It cites political timing, potential third term implications for Roosevelt, and fears from financiers about taxability, municipal debt limits, and limited impact on railroads and foreign loans.
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Joseph W. Lobine
Congress
North Carolina
Josiah W. Bailey
U. S
Roosevelt
Bailey Shin
Ties
Ccer Ees
U. S. Housing Authority
Senate
Alben Barkley
White House
FHA
Adolf Berle Jr
South America
Scandinavian
France Pursues Pact to Split Axis in Eastern Med
Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet and Turkish Ambassador Saad Davaz sign a mutual assistance pact, slowing Italo German aggression in the eastern Mediterranean. The move nudges Turkey from Rome Berlin toward Anglo French influence, shaping wartime control of the Dardanelles and complicating German plans.
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Georges Bonnet
Saad Davaz
Mediterranean
Benito Mussolini
Turkey
Rome- Berlin
Dardanelles
Turkey Gains From Negotiation Over Hatay and Navy Speed-Up
Analysis notes Turkey secured the Hatay transfer under Mussolini's lesson while facing French resistance on Suez and Tunisia. Navy funding accelerates for 1939-40, with 12 bases costing 31.6 million, 75 ships under construction and 24 more planned, plus 500 airships pushing total to 2,182.
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Balkans
Bulgaria
Turkey
Russia
Britain
Mussolini
Republic of Hatay
Syrian Alexandretta
League of Nations
France
Italy
Addis Ababa- Djibouti
Tunisia
NAVY
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
Barter Pact Between U S and Britain Powers Wartime Exchange
The United States and Britain sign a barter treaty to swap cotton for rubber to secure wartime supplies. The U S will provide 600000 bales of surplus cotton from 11300000 bales held as farm loans, while Britain will supply 85000 tons of rubber. Each side reserves seven years of war stocks, with potential future exchanges of tin chromium and manganese.
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U. S
England
Britain
America
Germany
Dust Bowl Recovery Brings Hopes Of Record Wheat
The article notes the Dust Bowl's scorched 16 million acres shrinking to 800,000 by spring due to conservation farming and contour farming. As 1936 harvest nears, wheat yields are projected from 15 to 25 million bushels, a rise from 4 million in 1935, amid improved rain for northern plains despite overall dryness.
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America
Panhandles
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Plains
Nebraska
North and
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Pedestrian Safety Urged as Traffic Dangers Grow
The National Safety Council cites pedestrians as three fifths of 1938 traffic fatalities. Many pedestrians ignore signals or break rules, with 13 percent having been drinking compared to 9 percent of drivers. Experts urge obedience to signals and sidewalks in rural areas to reduce deaths.
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National Safety Council
Leslie J. Sorenson
U. S
Purge Expected as Earl Long Seeks to Reform Machine
Retirement set off a purge in Louisiana politics as Earl Long aims to dismantle the Huey Long era machine. Dr James Monroe Smith, president of LSU, leads exits as dissension grows within the organization. Salvage experts warn the U S submarine Squalus will not be raised before late July due to rescue equipment needs.
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Richard W. Lewhe
Huey Long
Earl
James Monroe Smith
Huey
Louisiana State University
U. S
Crop rotations cut costs while boosting yields
Experiments over six decades show higher yields and lower costs with good crop rotation versus continuous single-crop cultivation. Rutgers data indicate soil organic matter and nitrogen drive production, with sod and legume crops preserving humus. Mulch crops offer alternative organic matter when land is fallow.
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Howard
Sprague
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Rutgers University
New Jersey
Fertilizing Sour Cherry Trees Increases Yields
Colorado State College report shows sour cherry trees yield up to 50 percent more fruit with annual applications of five tons of manure per acre or 400 pounds of ammonium sulfate per acre containing about 80 pounds of actual nitrogen. No significant change in fruit size due to moisture limits.
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Louis R. Bryant
Robert Gardner
Colorado State College Experiment Station
Fort Colins
Livestock Health Tips From Ohio State Vet Dean
Dr. O V Brumley of Ohio State University veterinary college urges yearly barn and yard cleaning to prevent disease and parasites. Remove old straw, burn or haul away, drain mudholes, protect feed boxes, and fence off manure piles to keep livestock healthy. Rats mice pigeons and sparrows can spread disease. assess risks and use disinfectants.
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O. V. Brumley
Veterinary College
Ohio State University
Butter Surplus Purchases Shrink Prices and Aid Relief
In the 13 months before March 8, 1999, the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation and the Dairy Products Wholesale Association purchased more than 155 million pounds of butter on the open market. The aim was to reduce surpluses that kept prices low and to boost consumption by providing butter to relief families, increasing overall butter usage by millions of pounds.
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Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Dairy Products Wayeating Association
Daughters and Musicals Dominate Studio Talk
The piece discusses the film series featuring the Lane sisters and Gale Page evolving from Four Daughters to Four Wives, with Four Mothers delayed. It notes John Garfield in life, Heifetz project Music School renamed They Shall Have Music, and Brian Aherne in Juarez as a notable performance. It also highlights Rudy Vallee’s shift from crooner to discovering radio stars and Ellery Queen mystery radio dramas as popular new fare.
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John Garfield
Brian Aherne
Juarez
Christopher Columbus
Edward Small
Aherne
Paul Muni
Bette Davis
Dev
Rudy Vallee
Tommy Riggs
Edgar Bergen
Bob Burns
Ellery Queen
Mr. Queen
Queen
Radio singer Felix Knight renews contract on Preceding the Vallee show
The article notes Felix Knight’s contract renewal for another half hour on Preceding the Vallee, with one guest appearance four weeks prior and ongoing engagement. It also mentions Sum and Abner returning to Arkansas for vacation and to reassure home folks.
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Felix Knight
Sum
Abner
Arkansag
Patterns Thatre Smart and Charming Dress Patterns 1773 1766
Advertisement for patterns offering juvenile and women’s designs in calico seersucker and gingham. Features names patterns 1773 and 1766 with sizes from teens to 52 bust and small children. Includes bonnet pinafore and play suit with ricrac trim and yardage details. Price set at 15 cents each.
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Lewi Circle
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Strange facts from Europe and rail trip lore
European arls in divers suits painted underwater up to 50 feet deep using oil colors that float. The Trans Siberian Express links Moscow to Vladivostok over 8 days 21 hours for a 51 mile stretch. After 12 centuries Sempervivum tectorum roofs continue to shield homes in villas across Europe. Half a century ago New York barbershops sold ceiling advertising space, Collier's notes.
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Moscow
Vladivostok
Rus
New York
Collier's
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U. &. S. Nashville
Thomas ©. Hart
Anbane Sea
SEY
Rudy
By Virginia Valc
Three Lane Sisters
Gale Page
Samuel Goldwyn
Jascha Heifetz
Tarzan
Marden O'Sullivan
Tarsay
Metra
Benjamin Franklin
Joan Blondel
Jack Benny
Rochester
Relocec’ Oy Weavers Hialabbes Union
Bchabidie
Row
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