Britons Prefer Chamberlain to Churchill, Says public opinion survey
A British Institute of Public Opinion survey finds a majority favor keeping Neville Chamberlain over Winston Churchill as prime minister. The study also notes support for easing wartime blackout rules and opinions on morale, air raids, and government policies during World War II.
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Simple Lemon Juice Recipe for Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
A home remedy claims to ease rheumatic arthritis and neuritis pain within 48 hours. Mix Ru-Ex Compound with a quart of water, add the juice of 4 lemons, take 2 tablespoons twice daily. If not improved, money-back guarantee. sold by druggists and FOX DRUG COMPANY. Background note on the British Institute and Henry C. Durant.
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FOX Drug Company
New Vel Soap Demonstrates Advantage Over Ordinary Soap
The Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company promotes Vel as a packaged soap adaptable to hard water and offers tests to show its benefits. Demonstrations compare Vel with conventional soap, noting Vel suds in ice water, neutral pH reducing eye burning, and water clarity due to non precipitation of metallic salts. Tests claim Vel preserves fabric brightness and prevents dulling from hard water soap residues.
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Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company
Vel
Leap Year Marriages Bring Surprise Payments in California
In San Francisco on January 31, cashier Stephen Hughes of the county clerk's office notes that in three consecutive cases the brides paid the $2 marriage license fee. The report highlights leap year wedding activity and mentions Panama's mixed-race population.
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California
San Francisco
Stephen Hughes
Nazis Urge Artificial Insemination for War Fathers
Berlin reports the Schwarze Korps urges childless couples to use artificial insemination to produce sons for the fatherland. It proposes selecting healthy male donors, even brothers of impotent husbands, and urges doctors to pioneer the practice while Himmler pushes for sponsorship of all children of good blood born in or out of wedlock for SS families.
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Berlin
Schwarze Korps
Heinrich Himmiler
Schutzstaffel
Himmler
Longest Straight Standard Gauge Track Reported
The 72 mile Rock Island railroad line between Dalhart Texas and Guymon Oklahoma is believed to be the longest perfectly straight standard gauge track on the North American continent.
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Rock Island
Dalhart
Tex
Guymon
Okla
North American
Complaints on Radio Priest Coughlin Probed
The justice department disclosed that months of complaints about Father Charles E. Coughlin were received but no special probe is planned. A form reply to a complainant sparked reports of an inquiry. Coughlin may be drawn into broader sedition cases against 17 Christian Front members in Brooklyn.
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Washington
Justice Department
Charles E. Coughlin
Coughlin
Christian Front
Brooklyn
Baby named Franklin D. Russum on Roosevelt birthday
The Dewey A Russum family in Denver welcomed Franklin D Russum born yesterday on President Roosevelt's birthday. The infant weighed five and a half pounds and is the couple's fifth child. The father, a radio shop owner, uses an extension shoe due to hip tuberculosis and the mother has been crippled by infantile paralysis since 1911.
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Denver
Dewey A. Russum
Franklin D. Russum
Roosevelt
Russum
Not Quintuplets Just Twins in Cairo Fuss
An Egyptian clerk who led crowds to his home after reporting quintuplets admits his wife delivered only twins. The scene occurred in Cairo on an January 31 day amid public curiosity about the birth.
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Cairo
Egypt
Awi
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