Price pressures rise as government may tighten controls
The article reports mounting inflation fears in Washington with potential price controls looming under President Roosevelt and price commissioner Leon Henderson. It cites farm parity payments, government food purchases, and rising wholesale prices, including butter and eggs, as driving factors.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Leon Henderson
Army
Navy
Agriculture Department
BACK HOME HORIZONTAL 1 1939 Iraq King clue puzzle
Puzzle clues referencing Iraqi king 1939 to be solved with horizontal and vertical word fits. Entries cover kings fathers oil era hints with other common crosswords terms like island slowing percolations and feudal terms.
The Presidents Address A Model Of Speech
Dorothy Thompson praises the President's address for its style and clarity. She describes the speech as simple, courteous, and accessible to everyone from schoolboys to factory workers, valuing communication over grand oratory and noting its ordered, essential messaging.
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Dorothy Thompson
Hitler
Churchill
Navy officer rank insignia and pay by grade
The article explains insignia of rank for commissioned Navy officers and notes how gold sleeve stripes denote rank. It lists which officers wear a gold star above stripes and states staff corps use their special insignia above stripes. It adds that officers receive base pay plus rental and subsistence allowances based on grade and service length.
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Navy
Medical, Dental
Civil Engineer
Chaplain and Supply Corps
Officer Pay Scales Listed By Rank
The document outlines pay ranges for naval ranks including Lieutenant junior grade from 1 500 to 600 dollars Lieutenant from 2 000 to 4 500 dollars Lieutenant Commander from 2 400 to 5 250 dollars and Commander from 3 000 to 5 750 dollars.
War Era Factory Views and Speech on Free Speech
The excerpt contrasts military pay scales and the dropping of commodore with a meditation on free speech and artistic form. It describes a leader's speech on freedom, then details first person impressions touring Lockheed and Douglas aircraft plants. The piece notes open-air production, assembly lines, and the urgent wartime atmosphere. A resident announces intent to naturalize.
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Douglas
Lockheed
Studios rush to meet new bloc booking plan for films
The film industry gears up for a three month burst as studios push to finish and stockpile movies under a government backed bloc booking system. Beginning Sept. 1 films must be completed before exhibitors can buy in blocks of five, forcing stronger production and sharper quality control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Raye
Lloyd Bacon
Mantha
Lloyd
Manners Quiz Answers on Dining Etiquette
A social etiquette piece asks to whom to complain about food or service, whether a man should glance at the check, and if a woman should. It then covers introductions at a party and hailing cabs, giving guidance: report issues to the head waiter, men should handle payments, women need not glance, and a woman may offer to shake hands if she wishes.
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Zola
Quotations on Forgiveness and Love from Faith and Classics
A compact reflection quotes Thomas a Kempis and Plautus on forgiveness and love. It cites Matthew 6 14 about forgiving others and notes the human aspect of love and pardon across centuries.
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Plautus
Your Ideas Editor addresses respect for funeral processions
A long reader letter batch urges more regard for funeral processions with flags and lights, improve cross street behavior, and possible penalties. The ideas cover smoking limits on buses, park officer presence, flower gifting to the sick or forgotten graves, five cent parking meters on Polk Street, and a prize for Boys Ranch spending wisdom.
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Polk Street
L. C. Bube
Harrison
Amarillo
van Buren Street
J. W. Berkley
Boys Ranch
Hmhm Hpdyr
MacMurray Quiet on Set Amid Card Game Craze
Warner Bros star Fred MacMurray, six foot three, says height keeps him from talking to interviewers between takes. He notes Gary Cooper and James Stewart are similarly reserved and credits advice from Cooper to “leave speechmaking to the women and the little guys.” He cites Henry Fonda John Wayne Joel McCrea as other tall actors who let action speak.
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Charles R. Moore
United Press
Hollywood
U.P
Fred MacMurray
MacMurray
Warner Bros
Gary Cooper
James Stewart
Cooper
Gary
Henry Fonda
John Wayne
Joel McCrea
O'Hers
Cracker questions on editorial page reveal kingdoms and republics
The questions discuss world political units: Croatia became a kingdom under Italian rule in part of former Yugoslavia, San Marino is small and ancient, South America has no kingdoms with 11 republics including Panama, Germany and USSR are only republic names, Italy remains a kingdom, Vermont features in "The Reluctant Republic."
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Kingdom of Croatia
Yugoslavia
Republic of
San Marino
Italy
South America
Panama
Germany
Russian Union of Socialist Soviet
Vermont
Hal Hayes rise from time-keeper to inventor of poured house
In 1928 Hal Hayes, a junior time-keeper for a San Francisco construction project, fixed a troublesome gunite machine on his own Sunday work. Promoted to foreman for initiative, Hayes later invented a new poured concrete house and proved his method by erecting a complete house in 23 minutes before navy housing experts.
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Hal B. Hayes
St. Francis
San Francisco
Sunny
Hay Hayes
Hayes
Mojave Desert
Ventura Boulevard
North Hollywood
California
Navy
Hal Hayes
Hal H. Hayes
Watch Crete and the Hess mystery essay by Major Williams
Major Williams argues Hess likely acted with German government awareness and warns about possible air delivered poison gas as a future weapon. He traces patterns of Crete, the Low Countries and Norway campaigns, urging caution about underestimating airpower and the potential for drastic new tactics.
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AL Williams
Crete
Hess
England
Churchill
Germany
Secret
Hitler
Milch
von Brauchitsch
Census figures reveal deaths and population patterns 1939
Census data show 1 800 226 accidental deaths from 1919 to 1939 with 1936 leading at 110 052 and 1939 totaling 92 623. U S factories produce nearly 600 million drinking glasses annually and 62 958 703 people live in large metropolitan areas making up 47.8 percent of the nation. Anthrax caused nine human deaths in 1939 in the United States.
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Census Bureau
America
U. S
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Paul Mallon
Federal Marketing Agency
U. S. Agriculture Department
Defense
Henderson
Iraq
Spain
Traq
High Mountain
South Carolina
New England
Upea
Ensign
Ernif Pyle
Los Angeles
Niagara Falls
Britain
Dutch East Indies
Long Beach
Auto Park
Chamberlain
Bill
Amarillo College
Eddie Storseth
Herring Hotel
Joe Buzze
Crystal Ballroom
Buzze
Waco
Texas
Clovis
Corpus Christi
Jimmy Bemis
Lubcock
Bemis
Chansler Weymouth
Board of Regents
Texas Tech
Weymouth
Tech
Amarillians
Senate
Mrs. Weymouth
Jim Weymouth
Mrs. Chansler Weymouth
Dorothy
Thomas A Kempis
Matthew
Globe-News
W. A. McCarty
Harrison Street
Lucille Chance San Jacinto P. O
B. F. Beets
N. Johnson
MRS
Ellen Lorenz
Mrs. L. A. McKisson
van Buren
Robert Chambers
Ninth Street
Dale Carnegie
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