Showdown Is Near
Bruce Catton reports on the looming clash in Congress over Roosevelt's emergency powers as Republicans push to curb or end extensions. Key powers include gold dollar revaluation, currency manipulation, and relief fund controls, with debate centered on extending or permanent limits.
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Bruce Catton
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Jesse P. Wolcott
Michigan
Congressman Wolcott
Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
Conress
Federal Reserve
Import-Export Bank
Electric Farm and Home Authority
Commodity Credit Corporation
RFC Mortgage Corporation
RFC
Martin
Madrid plans amid turmoil as Clare seeks safe haven
Petronella and Clare discuss a mountain camp near Madrid as air raids threaten the city. Clare reveals a long love for Tony Lance and hints at continuing danger from his divided loyalties. Petronella worries about Madrid and her fiancé Peter’s dangerous assignment.
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Peter Mallone
Petronella
James
Petrel
Peter
Tony
Madrid
London
Clare Horton
Petre
Clare
Spain
Franco
Cairo
China
Ruler of England during World War II
Puzzle clue list with references to rulers, vocabulary, and wordplay items. Includes terms for monarchs, anatomy, geography, and common phrases, plus a long vertical set of crossword style hints and definitions across many lines.
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England
Torn In Half Lovers Reach Madrid Plans
Petronella prepares to leave for Spain to join Peter and Tony Lance in Madrid while Clare Horton urges balance between love and duty. Martin Bowden confirms the men are alive in Madrid as Petronella faces a risky, hopeful journey to Valencia by ship.
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Petronella
Miss Mallone
Mr. Rawdon
Petrel
Martin Rowdon
Peter
Tony Lance
Madrid
Martin
Spain
Clare
Martin Bowden
Tony
Valencia
Petrer
Tim
James
Petranella
Lehear
Wils
Clare Hortons
Lance
Kimeif
Tamara
Tor
The Warden Who Won A Tough Prisoner In Guiana
A raindrop soaked tale from French Guiana tells how a violent murderer arrived at a brutal jungle camp and refused to work. The warden did not argue but offered rest and then allowed gradual labor, turning the man into a compliant inmate. The lesson: cooperation can conquer defiance.
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French Guiana
Comte Jacques de Fromont de Bouaille
S. S. de Grasse
South America
Equator
Amazon
Amarillo Globe 1939 edition masthead and date
The Amarillo Globe page lists publication details for 1939 with staff roles, Associated Press affiliation, circulation rates, and delivery policies. It notes the paper as an independent democratic newspaper published in Amarillo Texas on Wednesday March 1 1939 and in combination with The Amarillo Daily News.
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Amarillo
Texas
Associated Press
Adele
Amarillo Globe
the Globe
Appearance as a business asset and health’s role in career success
A column argues personal appearance signals success and is rooted in physical condition and regular habits. It contrasts young adults with lax routines to mature individuals who maintain fitness, suggesting age is not the main factor in job prospects. The note ends with a teaser and a stray item about Australia declining to send a koala to a San Francisco exhibition due to dietary needs.
Constructive-negative Congress limits action in 1939
Political sketch surveys expected congressional inaction across social security changes farm policy and taxation. It notes shifts on radio federal budget neutrality and anti monopoly efforts while forecasting adjournment around July 1 and ongoing administration restraint.
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Roosevelt
Townsend
House
Townsendites
Cotton
Creekmore
Cotton Cooperative Assn
Oscar Johnston
Wallace Cotton
Jones
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Tommy Corcoran-McNinch
Treasury-Post Office
Senate
Treasury
Justice Department
AFL
Messrs
Morgenthau
Night chase and eerie vanishing in a perilous galley pursuit
Gregory to Megras remains bravely forward as a scream breaks the dark. Magra vanishes unseen while a mysterious hand drags Gregory into darkness. Tarzan’s ally Targani searches for safety as Thetan’s galley sails to rescue Helen and Herkul only to encounter Atharian warships and a violent capture plot.
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Paradise
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Steen
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Artie McGovs
Paul Mallon
Washington
Hattie ‘Caraway
Arkansas
U. S. Senate
Mark Jefferson
American Association of Geographers
Boston
Gregory
Magra
Targani
Tarzan
Thetan
Helen
Herkul
Donald Duck
Fire Department
Rowds
Carol
Wau Dtansie
Mike
Moon Mullins
Uncle Stymie
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