Air power and Axis influence in Latin America warned
The piece discusses civilian defense as part of national security and warns that Axis dominated airlines threaten U S interests in Latin America. It cites Pan American Airways leader Cornelius Whitney and details German Italian routes, LATI, Condor Syndicate and the growth of airways across South and Central America.
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Roosevelt
Hull
Latin-America
Army
Whitney
Cornelius V. Whitney
New York
Americas
United States
Condor Syndicate
South Atlantic
Pernambuco
Brazil
Europe
Italy
LATI
Rome
Berlin
America
Dakar
Africa
South American
Latin
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Latin- America
Latin-American
Columbia
Scadta
Columbian National
Pan-American Airways
U. S
Pan- American
Key West
Havana
South America
Grace Steamship Company
Pan- American-Grace Airways
Transports Aeros Centro- Americanos
TACA
Rio de Janeiro
Santiago
Condor
Lufthansa
Panagra
Atlantic
Old Man Oil near Hawkins splits East Texas fortunes
The William Christian family, once rich from East Texas oil, face new drilling nearby Hawkins after selling land and moving 25 miles away. Once earning 5,000 dollars monthly during oil booms, they now receive 700 to 800 dollars as production nears their 160 acres. They built a quiet home in Hawkins but oil finds threaten to reopen drilling close to their land.
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Old Man Oil
William Christian
East Texas
Hawkins
Christian
Texas
Longview
Gladewater
Secret league meeting turns chaotic on Cardman campus
Paula Jeffers confronts Bill Jenks in a campus barn secret meeting about the league. A camera flash reveals the plot, scattering the gathering as Chris Wentrich appears amused. An ensuing tabloid claims identify Paula and Chris, prompting dean scrutiny.
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Chris
Paula Jeffers
Paula
Cardman Center
Sweetland
Bill Jenks
Paul
Tony
Bill
Jenks
Gamma Taus
New York
League
Kilo Sherwood
The
Kile
Chris Wentrich
Kilo
van Horn
Cardman
Pala
Pademonium
Paulie
Interview With Paula Jeffers Drives College Tensions
Dr Van Horn questions Paula Jeffers about the sorority league dispute at Cardman. He probes motive and public impact, acknowledging Greek-letter societies as generally positive while urging restraint to avoid scandal. Paula defends the League and insists the conflict involves others.
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van Horn
Paula
Miss Jeffers
Dr. van Horn
League
Navy recruit life and shipboard training for youths
A Cur rent Events feature explains how 300000 sailors, including many from neighborhoods, join the Navy. It covers enlistment ages, height, eligibility, training at Newport Great Lakes Norfolk and San Diego, then sea duty aboard battleships like the North Carolina, shipboard life, and the work of learning to man guns and operate machinery.
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Navy
United States
Newport
Rhode Island
Great Lakes
Illinois
Norfolk
Virginia
San Diego
California
North Carolina
Pittsburgh Lawyer Pursues 1863 Indemnity Law
Marcus Marcus a Pittsburg lawyer pursued a long dormant 1863 indemnity law after a 1939 federal grand jury indicted 53 electrical contractors and union officials for bid rigging. A jury awarded $315,100.91 in damages, to be split with the government, with costs borne by the citizen plaintiff.
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Pittsburg
Marcus Marcus
Citzen
Marcus Tri
Pittsburgh
Marcus
Robert Cormac
Electrical Contrators Association
Mare
Citiz
Departme of Justice
Color and fashion shift from dull to vivid advertising
A nostalgic look at gaslight era shopping notes women wear seers catalog choices meanwhile ads evolved from plain color labels to names like cloudy aqua and Coronado coral. The piece cites Bess in American Speech on color designation and the rise of fancy copywriting and printing.
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Sears, Roebuck Montgomery Ward
Charles E. Bess
Toft
Sun Valley
American Aviator
Earth
Banke
Dawn
Patriot
Post Office Reports Record Return of Dead Letters
The Postmaster General reports 13,666,288 dead letters last year. Officers recovered 2.5 million and sent them to senders. Many items were destroyed as impossible to recover. Losses included 61,130 misdirected letters and 236,269 with other valuables. The money involved totaled 85328 dollars, up nearly 1000 from the prior year.
Famous Men in Common Bond Riddle Posed for Readers
A newspaper riddle asks what links five sets of prominent men. Each trio lists individuals such as Longfellow Morgenthau Ford and Jefferson Franklin Hancock to find a shared attribute. The puzzle invites readers to deduce the common thread for the five groups.
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Longfellow
Morgenthau
Ford
Thomas Jefferson
Benj Franklin
John Hancock
Cordell Hull
Henry L. Suson
King Zog
King Haakon
Ki George II
Abraham Lincoln
Robert Lee
Stephen Foster
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Gene Howe
John McCarty
News and Business Department
Circulation Department
Sa Proceeesoiveness
Arong the Globe
OCD
Oritain
Latiuardia
Britain
Munich
London
Chamberlain
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Coventry
Seattle
France
Casablanca
Martinique
St. Louis
Uncle Sam
Sidney Hillman
OPM
England
Senator Wheeler
Bernard E. Sunny
Chicago
Bolivia
Tor
Germany
ICOIS
Venezuela
Colombia
Peru
Antofagasta
Santiag
Pacific
Port-of-Spain
Guiana
Manao
Paraguay
Asuno
Porto Velho
A Barreiras
Porto Alegre
Uruguay
Nos Aires
Sabia
Montana Ol and Gas Journal
Teac
Aircra
Amor
Chapter
W. H. Pears
Miss Beggs
U. S. Navy
Satuday Evening Post
Pleasur of Publishing
Columb University Press
New Sun
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