Realities of War Reach American Shores
The piece argues war’s reach into the Americas as Graf Spee and Columbus incidents test neutrality. It questions how the U S would respond, warns against harbor interment and urges firm neutrality surrender for limping vessels, predicting fewer Spee incidents as Allies advance.
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Europe
America
Graf Spee
New York
Norfolk
San Francisco
Argentine
Uruguay
Americas
S. S. Columbus
Virginia
United States
Bluegrass Pastures Preserve Southern Ohio Heritage
A 1799 scene shows a farmer finding thriving bluegrass among stumps and his descendants still grazing cattle on that same pasture. The piece cites four generations managing land to avoid winter grazing and erosion, notes lime and fertilizer as wise investments, and warns that much of Southeastern Ohio has lost soil value to erosion and degraded pastures.
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Ohio
Ohio River
No Assault Material In War Propaganda Debate
The article argues Washington has failed to craft war critique against business despite three months of European conflict. It asserts no war boom or profiteering, notes increased production and inventories, and critiques politicians for seeking demagogic votes rather than sane policy.
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Europe
Washington
Secret Service Probes Forgeries of 20,000 Checks
Forgeries of about 20,000 federal government checks were investigated by the Secret Service last year. The piece notes a general trend of fraud against government funds while funds remained solvent. An unrelated oyster on the East Coast yielded 47 pearls, a feat exceeding typical high-end bets today.
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Secret Service
Uncle Sam
Raymond Clapper on News Bethlehem Star Light in Dark Ages
Editorial excerpt reflecting on the enduring Star of Bethlehem amid modern conflicts and air raid fears in England. The writer muses on time scales, human progress from caves to civilization, and the hope that future generations may turn from madness toward Bethlehem’s promise.
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Star of Bethlehem
Bethlehem
Bruce Catton Surveys Washington Scene
Attorney General Murphy plans a preliminary investigation into foreign agents and law violations in the United States. The study may influence Congress to curb the Dies committee by contrasting its findings with a formal criminal enforcement effort. Garner's backing strengthens Dies as the fight over its extension continues.
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Washington
Murphy
Dies Committee
Martin Dies
Dies
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
Justice Department
Communist Party
Congressional
Department of Justice
Garner
House of Representatives
Senatorial Calm Quietes Noisy Capitol Rail Ride
Senators complained about wheel rattling on a private railway beneath the Capitol and Senate office building. The Capitol architect secured help from the American Transit Association and Washington Transit Company to install rubberized silence by Christmas, ending the brief two block, under five minute ride that hindered conversations.
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U. S. Senate
Capitol
Senate
Congress
American Transit Association
Washington Transit Company
Public Forum calls for verified signatures on letters to officials
A Nelsonville letter replies to criticism of public forums and urges that unsigned letters be verified with a witness signature. The writer questions New Deal policies, cites hunger and unemployment, and references Franklin D Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover while urging accountability.
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WHKC
Columbus
Beatrice Stoecklein
Athens County Relief Office
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
New
Fred Preston
W. L. Murphy
Nelsonville
Dec. D
Kansas Farmer Collects Pencils of Personality
Burns Kansas farmer Ralph Gfeller has a unique collection he calls pencils of personality. His trove includes the pencil Noel Coward used for writing some plays along with hundreds of other pencils linked to notable creators.
Questions and Answers from the Information Bureau
The page presents a Q and A feature from the Information Bureau in Washington DC. It covers topics on detection of concealed weapons in prisons, a Roman military feat, a World War II ace threshold, a diorama book recommendation from 1937, and Pennsylvania anthracite production figures for 1936 1937 and 1938 with yearly tonnages.
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Tiber
Rome
Catherine Kiernan
School Products Bureau
Chicago
Ill
Pennsylvania
The 12 Months We Start the Year of 40
A reader poem titled The 12 Months describes each month with weather, events, and growth from January through December. The piece ends noting the year 40 and attributes the poem to Paul Kimes of Chester, Ohio.
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Christ
Paul Kimes
Christmas Miracle Brings Toys to Carter Household
Carter and Jerry Donaldson shovel snow and fill bags with toys for the poorest family. Mrs Carter worries for Mr Brown as Frances Brown returns home to recover. Santa Claus Brown finally arrives in a dawn surprise as children awaken to a room full of gifts and merry chaos. Alice Banks enters bringing a hopeful twist.
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Santa Claus Brown
Alice Banks
Jerry Donaldson
Betty Carter
Santa Claus
Carter
Donaldson
Jerry
Mrs. Carter
Jim
Mr. Donaldson
Mr. Brown
Papa
Mrs. Brown
Frances
Carter House
Betty
Baloney
Pete
Joe
Pop
Mr. Carter
Wilkesville Social Notes Highlight Community Activities
Friday program at high school auditorium featured Capt Annie j and Flip. Pythian Sisters met with gift exchange and supper and plan installation of officers January 5. Christmas tree and program at Presbyterian church arranged. K P members invite sisters and couples to a Friday event. A 94 year old widow Mary Dairy died suddenly at B S Wells home.
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Annie J
Flip
Pythian Sisters
Pythian
K. of P
Presbyterian Church
Nell Strong
Edythe Thompson
Holster Hospital
Virgil Rhodes
Eee
William Cottrill
Mending Rio Grande College
Mary Dairy
John Dairy
B. S. Wells
Oxygen Carbon Dioxide Mix Aids Resuscitation
Modern resuscitation favors oxygen carbon dioxide mixtures to boost breathing and oxygen tension in lungs and blood. Yale researchers Henderson and Haggard advocate 93 percent oxygen and 7 percent carbon dioxide with mask use to aid revival. Maintaining circulation and body warmth, and avoiding over ventilating, are essential to save lives.
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Henderson
Haggard
Yale
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Raymond Clapper
England
Bruce Catton
the Public Forum
the Messenger
13Th Street
Washington, D. C
Messenger Bureau
Poet's Corner
Messenger
Chester, O
By Galbraith
Sara
Chapter
Mildred Gilman
NEA Service. Inc
Wilkesville Social Notes
DR. Morris Fishbein
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