Congress Speeds U S Defense and Navy Plans
Congress approves large army appropriations and two 95,000-ton super battleships as part of a defense push. The mix includes parity debates for cotton and rail reorganization, plus Wagner act amendments and labor talks shaping a broader national security and economic policy.
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Oregon
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Labor Appeals Board
Kentucky
M. M. Logan
National Grange
Wealth Westward Gold Shipment Arrives Aboard S S Manhattan
A record largest consignment of gold, $56,204,000, reached New York aboard the S S Manhattan amid European war scare signals. Labor trends show 1938 strikes down 50 percent while union membership rises to 8,000,000. Farmland income suffered with over 40 percent of $7.692 billion going to debts and taxes. Standard Statistics reports 1998 corporate net income 42 percent below 1937.
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New York
S. S. Manhattan
U. S
Labor Department
U.S
Agriculture Department
Standard Statistics Company
What to Eat and Why Nearly Every Adult Weight Concern
Nutrition guidance explains weight management as balancing fuel intake with needs. For underweight individuals, emphasis on concentrated easily digested foods like eggs cheese cream butter milk and cereals aids gain, while rest and mid meal snacks sustain energy and appetite.
Safety council data links accidents to intersections
The National Safety Council reports that in 1937 about 58 percent of injury accidents in cities occurred at intersections while in rural areas about 24 percent occurred there. It also notes that 52 percent of two vehicle intersection crashes were tight-angle collisions.
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National Safety Council
Home Decorator sewing tips and chair slipcover ideas
A reader shares in a period notice how Book 1 SEWING for the Home Decorator guides slipcover making and curtains. She notes a chair covered in blue glazed chintz with multicolor braid and asks how to secure slipcovers, while advertising related embroidery stitch books and a rag leaflet from Mrs. Spears in Chicago Indiana.
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Saving on Boots and Home Hacks From Daily Life
A collection of practical tips covers footwear care by laying boots on their sides, milk boiling without overflow, and absorbing paint odors with hay and water. Tips include removing bottle labels near stove flames, cleaning refrigerators with baking soda, separating eggs with a funnel, drying shoes with paper stuffing, and avoiding heat when drying.
Wise and Otherwise: Paradoxes in Public Life
A collection of witty lines on darkness and truth. Observations question moral motives and energy in politics and work. A playful contrast between duty and ease. The piece hints at changing labels from Powers That Be to pow-wow ers that be.
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Roosevelt
Virginia
Clifton Woodrum
Texas A. & M. College
Experimental College
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