Defense Costs Soar As Army Navy Open Fiscal Year
In a year-end review, Undersecretary Louis Johnson noted 703 new planes delivered plus orders for 113 more, with anti aircraft and artillery gains well above prior levels. Navy paymaster Ray Spear outlined material and labor shares in next war spending, while total 1939-40 defense outlays reached about 2.86 billion dollars amid ongoing housing and urban renewal debates.
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Farley Dilemma Echoes in 1940 Presidential Stakes
The piece weighs Jim Farley’s possible backing of Roosevelt for a third term against deserting the President to seek a VP berth. the Democratic convention must anchor on Roosevelt’s eight-year record, while Farley builds fences and weighs his future among potential contenders as highway dreams and rail history echo in the background.
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Pictorialized Transfusion Aims to Boost Use in Childbirth
Pictorialized note recalls transfusion history from 1292 and Innocent VIII. It reports 30 percent of maternity deaths from hemorrhage and notes a U S Congress session in Cleveland next September to promote childbirth transfusion. Separate items cover military recruiting from 132,500 recruits, 400 stations, mostly for air corps, and silver price impacts with 64.64 to 77.57 cents per ounce.
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U. S. Congress On Obstetrics and Gynecatory
Army
Air Corps
Ghost At The Door Haunt Of An Ill Woman
A Danville dentist recalls a 1912 near Wolf Creek Illinois encounter in a crumbling church. Lightning reveals a ghostly woman with matted hair and a sack apron, startling him as he hid behind a rostrum and fled to his horse. The next day police reported an aged insane woman had escaped from a nearby asylum.
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Cowbird and Golden Eye Goose Items from Iowa News
A ornithologist attacks cowbirds as socially selfish birds that do not nest themselves and rely on others to raise young, comparing them to cuckoos and citing a Birds of America quote. Meanwhile Jacob Putman of Bellevue reports a goose laying over 200 eggs since spring, averaging two daily in October and totaling 21 eggs during a sitting test, starting with 16 eggs and ending with 87.
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Bellevue
Iowa
Identical Twins Share Similar Moments Across Distances
The Washington Post notes that many twins cannot be told apart by parents, and about 30 of 100 twin pairs resemble each other in appearance and behavior. England reports twins with simultaneous toothache and identical extractions, and another pair miles apart share rheumatic attacks.
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