Congress battles patronage in antitrust and commerce drive
The piece reviews the clash over patronage in the Hopkins and Murphy antitrust and commerce agendas. It notes a Senate proviso for hiring approval at high salaries, cuts to funding, and the need for capable lawyers free of political ties to push anti trust and regulatory work. It also traces Franco's diplomacy, Franco's Spain, and gold stock shifts amid 1939 tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Analite
Willard L. Thorp
Dun & Bradstreet
Commerce Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Harry Hopkins
Thorp
Congress
Hopkins
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Thurman Arnold
Messrs
Tennessee
Sen
Kenneth McKellar
Congressional
Topkins
Thurman Arenold
Wheelhorses
Windy politics and schooling in 1915 to 1935 context
The article notes 58 percent of Negro children aged 6 to 14 attended school in 1915 16 rising to 84 percent by 1935 36 per the U S office of education. It mentions a PRESS ministry in Britain with limited censorship in peacetime but real impact. It also cites Britain seeking four rescue bells like the U S Navy squalus incident and a predicted barter of American cotton for British tin and rubber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Office of Education
Ministry of Information
Britain
America
Squalus
Thetis
Trance
U. S. Navy
Know Your News Puzzle Item
Four trivia prompts test recent events and royal gifts. Question one asks what two nations clashed near Tientsin. Question two asks whether 1940 wheat acreage allotments are larger or smaller than 1939. Question three asks which gifts King George VI gave Roosevelt. Question four asks if the Jefferson nickel has been withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
Hyde Park
George VI
Roosevelt Whith
Neville Chamberlain
Trouble Brewing in Czecho Slovakia amid Nazi pressure
Reports describe efforts to reassert Czech resistance as Germany tightens grip on Bohemia Moravia and Slovakia. Czech officers form legions in Poland and France while 4000 Slovak troops cross into Poland. ex president Benes mobilizes Czech sentiment abroad. London and Paris fear Nazi plan to expel Czechs and Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Bohemia and Moravia
Konstantin von Neurath
der Fuehrer
Heinrich Himmier
Gestapo
Prague
Slovakia
Czech “Legion
Poland
Toal
Maeriseh-Osirau
Vladislav Prchala
Hungary
Warsaw
France
Bohemia
Moravia
Eduard Benes
London
Paris
Puzzler Answers From Fragmented Clues
Answers cover four items including Britain’s demand, Chinese suspects in Tientsin, and a Japanese response with an economic blockade. 1939 and 1940 land allotments cited as 55 million and 62 million acres. an autographed photo with gold inks noted. and a treasury report denying a nickel circulation claim stating 48,980,000 nickels in circulation since last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Tientsin
Treasury Department
Quiz Show Puzzles and Missed Facts From A Archive
A mixed list features questions and partial answers covering the Holy Grail fiscal year dirigible air traffic star motion in space fly walking rhythm ducks wetness bale weight buffalo vs bison and Last Supper vessel. Some lines provide brief definitions while others state air traffic rules and finishing with a to be continued formatted prompt style.
A Quiz With Answers on Various Subjects
A quiz with answers covers motionless motion, suction cup legs, chuckle and ziggling ideas, and the nature of laughter. It notes air in feathers, a bale of cotton at 480 pounds, and explains buffalo as a general term for wild oxen with the American buffalo being a bison.
Mistress Scandal Sparks Housemaid Departure
A housemaid, under notice to leave, confronts her mistress with accusations and boasts during a tense confrontation. She claims flirtations and beauty exceed the mistress, hints at a husband’s infidelity, and accuses the butler, prompting a sharp rebuke from the mistress.
Head Hunters of New Guinea Train Children With Spankings
Yale researchers Dr. John Whiting and S. W. Reed spent seven months among the Head Hunters of New Guinea studying child training. They observed a system of rewards and punishments, early teaching of cleanliness, food taboos, and modesty, with adolescence regulating sexuality and aggression. Manhood is marked by head taking in raids. Diet includes yams, palm pith, wild pig, snakes, lizards, and roasted grubs. Whiting and Reed were surprised to find grubs were tasty despite initial prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
John Whiting
S. W. Reed
Yale University
Sepik River
Yale
Whiting
Doctor Whiting
Mr. Reed
Number puns linked to places and brands in Colier's list
The article notes several U S place names and brands tied to numbers. It cites Sia West Virginia Seventy Six Kentucky and Ninety Six South Carolina as examples and mentions a South African fish named Seventy four after Nelsons Victory guns. It also explains a Cologne address inspired toilet water named 4711.
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Sia
W. Va
Seventy Six
Ninety Six
5. C
Colier
South Africa
Nelson
Cologne
Germany
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Joseph W. Labine DE SR
Soseah We le Ms
Western Newspaper Union
Spain
Francisco Franco
Portugal
Rome
Berlin
Axis
Franco
Franca
Ramon Serrano Suner
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Ter
Ti Duce
University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Hutchins
Treasury
India
Fort Knox
U.S
Europe
U. S
Czecho-Slovakia
Munich
England
Strongarm
Edouard Daladier
Federal Reserve
Senator McKellar
Ines
Heatvics
Japan
Vladislav Prcuala
Tike Hand
Green Onions
Lowe
Firestone
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
San Francisco
Richard Cranks
Margaret Spoaks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallen
Narionwide N.B.C. Red
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