Polish Documents Spark Washington Debates Over Nazi Charge
The Roosevelt administration denied sensational claims from Germany that 16 Polish archive documents showed U S ambassadors Kennedy and Bullitt urged allies' war effort. Critics pressed for investigation while Potocki and Bullitt denied any conversations. World tensions rise with neutrality shifts, naval actions, and political turmoil across Europe.
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Rumania
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Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
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Pacific
Whale Bay
Vladivostok
Siberian
Allied War Council Reaffirms Unity in London Meeting
The allied war council met in London and reaffirmed Franco British unity. They barred any separate peace by either nation and announced continued financial and economic imperialistic cooperation after the war.
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Nippon
New York
London
Berlin
Warsaw
Franco
Allied War Council
Names in the News Tangles Society Figures and Scandals
A collage of public figures surfaces in a news roundup. Congressman Hamilton Fish recalls foreign policy interest and service in the French unit. Dr. Thomas Parran warns cancer deaths rise. Eamon De Valera faces Irish Republican Army protests. William Horlick Jr. dies. William P. Buckner’s mail fraud case ties to Adelaid Moffet. Henry Ford III considers Catholicism amid family ties to Edsel.
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Hamilton Fish
Roosevelt
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Gallic High Command
Fish
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Harvard Crew
Hyde Park
Thomas Parran
U. S. Public Health Service
Irish Republican Army of
Wild Men
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Val
New York
William Horlick Jr
Racine
Wis
William P. Buckner
Adelaid Moffet
Standard Oil
Henry Ford III
Henry
Edsel Ford
Census Probes Unemployment in Nation's All-Important Census
The census focuses on housing and unemployment to map job loss and revival prospects. It explains historical census data from 1870 to 1930, notes permanent job declines in farming and manufacturing, and outlines how questions are developed, with secrecy safeguards for respondents.
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Census Bureau
Government Ownership of Land Creates Taxing Problem
The House Military Affairs Committee hears how TVA and other public power moves drain tax revenue from six southern states Alabama Tennessee Kentucky North Carolina Mississippi Georgia. Taxable property lost to federal ownership drives up local tax rates and threatens funding for schools highways and policing.
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House Committee On Military Affairs
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Bacon Earning Times Highlight Global Labor Gaps
The average American worker needs about 18 minutes to earn a pound of bacon while an Englishman requires 45 minutes a German 89 minutes and a Belgian 156 minutes highlighting cross nation labor cost differences.
Three Trees Needed to Offset Daily CO2 by One Person
A conservation note explains that to offset the three pounds of carbon dioxide a person exhales each day and restore the consumed oxygen, three large trees are required.
Tax Dollars Lost Across Six Southern States
Lost tax dollars in six southern states create a serious shortfall for state, county, and local taxing bodies as taxes on private property now owned by the federal government are unavailable. Congress is considering remedial legislation.
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David
William the Conqueror
George Washington
Congress
Census Bureau
Monroe
Jackson
van Buren
Zachary Taylor
Buchanan
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Herbert Hoover
William Bruckart
Washington
New Duck and Sunbonnet Girl Cutouts for Lawn Decor
Two new cutout patterns offer practical and decorative features. The 19 inch duck with a Keep Off Grass sign and a Use Walk sign are on pattern Z9086, 15 cents. A 24 inch sunbonnet girl with a sprinkling can is on pattern Z9088, 15 cents.
Actions over words prove true friendship, says Washington
A quotation attributes to George Washington the view that actions, not words, demonstrate genuine friendship. It argues that even the most generous professions of goodwill fall short of proving attachment. The saying emphasizes practical proof over verbal assurances.
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George Washington
We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we suppose
A concise reflective musing attributes shifting feelings to perception. It juxtaposes contentment with doubt, suggesting moods are fluid and shaped by inner judgments rather than external events. The line echoes classic philosophical wit about happiness and misperceived fate.
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