Best Fixers Stake In Diplomatic Oil Deals
England’s top fixers and negotiators drive oil and mineral deals worldwide. Norman H. Davis and Spruille Braden emerged as key U.S. figures shaping South American diplomacy, with Braden aiding the Chaco settlement. Braden, a Yale mining engineer and former Westinghouse promoter, heads diplomatic efforts from New York to Colombia. Gare J. Hambro, Norwegian Parliament president, tours America for lectures and a Geneva clash on League of Nations reform.
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York
England
America
Norman H. Davis
Spruille Braden
Latin America
Colombia
Roosevelt
Chaco
Mr. Braden
South America
Braden
Elkhorn
Mont
Yale
Chile
Westinghouse
New York
Jack O’brien
Gare J. Hambro
Geneva
Austen Chamberlain
League
Chamberlain
Hambro
Oxford Group
Norway
Frank Buchman
Labor Party of Norway
Consolidated News
WNU Service
Far, Far Back He's It
A Washington Post humor note describes a teacher scolding her class for errands. She challenges the uncooperative Willie with a simple task and learns his reason is laziness. The piece ends with a quick quip about heat and a card game.
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Willie
Washington Post
Prospectors Mistake Native Lead Now Platinum Valued
Detroit Coin Club notes how early prospectors mistook native lead for platinum and discarded it as worthless. Counterfeiters used heavy platinum and gold plated platinum coins exist. In 1828 45 Nicholas I of Russia minted platinum rouble pieces prized by collectors.
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Nicholas I
Russia
Detroit Coin Club
Denim embroidered place mats for quick table set
Ruth Wyeth Spears offers a denim mat embroidery project for fast table settings using heavy white cotton embroidery over blue denim. Instructions cover cutting, hemming, long side embroidery, and elaborate end details with V and chain stitches.
Unclear Moral Musings on Judgment and Motive
The text reflects on judging others by their motives, mentions Aladdin and a push-button, and contrasts conservatism with wealth. It hints at affection for certain hateful people and a sense of affluence tied to a drawer full of shirts, suggesting a philosophical, fragmented piece.
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Aladdin
America
Quiz on varied topics with scattered historical facts
A mixed quiz presents questions and answers on subjects from lakes and Druids to papal bulls and Turkish language. It includes notes on U S highway traffic, Easter in Florida, US film share, and Kemal Ataturk's Turkish language reforms in 1928 and 1943.
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Mississippi
Druids
America
United States
Florida
Turkey
American Automobile Association
U. S
New York City
Department of Commerce
Kemal Pasha
Constantinople
Answers to five common trivia prompts
The list presents five items: Lake Itasca Minnesota. priests of the ancient Britain Gaul and Germany religion. Will Rogers. an edict of the pope. and Buenos Aires Argentina.
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Lake Itasca
Minnesota
Britain
Gaul
Germany
Will Rogers
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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