Debate on League of Nations reform and wholesale distribution critique
A critical look at the League of Nations under Secretary-General Avenol portrays it as a decayed institution failing to enforce the Covenant amid appeasement and major powers drifting apart. The piece also estimates 1929 U.S. distribution costs showing wholesalers as essential but costly midstream players.
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Geneva
League of Nations
League
Japan
Italy
Germany
Europe
Great Britain
Joseph A. C. Avenol
Manchuria
Ethiopia
Spain
China
Avenol
Albania
Russia
Ivan Maisky
Czecho-Slovakia
Britain
France
Dies and anti-Communist drive cited amid anti-Semitic fears
The piece notes Rep. Martin Dies and his committee spotlighting un Americanism while anti Fascist groups push Communism allegations. It cites Mosely and Gilber t, the Ku Klux Klan like Knights of the White Camellias, Fritz Kuhn of the Bund, and officials Dewey and LaGuardia reacting to the case.
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U. S
American League For Peace and Democracy
Texas
Martin
Mr. Dies
George van Horn Moseley
Dudley P. Gilbert
New York
Fritz Kuhn
Fuehrer
Bund
Kuhn
Hitler
Munich
Fiorella LaGuardia
Thomas E. Dewey
Mr. Dewey
Fuehrer Kuhn
Submerged Streets Expedition Targets St James Island
An expedition led by Detroit's Capt. Robert Hall plans to walk the submerged streets of St James on St Kitts Island in the Lesser Antilles. Divers will use helium suits connected by a surface telephone line, no lifeline to deck air machines needed. Hall previously explored wrecks in crystal-clear tropical waters.
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Atlanta
St. James
St. Kitts Island
Nevis
Lesser Antilles
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts
Detroit
Robert Hall
Science
Hall
Germany and the Rhine floods expose military flaws
The piece notes German army precision but weak planning for Rhine floods after 1938 fortifications. It cites Allied observations of French resilience, potential stalemate risks for Germany, and Paris pondering artificial floods to blunt the Reich. It also links Pan American diplomacy to U S aid and loan activity with Cuba, Brazil, Nicaragua, and Chile.
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Rhine
Adolf Hitler
Limes
U. S
Italy
Germany
Washington
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Roosevelt
Brazil
Oswaldo Arahua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Santiago
Navy Statistics Chart Unveils Vast Warship Program
The navy outlines a peacetime construction boom with a 773 million building appropriation, 74 vessels underway, and 23 contracts to be let. Fifteen battleships in service, two more on the way, including the 35000 ton North Carolina and Washington, with four large 45000 tonner ships planned to start. None of the eight battleships will be ready before 1945 or 1946.
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U. S
North Carolina
Washington
South Dakota
Indiana
Massachusetts
Alabama
Trend items in 1939 defense and war prep
ARMAMENT Soviet Russia raised its 1939 national defense budget by 50 percent to outpace Germany and Italy, with about 8.0 billion dollars more. RUBBER J M Slattery foresees a 50 percent rise in world rubber consumption over the next decade, touching cushions, flooring, plastics and more. GASOLINE U S gasoline use in 1938 rose 1 percent while vehicle registrations fell 1 percent from 1937. JEWS Berlin tightens ghetto limits on non Aryans as restrictions intensify.
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Rhine
Germany
France
Reich
Russia
Italy
J. M. Slattery
Fisk Tire
U. S
Berlin
Justice Lauer to resign amid a smuggling case
Justice Edgar J. Lauer of the New York Supreme Court, whose wife was convicted and sentenced for smuggling, plans to resign on June 15. The same date notes include due semi annual war debt payments by 13 governments totaling 2.051 billion with Finland paying in full and Hungary making a partial payment.
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Edgar J. Lauer
New York Supreme Court
Finland
Hungary
Donald B. MacMillan
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Arctic
Paul V. McNutt
U. S
Philippines
Indiana
San Francisco
Roosevelt Retail Speech Seen as Landmark for 1940 Policy
Roosevelt's May 22 retail federation address is viewed as a cornerstone of his 1940 campaign philosophy with renewed insistence on virtually unlimited federal spending. Observers note tax policy, debt, and government growth will shape party unity as old line Democrats fear a split while Republicans watch closely.
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Retail Federation
Washington
Roosevelt
American Retail Federation
Pat Harrison
Senate Committee On Finance
Senate
Doughton
House Committee On Ways and Means
Harrison
Mississippi
Federal
Treasury
Congress
Democratic Party
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Banking System
Morgenthau
Eccles
Western Newspaper Union
Variety of Cutwork To Beautify Linens
Advertisement describes a collection of border and corner motifs for linen decoration using easy-just buttonhole stitch. Pattern 1998 includes 18 motifs sized 2 by 15 inches to 2 by 3 inches with materials, stitch illustrations, and color schemes. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Nee dlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave New York. Hardcover style details.
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Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
N. Y
YICK of VOTES Ae
A fragment quotes Thomas Jefferson urging frugal government and debt reduction over salary increases and partisan expansion, critiquing a growth in public offices and spending. The text frames a debate on fiscal restraint and national debt policy.
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Thomas Jefferson
Humblest Man May Aid Strongest Known Figure
A terse quotation from Joseph Parker urges informing the humblest man that he could one day assist the strongest man he has ever known, implying latent capability and future influence.
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Joseph Parker
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