Bath trains bring free baths across Transylvania towns
The Romanian government operates bath trains in regions with few private baths. Each car is equipped with tubs hot water soap and towels offering free bathing facilities to residents. The service aims to improve sanitation in rural towns lacking bathrooms.
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Transylvania
Illiterate Doctor Letter Solved By Drugstore Ruse
An invitation to dinner to a new physician yielded an almost unreadable reply. The hostess sought help from a druggist who read the note and supplied a deciphering bottle for $1.50, enabling the hostess to learn whether the doctor would attend.
Turkish Pact Shifts Balance in European Power
Weekly analysis notes Turkey and Britain's pact to maintain the Mediterranean status quo positions Ankara as a key balance in Europe. Italy sees the move as curbing Russian expansion while Hitler seeks aid from Russia. Germany and Russia react with alarm as anti-Hitler forces gain strength.
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Turkey
Britain
France
Europe
Italy
Balkans
Mussolini
Russia
Germany
Hitler
Finland
French
England
Congress Debates Neutrality Policy Amidst Global Tensions
In a raucous Senate scene, lawmakers, pundits, and bystanders argued whether to lift or keep the arms embargo as debates on neutrality intensify. Hoover, Lindbergh, and Brown weighed in amid a shifting public mood and a seized City of Flint raising questions about U S Russia Britain relations. Dr Edward S Corwin of Princeton offered a theory linking Russia's stance to the war dynamic.
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Senate
U. S
Hoover
Charles A. Lindbergh
Michigan
Sen. Prentiss Brown
Athenia
North Carolina
Bob R
Russia
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Britain
Winston Churchill
Germany
Key Pittman
Alben Barkley
Gallup
Washington
U. S. Maritime Commission
City of Flint
Tromsoe
Norway
Kol Bay
Murmansk
Princeton
Edward S. Corwin
France
Corwin
Treasury Borrowing Shows Public Debt Jump in One Day
Secretary Morgenthau announced that the Treasury sold 91 day discount notes totaling 150 million dollars as a precaution against war news. The move pushed total public debt to about 40.96 billion, with a weekly push toward the 41 billion mark and a current deficit of about 1.29 billion since the fiscal year started.
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America
Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
No More Elliott and Political Shifts Roil 1940s Broadcast Scene
In Boston Son Elliott Roosevelt resigns 10 Texas stations from the National Association of Broadcasters over self censorship. He criticizes the FCC renewal policy as turning broadcasting into a gamble. In New York Countess Barbara Hutton hints at an engagement to Robert Sweeney. Alfred Duff Cooper predicts a German revolution. Kermit Roosevelt becomes a British lieutenant. Harry Gordon Selfridge retires from his department store.
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Boston
Elliott Roosevelt
National Association of Broadcasters
Federal Communications Commission
New York
Countess Barbara Hutton
Mdivani Haugwitz-Reventlow
Europe
Robert Sweeney
England
Britain
Alfred Duff Cooper
London
Kermit Roosevelt
T. R
U. S
Harry Gordon Selfridge
Stolen March Shocks Political Investigations Rise
Texas Rep Martin Dies hearings on subversive affairs yield a late October shift as Earl Browder testifies abroad on a false passport. New Jersey Rep J Parnell Thomas accuses Frank Murphy of indifference, prompting Murphy to reveal a secret investigation and possible indictments. Browder is indicted next day.
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Texas
Martin Dies
Earl Browder
Justice Department
Republican
New Jersey
J. Parnell Thomas
Dies
Frank Murphy
Browder
Parnell
Murphy
News Quiz Answers Highlight 1940s trivia likely
A playful quiz asks why Tommy Manville and Elinor Troy are happy and recalls how Joseph C. Grew shocked Japan. It tests true false on two world fairs profits and offers multiple choices about the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and commonalities between Muncie and Los Angeles.
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Tommy Manville
Elinor Troy
U. S
Joseph C
Japan
New York
San Francisco
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
France
Germany
Britain
Muncie
Ind
Los Angeles
Father Divine
Unclear quiz items mix boldface names and numbers
Fragmentary responses describe a private flight for a potential marriage, a Tokyo statement on Japan China tensions, bankruptcy notes for Francisco, a cooperative fund, and a garbled world record claim with Meridian Mississippi.
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Tommy
Tokyo
China
Goveaere
Japan
New York
Nai
Francisco
Cotten
Segart Cocnenetin
Biarets Co-Operative
Meridian
Miss
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts selected and copyrighted
Religious education material notes that subjects and Bible passages are chosen and copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education with permissions for use.
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Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible Estimate’ of
Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
International Council of Religious Education
Righteousness in the Kingdom sermon overview
The lesson links Jesus teaching to the coming Messiah's kingdom and applies it to present faith. It emphasizes Christ as the Law’s fulfillment and explains the deeper moral spirit behind actions, urging obedient living through grace and not mere outward conformity. It concludes with Christ illustrating true righteousness and loving enemies.
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James M. Gray
Christ
God
Memories of Happy Days
A reflective meditation on why ordinary past days feel springlike. The piece suggests such days may arise from a forgotten deed or a closeness with God that imparted lasting peace and happiness.
Knit Practical Blouse Over One Week End
Sewing Circle pattern 6478 guides a college girl blouse and matching plain skirt in sizes 12-14 and 16-18. Uses huge needles and soft yarn with two color embroidery. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. New York with name, address, and pattern number.
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Candlewick
Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
Household Tips for Baking Apples and Home Care
Quick kitchen and home care tips from a vintage column. Includes methods to prevent apple pie juice boil over by resting apples with sugar, guidance on cleaning silk and parchment lamp shades, blending grape fruit juice with pineapple and raspberries for cocktails or desserts, and how to fit candles by dipping in hot water to soften wax.
Kellogg's All-Bran Promotes Regularity and Constipation Prevention
An advice note promotes avoiding constipation by daily use of Kellogg's All-Bran cereal. It argues that adding bulk through the cereal, with ample water, prevents dull days and emergency medicines. Made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek and sold by grocers.
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Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Better Speech If Thou Thinkest Twice Before Speaking
A compact meditation on careful speech urging restraint to improve communication. The maxim invites thoughtful listening and deliberate responses to avoid careless words and miscommunication.
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William Penn
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