Roosevelt renomination looms as Chicago hosts convention
Washington coverage shows Democratic National Committee selecting Chicago as the convention site while Republicans plot timing. Observers expect renewed fight over a Roosevelt renomination in the city with April 9 primary bets on Roosevelt Garner in the race alongside Dewey Taft challengers. FBI rounds up 12 in Spain recruitment case as Congress trims foreign and domestic budgets and labor battles ripple through the New Deal era.
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Rumors of Peace Talks and War Drives Across Europe
Amid a quiet western front and Finland pressuring Russia, rumors grown of a peace settlement via The Hague with terms including no reparations and return of colonies. Berlin denied it though observers note German moves to limit Moscow ties. Balkan states mobilize to back Romania against Hungary while Italy appears to join.
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Trend How the wind is blowing
Trend shows Chicago firms Barcus Kindred & Company report 1939 bonds issued fell by 364 454 000 or 24 percent versus 1929. Reasons include pay as you go financing and fewer schools from lower birth rates. Ration Britain cuts meat from March 11 with butter sugar ham and bacon already rationed. Europe war narrows Pan American insurance as underwriters lower rates. Wheat insurance rises with 320 000 farmers insured versus last year. Skirts Census Bureau says short skirts cut cotton farmers market by one million bales.
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U. S. Census Bureau
Allied war politics andFinnish frontline action analyzed
The piece surveys shifts in the war front across the Black Sea region and Caucasus, noting Turkish, Iranian, and Afghan troop concentrations and speculative aims. It cites Finnish resistance near Lake Ladoga, Soviet attacks wearing down the Finns, and Allied plans to expedite aid while Rome reports Italian volunteer visas and transfers.
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Appointments Dominant in Transatlantic Headlines
Pennsylvania ex governor George H. Earle named U S minister to Bulgaria while Florida diplomat David Gray slated for Hire. Irish premier de Valera vows to resist IRA violence as two IRA terrorists are executed. Supreme Court justice Frank Murphy sworn in as Roosevelt’s fifth appointee. Earl Browder defeated in New York by-election on passport fraud charge. Tax liens total 2 644 954 against Howard C Hopson of Associated Gas and Electric and relatives.
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Duchess credited with trench mitten invention in Paris
In Paris the duchess of Wind sor is credited with inventing a knitted trench mitten with a zipper to free a soldier’s trigger finger. In frozen Klondike campaigning Mrs Norman Black, one of Canada’s two women parliament members, seeks votes in the special election. In Baltimore Mrs Robert A Tait says she will campaign for her husband’s senatorial bid. In New York Merry Fahrney, patent medicine heiress, shed her fourth husband.
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U.S. Debates Finland Aid and War Debt Policy
A Gallup poll finds 58 percent favor a non military loan to Finland while 61 percent oppose loans for war materiel. Senate moves to double Export-Import Bank capital for a $20 million non military loan. Prentiss Brown proposes using Finland’s war debt for munitions purchases as a potential pass.
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Japan faces mounting pressure as war drags on
In China, Japanese troops advance into Ninghsia while battles rage near Wingsun in Kwangsi. Naval warnings cite possible Chinese raids on Japan and 300 Japanese killed as a transport is sunk on the Yangtze. Tokyo rebuffs OU and French protests over bombings on the Kunming Hanoi railway and mulls drastic steps, including scrapping the Nine Power Treaty and pressuring U.S. citizens to exit China amid trade-treaty tensions.
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Cotton for Stamps Plan Aims to Boost Surplus Cotton
Secretary Wallace announced a stamp plan to help the cotton sector after reduced exports. Relief clients will receive one dollar of cotton stamps free for purchasing a dollar in cotton goods, with the experiment starting within weeks. Weather reports show frost damage to truck crops from January’s cold snap was over estimated, yet losses remain heavy from Florida to Texas. The Ways and Means panel renewed authority to negotiate reciprocal trade deals, drawing mixed reactions from the American Farm Bureau and National Grange.
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National Grange
GoRownp exposes political intrigue in Roosevelt era
In Washington a press montage traces AFL-CIO money for FDR, McNutt tax inquiries, and John L. Lewis tactics. Bill Green’s cake anecdote and Mrs. Roosevelt's walk frame a day of political maneuvering as Internal Revenue probes McNutt and Bankhead eyes presidential bid amid labor split fears.
War talk among leaders in a farcical exchange
A humorous, scrambled dialogue places Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain, and Daladier in a mock wartime debate. The exchange touches on strategy, mistrust, and illusions of swift victory, with wry comments about Finns, policy mapping, and the prospect of peace.
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Recreation Room Trimmed Nauts
Ruth Wyeth Spear presents a ship themed recreation room idea for boys. A desert island map, treasure legend, salvaged steering wheel, and sailor lamp adorn nautical decor. A navy blue couch with a red anchor trim and anchored cushion completes the theme with rope accents and edge finishing techniques described. Books offered for 10 cents, Mrs Spears Drawer 10 Beds Hills NY.
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An Interesting Set Of Worldly Quiz Questions
A noisy list of questions asks about the world’s longest fortified boundary the term Confucius Chinese the use of advertising media how many gallons of sap must evaporate to make syrup which U S president gave the shortest inaugural address and which animals molt to white in winter.
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Answers Summary From The Question Set
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