Weekly News Analysis foreshadows Franco stalemate and European tensions
The column argues Britain and France woo General Franco to undermine fascist aid, predicts a partial Franco victory or recall of the Bourbon throne, and notes Cardinal Pacelli as favored papal candidate amid doubts about an Italian-led election. It also touches Irish independence, US relief cuts and public works policy, and a Harrisburg baby bonus proposal.
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Spain
Germany
Italy
Iberian Peninsula
Francisco Franco
France
Britain
Rome-Berlin
Franco
Madrid-Valencia
Catalonia
Manuel Azana
Juan Negrin
Jose Miaja
Azana
Negrin
Minorca
Prince Jaime
Vatican
Sacred College of Cardinals
Rome
Pius XI
Pius
Eugenio Pacelli
Papal
Cardinal Pacelli
Merry del Val
Hughes Warned Federal Oversight of Insurance
A 1906 concern by Charles Evans Hughes about insurance company funds surpassing conservative management spurred calls for federal supervision of investments. By 1940 the United States faces a 12 month probe by the temporary national economic committee led by Joseph C. O'Mahoney, with questions on market influence, director interlocks, and potential nationwide regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State Legislative Insurance Committee
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
Washington
National Economic Committee
Wyoming
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
William
Douglas
Securities and Exchange Commission
U. S
Wives in the News From Gandhi to Mooney Headlines
Mrs. Kasturbai Gandhi, faithful wife of Mohandas K. Gandhi, is arrested in a civil disobedience campaign. Mrs. Ar thur Flegenheimer, widow of a New York racketeer, testifies she saw her husband with James J. Hines, a Tammany leader accused of selling protection. Mrs. Rena Mooney, wife of an ex convict, vows to contest her husband’s alleged divorce bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gandhi
Kasturbhai Gandhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Flegenaheimer
Arthur Flegenheimer
New York
Dutch Schuitz" Flegenheimer
James J. Hines
Mooney
Little Girl and Women's Party Dresses and Patterns
The sewing pattern notice promotes a Little Girl's Party Frock with rippling skirt and contrasting bands in taf feta silk crepe organdy or batiste. It also describes a Button-Front Day Dress with tuck details and a slim skirt in multiple fabrics, available in sizes for girls aged 6 to 14 and women’s sizes 34 to 46. Send orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Center in Chicago. patterns cost 15 cents.
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Sewing Circle Pattern
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bel Syndicate
WNU
Guessing Game Sparks Mystery At Dull Party
A bored party guest proposes a guessing game after a dull evening. The host asks for ideas as guests try to deduce where the narrator has gone, opening a playful mystery. The scene captures a common social moment of improvisation to revive a gathering.
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London
Joseph W. la Bine
Llegal
Irish Republican Army
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
Ulster
de Valera
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White House
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
WPA
House
Virginia
Clifton A. Woodrum
PWA
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Finnigan
Ickes
Great Britain
Foreign Office
British Isles
Scotland Yard
Harrisburg
John J. Baker
Cleveland
Eliot Ness
Chicago Daily News
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Wheeler
Treasury
U.S
Congressional
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Speaders
Charles Evans Rughes
la Fontaine
Bayar
Uf Wales
Floyd Roberts
Firestone
Firestone Laboratories
Firestone Champion
Firestone Auto Supply and Service
Voice of
Richard Crooks
Margaret Spoaks
Alfred Wallenstein
N. B. C. Rad
Firestone Convoy
Everatt Mitchell
Champion Farmer
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