Congressional Patronage Clash Over Jobs and Antitrust Drive
Weekly analysis notes patronage fights in the commerce and attorney general offices. Hopkins and Murphy clash with Congress over staffing and funding, while Thurman Arnold seeks apolitical lawyers. Franco’s Spain drifts toward Axis diplomacy as Tangier, Latin America, and prestige loom. College graduates face bleak earnings amid a gold stock surge and wartime jitters across Europe.
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Willard L. Thorp
Dun & Bradstreet
Commerce Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Harry Hopkins
Republican Thorp
Congress
Hopkins
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Thurman Arnold
Messrs
Tennessee
Kenneth McKellar
Congressional
Wind trends and press reforms in brief summaries
In 1915-19, 58 percent of Negro children aged 6 to 14 in 18 southern states attended school. by 1935-36, the U S Office of Education reports this rose to 84 percent. A PRESS ministry of information is slated for Britain, curbing peacetime press freedoms. France eyeing four rescue bells like U S Navy models for submarine incidents. An early barter deal foreseen trading American cotton for British tin and rubber.
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U. S. Office of Education
Ministry of Information
Britain
America
Squalus
France
U.S. Navy
Puzzle questions based on map and history
A puzzle column asks readers to identify recent events at Tientsin that sparked a clash between two nations, compares 1940 wheat acreage to 1929, lists gifts King George VI gave Roosevelt on leaving Hyde Park, and states a claim about the Jefferson nickel being withdrawn, with answers at column bottom.
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Tientsin
Hyde Park
George VI
Roosevelt
Neville Chamberlain
Trouble Brewing in Czecho-Slovakia Amid Resistance
Reports describe a Czech resistance against German occupation with covert Czech legions forming in Poland and France. Czech officers and ex-President Benes mobilize abroad as Slovakia and Bohemia Moravia face Nazi pressure and potential invasion, prompting Allied concerns over a broader crisis.
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Germany
Bohemia and Moravia
Konstantin von Neurath
der Fuehrer
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Prague
Slovakia
Reich
Czech “Legion
Poland
Moerisch-Ostrau
Vlagislav Prehala
Hungary
Warsaw
France
Puzzlers Note on Imperial Reprisals and Economic Blockade
Answers to Puzzlers 1 discuss Britain's refusal to surrender four Chinese suspects in a murder case in Tientsin and Japan's retaliation with an economic blockade of the British concession. The question references 1939 and 1940 acre allotments and notes about nickels in circulation since November.
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Britain
Tientsin
Treasury Department
Smart Spring Sewing Patterns for Dresses and Jacket Frock
The article promotes Barbara Bell patterns Nos 1754 and 1761 with two-piece day dress and a youthful jacket ensemble. It lists sizes, fabric needs, and lace or rucking edging, urging readers to mail 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept in Chicago for the Spring-Summer Book.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Turtle with streamlined body and retractable gear
A playful editorial note from the Mobile Register jokes about prehistoric tech. It imagines a turtle with a streamlined body a turret top retractable landing gear and a portable house suggesting a humorous contrast with modern human habits and headaches from overthinking.
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Mobile Register
Favorite Recine of the Week Made It Mechanical Refrigerator
A step by step frozen dessert method mixes Kool-Aid with milk and sugar, freezes to slush, then folds in whipped cream for a cold treat. Optional lightening adds stiffly beaten egg whites before final freezing. Makes over a quart.
Around the House Tips and Household Tricks Chronicle
Practical home advice covering garnished meat platters grease removal on marble jelly glass sizing and trimming, bronze cleaning with lemon and salt, turning cuffs with tiny snaps, quick knife polishing, carpet stain treatment with bathbrick, and repurposing velvet ribbon ends into uniform bows for hats or dress trimming.
Quiz Answers From Ask Me Any Thing Round 1
A compact set of trivia responses covers topics from Bastille and International Date Line to Samuel Pepys and H M S meaning. Notable facts include the origin of cole slaw, the US comptroller general’s 15 year term, Westinghouse lighting at the 1893 Chicago Exposition, and Hoover’s comments on rugged individualism.
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Hoover
Samuel Pepys
His Majesty’s
Cole Slaw
Cole
Comptroller General
United States
Westinghouse
Greenland
The Answers 1 A famous French fortress turned prison
A historic French fortress later repurposed as a prison, noted for its enduring defensive design and turbulent history. The second item references the 180th meridian crossing near the Pacific Ocean center, a geographic landmark relevant to maritime navigation.
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Pacific Ocean
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Joseph W. Labine
Editcgr
Western Newspaper Union
Spain
Francisco Franto
Portugal
Rome
Berlin
Franco
Interior
Ramon Serrano Suner
Italy
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Minis
Ter
el Duce
el Caudillo
Generalissimo
Tangiers
Latin America
University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Hutchins
Treasury
India
Fort Knox
U. S
England
London
U.S
Edouard Daladier
Federal Reserve
Senator. McKellar
Japan
Vladislav Prchala
Lattern Department
Sir John Lubbock
Run On
Roma
Prince Albert
Caer
Fred L. Withers
P. A
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