Weekly News Analysis on Daladier and European Tensions
The column discusses Daladier and France boosting armament, labor debates, and U S fiscal policy with Morgenthau forecasting a debt rise to about 40 billion by June. It weighs Germany's southeast push, Ukraine, and potential Russian reactions as Europe braces for a shift in power dynamics.
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Henry Morgenthau Jr
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Japan
Russia
Nippon
Ukraine
Volga
Vakia
Rumania
Poland
Czech
Moscow
Berlin
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Political shifts test Roosevelt moderation and GOP pull
Washington observers weigh whether Roosevelt will push middle ground with potential appointments to cabinet roles like Jackson Hopkins or Hull. If not, Republican gains and Democratic disarray could shape next Congress as a national economic committee probes business practices.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Robert H. Jackson
WPA
Harry Hopkins
James J. Farley
Homer 5. Cummings
Jackson
Farley
Hopkins
Cordell Hull
Democratic Party
Hull
Isee Road
Republi
Senate
Oregon
Charles L. McNary
Relief Administration
Hort
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Congress
National Economic Committee
Wyoming
Joseph C. O. Mahoney
U. S. Justice Department
O'Mahoney
Mystery Santa Claus Identity Revealed After Death
A dubious figure in Sioux City is identified posthumously as Mickey Finn aka Seed Jp. Kearney, a real estate man and banker. A note in Cook County Illinois mentions gifts and Yuletide joy dated December 20 1930. Police records show Kearney confessed to the Mickey Finn alias after an inquest, with private papers and clippings supporting the link.
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Sioux City
Towa
Kearney
Yuletide
Cook County
Mickey Finn
Kearney Mee
Mickey Binn
Conven
Holly Plants Spread Yuletide Spirit Across America
The holly tradition dates to ancient Europe and Druids, with the plant now grown along the Atlantic coast from Norfolk to Florida and into the Gulf states. Holly requires five years to fruit, with male and female trees indistinguishable before then, and over 300 species exist worldwide.
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America
Europe
Missouri
Massachusetts
Florida
Texas
United States
Norfolk
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Region
Louisiana
Yasoul
Ilichester Badger Feast Survives as Christmas Custom
In Ilchester England villagers keep a strange Christmas ritual where a captured badger is killed dressed and spit roasted on Christmas Eve. The feast is attended by nearly all locals including farmers with singing and toasting replacing cutlery.
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Ilchester
England
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