Federal Union of Democracies Could Unite English Speaking Nations
Frank Parker Stockbridge analyzes the Federal Union plan arguing the United States United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa and Eire could form a democratic federation. It would pool defense and trade while preserving internal sovereignty and equal citizen rights.
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Federal Union of Democracies
Federal Union
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
British Commonwealth of Nations
United States of America
Snee Mussolini
Micase
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Eire
League of Nations
Clarence K. Streit
Union
InterContinental Congress
South Africa
America
Legislative Assembly
Atlantic
Kansas
Clarence Streit
Britain
Stockbridge
Alien Fingerprinting Burden Grows for FBI in U S
The FBI reports a surge in fingerprint work due to 3 million alien registrations and rising regular duties. About 13 percent of the population is on file, with millions of civic and government prints added from war and civilian agencies.
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Washington
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Live Stock Show Draws Entries From 35 States
Stockmen and farmers from 35 states and Canada have listed exhibits for the 1940 International Live Stock exposition at the Chicago International Amphitheatre from November 30 to December 7. Premiums totaling 100000 dollars will be awarded.
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Chicago
States
Canada
International Amphitheatre
Chicago Stock Yards
Beryllium Shapes Defense Role In War Industry
Behind secrecy a metal called beryllium grows in importance for defense and aviation. It boosts alloy fluidity for cast parts, strengthens and lightens components, and may help ease the machine tool bottleneck due to skilled labor shortages. Whitney funded research, and tests show high tensile strength and fatigue resistance, prompting immediate War Department interest.
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New York
Army
Army Ordnance
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Pan -American Airways
Whitney
War Department
Sea proves a vast storehouse of life and riches
Ocean scientists from Scripps Institution report the sea as a vast reservoir of minerals, medicines, fuels, and living matter. They note oceans host far more species and sustained productivity than land, with continuous generation and vast potential if conserved.
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Earth
University of California
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Claude E. ZoBell
Scripps
Dr. ZoBell
Britain Moves to Curb Bottle Parties for Soldiers
London reports a public Piccadilly cafe will now serve drinks without meals until 2 a.m. as a government measure against bottle parties exploiting soldiers on leave. The 2000-seat venue previously offered meals until midnight, aiming to keep soldiers off illegal gatherings by providing music, drinks, and optional food during blackout hours.
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London
Piccadilly
Laws on Minimum Pay Penned 5 000 Years Ago
University of Chicago scientists report that ancient Babylonian economists crafted wage and price legislation 5 000 years ago. They suggest such early rules were preserved as posterity in hieroglyphic inscriptions and mirror modern economic concepts.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Airports Planned To Halt Invasion
The WPA plans a network of landing fields to defend the industrial East. Saratoga County will share costs to build a 100 acre field 150 miles from Albany Troy. Additional small fields near state highways may be developed to conceal planes from observers and deter air attack.
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Albany
Champlain
Hudson Vailleys
Burgoyne
Adirondack
New England
Works Progress Administration
Saratoga County
WPA
Lester W. Herzog
Saratoga
Saratoga Field
Albany-Troy
Army
This Farm Goes to Dogs And Becomes Real Town
In 1925 the Dellinger brothers who ran a large chicken farm faced dog problems due to weak county laws. Davis P. Dellinger helped incorporate the farm as a town in DELLVIEW North Carolina. Town ordinances restricted dogs at large and the farmers became town officers with shotguns.
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Dellview
N. C
United States
Dellinger
Davis P. Dellinger
Cherryville
Larpse
Daniel Webster Antiques Have Adventurous Career
Precious household treasures once owned by Daniel Webster go on display at the New England Antiques exposition in Boston. The Webster homestead fire at Marshfield nearly destroyed them, they vanished for decades, then surfaced in a Dorchester warehouse before the exhibition. A rosewood card table folded top is among the items, reportedly brought from Europe by Webster during his 1829 secretary of state tenure.
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Boston
Daniel Webster
Webster
Marshfield
Dorchester
Europe
Losing Battle Is Fought In Alsace Against Weed
BASEL SWITZERLAND Wind from Alsace and the Vosges drives weed invasion into Swiss fields. War forced Alsatian and Vosges farmers to abandon harvests in 1939, leaving fields to weeds in 1940. Winds spread seeds across frontiers and farmers in northwestern Switzerland struggle to reclaim once immaculate tracts.
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Alsace
Basel
Switzerland
Vosges
Cockatoos Aid Red Cross Fund Raising
Australian Red Cross uses trained talking cockatoos to solicit funds in Melbourne. The birds say Cocky wants a penny and have so far raised thousands of dollars.
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Cockatoos Aid
Red Cross
Melbourne
Australia
Australian Red Cross
End of an Era in Marion as Silver Family Ends School Involvement
In Marion North Carolina for the first time in 43 years W C Silver, 70, has no child attending the public schools. His eldest son Ed Silver began in 1897 and he had between one and five children in school until this year.
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Marion
N. C
W. C. Silver
Ed Silver
Silver
Britain Halts Civilian Auto Production in Wartime
Britain stops making civilian automobiles as the ministry of transport announces only 400 new cars remain for sale, half foreign made. Before the war Britain produced about 275,000 new cars annually.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Transport
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