Hitler May Force France to Employ Professional Army
Paris reports experts urge France to build a professional army to meet air dominance and future war. Plans include a 15 000 corps for Maginot fort control, a 100 000 trained corps, a colonial army, aviation units, internal security, and an industrial mobilization system. The move aims to counter German equipment and avoid losing face.
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Hitler
France
Paris
Mediterranean
Chamber of Deputies
Maginot Line
Reichswehr
Rhine
Analyzing a Faulty Contract Bridge Hand and Bid
A reader sent a bridge hand with a flawed contract and a discussion of bidding. The writer questions the preemptive three hearts and the response to three spades, noting that two way three bids were not used and that a four hearts over three spades might have been correct. The piece also contrasts wartime strategic thinking with bridge logic.
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North
South
Help Kidneys Clean Out Poisonous Acids Ad
An advertisement urges readers to protect kidney function and beware of harsh drugs. It promotes Cystex as a guaranteed treatment for nocturia nervousness low energy leg and rheumatic pains and touts a $10,000 guarantee via Bank of America Los Angeles. The ad claims relief within 48 hours and a one week freshness pledge.
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Bank of America
Los Angeles
California
Free Bridge Rules booklet offered by Gazette readers
The Cedar Rapids Gazette provides a free copy of Bridge Rules and Etiquette by Josephine Culbertson through a special arrangement. Send a stamped self addressed envelope to Mrs Culbertson in care of the Gazette. Copyright 1936.
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Gazette
Josephine Culbertson
Culbertson
Cedar Rapids
Farley and Navy Plan Quiet Settlements Cited in Aviation Woes
In a public dispute over mail contracts and aviation tragedies, Postmaster General Farley and Attorney General Cummings seek quiet settlements with families of pilots and crew who died amid airline and military aircraft losses. The piece notes political charges, debt assertions, and evolving French military modernization as context.
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Farley
Roosevelt
New York
Alice Longworth
Britain Studies Army Proposal To Enlist Boys
In London the house of commons hears a plan for boy battalions to steady army recruitment as 35,000 recruits are needed this year. War Secretary Duff Cooper notes the scheme is being considered and kept secret while discussions weigh shorter enlistment and annual drafting changes to support overseas service.
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London
House of Commons
Duff Cooper
Dog on Tracks Wins Right of Way Over Train
In Alpena Michigan a collie played on railway tracks as a northbound train pulled out of the city. The engineer halted the train to let the dog clear the line, but the collie persisted. After several minutes the train edged forward and the dog finally yielded the right of way.
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Alpena, Mich
Radio Schedule Fragments Highlighting Concerts and Programs
A dense listing of radio programming across networks CBS NBC and WJZ includes orchestras conducted by Abe Lyman Wayne Harris and Jimmy Lunceford, singer Howard Price, and various shows like Fibber McGee and Molly and Amos ’n’ Andy.
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Orch
CBS
WABC
WCCO
Vincent Lopez Orch
KMOX
Hawaii
WACO
Snes Fae Boaene
Ben Pollack Orch
NBC
WEAF
Une Aaronson Orch
WJZ
Joseph Gherniavely
WBBM
WOC
Gould and Shefter
Weaf Chain
A Melodies
WIZ Chain
Madison Ensemble
WGST
Young's
Woman’s Radio Review
Ee of
Flatbush
Charles Wee Orch
Gene Arnold
Sonia Essinm
Columbia’s
McNeill’s
Nee Stemm Orch
WJZ Chain
Jimmy Farrell
Manhattan Guardsmen
Lady
Benny Venuta
Lowell Thomas
Amos 'N’ Andy
Easy Aces
WJZ _ chain
Hay, Black Arch
True Romances
Weaf Oaks
Lum and Abner
Kate Smith
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West
Germany
Ludendorff
Army of Maneuver
Ars
Ters
Senlis
Compiegne
Britain
Upstaters
Breakfast Club
Richard Maxwell
WABG
Armchair Quartet
Betty and
Bob
Josh Higgins
Fred Feibel
Wabc Chain
Oes Harum
Kyw Maq
Wendell Hall
Doc Schneider
Emery — Deutsch
Brave Lady
George Hall Ord
Wilbur Evans
Baritone
National farm and home _ hour
Stage Relief
Leo Reisman Orch
KYW
WMAQ
Hammerstein Music Hall
Wayne King Orch
Edgar Guest
Kenne
Ae Pop
KYW Who AQ. — Bernie Orch. (Nbc) Wjz Chain
Fred Waring Orch
Ed Wynn
Weap Kyw
WHO
Whet Goodman
Mercarthy Willson ‘Orch
AF Chain
NBC String Symphony
Barry Ae
Mccarthy
Willard Robison
WAB Chain
Reamie Childs’ Orch
WJZ Ain
Rodrigo Orch
Ain
Frank Dailey
Een Pollack Orch
Bring Orch
Bick" Stabile Orch
Oen
Carters
Modern
Williams
Killian
Bird’s Eye
Simmons
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