Britain and U S debate support amid European crisis
Franklin Roosevelt seeks to pivot from isolation as Ambassadors Kennedy and Bullitt push US policy on aid to Britain France. London and Bordeaux dispatch raise doubts in Britain, France, and Italy as Hitler grows bolder and Sudeten autonomy crests. Roosevelt signals liberal cross party support in upcoming elections amid defeats and shifting party lines.
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Adolf Hitler
U. S
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
William C. Bullitt
France
Europe
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United States
Germany
London
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Neville Chamberlain
Britain
U.S
London Evening News
Joe Kennedy
England
Aberdeen
Scotland
Ately
Maginot Line
Ambassador Henderson
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Prague
Konrad Henlein
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California
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Maryland
Georgia
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Illinois
James Hamilton Lewis
Italy tightens anti Jewish measures amid Mussolini regime
The article outlines Italy's growing racial intolerance including expulsion of Jews from public offices and a decree barring Jews in Italy Libya and the Aegean from 1918. It notes closures of state schools for Jewish teachers and students and mentions Pope Pius XII's reaction. It also covers aviation feats and other varied notes including Cardinal Hayes's death.
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
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Tr Duce
Germany
Council of Ministers
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Italian East Africa
Ethiopia
Stream of Death by Floyd Gibbons recounts a brave fire fighter
Maurice Dunford of Chicago, a volunteer fire fighter, faced a deadly electric shock while battling a house fire in Russellville Arkansas in 1929. The electric current traveled up a water stream from a hose, pinning him to the attic floor until a downstairs switch was flipped, saving his life as shingles and sunlight burst through the roof.
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Bendix
N. J
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Floyd B. Odlum
Atlas Corporation
America
Florida
California
Odlum
Frank Fuller
Paul Mantz
Chicago
Roscoe Turner
Cleveland
Turner
Ello
Maurice Dunford
Russelville
Ark
Ozarks
Arkansas River
Maury
Resin discovery by accident yields painter’s resin source
A 1901 English dyestuff maker created a tough resinous mass by accident in his laboratory. Years of experiments refined the material into a usable resin for paints and varnishes, offering an inexhaustible supply. Natural resins remain collected by natives from tropical swamp mud.
Roman Beauty Gear and Influences from Gauls
Roman women used glass phials and alabaster boxes for cosmetics as fashion advanced. Despite their polish, it was barbarian Gauls who first popularized new beauty devices and routines, influencing Roman grooming practices.
Termites and Caterpillars Describe Mutual Nest Life
A naturalist notes larvae of a tincid moth in New Zealand termite nests. The caterpillar larvae feed on nest material and move in a procession with soldiers and workers nearby. The larvae exude a strong odor that attracts the termites, paralleling flowers for their perfume.
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New Zealand
Short Grace vs Long Grace in Scottish and English Feasts
A note on how Scottish grace at meals was lengthy in olden times, contrasting with the brief English grace. An elder quotes a Scottish remark about an English dinner, highlighting cultural differences in dinner prayers and etiquette.
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Scotland
Siena
Crochet Medallion Spread Simplified for Leisure Time
Learn to crochet an attractive pinwheel medallion spread one piece at a time with pattern 6118. It includes instructions, an illustration, stitch details, and a photo. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
14Th St
New York City
Household Questions and Simple Remedies
A column offers practical home tips for common issues. It covers reducing gloss on polished floors with oil and plumice, removing fruit stains from white textiles using camphor, easing mouth pain from hot drinks with olive or cod liver oil, whitening yellowed linens by borax soaking, and immediate relief for a hammered thumb by dipping it in vinegar to prevent nail discoloration.
How Women in Their 40s Can Attract Mien
Advice aimed at women going through the change of life from age 38 to 62. It urges fresh air eight hours sleep and promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a general tonic to build resistance, increase vitality, calm nerves, and ease hot flashes and other symptoms.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Unnatural wealth quote by Shenstone on appearances
A concise aphorism noting that a miser appears poor to gain wealth while an extravagant man appears rich yet loses fortune, reflecting on appearances shaping fortune.
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Shenstone
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