Movement in Egypt Reports Italian Desert Barrier System
An Egyptian dispatch notes British ship concentration near the Suez area and a barrier built by Italians across the desert to the Libyan frontier. It describes a 1200 mile road, fortified positions, and harsh transit routes through Siwa and the Kattara swamp, with risk of sand losses and rumors of military preparations. The piece mentions King Farouk’s cabinet funding war materials from Britain and a large security parade with 10,000 troops.
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Egypt
Mediterranean
Joma
Thia
Tialian
Maroad
Aselol
Yyan
Africa
Imago Cambyses
Babylon
Mans
King B
Britain
Americans Win the Material War on EWA Projects
New York November 27 AP American producers of steel and cement oppose using foreign materials in two PWA traction projects. Officials disclosed protests and arguments to substitute American materials, but the Triborough Bridge and a Staten Island dam project require vast steel, cement, and water for underpass work and dam construction.
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EWA
York
Ameri
PWA
Mmmille
Triborough Bridge
Staten
Future Subjects Closely Watching Health of King and Prince of Wales
London reports that King George VI remains frail in his 71st year after a near fatal illness in 1928 and ongoing vigilance by royal physicians. The Prince of Wales, now middle aged, shows improvements in weight and general health but has had eye strain and rare ear trouble during holidays and public duties.
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King
Prince of Wales
London
Edward I
George
Sai
Europe
Cannes
Vienna
Elizabeth
Edward VII
George IV
Charles II
Victoria
Mary
Wile Anheen
James
Anne
India
Duke of York
Eye
Margaret Rose
Duke of Connaught
Kent
Tips On Contract by Tom O Neill Doubles
Insights on how to use doubles when partner has limited strength and how a hopeful double can backfire or guide the declarer to overricks. Take Us hand and apply principles to determine if a double sets or fails to set the contract.
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Tom O'Neil
Squeeze Reaches Ten Tricks in Bridge Contested Hand
In a complex bridge deal West opens a heart and a progressive squeeze yields three overtricks for the declarer. North spade lead, South bids two diamonds, and the declarer executes a cross endorsement setting up spades. West's discards and West’s three high cards in suits allow South to win ten tricks, aided by a heart drop and clubs set.
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West
Ty South
Reco West
Deslarer
Ressop
North
East
South
Dos Ca
Farm Outlook Auburn 1936 Machinery Prices Rise
Highlights from the 1988 agricultural outlook note likely higher farm machinery prices in 1936 due to increased costs for materials labor and other items. The outlook expects somewhat lower prices in the 1935 season than in 1934-35.
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Auburn
U. 8 Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Convention Plums and Political Ploys Across GOP Race
A 1936 Republican convention dispute unfolds with cities like St. Louis Cleveland and Kansas City favored, Detroit courting a bid, as leaders debate delaying the convention past Democrats meeting. Farley and Roosevelt loom large, with Knox Vandenberg Landon among possible nominees and a push to hold the convention soon to define the party platform and campaign. Also mentions royal succession talk and a 1895 California tire crop estimate.
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Mippelhedler
Tork
St. Louis
Cleveland
Kansas City
Chicago
Detroit
National Committee
Washington
Delsy
New York
Urst
Farley
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Hays
St .Louis
Col
Frank Knox
Daily Newa
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Tlbeit
Missouri
Alt Landon
Kensall
Ding and the Bad Boy of Administration in the Roosevelt era
Washington dispatch profiles Jay Norwood Darling known as Ding for two years as chief of the biological survey. A former Republican national committee member who later led a Democratic bureau, he pursued aggressive federal funding and wildlife preservation, recounting his colorful career and penchant for cartoons, hunting, and art. In Great Falls, Mont, Sherri Guy Palag tests prisoner handling after ink incident reveals two alleged burglars moved to another cell.
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Washington
Jay Norwood Darling
Ding
Peck
Roosevelt
Hos
Bowlot
Republi
Hoover Nominating Committee
Bor
Funda
Great Falls
Mont
Sherri Guy Palag
John Totler
Don Cullen
Minua Law
Noisy Fragment Teases Electrics And Medicine Claims
A damaged clipping cites a reader letter mentioning acceptance of a stomach cure and requests for rural electrification delays. It references prices, wages, and forecasts for the coming year, with uncertain dates and names blurred by OCR. The piece touches on electricity demand, medicine claims, and farm economic expectations without clear events.
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Mra le
AM. Johnson
Lancaster
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Bureau of Biological Survey
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