Reversal of Foreign Policy Seen In U S and Britain to China
Analysis notes U S British arms stance shifts amid China Japan war, with Hull ordering arms halt, and loans from Export-Import Bank and Britain to aid China's defense via Burma gateway. The piece links policy reversals to economic leverage and mentions Rome, Berlin, and Tokyo dynamics, plus internal Washington powers and looming 1940 political shifts.
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U. S
China
Japan
Cordell Hull
Shanghai
Canton
Hankow
Nanking
New York
U.S
Farm OPICS lays out poultry house feeding and culling tips
The article from Farm OPICS advises free lunch counters for birds in the laying house to reduce labor and improve egg yield. It recommends keeping two-year-old hens, culling poor pullets, repairing ventilation, and careful disease and parasite management. It discusses feed mixes with 24 to 32 percent protein and separating grains in self feeders for efficiency.
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A. R. Winter
Poultry Department
Ond State University
WNU
Advantage Is Found in Having the Same Breeds
A dairyman argues that using a common cattle breed fosters a local market, easier disposal of surplus, and exchange of bulls. Shared breeds attract buyers, enable cooperative purebred bulls, and allow participation in breed sales, benefiting grade herds and purebreds alike. The idea extends to other livestock and poultry, uniting the community.
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Missouri
Farmers In Vermont Egg Grades And Agricultural Practices
With the Farmers In Vermont, grade A eggs signify that they are of the fourth grade. In some states, grade A eggs are the best eggs, while in others they are second grade. Clean straw makes a good mulch for strawberry plantings and helps protect them from winter damage. Many farmers inspect terraces for rodent holes to prevent terrace breaks. Ten percent of U S egg production in recent years is in cold storage. The United States has about four and a half million colonies of honey bees producing about 180 million pounds of honey. Undersized pullets lay undersized eggs. The common goose is the oldest domesticated bird. A proper fat ration for pullets is necessary to obtain best egg production. Dairy herd improvement association members monitor cow production and the cost and quality of feed.
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United States
How the Wind Is Blowing
Holidays this year bring record mail with 3,000,000,000 postage stamps. California medical association approves a health plan for doctor and hospital care, first of its kind from a state medical group. Social security law changes lead the list as 44 state legislatures meet in January. Detroit, the fourth largest U.S. city, reduces automobile deaths by 42 percent in 1938.
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California
Medical Association
Detroit
United States
U.S. Pan-American Stance With Lima Conference Debated
The article notes President Roosevelt aims to reassure Latin American nations the U S seeks no colonial dominance while still acting as guardian. Hull and delegates wrestle with unity amid Argentina's trade aims and Mexico's land expropriation, with Lima likely to yield only stronger consultation machinery and Landon’s Lima presence highlighted. London support for Roosevelt signals U S unity on foreign policy despite a mix of blocs. In Philadelphia New Year Eve revelry was banned under a 144 year old Sabbath law.
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Washington
Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
Homer Cummings
John Nance Garner
Garner
Roosevelt
Roper
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Congress
Hopking
U. S
Lima
Cordell Hull
Pan-America
Argentina
Germany
Mexico
Hull
Alf M. Landon
London
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Eden
Cliveden
Philadelphia
S. Davis Wilson
National Institute of Physics
Reich
Inquiry Freeder
Franz Boas
America
Dr. Boas
Columbia University
Quotes From Leaders Echo Liberalism and War Warnings
Vermont Governor George D. Aiken urges Republicans to embrace liberal reform and back words with action. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain warns Germany by stressing the nation’s financial strength in a prolonged war. George McLean Harper, U.S. educator, decries severing the American colonies from Britain as a historic misstep.
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Vermont
George D. Aiken
Congress
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
George McLean Harper
U. S
Reginald Denny Turns Hobby Into Toy Plane Venture
Reginald Denny, once a pro boxer turned film star, develops a toy airship venture. His Reginald Denny Industries, with James Blackton as manager, builds a radio controlled flying torpedo for aerial defense, aiming for U.S. use and future larger robots.
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EW York
Reginald Denny
Pug Denny's
Royal Air Force
United States
Charles Frohman
Duke of York's
Hollywood Models Find Fame Fleeting in Lively Tale
A gossiping column notes how models urged to Hollywood quickly vanish when beauty fades without makeup and retouching. It recalls Anita Counihan, Mary Kornman, and others who rose briefly, while star Douglas Fairbanks Sr expands into three 1939 projects. Oregon-born Eugene Conley rises to opera, John Laing shifts from page to screen, and odds and ends highlight screen careers.
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Anita Counihan
Hollywood
Bits
Eugene Conley
Lynn
Mass
Conley
Chicago Opera Company
John Laing
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Bucharest
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John L. Lewis
Nonpartisan League
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American Chemical Society
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Landon
By Lemuel F. Parton
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Envoy Johnson
Worederland
Henry R. Curran
Confucius
Lao Tze
Chamber of Commerce Oratory
George Washington University
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Southwest
Far East
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Virginia Vale
Tseere
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Oliver Hardy
Barry Langdon
Hall Johnson
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