Balkans Draw Russ Attention After Finnish Conquest
Weekly political analysis notes Balkans shift attention to Russia after Finland event while Allies retreat from Near East. It reports on Hatch act amendments stalled by filibuster, Minton opposition, and Commerce, census, and defense funding debates.
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Balkans
Finland
Near East
Deleste
Senate
U. S
Sherman Minton
Ind
Senate Commerce Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Harry Hopkins
J. Edgar Hoover
Norris Merce
Peoples Affairs
George Norris
Finland and Europe seek peace after Finnish victory
Finland's Foreign Minister Vaino Tanner announced peace after Moscow talks as Finland concedes heavy losses yet foresees revival. Mannerheim notes 15 000 Finnish deaths versus 200 000 Russians, with a planned Scandinavian defensive alliance to follow. Western reaction sees Russia victory as a setback for France and Britain, while Berlin seeks oil and munitions from Moscow.
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Vaino Tanner
Moscow
Finland
Karl Gustav Mannerheim
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Chicago Daily News
Edgar Ansel Mouver
Freason
Helsinki
Weather and Crops Across America in Early Spring
The report notes low moisture threatening spring wheat yields in producing states unless rains arrive soon. Drought grips the winter wheat belt from Nebraska to Texas and Colorado to Ohio, with poorer germination due to autumn dryness. Atlantic coast precipitation remains insufficient for forecasts, while the West sees heavy winter rains as California drains floodwaters.
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Texas
Dakotas
Washington
U. S. Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Colorado
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
California
Bureau
NAMES in the news headlines span politics travel and crime
GOV LEON C PHILLIPS of Oklahoma invoked National Guards to block completion of the Grand River PWA dam valued at 20 million dollars to avert flooding. Juan Trippe of Pan American Airways announced daily local flights from San Francisco to Hawaii with a nine hour cruise covering 2400 miles. Gerald Nye of North Dakota was divorced for cruelty. Lester P Barlow described an explosive claim as utterly devastating, with a plan to burn a prior vision’s initials to keep the formula safe. Death Valley Scotty threatened to expose ten thousand buried gold certificates and even pledged to dig them up.
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Leon C. Phillips
Oklahoma
Grand River
Pwa
Ae Gen
van Hae
Juan Trippe
Pan- American Airways
Chicago
PAA
San Francisco
Hawaii
Ren
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
Pargo
Lester P. Barlow
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Piace
Death Valley Scotty
UB Treasury
U. S
Pan American Blues Song on South American Trade
The article notes U S business aims to capture South American trade after Europe’s war, with Commerce Department experts urging decisive action on defaulted obligations to restore investor confidence. It highlights the imbalance of South American imports versus U S exports and the risk of expropriation and nationalist measures draining gold and silver.
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Europe
U. S
Germany
Britain
U.S. Department of Commerce
South America
South
Vandenberg silent on Far East policy after private talks
In Washington Senator Vandenberg grew uneasy over his New Deal style stance toward Japan. He convened regional managers who advised softening the line to avoid public inconsistency and GOP division. They noted strong local opposition to his anti-Japan posture and suggested expanding involvement in state primaries against Dewey.
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Washington
National Broadcasting Company
Chicago
Philadelphia
Hollywood
Walt Disney Productions
Sentivgy
McAllen
Texas
Beirut
Mecca
Islam
Department of Labor
New York
National Industrial Conference Board
U. S
Europe
Japan
Outerngolia
Chiang Kai-shek
Shanghai
Wang Ching-wei
China
Wang
Chiang
Tokyo
Mitsumasa Yonai
Yonai
Vandenberg
Roosevelt
New Deal
Dewey
New Yorker
Census Form for a Census taker Angles and Dances
This fragment includes a mock census form with questions about residence ownership, appliances, language, education, and household members, mixed with a humorous aside on a Hawaiian dance description and brief opinion pieces about a bank closure in Stonington. The text juxtaposes satirical questions with unrelated media notes and local color.
Giant Hailstones Across the World Stir Awe and Fear
A Pot ter Texas hailstone measured 17 inches around while records cite the largest 9 by 5 by 4 inches. Tales of giant hail persist, with Africa and India reporting extreme falls. In 1936 Transvaal suffered a half hour deluge three feet deep annihilating crops and injuring cattle and people outdoors.
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Potter
Texas
Africa
India
Transvaal
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Nec
Werners Newen
Sarity
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Franklin Roosevelt
Labor Board
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Italy
Turkey
Berlin
Joe Stalin
Pesca
Sakhalin Island
England
London Daily Mail
Wilson Broadbent
Sumner Welles
Broadbent
London
New Hampshire
Sen. H. Styles Bridges
Ctemerco
Roose
Voit
Pan America
Wirt Courtney
Courtney
Clarence Turner
Protocol Office
State Department
David May
Gray
Dublin
Medina
Bale Dier
Hull
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John Dillinger
Uncle Sam
Edgar
America
Fuller Brush
Stonington
Connecticut
First National
New England
Swift
Ingony Ae
Lucien
Luden
Horace
Laura Bond
Gloucester City
N. J
Dr. Pierce
Cord
Wilde
Schlegel
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