23 Mar 1939
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1939
Page
1
Crochet pattern uses a Mother Goose figure with Bo-Peep and lambs in lace mesh. Beading around an oval forms a color ribbon detail. Instructions charts and materials listed. send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle at 259 West 14th Street New York NY.
In this column editor Joseph W. La Bine surveys Czech and Slovak autonomy, Ruthenia’s fate, and Munich pact effects as Germany shifts toward Ukraine. It notes Britain France appeasement hopes fading, and predicts possible paths to future Russo-German relations amid global economic debates and WPA funding tensions.
Household questions cover tips for improving old potatoes with a touch of sugar in the boiling water a note on cleaning vacuum bags limiting dirt in the bag and laundry advice for curtains and delicate items. The suggestions read like a 19th century domestic column with compact practical guidance.
Luigi Cardinal Maglione, 62, lifelong friend and former classmate of Eugenio Pacelli, is appointed head of the Vatican secretariat of state. Ordained in 1901, he served in diplomacy including Switzerland and France, earning the Legion of Honor and later leading the council in Rome. The move signals Vatican stance toward totalitarian states amid Italian displeasure.
A sweeping account recalls Pierre and Paul Mallet guiding explorations to Santa Fe and onward to New Orleans, the Canadian River named for them, plus Klondike Kate’s rise from Seattle to Dawson City and back to Bend Oregon, charting frontier courage and famed exploits. The piece also highlights Nathaniel Palmer’s 1820 Antarctic voyage aboard the Hero, its distance south of any prior reach, and his defining description of Palmer Land.
A quiz item lists seven questions: Seward's Folly, sunrise in the Pacific, meaning of increased with money, first U S department, length of a generation, youngest member of current Congress, and total U S income.
The items list historic topics from Alaska purchase to isthmus canal shape and Latin roots. It includes a 1938 Commerce report noting Americans earned 64.2 billion dollars in various income forms. Lindsey Beckworth of Texas is 25. The Panama Canal’s western end reaches the Atlantic. Sucre derives from Ia crum meaning gain. The term generation covers people born in roughly the same period.
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