Allies Counter Nazi Air Might With Turkish Diplomatic Coup
In 1938 Germany's air power reshapes Europe as Turkey forges pacts with France and Britain to guard the eastern Mediterranean. Diplomats rush to secure Balkan borders while Italy and Russia press for influence, risking a broader shift in alliance lines.
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Joseph W. Labine
Italy
Balkan
Scapa Flow
Germany
Firth of Forth Naval Yard
Edinburgh
Wilhelmshaven
Hitler
Nevie Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Royal Oak
Britain
Emden
Skagerrak
U. S
Widens Harding
Muasichay
Scandinavia
Balkans
Turkey
Russia
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Berlin
Sukru Saracoglu
Istanbul
Dardanelles
Rivsaeia Bytarai Russo-Gerym
Bulgaria
Romania
France
Mediterranean
Baltic
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
News Quiz prompts Al Smith son mayors and war trade
A photo shows New York's Al Smith with his son Al Jr raising questions about his appearance in the news. The quiz asks about a proposed U S trade pact Western senators oppose, a Latin American nation using U S gold to buy railroad gear, true or false about Roosevelt opening harbors to submarines, and which American carmaker barred Russian engineers.
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New York
al Smith
al Jr
Roosevelt
U. S
Debating Isolationism and War Aims on the Senate Floor
The article details three weeks of neutrality talks and filibuster rhetoric led by Holt Nye and Clark, criticizing England and discussing arms embargo repeal and shipping restrictions. It notes behind scenes concessions, McAdoo influence, and potential Democratic shifts toward 1940, plus refugee appeals and a Palestine haven petition as Roosevelt conducts diplomacy.
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Senate
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
North Dakota
Gerald Nye
Idaho
D. Worth Clark
Germany
Stalin
England
France
Seaboard
U. S
Willam Gibbs McAdoo
White House
Key
Pittman
U. 1A
Australia
New Zealand
Western Hemisphere
Democratic
News Quiz Answers and Local Election Jargon Digest
Fragmented OCR text discusses political names and phrases in a garbled style. It mentions election terms like alderman, emergency clause act of God, and possible references to Beary Tord, with unclear attribution and nonsensical phrasing. The readable pieces suggest a local politics snippet with disputed wording.
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al Broith
Halloween entertaining ideas from Household News Ef honor
Halloween party tips feature candlelit decor and grotesque costumes with easy games like fortune telling and bobbing for apples. Recipes include Caramel Pecan Tarts and Harvest Moon Doughnuts, plus a Sausage Roll-Em-Ups snack and Taffy Apples prepared with a caramel sugar coating.
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Indiana
Chilly Saturday Football Supper Idea Draws Students
A note suggests inviting the youngsters known as "the gang" home after the game for a football supper, envisioning a warm, community gathering on a Saturday in the season.
Better Baking by Eleanor Howe Cookbook Offer
Get copy of Better Baking a practical cook book by Eleanor Howe radio Home Economist. Contains tested recipes for cakes cookies pies and hot breads. To order send ten cents to Better Baking care of Eleanor Howe 919 North Michigan Ave Chicago TL Western Newspaper Union.
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Eleanor Howe
Radio Home Economist
North
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Western
Union
Extra Bathroom Space Saves Footage in Homes
Plumbing authorities report many homes are built with only one bathroom or none, but an extra bath can fit in a five by four foot floor space at an unused end of a house. Converting an oversized bedroom into a guest room plus a bath may increase usable space.
Buckram and Tacks To Stiffen Valance Instructions
Ruth Wyeth Spears offers step by step directions for stiffening a valance with buckram using a four inch shelf, chintz fabric, and facing material. The process covers cutting, outlining scallops, assembling layers, trimming, inserting buckram, finishing top edge, and securing to the shelf with tacks.
Pigeons Carried Vast Dispatches During Siege of Paris
During the 1870 to 1871 siege of Paris, pigeons delivered 56,000 official dispatches and a million private letters. Messages were set in type and printed on collodion films, allowing up to 40,000 letters per bird at once, with postage costs estimated at $56,000.
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Paris
Feng
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Erika Gruhn
Nevile Henderson
Lord Halifax
Blomberg
Vox Nena
Jydtomemere Erate
Salborese Tach Ag Ood
Konstantin von Neurath
Western Front
SEMAN
WAZA
Sueru Saracoglu
Him
Congress
Washington
International Executive Committee On Refugees
Palestine
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