National Whirligs news behind the news continued
The Inside story exposes US efforts to outmaneuver Hitler in South America by selling planes to Argentina Brazil and Chile. German influence via minority stockholders challenges American prestige as diplomats push to favor transports over German ships amid shifting priorities. Morale notes critique of British Balkan strategy and Wavell's replies with American observers.
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United States
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Hhe
Germany
Hitler
Uncle Sam
State
Army
Washington
Balkans
Churchill
General Wavell
Greece
Dunkerque
Wavell
William J. Donovan
Roosevelt-Knox
Bar gain price highlights rare beauty and quality
A rare combination of beauty and quality is highlighted at a bar gain price. The notice emphasizes high value and appeal, suggesting shoppers can expect premium design and solid craftsmanship at a favorable rate.
Pioneers Boat and a World War II Policy Mix
A fragmented set of crossword style clues about a vessel that carried colonists, plus a discussion of diplomatic moves and wartime policy. The piece notes Britain’s troop deployment to Greece, the Union Now movement, OPM investigations, a note to Chief Justice Hughes, and future energy shifts from coal to synthetic fuels.
Stanton Street Graduation School Promotes Union Now
Acting Comptroller General R W Elliott reported to the Senate that the Depart ment's Graduate School, established in 1921 with about 3000 students, promotes Clarence Streit s Union Now program. The school charges tuition, credits via the Civil Service Commission, and offers 1135 courses including Current Economic Problems. A folder titled When the War Ends indicates lectures on postwar issues.
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Union Now
Clarence Streit
Congress
American Political Science Association
Wardman Park Hotel
Washington
Society For Personnel Administration
Council On Personnel Administration
New York
Burton Heath
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Comptroller General of the
United States
Senate
Clarence Streits
R. W. Elliott
Civil Service Commission
Elliott
Geographical Terms Challenge and Fatal River Bet
Cranium Crackers asks players to locate land and water bodies by pen and map. Peninsulas Iberian Kola Lunichow. Gulfs Oman Corinth St Lawrence. Isles Man Capri May. Straits Bering Skagerrak Malacca. Capes Tiorn Blanco Gris Nez. Also reports Carl Leslie Stallings’ bet on crossing the Illinois River and his drowning during the challenge.
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Iberian
Kola
Lunichow
Oman
Corinth
St. Lawrence
Isles
Man
Capri
May
Straits
Bering
Skagerrak
Malacca
Capes
Tiorn
Blanco
Train wreck damages Missouri Pacific line in Kasas clip
In Bucyrus Kas a jar sent a load of heavy sheet steel splintering the sides of a Missouri Pacific gondola car. Seventeen miles and seven thousand dollars worth of damaged trackside signal equipment later a station agent flagged down the train.
Bomb Shelter Plan For U S Families Recommended
The War Department released specifications for four family type bomb shelters to be recommended to civilian engineers if needed. Costs range from 230 to 750 dollars and tests are under way to judge protection. The bulletin notes steel framed and reinforced concrete buildings resist bomb damage better than masonry, subways are often inadequate as shelters, sandbags fade in rain or snow, and skylights should be avoided.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Department of Municipal Governments
Flying cadet nicknamed Stinky after skunk incident
Camp life reports a flying cadet earning the nickname during a solo flight when a skunk neared the controls. He alerted the control tower and inverted the plane to eject the animal, earning the humorous moniker. Other briefs note the Evans family in Delaware county's anti-tank company, a Wilkes-Barre station cook shortage, and Elsie Asbury of Carlisle, operating from Fort Bragg.
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Randolph Field
Tex
Stinky
Before and after: women seek childbirth via threefold prescriptions
Many women once unable to bear children due to functional weakness now become happy mothers through Dr. H Will Elders Three-Fold Prescriptions. Advertises the method as restoring home happiness and vitality, priced at $1.50 and sold by Mann Drug Stores.
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H. Will Elders
Elders
Mann Drug Stores
Soldier’s family unfolds across five generations
S 39th Infantry representative reveals a lineage from Bejamin Asbury through Franklin and Bennett Asbury to the present with Emory Asbury, dating back to the War Between the States and the American Revolution as Fort Benning notes a battalion command scene. A woman kibitzer at a training map chides the crew for playing craps.
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S, 39Th Infantry
Emory Asbury
Bejamin Asbury
Franklin Asbury
Bennett Asbury
Fort Benning
Kibitzer
How to Make Tea Sandwich Fillings and More
A reader asks for tips on tea sandwich fillings and home care. Suggested fillings include cold salmon with cream cheese and olives cut in halves. For matting clean with ammonia and cold water, not soap, and varnish wood with several coats of hot linseed oil for weather protection.
Marco Polo’s Sketch of Kublai Khan’s Court and realm
Uncle Ray recounts Kublai Khan as Jenghis Khan’s grandson who ruled a vast Mongol Chinese realm. The narration cites his marble palace near Peiping, a 16 square mile enclosure, a leopard hunts deer fed to 200 falcons, and three summer months at the palace. Polo notes a Christian mission with two friars, and Kublai’s death circa 1928 at about age 78.
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Jenhiz Khan
Kublai Khan
Jenghis
China
Peiping
Marco Polo
Asia
Marco
Cathay
Chandu
Rome
Uncle Ray
Snake in iron casing shocks Indiana garageman
Petersburg Indiana garageman Charles Carlisle spent three days transporting a seven foot iron casing to measure fence posts. When asked what he carried he looked inside and found a live five and a half foot snake. He killed the reptile on the spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
Charles Carlisle
Carlisle
Sweden to spend over six million on public works
Sweden plans more than 6 million in public works to fight unemployment as the economy seeks low unemployment and faster growth. The program targets roads bridges and municipal projects to create jobs and boost local activity.
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Sweden
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