Women at the Fair Explore Gardens and Exhibits
A lively description recalls a 20th century exposition. Visitors tour the Golden Gate area, viewing 45 000 varieties of flowers and elaborate displays in the Palace of Elegance. VIPs like Elsa Maxwell appear, with fashion notes and social highlights weaving through the fairgrounds on Yerba Buena Island.
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Tounty
Tor Teast
Golden Gate
Molly
Muriel King
Elizaig Hawes
Helen Cookman
Clare Sabarateen
Lavin
Dean
Golden ‘Court
Palace of Elegance
Tha Buena’ Club
Elsa
Maxwell
San Francisco Winter Tips at the Federal Building
A reader advisory invites curious residents to visit the Federal Building to learn about government basics from defense to housing, bills and sessions, stamps, and printing. It promises self improvement opportunities and travel tips, noting nighttime chill even in July travel.
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Congress
Sesson
P. S
San Francisco
War Situation (Continued from Page One)
The Duce urges new efforts possibly wiping out civilian life as Italy readies for air raids. Italy drafts the entire 1912 class, signaling Mussolini's preparedness. Russia accelerates defense drills and gasmask training as Stalin blasts war mongers and warns against foreign entanglements. Moscow views Mussolini's Albanian aggression as validation of suspicions of imperialist threats.
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Rome
Europe
Russia
Soviet Union
Stalin
East
Mussolini
France
Moscow
Town Passes Weird Dog Height Law in 1930s Boston
WPA historical records reveal Boston town rules once barred dogs over ten inches tall. Experts warned of fog price risks for the 1939 40 marketing year unless consumer demand adjusted.
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Boston
WPA Historical Records Survey
War Test for Europe's Big Three Powers in Future Clash
Washington experts say a German Italian Franco British war would crown Germany’s air force, Britain’s navy, and France’s army as pivotal. Air power would target Mediterranean bases, pipelines, and factories while British and French fleets blockade the Suez and Gibraltar, aiming to cut Italian imports of iron coal and petroleum. The combined Anglo French navy would outstrip the Axis in tonnage.
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Europe
Alexander R. George
Washington
Germany
Britain
Great ‘Navy
France
Mediterranean
Mussolinia
England
Hitler
Dusseldorf
London
Reich
Axis
Mussolini
Suez Canal
Strait of Gibbraltar
Italy
Trajan
Reach Compromise on Rate Making Amid Transport Debate
The debate centers on preferential treatment for Reach Compromise and opposition from LC and GC factions. Early efforts proposed fixed rate formulas while HIIt and Representative Ramspeck pushed a compromise resolution. Ramspeck notes Senate subcommittee endorsement could boost support before interstate and Foreign affairs committees reviewing a broader transportation bill.
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Eeeeset
Hiit
Representative Ramspeck
Dem
House
Ramspeck
Senate
Interstate and Foreign Committee
Open Fight Continued From Pate On Ford Predictions
The article discusses a likely move by Governor Bailey to call a special legislative session to fund government sanctions through sales tax receipts. The 1997 law allocates 7 percent to the free textbook fund, 8 percent to the homestead tax exemption fund, 25 percent to the Welfare Department, and 50 percent to the common school fund.
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Ford
Bailey
Alae
Common School
Patch-Moed snake described by UC scientist Bogert
Charles M. Bogert describes the patch-Moed snake in a University of California publication. The rare snake wears a noseguard like a football player and is found from the American southwest to Central America. North dairy hay production rose by 200 pounds per acre in 1938, adding 9,250 four ton increase to total yield.
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Los Angeles
University of California
Charles M. Bogert
American Southwest
Central America
North Darling
Pere
European Powers Prepare for War Based on Armies and Fortifications
The analysis notes Britain and France leading with 149 to 192, predictions of Italian fury at war’s onset, and Alpine offensives against Italy. It cites Maginot and Siegfried lines as fortifications, compares armed forces and reserves of France Germany and Italy, and mentions Russia Yugoslavia and Poland as potential factors in a European split up amid rising tensions.
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Britain
France
Italy
Maginot Line
Germany
Hitler
Taly
Russia
Geow
Yugoslavia
Poland
Raising a Family by Olive Arls Forton
A seventeen year old girl is described as more individual than her male counterpart with greater adaptability to change. The piece explores desires for attractiveness and popularity, the dream of marrying a strong man or becoming famous, and the pressures of competition and parental scrutiny shaping her social life.
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Sue
Star
Toa Sho
Britain Repeats Crowe Legacy In Policy Debate
The piece discusses Britain's naval buildup and the Triple Alliance, Crowe’s influence on postwar ideas like the League of Nations, and Chamberlain's choices affecting Czechoslovakia Poland and Romania. It questions if Chamberlain's use of Crowe’s logic was justified and notes Polish, Russian, and German dynamics shaping Europe.
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Italy
Alstela
Crowe
League of Nations
Leipsig
Chamberlain
Crowls
Polanel
Rumania
Poland
Europe
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Hiller
Russia
Geremany
Hibermany
The daughter of the house faces dances and duties
The piece ponders a daughter's social duties and pressures as she prepares for business or a profession. It notes expectations for balanced friendships, dances with John and Mary, and the looming dreary interlude that may stretch for years, casting her as a right grant soldier in life.
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John
Mary
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