War boom or not how will Europe war affect America
A reader notes the idea of a war boom in the United States is misleading. Business leaders say 1940 41 pressures won t lead to a war boom and consumption may fall. Trade with Europe is shrinking as cotton tobacco and fruit exports plunge while civil consumption declines and the war disrupts normal commerce. The piece asks who profits and if the war will bring a boom at all.
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Iether
Europe
Totsalbel Farm
Department of Agriculture
Toermany
Poland
Danzig
Czech
Slovakia
Scandinavian
Holland
Belgium
Medan
Hope and Society Notes From Thursday May 16 1920
Thursday May 16 1920 society items note Mr and Mrs W Foster will visit Hot Springs for baths staying at the Majestic Hotel Mrs J L Moore and daughter arrived from Prescott for extended visit with Mrs Moore s sister Mrs B C Acker Elderleen arrived from Prescott for the visit The Hope High School Junior Class will present Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch at the New Grand theater tonight Mrs A I Black will attend her daughter Miss Mary Pillow Black s graduation at St Mary s College Dallas Texas on the 27th and attend a violin recital next Tuesday Mrs A D Hervey of Washington visited Hotel Barlow yesterday plus short notes on sea anemones and a skeptical line about hot lightning and cold lightning.
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W. ¥. Foster
Majestic Hotel
J. L. Moore
Elderleen
Prescott
Dallas
Texas
Miss Mary Pillow Black
St. Mary's College
We Can't Keep Out Wehn Morals Enter War Talk
Ruth Millett notes Americans grow defeatist as they claim to think honestly while resisting war. She argues the country shirks thinking and lets others decide policy, yet many say they do not want war. The piece critiques passivity in public opinion.
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Ruth Millett
de Finn
Rawleigh Route Salesman Wanted in Memphis Tennessee
A classified notice seeks a full time Rawleigh household products route in Hope area with a car required. Apply to Rawleigh's Dept. AKE 118-208, Memphis Tennessee. The rest discusses wartime citizen duties and anti defacement rhetoric aimed at women in defense context.
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Rawleigh
AKE
Memphis
Tenn
Bamboo crab defends its bamboo stalk lair with claws
A bamboo crab hides within hollow bamboo stalks its rear body undeveloped. When intruders approach its domain it shoots out a pair of bristling claws from the stalk entrance to deter them.
Puzzle of Life Beyond Our Solar System
Still a puzzle whether there is life on other planets of our own solar system. We can only guess. We know life there would differ from ours as conditions are very different.
Sewing Boom Feeds England Army With Garments
More than 300000 workers produce clothing for England s army. Shirting material is ordered by the mile and shirts by the hundred thousand as wartime clothing supply expands rapidly.
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England
Cranium Cracker Quiz Clues and Unclear Dates
Answer snippets list solutions to Cranium Cracker items on page one and include a lapidary as a gem polisher and a note that pediatrics is child care science. The final item mentions Washington taking the oath in New York City on April 30 with an OCR error showing 178%.
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Washington
New York City
Fragmented 19th Century Market Snippets and War Notes
An assortment of garbled lines mentions a toothbrush dispenser, a 140 year old New Orleans mum, and a bemused age of 116. It then shifts to war weariness: six months of inactivity, scouting by both sides, and Allied support against Nazi forces with Poles and Norwegians training and arming in a pivot to drive out the Nazis.
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New Orleans
Norway
Plants Need Them Calcium and Other Elements
A fragment lists essential plant elements including calcium carbon hydrogen iron magnesium nitrogen oxygen phosphorus potassium and sulfur. The note appears as a partial guide to plant nutrition with misspellings and incomplete terms.
Albatross and Reptile Describe Surprising Motion
The albatross named Grace glides with strong air currents as the bird appears nearly helpless otherwise. A reptile from ancient days uses four paddle like fins as oars to propel itself through the water in a curious display of motion.
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Phyiosuir
Elements Essential for Plant Growth in Ty Style
A concise list outlines the 10 elements vital to plant growth. Primary nutrients required include nitrogen phosphorus and potassium, with secondary nutrients such as calcium magnesium sulfur and trace elements like iron manganese zinc copper boron molybdenum and chlorine. Balanced supply supports healthy root development and yield.
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Warner Bros
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Willhite's
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Mont's
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McRae Mill & Feed Co
McRae Mi & Feed Co
Stuart Dress Shop
STAR
Jacks
Whitten & York Furniture Co
Jarvis
West &Th
Luke
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Cotton Row
Home Ice Co
3Rd St
Hempstead Co, Lumber Co
Pines
Wylie's Mobil
Ime
Howe District
Roshon
S. Court Square
William Murdock
London
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West Fourth Street
Smaltresses
Phialie
Paul Cobb
R.H. Harash
Bargins
Ted
Lack Mota Co
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General Auto Repair
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Willis
Gulf Service
Bryan Motor Co
Nice
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Pypele
North Elm
Bath and Kitcher
Patsterson’s
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Williams Lumber Co
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Mack
Twiggs
Woodpecker
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EA Bervice, Inc
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