Still Selling U S Abroad Still Selling U S Abroad
Washington era samples of COI power show the office as vital for defense planning and counter propaganda abroad. Colonel Donovan, nicknamed Wild Bill, is the silent, strategic head whose early life as a Buffalo politician’s son from County Cork shaped a steady rise.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Europe
Asia
United States
COI
Mediterranean
Knox
Donovan
Columbia University
Bill Donovan
Buffalo
County Cork
Bill
Law and military hero Donavan rises in public life
The profile traces a Buffalo born lawyer and military leader who became United States Attorney and Assistant Attorney General under Coolidge, a close Hoover ally, and a potential future national defender. It notes his WWI service in the Fighting 69th with three wounds and six decorations, culminating in the Congressional Medal of Honor, and his later political ambitions. It ends with a tidbit about London’s underground water reservoir.
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Columbia Law School
Buffalo
Bill Donovan
Ruth Rumsey
National Guard
Poland
American Relief Commission
69Th
Legion
Donovan
United States
New York
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Hoover
Herbert H. Lehman
Knox
Apex
National Defense
Chase's Favorite Story at the Busy Fres Restaurant
Actress and radio star Ka Chase, a frequent diner, recalls a Fres restaurant tale about crowding. A late diner quips she hopes not to wait, and the headwaiter, overwhelmed, scurries to cover a busboy with a tablecloth and four settings amid the rush.
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Ka Chase
Bushay
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers On Social Etiquette
The column presents etiquette Q A with scenarios such as a guest spilling a drink, removing a fruit pit, buttering hot biscuits, buttering hot rolls, and napkin etiquette. It gives the hostess responsibility to assist, use fingers for pit removal, butter entire biscuit at once, allow buttering of hot rolls, and a man should pick up a dropped item for a woman while she may respond graciously.
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Clover
Simple Food Aids the Bride
Bride plan shines at first dinner with careful menus and staging. Readied fare follows traditional lines with oysters and sauces, vegetables and salads, and a simple lamb boat centerpiece, aiming for balanced courses and tasteful presentation.
Romanian Railways Through War and Stamp Commemoration
A historical note describes Romania’s Danube frontier and main ports Braila and Galatz, with Constanta open year round. It recalls prewar railway funding, standard gauge issues, and 1940s wartime shifts, noting the 1939 stamp honoring seventy years of Romanian railroads and the use of rail transport for troops during operations against Russia.
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Danube
Rumania
Black Sea
Braila
Galatz
Constanta
Germany
Russia
Creamed Vegetables With Butter and Salt Tips
A fragmented home style note describes creamed vegetables with butter and salt. Instructions mention melted butter, blending, and adding peas or potatoes, with steps to simmer until sauce thickens and vegetables are heated through.
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B&b
Sony
Fiddlin Gal Aunt Sue Ritter Seeks Valley Orchestra Post
Monticelo Kentucky report notes Aunt Sue Ritter a famed Wayne County fiddler applying to Phil Spitaley for a village orchestra role. The text also mentions Aunt Bliv and references unsettling items tied to a Buckingham Palace setting, with unclear surrounding details.
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Monticeleo
Sue Ritter
Wayne County
Barn Dateus
Phil Spitaley
Vallegivl
Blliv
Surreal Bits From A Fractured News Page
A jumble of fragments mentions oysters, Uncle Sam, Hitler, Button makers strike, Oxelises, British soil rewarded harvest, sowing circles, and New Yorker turning false. The text mingles surreal asides on fashion, aggression, and cowardice with scattered phrases about raids and reading, yielding a fractured snapshot of a noisy era.
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Uncle Sam
Hitler
Steike Diasender
N.Y
Wilv
Ghris
Jook
Ersatz Java BERN UP joins European substitutes scene
In Bern Switzerland, a coffee cap limits per person to about two cups daily as Europes shift to substitutes grows. Large scale cultivation begins in two provinces of a shrub that reaches three feet, with dense flowers and pods containing brown seeds. Seeds blend well with small coffee portions, aiding the substitution. Plants thrive poorly for other crops. There are 21 islands in the Hawallan archipelago, most of which are inhabited.
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Bern
Switzerland
Europ
Man Confesses to Police After Missing Home Inquiry
A man told police he had no home, was handed a sentence and cautions about custody. Authorities urged speaking up, but the message may not help unless shared publicly or with counsel.
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Aarin
Protected Porpoise Piet Jack Famed Harbor Visitor
A large protected porpoise named Piet Jack surfaced near Wellington harbor in New Zealand and drew attention from ships. The United States trade data shows Africa exporting wood valued at 127 million dollars during the period.
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Wellington
New Zealand
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Franks & Son
W. T
Cline Franks
South Main
Harry W. Shiver
Allied
Oklahoma Tire & Supply Co
Eoiate
Bob Elmore
Hope
Caen & Cigarettes
Populi
Gor
Lina Medina
Gerardo Alejandro
Parque de la Republica
Lima
Vargas Morales
London
City
Dee Lang
Hempstead County
Aleander George
Buockdingdham Palace
Thes
Robison
Lorraine Underwear Shop
California
Lorraine
Wailan
Africa
Charmant Rayon
Crepes
Geo. W. Robison & Co
Nashville
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