Italy follows Hitler tactics to pressure France
Analysis argues Mussolini mirrors Nazi strategy, pressing France amid internal strife and British diplomacy. It notes Paris risks concessions on Djibouti, Corsica, and Nice as London touts a friendship pact with Rome, with Germany as potential brake. Also covers U S policy shifts in finance, industry, and defense amid 1939-40 tensions.
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Adolf Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Popular Front
Edouard Daladier
Haly
Chamber of Deputies
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Neville Champerlain
Rome
Chamberlain
Germany
Hitler
Britain
Quakers Seek Meeting With Hitler Over Jewish Plight
Amid efforts by the intergovernmental committee in London to aid German Jews, only sparse direct contact has occurred with Adolf Hitler. George Rublee, an American member, will not meet Hitler without an official invitation, while three Pennsylvania Quakers from New York announced hopes to see the chancellor and discuss the entire issue.
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Washington
U. S
National Economic Committee
Wyoming
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Justice Department
Thurman Arnold
O'Mahoney
Labor Department
Isador Lubin
WPA
Leon Henderson
Lubin
Henderson
Dr. Lubin
Messia Lubin
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve System
New York
Germany
Intergovernmental Committee
London
Adolf Hitler
George Rublee
Hitler
Pennsylvania
Hitler Biag
Why so many fake Santas this Christmas season
A humorous column advises parents facing multiple Santa lookalikes in public on how to explain to children. It recalls Omaha’s mayor ordering Santas off the streets and suggests telling Junior that Santas have helpers. The piece ends noting the potential futility of such efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Ormaha
Papa
Santa
American Turkey Has Foreign Name
An exploration of how the turkey gained its name. Explanations include its call notes turk turk turk a head plume resembling a fez, and early trade routes where American birds entered Spain via Hebrew merchants. The term tulki for peacock complicates naming before turkey became common in English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
America
Spain
Christmas Celebrations Traced to 354 A D Roman Records
Roman records date the first Christmas celebration to 354 A D in the Philocalian calendar. The festival spread west to east. January 6 marked nativity and baptism before December 25. First English celebration appears in 568. various medieval customs followed including a 12 day festival from Christmas to Epiphany.
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St. Augustine
Council of Tours
Rescue
Hater
Germany
Christhus
Spud
Maine
Nerwey Oy Ring Hakan the
Wau
His Last Dime Andriscoll Quietly Starved For Christmas
Dan, a penniless wanderer, clings to a single dime kept for two decades since finding it on his father's farm. As shoppers spend on Christmas, he eyeing a cafe temptation with a coffee and doughnut or a hamburger, weighing hunger against thrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andriscoll
Dan
Dime Worth Thousands Surprises Honest Dan
In a cafe a man named Dan discovers a seemingly ordinary dime he has carried for years may be a rare find worth thousands. An older man verifies the coin’s rarity while the cafe owner exclaims triumph, and Dan orders a Christmas dinner from soup to mince pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Dan Driscoll
Hawaii Yule Greetings Broadcast to Islands In Pacific
In Honolulu officials report KGU has sent Christmas greetings for three years to remote islands in the equatorial Pacific. The messages reach a dozen or so young Americans who maintain the Stars and Stripes on Howland, Baker, Jervis, and Wake Island.
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Hawaii
Pacific Territory
Honolulu
Pacific
Statisce Kgu
Howland
Boxer
Jervis
Star Dust Tells All In Good Taste
Elsa Lanchester writes about her husband Charles Laughton and Hollywood, sharing anecdotes on actors like Cagney and Cooper. The piece notes Laughton’s stage roots, his resistance to typecasting, and mentions Ezra Stone, Lanny Ross, and others while touching on industry pay, fame, and radio appearances in a breezy, period-voice fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Laughton
Laughton
James Cagney
Luise Rainier
Gary Cooper
Man
the Plains
Lanny Ross
Lanny
Launcelot
Patrick Ross
Vaude Ville
Yale
Columbia
NBC
New York
Colorful Tea Towels Offer Embroidery and Applique
Pattern 1706 from The Sewing Circle Nee dlecraft Dept. offers six motifs in a 6 by 7 inch transfer. Includes Stitches and materials required. Send 15 cents with name address pattern number to 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY.
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Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
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Joseph W. la Bine
Piper-O’brien
Gore
National Association of Manufacturers
Masaryk
Thomas G. Masaryk
Dan Maser
Pan
Pruteal
Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
England
Henry A. Wallace
Merrill K. Bennett
Stanford University Food Research Institute
White House
Roosevelt
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
William E. Borah
Indiana
Louis Ludlow
Nations] Committee
Hoover, duPont and Liberty League
Daniel O. Hastings
Delaware
Harvey Jewett
South Dakota
Bya
Ibador Lubin
Pop
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria
Keene, N
Foyt
American
By Katherine Edelman
Ezra
Virginia Vale
Douglas Corrigan
RKQ
Jane Warren
Rudy Vallie
Earlleyne
Vallee
Ezra Stone
Stone
Kate Smith
Paramount
Academy of Allied Arts
Ezratz
Alus
al Goodman
Joul McCrea
Decil B. DeMille
Debtle
Cecil B
Bondinette
D’armuy Jim
Frances Langford
Clark Cable
Ellers
Ulu
Lulse Ratner
O'Dea
Dos Moines
Os Des Moines Stove Repair Company
Tillman Brothers
la Croom
Wis
Ork
Theognis
Nowbergs
Martial
Deg Dees
Bionic of Health
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