Weekly News Analysis on German Encirclement and Polish Stand
The piece reviews Hitler’s Wilhemshaven speech and rising fear in Poland of a German encirclement. It notes French British backing for Poland and Romania, and Polish diplomacy under Beck amid Berlin pressure. It also covers Franco Spain, Japan's coastal moves, and ongoing global tensions shaping prewar alliances.
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Poland
Germany
Russia
Rumania
Europe
Mr. Chamberlain
France
Paris
Carol
Bucharest
Soviet Russia
Britain
London
Josef Beck
Berlin
Kurier Poranny
Munich
Tokyo
Canton
Franco
Barcelona
Japan
Hainan Island
Hitler
Madrid
Jose Miaja
Spain
Segismundo Casado
Defense Council
Julian Besteiro
Senor Besteiro
General Casado
U. S
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Marino Gamboa
Mexico
Welles Edenish style and Hollywood aging in one bio
In a brisk portrait, Sumner Welles is depicted with Edenish charm and precision features, while actor Walter Brennan is traced from youth to aging film persona. The column blends political stature and Hollywood lore, noting Welles’s New York origins, Harvard training, and long service, alongside Brennan’s rise as a rugged leading man and self-deprecating wit.
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York
Anthony
Carl Sandburg
Walter Bren
Hollywood
Will Rogers
Rogers Pictures
Panama Canal widening urged by Frank J. Taylor and Jamaica water boy
Frank J. Taylor returns from the canal with a call for a $300,000,000 widening to aid commerce and defense. He recounts a Brooklyn rise from a $1 daily wage to $35,000 a year, and notes shipping interests should cooperate with the U.S. Maritime Commission to reduce government intrusion.
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Panama Canal
Jamaica
Frank J. Taylor
American Merchant Marine
New York
Congress
Mr. Taylor
Brooklyn
Florida
United States Maritime Commission
Consolidated News
Suits of Glamorous Wools Are Top Fashion for Spring
Fashion pages hail spring suit mania led by colorful textured wools and new tweeds. Designers showcase threesome ensembles with skirts jackets and topcoats, plaid and striped woolens, pleated skirts, and bold accessories like purple veiled hats and brown suede bags, signaling versatile, chic daywear.
Veils Rule Spring Millinery With Green Accent Hats
Veils dominate the season as hats hide the face behind yards of veiling. A bright green veil pairs with black or navy straw hats to radiate spring chic. The all veiling hat, often a sailor style, features twisted veiling strands and long streamer ends for provocative movement.
Navy vogue steps to fashion front
Contrasting flamboyant plaids and stripes navy vogue leads. Suits with tailored jackets dresses with boleros and coats of navy wool are neatly cut. Accessories range from colorful to white lingerie touches in immaculate tones.
Object of Admiration Resort Visitors Praise Sailor with Taffeta Bow
Resort visitors admire a rough straw Sailor hat featuring a high perky bow of taffeta on its uptilted brim as part of the seaside dress display.
Silk Shirting Sports Dress Fashion Note
A fashion note suggests using purple striped silk shirting for a sports dress with a self color reptile belt. It also previews dull-surfaced nubby silk nail in olive green and off white, paired with a separate lumber jacket top for a coordinated look.
Safety at intersections drives 1937 collision patterns
The National Safety Council reports that about 58 percent of urban injury accidents in 1937 occurred at intersections, while rural areas saw 24 percent. It notes 52 percent of two vehicle intersection crashes were right angle collisions.
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National Safety Council
Counterfeit Happiness Quote Echoes From Hosea Ballou
A brief epigraph warning that true happiness costs less than its counterfeit, attributed to Hosea Ballou. The line contrasts genuine joy with costly fakes, emphasizing value over illusion.
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Hosea Ballou
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