Paul Reynaud's push for monetary union links France to Britain
Paul Reynaud, French finance minister since 1938, advocates a close monetary and economic union with Britain as a cornerstone of defense. A center political figure, he warned France to prepare for worst and has a history of devaluation advocacy and wary stance toward government meddling in business.
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Mexico
Dewey Campaign Gains Steam In New York Wisconsin Pr imaries
Opinion by Joseph W. LaBine notes Dewey's New York and Wisconsin victories boosting his GOP bid while third term talk weakens. The piece cites Roosevelt, Garner, Wheeler, Lewis, and Hull amid national election year tensions and party realignments.
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Alben Barkley
New York
Tom Dewey
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G. O. P. Hope
Frank Gannett
America
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Arthur Vandenberg
Franklin Roosevelt
Jack Garner
Los Angeles
Eleanor Roosevelt
Europe
Sumner Welles
White House
Germany
Monongah
W. Va
John Lewis
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
San Francisco
Wallace opposes chain store tax bill in Texas
Secretary Henry Wallace warned the proposed tax would drive larger interstate chains from business, hindering efficient marketing. The broad political roundup notes U. S. Senate action on reciprocal trade, FCA loans, and a census prologue with Roosevelt.
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Henry Wallace
Texas
Wright Patman
Wallace
U. S
Supreme Court
A. F. of L
Chicago
New Orleans
Fifth
U. S. Circuit
Becaine Ot Rotten & T
Refugee Bernstein Builds New Shipping Fleet in Baltimore
Arnold Bernstein, once jailed by the Nazis, has restarted with Americanized shipping lines. A freighter burned in Baltimore but was insured, while newly recruited ships sail cargo to Europe. Bernstein, age 61, arrived last October, escaping a Nazi jail and a tangle over blocked marks, and now expands his fleet.
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Arnold Bernstein
Baltimore
Europe
Bad Handwriting and the Joke of Legibility
The piece notes a friend who quizzes pronunciation and trips you up on errors while forgiving criticism of his own illegible writing. It argues good handwriting does not indicate genius, yet clever men can still be infamously blunt about others' penmanship.
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Napoleon
Josephine
Handwriting Follies and Postal Perils Across History
A humorous tour of legible verse and misread ink from authors and artists. Tales include a farmer fleeing a lion, Napoleon letters misread as battle plans, a doctor’s note misinterpreted as a shotgun loan, and a railway president turning a trespass threat into a free rail pass.
Toot Your Horn The Japanese Highway Code Advice
A quirky excerpt advises drivers to toot the horn when a foot passenger is in sight and to trumpet a warning if obstacles persist. It warns to proceed carefully around grease mud and to brake when the policeman signals.
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North Carolina
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Seven Devils Mountains
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