Rifle Virtuoso Made Gun Our Army Mainstay
A profile of John C. Garand creator of the Garand rifle and its impact on U S military firepower. Born in a French Canadian village near Montreal, Garand rose from a Coney Island shooting gallery to head Springfield Armory projects. He is a 52 year old gunsmith with a wife and two children.
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EW York
Sen. Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Daniel Boone
Coney Island
Senator Brookhart
Camp Smith
Peekskill
Army
John C. Garand
United States
Springfield
Montreal
Putnam, Conn
Springfield Armory
Maxime Weygand
Marshal Pilsudski
Finland War Crisis Draws Hitler Into Russian Advance
Moscow reports Russia invades the Karelia isthmus and bombards Helsingfors Viborg Imatra and Tammelsuu as Finland’s government resigns and President Kallio proclaims war. Britain and France struggle to respond while Mussolini surveys a shifting Axis stance and US political jockeying over 1940 campaigns and budget debates.
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Moscow
Viacheslav Molotov
Russia
Finland
Republic
Karelian Isthmus
Helsingfors
Viborg
Imatra
Tammelsuu
Gulf of Finland
Eyoesti Kallio
U. S
England
France
Adolf Hitler
Europe
der Fuehrer
Joe Stalin
Poland
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Germany
Reich
Italy
Italo Balbo
Corriere Padano
Charming Frock For Little Ladies
Pattern No. 8587 offers a high waist, full skirt frock for sizes 2 to 6 years with puff sleeves and a top trim. Materials include gingham linen batiste or challis. organdy or tennis tafetta versions possible. Requires 1% yards of 35 inch fabric for dress and 0.25 yard for panties, plus 0.5 yard for braid. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
III
Notable Names in Politik and Courts Then and Now
Fritz Kuhn, German American Rundfuehrer, convicted in New York of grand larceny and related charges, faces up to 30 years in prison. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt testifies to the Dies committee about Reds in the American Youth Congress but is not questioned. Harold L Ickes faces calls to resign over a proposed armored vehicle plan. Edouard Daladier seeks extension of decree powers.
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Taft
Ohio
Adams
Colorado
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Morgenthau
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
America
United States
Jim Farley
Farley
Emil Hurja
Mr. Hurja
Europe
Fritz Kuhn
Rundsfuehrer
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dies un-Americanism Committee
American Youth Congress
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Indiana Motor Traffic Association
Edouard Daladier
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Fortune Magazine
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Hamilton
Mississippi
Pat Harrison
Michigan
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Oregon
McNary
William Bruckart
National Press Bldg
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Civil Service Commission
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John D. M. Hamilton II
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Washington Digest
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