Sweden and Goering Ties Shape Finnish Peace Efforts
The piece links Axel Wenner Gren with Goering in steering Finland Russia peace efforts. It notes Gren’s Sweden ties, corporate power with Bofors Kreuger Electrolux, and a Gulf War context. Also mentions Wenner Gren’s yacht Southern Cross, Greta Garbo aboard, and US banker support for peace through Jesse Jones.
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Washington
Hermann Goering
Scandinavia
Axel Wenner Gren
Goering
Welles
Switzerland
Berlin
Werner Gren
Russia
Finland
Sweden
Germany
Wenner Gren
Kreuger
Electrolux Company
Wall Street
London
Uncle Sam
Jesse Jones
Gren
Kansas City
Southern Cross
Athenia
Greta Garbo
Florida
Bahamian
Greta
Labor Board under Fire in National Labor Relations Act Inquiry
Brackart highlights a House inquiry into the Wagner act and the National Labor Relations Board. He urges reform, warns of government overreach, and notes the minority opposition and potential political fallout ahead of a possible congress action.
Two Spring Styles: Tennis Frock and Little Suit
The article showcases two spring fashion patterns a sleeveless tennis frock with a swing skirt inset belt and strap back and a pinch waisted little jacket blouse with fitting guidance. It emphasizes affordable patterns ideal for wardrobe planning in coming months.
Silence Music and Atlantic Rowers Fact Snapshot
A Curio of strange facts from 19th and early 20th century shows: Shinto music performed silently as sacred ritual. nine men crossed the Atlantic by rowboat since 1876 with Joseph Lawlor the last in 1911. Americans publish many songs but few printed. a record auto accident settlement reached $225,000 on Long Island without litigation.
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Japan
Atlantic Ocean
Joseph Lawlor
Boston
Spain
Long Island
Collier’s
Vital NLRB report urges changes in labor board setup
William Bruckart notes findings by a special House committee on the National Labor Relations act are vital to the nation. He argues that adjustments to the labor board are necessary for orderly labor movement progress, while Congress faces a difficult election year in 1940.
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Washington
House of Representatives
National Labor Relations Act
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
Committee of Inquiry
Rep
Howard Smith
Virginia Democrat
Labor Board
New Deal
Labor
Act
Board
America
Congress
National la
Madden
Smith
House Committee
Stalin
Russia
David Saposs
Saposs
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
William Green
Friends of
NLRB
House
William Bruckart
Ask Me Another Questions
The questions cover measures of depth of Mark Twain the last sense to fall asleep where to buy a wife s wimple the price of rubies biblical versus Mary Ball as mother of a U S president the timing of Confucius relative to Christ the lowest automobile gear and shellfish terms for an ill tempered insignificant and close mouthed person
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Mary Ball
United States
Confucius
Largest US flower and fraction parts from old Q&A
It notes the umbrella tree flower reaching about 15 inches in diameter as a candidate for the largest US bloom and states the two parts of a fraction are the numerator and the denominator.
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United States
Milliner’s
Washington
Life of a Barrel
Wooden barrels pass through as many as 20 industries, each reuse reducing value. They transport products in order from whisky and vinegar to molasses corn syrup olive oil lubricating oil paint disinfectants and tar per Collier's.
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Collier’s
Adlerika Dual Action Relief for Gas Bloat
An ad promoting Adlerika claims it combines three laxatives and five carminatives to relieve stomach gas and bowels without causing griping or habit formation. It promises quick relief within two hours and emphasizes soothing the stomach while clearing wastes. Sold at all drug stores.
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Stark
Missouri
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Brackart
Washington Digest
William Brackart
National Press Bldz
Washington, D. C
Wagner
New York
Gress
Murdock
Utah
Healey
Massachusetts
Halleck
Indiana
Routzahn
Ohio
J. Warren Madden
Edwin S. Smith
William M. Leiserson
Senator Wagner
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Music
Atlantic
George Eliot
St.Joseph
Aeschylus
Prince Albert
Jim Hood
Thad Coleman
Thad
Grand Ol’ Opry
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