Bankers pick Illinois farmer to lead New York Stock Exchange
Emil Schram, Hartwell Farms operator and head of the Reconstruction Finance Corp since 1939, is offered and may accept the NYSE presidency. The 48 year old Democrat rose from timber and grain work to top federal roles, succeeding William M. Martin Jr. as the exchange seeks a steady hand amid growing government finance oversight.
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Mr. Schram
Washington
Home and Farm Authority
TVA
Edward R. Stettinius
Schram
William M. Martin Jr
The
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Martin
Everglades Transformed Into Sugar Industry Hub
A dozen years after earlier barren lands, the Everglades now host ten United States Sugar plantations covering thousands of acres in Clewiston Florida. The industry employs over 5,000 workers and spent more than 1.5 million dollars in 1940 on materials sourced from 19 states. Photos depict harvest season activities with industrious looking girls who are enjoying a frolic in the cane.
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Florida Everglades
United States Sugar Corporation
Clewiston
Fla
Screenradio notes and film gossip from Virginia Vale
The column previews Crisis in the Atlantic with Arctic to South Atlantic defense mentions, plus profiles of Brian Donlevy in The Great Man's Lady and Bette Davis in The Little Foxes. Anna Neagle underwater dance in Sunny is highlighted, with Ray Bolger and John Carroll leading support. Bob Hope’s 97 year old grandfather aids fires while Hope plans The Murder Farm. Agnes Moorehead recalls Citizen Kane, and Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor cruise as Mr and Mrs Brugh after 18 months apart.
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The
Atlantic
Britain
Arctic
South Atlantic
Anna Neagle
Sunny
England
New Orleans
Ray Bolger
John Carroll
Miss Neagle
Bob Hope
Bob
Paulette Goddard
Ghost Breakers
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Taylor
West Indies
Mrs
A. S. Brugh
Bread N Butter Enriched Flour Promotes Healthful Eating
The article explains enriched flour adds vitamin B1 iron and other nutrients to white bread. It notes the U S Department of Agriculture recommended fortification and suggests home uses like buttercups and croustaches, offering recipe ideas to employ the fortified bread in creative ways.
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Bureau of Home Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Picnic Time Bread Delights and Elegant Sandwich Ideas
A lifestyle column offers outdoor eating tips and recipes for bread based snacks. It describes making Bread Patty Cases and Checkerboard Sandwiches with decorative layers, plus Ribbon Sandwiches and a versatile Sandwich Loaf with varied fillings.
Hollywood News Notes From Radio and Screen
Warner Bros drafted college students to man prop guns for Dive Bomber and The Flight Patrol. Robin Hood will be a Republic serial with Roy Rogers in the title role. Robert Cummings will star opposite Deanna Durbin in Almost an Angel. Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy renew their radio coffee program for a fifth year. The Pause That Refreshes on the Air is renewed for another 26 weeks.
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Warner Brothers
Robin Hood
Republic
Roy Rogers
Robert Cummings
Deanna Durbin
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Bergen
Ten rules for appetizing nutritious meals
Lynn offers ten guidelines to improve meal appeal and nutrition. Avoid repeated foods in a meal and limit strongly flavored items. Include texture variety, flavor balance, hot and cold items, color and shape contrast, new forms for leftovers, and diverse combinations.
Slimming by Calorie Limits Promises Fast Weight Loss
A feature touts dieting by restricting daily calories to about 1200, claiming a 24 pound drop in three months and renewed youthfulness. It promises abundant eating while losing weight, offers a 32 page booklet with 42 low calorie menus and a larger calorie chart, and explains how to gain.
Enclose 10 Cents for The New Way to a Youthful Figure
A compact ad urging readers to send a dime to receive the publication titled The New Way to a Youthful Figure. The offer stresses a quick mailing of ten cents and outlines how the pamphlet promises guidance to improve appearance.
Right of the Accused in Confrontation History
The right of an accused to confront accusers is traced to imperial Rome and cited in Acts. It influenced English law and was not original to the U S Constitution. Festus the Roman procurator defended this face to face principle in Jerusalem. The law entered England under Edward VI.
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St. Paul
Festus
Judea
Paul
Jerusalem
England
Edward VI
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RFC
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Emil Schram
Peru
Ind
J. O. Cole
Illinois River
Hartwell Land Trust
National Drainage Association
Hoover Administration
Everglades
Casey Jones
Florida
Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
Arch OF Time
Canada
Greenland
Brian Donlevy
Paramount
Donlevy
Bette Davis
Little Foxes
RKO
Miss Davis
Agnes Moorehead
Orson Welles
Welles
Lynn Chambers
Lynn
Reader-Home
Sixth Ave
New York City
Temperance
Repose
Longfellow
Ovid
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