Truth and the boy who asks why
The Rotarian Magazine quotes J Edgar Hoover on telling the truth to a son. The piece compares truth to a tough ingredient, noting how honesty challenges diplomacy and protests against prejudice and propaganda. It cites Oliver Wendell Holmes on truth being tough and George Eliot on its rough flavors. Parents struggle to balance candor with tact.
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J. Edgar Hoover
G-men
Rotarian
Mr. Hoover
Oliver Wendell Holmes
George Eliot
Truth
A Bow to the Red Cross Seventy-Fifth Birthday
A tribute naming the Red Cross as the greatest agency for alleviating human suffering. It recalls its founding inspiration from Henry Dunant and the date June 24, 1859 in Solferino, Italy.
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RED Cross
Solferino
Italy
Red Cross Origin Tied to Solferino Battle
Henri Dunant witnessed the bloody 1859 Solferino clash between France Sardinia and Austria. His horror spurred a Geneva treaty of 1864 creating neutral relief for the wounded. By 75 years later the Red Cross counts about 40 million members in 62 nations, with the United States joining in 1881 thanks to Clara Barton.
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France
Sardinia
Austria
Henri Dunant
Dunant
Geneva
Signia
Red Cross
United States
Clara Barton
Solferino
Retail Trade Gains Flag a New Economic Message
Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins announced a billion dollar increase in retail trade for the first half of 1939 compared with 1938. The report shows a 5 percent rise in the first quarter and 7 percent in the second. General merchandise prices fell about 2.5 percent while retail food costs were down 3.5 percent.
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Harry Hopkins
Department of Commerce
As You Were Fifty Years Ago Today Muscatine Move
Ten lines of local retrospective notes from the past decades mention Mrs Tillie, mother of Dr John Tillie, moving from England to Muscatine, plus clergy changes at Mulford Congregational and a rededication at United Brethren. Ten years ago notes include E L McColm store space leased to J C Penney and Mildred Fogarty elected national federation secretary for Sisters of Charity at Milwaukee.
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Tillie
John Tillie
England
Muscatine
E. Sloan
Saginaw
Mich
Mulford
Labor Leader Harry Bridges Speech At Deportation Hearing
C I O labor chief Harry Bridges told a deportation hearing that workers cannot wait decades for change. He urged practical steps to raise pay now, arguing for quicker gains of a few nickels a day for workers facing hardship.
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Harry Bridges
Jeader
Neutrality debate to dominate U S Congress outlook
In Washington and New York the column analyzes how neutrality revision splits lawmakers and administration officials. It notes a likely Senate showdown, the Russia shift validating critics, and the push to aid Britain and France while avoiding direct entry. It also covers oil conservation debates and shipping policy shifts with Latin America.
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Washington
Alan Barth
Ray Tucker
State Department
Senate
Hitler
Poland
Fuehrer
France
England
U. S
Russia
Interstate Compact Commission
Congress
Ickes
William P. Cole, Jr
Maryland
South America
Grace Line
Pacific
Republic of Chile
Compania Sudamericana de Vapores
Chile
U. S. State Department
Maritime Commission
Australian Animal Crossword Clue Set
A themed crossword puzzle with horizontal and vertical clues. Clues describe animals, anatomy, actions, objects, and concepts with entries like leaping marsupial, organ, clothing items, and measurements. The puzzle blends zoological terms with everyday words in a mixed difficulty grid.
Strange as It Seems Heaven on Earth by Cheikh al Jebal
A sensational 1922 tale describes a North Persian stronghold of Ismailites led by Cheikh al Jebal who used hashish to lure followers into a paradise garden. The piece cites a boxing match where Jack Hausner lost to Packey O Gatty by technical knockout at Coney Island after a disputed foul call.
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Heaven ON Earth
Cheikh al Jebal
Persia
The
Assassins
Jack Hausner
Packey O’gatty
Coney Island
Frweiner Ye Jebal
Order of Assassins
Raeros
Family Tensions Over Betrayal Strain Aunt Het Story
Aunt Het recalls past partnership with her brother Dan, noting Ma’s bitterness toward him for cheating and his wife’s resentment toward Het for taking from him. The fragment suggests a strained family dynamic rooted in a betrayed relationship and resulting tensions.
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Dan
Bata plan to build plant town in Ontario area faces union doubts
About 1000 acres in the Trenton-Frankford region of Ontario are under option by Bata shoe interests to establish a plant and model town. HABIT leaders doubt the AFL mediation plan for resolving building trades jurisdictional disputes. Contractors will work with AFL but fear the habit of jurisdictional strikes remains deeply rooted amid the CIO drive to dominate the field.
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New York
James McMullin
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Sen
Robert Taft
Taft
Grove Patterson
Toledo Blade
Walter F. Brown
Hoover
Brown
Trenton-Frankford
Ontario
Bata Shoe Manufacturing Interests
Czecho-Slovakia
A. F. of L
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Walter Russell
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Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Chicago
Kansas City
Detroit
al St. Louis
San Francisco
Nobe, Rothenberg and Jann
Busi
Ness
Galbraith
Europe
Interior Department
Latin America
Mexico
America
N. Y
Democratic National Committee
National Guard
Sir John Simon
Republic
Balkan
Germany
Mannheimer
BATA
Canada
John Bricker
Nisning, Ned
William J. Miller
King Features Syndicate, Inc
John Hix
Jebal
Reikart
Emily
Publishers Syndicate
American Federation of Labor
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