Weekly News Analysis on Nazi and Argentine Trade Threats
This column argues that Nazi Germany and Argentina threaten U S trade policy under Cordell Hull. It links Argentine import reductions to 1935 levels and possible U S concessions with bartering schemes and lard for machinery swaps, while noting farm bill debates on cost of production and parity loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. la Bine
Buenos Aires
U. S
Lima
Argentina
Roosevelt
Congress
Germany
Hull
Midwest
Reich
R. H. Cabell
Armour and Company
Bailiwick
State Department
Kept Secrets and Rising Arms Drive in 76th Congress
President Roosevelt’s defense plan gains support in the seventy sixth Congress as the House approves 376 million dollars for two years of military expansion to expand aviation to 5500 frontline planes and bolster naval bases while Germany and Britain push weapons orders. Debate over foreign policy secrecy and potential war involvement intensifies as France and Britain increase arms purchases and U. S. manufacturers report rising exports.
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Roosevelt
White House
Europe
House
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Vinson Naval
U. S
France
Britain
California
Senate
White House Congress
Hiram Johnson
Trend: wind blowing changes in Vermont cinema rules
The article notes Vermont may allow showing taboo movies under local option on Sab bath while Provincetown enacts then withdraws an ordinance restricting knee exposure. It also reports U S card makers say more women play poker, potentially overtaking bridge, and Harvard president James B Conant proposes an eight year medical training program to replace two four year courses.
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Vermont
Provincetown
Mass
U. S
James B. Conant
Harvard
Europe and UAW turmoil shape March crisis era
The article outlines March as a focal point for Europe with Britain and France leaning toward Franco while Axis rivals press on. It notes Francoist gains in Spain, British arms spending, and Anglo French policy alignment amid looming Italian claims. It also covers UAW rifts over Homer Martin, CIO strategies, Browder's Soviet stance, a New York aquacade, and notable retirements.
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Europe
Neville Chamberlain
Rome
Barcelona
Spain
Germany
Italy
France
England
Britain
Francisco Franco
Paris
London
Berlin
Gibraltar
Libya
Tunisia
WPA trouble shooter Brimhall faces praise and blame
Long profile of Dean Brimhall, WPA official in charge of employment problems, detailing a life in Utah business, aviation, and relief work. Describes his sharp public image, plane flights, and diverse interests, plus his role amid New Deal tensions and labor disputes. Also notes Senate daily prayers cost and Chaplain Phillips background.
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York
WPA
Agdin
Dean Brimhall
Sinclair Lewis
Utah
Rocky Mountains
Mr. Brimhall
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Brigham Young
Marriner Eccles
Ogden
United States Senate
Ze Barney Thorne Phillips
Phillips
Fashionable youthful dress designs for women
The catalog presents two dress patterns No 1655 and No 1681. No 1655 suits sizes 34 through 48 with a gathered bodice and lifted waist for a slender silhouette, usable in crepe silk print or wool. No 1681 offers a practical house dress with princess lines and scalloped side closing, suitable for linen gingham percale or calico.
Gardeners Grow a Value Garden with Careful Planting
Garden experts advise selecting crops for value and space efficiency. Walter H. Nixon highlights beans cabbage carrots beets squash tomatoes onions peas and spinach as prime vegs. Use successive plantings and intercropping such as spinach between corn and beans along tomato rows to maximize yield.
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Walter H. Nixon
Practical Home Hacks and Pattern Book Promotion
Tips on broiling steak with toasted bread beneath the rack and saving rubber bands by keeping them airtight. Guidance on washing flour sieves in soda water, polishing silver with old velvet, adding oil to mustard, and shellacking sticky drawers. Includes Barbara Bell Spring Pattern Book offer from Chicago's Sewing Circle Pattern Dept.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Til
Hazardous Farm Work Tops 1937 Fatality List
The National Safety Council notes agriculture led 1937 occupational deaths with 4 500 of 19 500 total. Machinery caused 29 percent and animals 21 percent of farm fatalities, followed by heat falls vehicular and lightning in descending order.
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National Safety Council
Play in Time When You Play Play Hard
The quote by Theodore Roosevelt urges focus on effort and discipline. It contrasts playing with working and suggests seriousness in all tasks.
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Heodore Roosevelt
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Senator Johnson
Jose Miaja
Miaja
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Valencia
Madrid
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John L. Lewis
Congress For Industrial Organization
United Automobile Workers of America
Homer Martin
C. I. CO
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Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Cleveland
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Plymouth
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Sidney Hillman
Philip Murray
Moscow
Earl Browder
American Communist Party
Cuba
Col
Fulgencio Batista
Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
New York
Eleanor Holm
Edmund J. Reardon
Cambridge
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States Steel Corporation
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By Lemuel F. Parton
Brigham Young University
McKeen Cattell
Columbia University
Columbia
Wrights
Rockies
Corrigan
Neely
Joshua
Calvin Coolidge
Church of the Epiphany of Washington
Chaplain Phillips
Springfield
Ohio
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General Theological Seminary
Oxford
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
Faith
Deacon
Sallie
Hews
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