British Soviet Tension Rises After Nazi Pact
Weekly analysis notes Berlin’s Nazi Soviet trade pact signals a deepening alliance as Britain speeds aid to Finland. It cites Soviet gains in Karelia with 50,000 casualties, and warns of a broader European juggernaut facing the Allies amid Near East troop movements and Balkan defenses.
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Germany
Russia
Berlin
Europe
der Angriff
Robert Ley
Near East
Balkans
Turkey
Iran
Afghanistan
India
Karelian
Finland
United Press
Pitkaeranta
President sails on secret Caribbean fishing trip
The President departed for a ten day fishing voyage in Caribbean waters, escorted by a convoy of Secret Service agents. His final action before departure was to approve a 252 million dollar emergency defense bill.
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Congress
Caribbean
Secret Service
Factions, figures and policy push in Washington news
Names and events from Washington and abroad shape the 1940 convention plans and foreign policy debate. Hoover memories mix with Bulgaria’s premier resignation while Artie Shaw marries Lana Turner and Congress advances a large naval and farm bill amid tariff and neutrality debates.
White House feud over Welles peace mission unfolds
The Chicago Tribune reports Sumner Welles conceived a European peace mission and secured Roosevelt's approval after meeting with Missy LeHand. Rumors say Welles sailed for Europe while Ambassadors Kennedy and Bullitt questioned the choice. Hull and Early deny a rift. Myron Taylor gains ambassadorial status to the Vatican, igniting Baptist protests.
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Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Chicago Tribune
Welles
White House
Marguerite
Missy
LeHand
Tribune
Washington
Miami
Joe Kennedy
Britain
Paris
Bill Bullitt
France
Europe
Cordell Hull
Steve Early
Mr. Hull
London
Berlin
Rome
Vatican
U. S
Myron Taylor
Pius XII
Insurance Quiz Highlights SEC Scrutiny of Life Firms
Washington spotlighted U S insurance companies as the national economy committee examined the sector. Leon Henderson, SEC commissioner, charged life firms hold a first mortgage on U S business and showed 26 large companies shifted from issuing policies to investments. From 1929 to 1938 these firms took in 42 billion, with 10% in reserve and surplus. Assets rose 63% 1929 to 1935 while life in force grew 10%. John A Stevenson Penn Mutual urged modernizing mortality data noting excess collected but offsets appear in policy dividends.
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Leon Henderson
Securities and Exchange
U. S
SEC
John A. Stevenson
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
TNBC
Supreme Court Acts on Lincoln Birthday with Three Decisions
In Washington the Supreme Court ruled to spare four Florida Negroes from death by finding that confessions were obtained after five days of grinding police questioning violating constitutional rights. The court also blocked federal review of National Labor Relations Board factual rulings and barred Arkansas from taxing gasoline in interstate bus fuel tanks above twenty gallons. Justices Frankfurter Black and Douglas dissented on the trade barrier issue, saying Congress should act.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Lincoln
Florida
National Labor Relations Board
Arkansas
Frankfurter
Black
Douglas
Envoi Abroad and Roosevelts World Policy Debate
Washington contemplates Sumner Welles as ambassador-at-large for Europe amid talk of a third term and broader U S involvement. The piece critiques Berle and Wilson era parallels, notes Roosevelt's aim to shape world affairs, and questions union merger timing at the CIO AFL split stake.
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Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Groton-Harvard
Americas
Welles
Woodrow Wilson
Adolf Berle
Berle
Roosevelt and peace overture through W R Davis detailed
A confidential sequence describes W R Davis meeting with John L. Lewis and Walter Jones leading to a White House discussion with FDR about German peace ideas. Davis traversed Bermuda and Portugal under British scrutiny to Berlin then submitted notes to Adolf Berle for Roosevelt. G men shadowed Davis and Jones as the episode fed long Roosevelt Lewis tensions.
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Welles
State Department
Hhair
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
W. R. Davis
Walter Jones
Pittsburgh
Hitler
Davis
White House
Adolf Berle
Berle
Adolf
Germany
Portugal
Bermuda
Morocco
Berlin
United States
Mayflower
British Secret Service
Justice Department
Jones
Harrisburg
Beauty treatment revamps an old chair with new dress
An old chair receives a chic makeover using soft red cotton crash, scalloped dove gray binding, and padding to tilt for comfort. The project preserves the carved top and upholstery while restyling its lines. Mrs. Spears offers four thrift craft booklets with 128 ideas and a free quilt block pattern set with a 40 cent order.
Agriculture Department Advances 1940 Parity Payments Details
The agriculture department, using $225,000,000 authorized but not funded last year, begins 1940 parity payments as prices fall below 75 percent of parity. Payments include 1.5 cents per pound for cotton, 10 cents a bushel for wheat, five cents a bushel for corn, and 1.7 cents per hundredweight for rice, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Congress
Agriculture Department
Aviation boom drives U S orders into wartime surge
In southern California a backlog of 200 million dollars in aircraft orders signals a rapid shift as mass delivery nears. Some 1,450 combat planes ordered and 7,700 left to finish, with France and Britain buying 5,000 ships while U S deliveries lag at 350 of 4,450. The army's new four motor bomber promises heavier firepower.
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Europe
U. S
California
France
Britain
U. S. Army
Navy
Army
Import From Poland Aims To Boost German Farms
Field Marshal Hermann Goering announced 1,00,000 Poles would be imported to work German farms, bolstering resources without drawing soldiers. In Albany New York 8,000 taxpayers protested a proposed 15 million personal income tax increase and demanded a reduction in the pending 396.7 million budget.
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Berlin
Hermann Goering
Albany
N. Y
Albatrosses Travel the World on Long Ocean Voyages
Ornithologists note albatrosses circle the globe multiple times in a lifetime. The birds endure long ocean gales but suffer seasickness when standing on a ship deck.
Heat from grinding warms six story South Dakota mill
A new South Dakota flour mill uses friction heat from the grinding machine. The heated air is drawn off by a fan and washed, warming the entire six story building except in very cold weather.
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South Dakota
Lawyers Expand Roles Beyond Courtroom Boundaries
A group of American lawyers is increasingly handling personal affairs for clients including buying homes arranging furnishings selecting marriage partners and paying bills. This broadened role reflects a trend toward integrated professional services and heightened client trust.
Alcohol benzol mix fuels faster outboard races
In many outboard motorboat races racers favor a fuel blend of alcohol benzol and castor oil due to its greater power compared with high-test gasoline, a practice noted by Collier's.
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Collier’s
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