Mortgage of over seventy billion looms for all Americans
Secretary Jesse Jones reports 1940 national income at 74 billion, with government relief and farm subsidies. The red ink totals over 70 billion, requiring about 538 dollars per person or 2690 per five person family to cover the debt. Senator Smathers pushes statehood for Cuba, Hawaii favored as forty-ninth state. Alaska's Bess Cross, renowned as Queen of the Arctic, travels yearly between trading posts and New York fittings. A Wilmington window display highlights private laboratory products driving American prosperity.
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Secretary OF Commerce
Jesse Jones
Herbert Hoover
Congress of
The
United States
National Treasury
Congress
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
William H. Smathers
New Jersey
Cuba
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Vernon Yap
Bess Cross
Deering
Alaska
New York
Arctic
Bess
Alaskan Wilds
Arctic Ocean
States
the Waldorf
Wilmington
Del
America
Senators Debate to Empty Chamber
The senate lent-lease battle is described as peaceful and indolent with minimal turnout. Few members fill the chamber as headlines tout historic conflict while actual proceedings resemble a ritzy club lounge rather than a rapid fire debate.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Turks and Bulgars sign non aggression pact context
British foreign office explains why Turkey joined Bulgaria in a friendship pact. Negotiations lagged then the deal appeared at the wrong psychological moment. London disputes the view that it blocks Turkey from Bulgaria to aid Germany.
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U. S
Turkey
Germany
Salonika
Balkans
Drafted Indians and Deportation Dilemmas In 1930s Florida and Europe
The piece reports Seminoles in Florida facing draft registration while locals fear discrimination as some turn to tourist shows on the Tamiami Trail to escape service. It also notes Attorney General Jackson seeking to deport German princess Stefanie Hohenlohe and outlines a proposed bill to hold undesirable aliens.
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Florida
Everglades
Tamiami Trail
U. S
John Collier
Indian Affairs
Jackson
Maria Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst
Stefanie Hohenlohe
England
Department of Justice
San Francisco
Germany
Pacific
Vladivostok
Justice Department
Congress
Army orders survey of press relations by Maj. Gen Richardson
The War Department quietly assigns Maj. Gen. Robert C. Richardson to study its press relations and organization. Isolationist propaganda includes a mailed postal card claiming the lend-lease vote will bury every American boy, postmarked Chicago.
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War Department
Army
Robert C. Richardson
Congress
Chicago
U S Maps New Ways to Aid British As Senate Passes Lease Lend Bill
Edward C Wayne analyzes U S policy moves as the Senate approves the lease lend bill to aid Britain. He notes strategic implications and the evolving wartime alliance amid a Nazi spring offensive gaining momentum in the Balkans and centered activity.
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U. S
Senate
Balkansas
Senate Passes Lease Lend Bill Amid War Talk
The U S senate approved the lease lend bill by 60 to 31 after a bitter debate. Wheeler of Montana warned of war by April 1, while Barkley and George led support. Amendments limited size and duration of aid, and the measure is seen as boosting Britain while shaping U S policy and defense contracts. Germany’s Balkan moves and Greece Italy Turkey tensions dominated regional fear as Eden and Dill aided Athens. Russia’s stance remained cautious amid rising German pressure.
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Britain
Barkley
Kentucky
Wheeler
Montana
George
Georgia
U. S. Senate
Mont
United States
Ellender
U. S
Taft
House
Congress
New England
New Jersey
Aiken
Vermont
Danaher
Connecticut
Tobey
New Hampshire
Reynolds
N. C
South
Walsh
Mass
Washington
Atlantic
England
Mediterranean
Willkie
Balkans
Germany
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Greece
Albania
Africa
Turkey
Eden
Sir John Dill
Athens
Salonika
Russia
Poland
Night Club Bombing amid London Blitz Casualties
Nazi Luftwaffe conduct a brutal night raid on London leaving many civilians dead and wounded. A direct hit on a nightclub packed with diners and dancers killed the band leader and numerous musicians amid collapsing streets and pervasive fear.
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Hitler
Balkans
England
Africa
Suez
Canal
Gibraltar
British Isles
Luftwaffe
London
Quotes on defense and home front during wartime
Foreign Minister Padilla voices pride in defending a great cause in Mexico City. In Washington, Harriet Elliott of the National Defense Council doubts American women will mobilize a field day by sacrificing aluminum pots and pans as British women did.
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Mexico City
Padilla
Washington
Harriet Elliott
National Defense Council
England
Tit for tat in U S Italy dispute worsens diplomatic rift
Washington ordered U S consulates at Naples and Palermo closed and restricted all American embassy staff in Italy. Cordell Hull replied with reciprocal moves, closing Italian consulates in Detroit and Newark and tightening limits on Italian diplomats here, including military and naval attaches.
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Washington
Mussolini
U. S
Naples
Palmero
Italy
Cordell Hall
Detroit
Newark
Mr. Hull
Palermo
Hull
Oddities and odd rules headline from midcentury Bureau
A hitchhiking farmer rode in a truck with an empty coffin the lid suddenly opened and one passenger died. Federal rules require hot dog wrappers to list innards by weight. Kentucky rulings clarify worker status as pin-boy employee and caddy contractor.
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Barcelona
Coffn
Frankfort
Employment Commission
Kentucky
Crocheted Chair Set In Pineapple Design
Pineapple design chair set crafted in No 30 cotton with scarf end use. Pattern 2663 includes directions, illustrations, stitches, and a photograph of the set with materials required. Send order to the listed address.
Free book offer for piles and fistula treatment
An advertisement from Dr. C. M. Coe at 503 Pine St St. Louis Mo invites readers to write for a free valuable book on piles and fistula with a promise of payment. The terse ad uses a direct call to action and provides an address for response.
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C. M. Coe
Pine St
St. Louis, Mo
Ady
Time Goes On Quote
A brief quote from Shakespeare notes that time and the hour run through the roughest day, suggesting endurance as days unfold.
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