Italy Trends to Press France Under Mussolini in Global Row
Analysis argues Mussolini adopts Hitler tactics to seize Tunisia Corsica and Nice from France while Britain, Germany, and Djibouti plans reshape Mediterranean balance. The piece notes Chamberlain’s Rome visit and warns France could be isolated if Britain aligns with Italy.
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Adolf Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Popular Front
Edouard Daladier
Chamber of Deputies
Tunisia
Corsica
Nice
Djibouti
Mediterranean
Neville Chamberlain
Rome
Germany
Britain
Yardstick debate swamps TVA inquiry in Congress
A joint Senate House inquiry probes the TVA yardstick as experts debate its relevance. Lilienthal cites government advantages in borrowing, tax treatment, and flood control that lower costs for public electricity. The piece also notes Roosevelt administration appointments and the political fallout from C I O sit down strikes.
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Senate-House
TVA
Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Francis Biddle
Utilities
Biddle
Congress
Knoxville
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Charles A. Wolverton
Harry H. Schwartz
Senate
Santa to Visit Farthest North U S Community Penasse
Penasse Minnesota lies at the nation s far north limit with Santa guaranteed to stop this Christmas. He travels by ski plane from Warroad, twice weekly, while Indiana Pete the trapper and postmistress Helen Arnold keep winter life steady in the Lake of the Woods settlement.
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Penasse
Minn
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
United States
Warroad
Indiana Pete
Lake of the Woods
Helen Arnold
Ointment from US Shrub Tied to Bible Story of Christmas
A small North American shrub yields spikeward oil linked to the Bible’s anointing of Jesus feet. The plant grows in Minnesota and other regions, and the ointment recalls the first Christmas eve, uniting US and Holy Land in a shared memory of the season.
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America
Holy Land
Beth- Schem’s
Minnesota
North Woods
United States
Jesus
Northern Outposts Await Planes For Christmas Reach
Far northern Canadian posts such as Adakvik and Coppermine depend on air deliveries for Christmas parcels but often face delays. Pilot Marlowe Kennedy flies from Port Radium to Coppermine, while radio signals bring some Yuletide warmth to these remote communities.
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Edmondton
Alberta
Canadian
Northwest Territories
Adkavik
Edmonton
Coppermine
Coronation Gulf
Marlowe Kennedy
Port Radium
Great Bear Lake
Arctic
Community Christmas Trees and Civic Lights Ceremony
Many American communities erect civic Christmas trees in main squares or at town centers each December. They decorate streets with colored lights to heighten the season and host ceremonies to usher in the Christmas shopping period. Lights are taken down after New Year’s Day.
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Yale
Fateful Meeting on a December Roadside Stop
In fading December light an old man is nearly left stranded when a passing driver finally stops. The man recalls the Christmas spirit as the two share a brief exchange about kindness and helping others amid rush and bustle.
Christmas Encounter With Tod Jenkins and Perry Birch
Tod Jenkins meets eccentric scientist Perry Birch in a snowbound car ride home for Christmas. Birch reveals he bets he would find the Spirit of Christmas after an argument at the club and longs to mentor Tod into a scientist. The conversation hints at a transformative journey.
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Tod Jenkins
St. Louis
Tod
Ted
Perry Birch
WNU
Aerial Santa Delivers Gifts to Lighthouses
Capt. William H. Wincapaw stars as a Christmas flyer in New England guiding a yearly run from West Quoddy Head to New York. For a decade he has been aided by his son Bill Jr who targets lighthouses en route and tosses bundles from the aircraft while the captain calls Let er go.
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Washington
U. S
National Economic Committee
Wyoming
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Justice Department
Thurman Arnold
O’mahoney
Labor Department
Isador Lubin
WPA
Leon Henderson
Lubin
Henderson
Dr. Lubin
Messrs Lubin
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve System
New York
Roosevelt
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
William E. Borah
Indiana
Louis Ludlow
Jim
Miss Perkins
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Morgenthau
Bernard M. Baruch
Henry
White House
Capitol Hill
Edward F. McGrady
Labor
A. F. of L
Santa Claus
Air
Boston
New England
William H. Wincapaw
West Quoddy Head
New York City
Wincapaw
Bill Jr
Bill
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Joseph W. la Bine
Piper-O’brien
Eccles
National Association of Manufacturers
Masaryk
Thomas G. Masaryk
Jan Masaryk
Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
England
F. SC. C
Henry A. Wallace
F. 8
Merrill K. Bennett
Stanford University Food Research Institute
National Committee
Hoover, duPont and
Liberty League
Daniel O. Hastings
Delaware
Harvey Jewett
South Dakota
Intergovernmental Committee
London
George Rublee
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Robert H. Jackson
Frank Murphy
Michigan
Homer S. Cummings
New Deal
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Jackson
Texas
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Charles H. Martin
Oregon
Harold L. Ickes
Detroit
Flint
John Nance Garner
Western Newspaper Union
Perkins
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