Loans to China deepen U S British economic response
The Export-Import Bank in Washington provides a 25 million dollar credit to a New York firm for exporting U S agricultural and manufactured goods to China to bolster arms transport via the Burma gateway. London plans a 10 million pound export credit and an initial 450 thousand pound Chinese government loan for trucks and roadmaking gear as Tokyo weighs retaliatory options.
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China
Japan
U. S
Cordell Hull
Shanghai
Canton
Hankow
Nanking
Orient
Tokyo
London
Washington
New York
U.S
Burma
Bank of China
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Great Britain
Chinese Exchange Equalization Fund
Germany
Diplomatische Korrespondenz
United States
Romania Trims Nazi Pressure with Trade Pact and Power Shifts
The article notes Romania's fragile independence as Germany gains leverage through Czech and Sudetenland imports and a trade deal promising Berlin a large share of exports. It also covers King Carol's one party turn and fortification policy amid looming German pressure. Additionally, it mentions Alfonso XIII's Spanish return prospects and Washington political maneuvering toward 1940, including Hopkins and Garner developments.
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Rumania
Germany
Carol
Bucharest
Berlin
Romania
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Reich
Great Britain
Washington
Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
Homer Cummings
John Nance Garner
Garner
Roosevelt
Roper
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Congress
Mr. Hopkins
Patman aims chain store tax in early 1939 fight
Congress debate pits Patman anti chain tax plan against chains and allies. The measure would levy per store taxes scaled by state presence, risking major job losses and price rises if enacted. Supporters cite savings to consumers. opponents warn of farming issues and higher living costs amid dwindling sponsor support.
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Spain
Alfonso
France
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Franco
Council of Ministers
Texas
Wright Patman
Congress
District of Columbia
Patman
New York State
Uary
Colorado
U. S
Federal Trade Commission
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
American Federation of Labor
National Association of Retail Boards
New York
Caroline O'Day
Robot Planes Move From Hobby to U S Military Use
Reginald Denny the former boxer and film star expands his Reginald Denny Industries into a business selling six robot planes to Uncle Sam for army experiments next summer. The planned units include a pilotless flying torpedo guided by radio beams with aerial bombing control. Meanwhile diplomat Elson T. Johnson, ambassador to China, showcases wit and linguistic gifts learned in the Far East. A separate feature notes German science clashes with Nazi dogma as Dr. Franz Boas leads American scientists defending academic freedom amid rising totalitarian pressure.
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EW York
Reginald Denny
Uncle Sam
Royal Air Force
Reginald Denny Industries
James Blackton
United States
Charles Frohman
Duke of York's Theater
America
Boas
Columbia University
Germany
New Germany
Consolidated
WNU
Forecasts and Goals Shape Forthcoming 1933 Policy Shifts
The forecast cites a cancelation of the 1933 concordat with the Vatican ahead of Nazi church laws, Japan's push north and west of Canton to back Tokyo in a possible Russian conflict, a larger Export-Import bank lending power to spur Latin American trade, Roosevelt's 1944 presidential bid, and a push from small business for congressional creation of credit banks to aid small firms.
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Germany
Vatican
Japan
Canton
Tokyo
U. S. Export-Import Bank
Latin America
The Face at the Window and a Mad Neighbor Story
In 1918 Mae Towers of Bay Park New York experiences a Christmas Eve encounter with a neighbor in distress. A masked scared woman begs help claiming the Devil in her bed, later revealed as her husband. Mae comforts the mad woman and helps summon police who remove her. The piece ends with a note on the origin of tennis term love all.
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Ello
Mae Towers
John J. Towers
Bay Park
L. I
Mae
New York City
Santa Claus
Wil
Tom
Early Franking Privilege in U S Congress History
The franking privilege dates to 1782 when the Continental Congress ruled that letters and dispatches from members and secretaries on official business could be mailed without postage. It has persisted and widened to include other government officials and departments over time.
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United States
Continental Congress
Congress
Importation of European Honeybees Shapes American Apiaries
The first known importation of European honeybees to America occurred in 1638. Early imports focused on the German race, but later yellow Italian bees gained favor for their docility, higher honey yield, and better resilience to the bee moth, which threatens German and other bee races.
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Europe
America
United States
Prisoner housing schemes in Baku during World War I
Collier's Weekly reports a World War I era Baku prison creating two sections for good inmates. The Grand Hotel admitted visiting friends, meals, and furniture for a fee. The Hotel Metro pole allowed prisoners to live at home for a larger sum, with daily roll calls by a representative.
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Baku
Russia
Collier's Weekly
Five in One Dress and Four in One Closet Set Patterns
New and different yet easy to make patterns offer detailed beginner guidance. Five in One Dress features versatile necklines and a doll waist with a slim hip skirt in silk crepe velvet wool or print. Four in One Closet Set includes a laundry bag cape hanger cover and slippers with yardage specifics and color options. Send orders to Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
W.nu Service
Beware Coughs from common colds That Hang On
An advertisement touts Creomulsion for stubborn coughs and chest irritations. It claims Creomulsion goes to the seat of trouble, soothes inflamed mucous, loosens germ laden phlegm, and expels it. If not satisfied, the druggist offers a refund.
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Wiston
Creomulsion
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