Russia buys US cotton and builds Axis-capital links
The article reports Soviet Russia has purchased up to 58,000 bales of American cotton with 18,000 en route via Vladivostok in Greek ships, possibly reaching 500,000 bales, while Amtorg secures sub-charters for three US freighters to load cotton at Houston and Galveston. It also notes Italy’s Carlo Bossi arriving in San Francisco and Fritz Wiedemann expanding Axis influence, plus defense shifts toward negotiated army contracts and isolationist outreach led by Bullitt.
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Russia
Vladivostok
Maritime Commission
Amtorg
U. S
Carleton
Excelsior
Houston
Galveston
Germany
Sumner Welles
Oumansky
San Francisco
United States
Fritz Wiedemann
Hitler
Carlo Bossi
Mussolini
Wiedemann
Bossi
Italy
Franco
Barcelona
Republic
Pacific Coast
Il Duce
Far East
Bullitt
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Stanley Hornbeck
State Department
Archibald MacLeish
Lbrarian
Congress
France
Johnson Jays Warn Against War Propaganda and Expansion
The piece argues against war involvement and pro war propaganda, warning that joining Britain would ally the U S with Allied powers. It cites risks of losing democracy and free enterprise to a war dictatorship and criticizes defense escalation as remote and dangerous. It also critiques the St Lawrence waterway and notes private power motives at Niagara Falls. It recounts Texas Guinan’s scams and comments on government spending and debt leading toward private property loss.
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Straits of Malacca
Straits of
Dover
Johnson
England
Mediterranean
Balkans
Persia
Persian Gulf
India
Africa
Asia
Malaysia
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Hitler
British Channel
Britain
Atlantic Ocean
United States
ST. Lawrence Waterway
Senate
Middle West
Mississippi
Lake Michigan
Canada
Chicago Drainage Canal
Mississippi Valley
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Niagara Falls
Adolf Berle
Senate O'Mahoney
Dad’s Mood Ruins Family Life Says Kathleen Norris
Kathleen Norris counsels a Boston wife to address a gloomy husband whose heavy burdens and high expenses drain the home. She urges practical steps: cut costs, share duties, boost family work, and seek healthier habits to relieve his mood and restore harmony.
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Dad
Doctor Smith
Harriet
Boston
Larry
Papa
Patsy
Sheila
Brenda
Mar
Kathleen Norris
Miss Norris
Take Your Choice On Football Schedules And Champions
The writer argues season focus matters more than chasing an illusory national title. With examples from Ohio State, USC, Cornell, Texas A&M, and Notre Dame, he criticizes critics who judge teams by opposing schedules and urge patience, noting that breaks between hard games aid performance and respect matters more than wins.
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Daley
Army
Yale
Navy
Ohio State
Cornell
Michigan
Southern California
Oregon
Washington
Texas A & M
Tennessee
Notre Dame
Iowa
Minnesota
Vanderbilt
Princeton
Kentucky
Georgia Tech
Mississippi
Alabama
Santa Clara
Texas A. & M
California
Oregon State
Stanford
Washington State
Knute Rockne
Midwest
Southwest
Southern Methodist
Bob Zuppke
Illinois
Classified Department Promotes Mushroom Spawn Profits
The notice advertises new mushroom cultivation methods and pure culture spawn to boost profits. It directs readers to write for free marketing tips and lists Hughes Spawn Box 6008 Dept C-Denver Celerado as the contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Dept
Denver
Celerado
Crochet Table Cloth of Peacock Plumes Pattern 6757
The listing describes a crochet table cloth pattern titled Peacock Plumes Pattern 6757. It includes medallion instructions, illustrations of the medallions, stitch guidance, a photograph of the motifs, and required materials. The text ends with an instruction to send an order.
Leadership One Good Head Is Better Than Strength
A proverb-like saying emphasizes the value of wise leadership over sheer manpower, suggesting that effective guidance can outperform large numbers without strategic direction. The line underscores prioritizing qualified decision making in group efforts.
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Washington, D. C
Defense Commission
San Mateo
Calif
Robert Montgomery
Will ‘Ride
Hollywood
Hugh S
Shades OF
Texas
Guinan
Texas Guinan
WNU
Qsell Lynch
By Kathleen Norris
Garet
Mary
Grantland Rice
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Dee
Frank
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Doan
Doans
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