British Soviet Ties Tighten in Wake of Nazi Pact
A strapped European balance shifts as Britain ramps aid to Finland and accelerates defenses. Russia and Germany edge toward closer ties amid wartime diplomacy. U.S. moves include a new nonmilitary loan bank, a large navy expansion, and ongoing debate in Congress over embargoes, neutrality, and wartime policy.
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Insurance Quiz Probes U S Life Companies in NY SEC Spreads
In Washington the temporary national economy committee spotlighted U S insurance firms. Leon Henderson testified that life insurers held a first mortgage on U S business and that their asset concentration could divert funds from real underwriting. SEC found 26 large firms absorbed 42 percent of inflows 1929 to 1938, with 10 percent unexpended into reserves.
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NAMES in the news item roundup includes Hoover figures and a royal twist
JOHN DM. HAMILTON chaired a Washington committee to set the 1820 convention date and place. HERBERT HOOVER JR. aided a new surface analysis method for detection. HERBERT HOOVER SR. predicted a European war impact and surpluses. GEORGE IOSSEVANOFF resigned as Bulgarian premier after cabinet tensions with Soviet Russia. JOSEPH E. DAVIES named America’s best dressed man. CHRISTIAN DI MARN royal family of Denmark abandons duties over coal shortage. FRITZ THYSSEN, exiled magnate, lost citizenship. ARTIE SHAW and LANA TURNER wed in Las Vegas.
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Import From Poland Reported By Berlin Officials
Berlin dispatch reports Field Marshal Hermann Goering announced 1 060 000 Poles will be imported to work on German farms as part of the Nazi effort. In Albany New York taxpayers were said to number 2 000 with a proposed 15 600 300 personal income tax increase and a demand to cut the pending 396 704 190 budget.
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St Lawrence Seaway Fight Fades In Senate Opposition
Roosevelt pushes broad talks on a St Lawrence seaway treaty amid strong Senate resistance. Analysts note two thirds to ratify seems unlikely, with Atlantic coast votes likely against and tax-exempt bond removal still subject to debate. The linseed oil dispute with Argentina also halts new trade pact progress, while farmers face limited gains from potential revenue shifts.
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Ask Me Another General Quiz Questions
A set of playful trivia prompts covering history geography botany and science. Questions include identifying a statesman grandson of a king clarifying melon terminology desert oases brain development teens or twenties and the composer of the unfinished symphony with a stomach capacity approximate figure.
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Trivia: Answers to seven historical and botany facts
Charles Bonaparte served in Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet. Cantaloupe is a muskmelon variety. Springs from subterranean streams form oases. The first so called low mood in the United States began in AT85 and ended in 1739. The first five years of life. Schubert. Normal milk output ranges from four to five pints.
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Camels Prove Slower Burn for Extra Smoking Pleasure
Bill Coram cites common sense and lab tests showing Camels burn slower than other cigarettes. The ads claim cooler, milder smoke with less waste, and more pleasure per puff and per pack, urging readers to choose Camels for lasting satisfaction.
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