German corner on munitions and U S neutrality clash
The piece argues that German domination over Europe extends beyond trade as Skoda plants feed the Reich. It cites Hull and Pittman urging repeal of the embargo, warning the neutrality act aids Nazi aims by freezing out smaller nations. It notes costs of social security reform debates and FCC pressure on international stations to promote goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Krupp Works
Berlin
Skoda
Czecho-Slovakia
Europe
Tke
U. S
Senate
Cordell Hull
Hull
Nevada
Sen
Key Pittman
Nazi Germany
Congress
Latin America
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
New Jobs and Treasury News Highlight Roosevelts Era
The piece notes Grover Cleveland Bergdoll seeks wealth backed ventures including a Philadelphia brewery and farm project while Admiral Leary and Admiral Leahy shift roles in naval leadership and administration. Jesse Jones may helm the Reconstruction Finance Corp with loans to small business. June 15 marks treasury refinancing with new notes replacing old. Fiscal year 1938-39 shows rising deficits and rising tax returns. Senate approves raising the federal bond insurance limit while overall debt cap stays intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
U. S
Philadelphia
William D. Leary
U. S. Naval Operations
Blanton Winship
Claude A. Swanson
Navy
Admiral Leahy
Naval
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Consolidated Federal Lending Agency
Roosevelt
Mr. Jones
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Morgenthau
Senate
Showdown over a Roosevelt third term dominates political debate
President Roosevelt faces a third term question as Holt resists while Garner and Farley weigh the risk of a Senate vote. Analysts note farm income fluctuations from 1929 to 1938 alongside subsidy trends, with official figures showing 1938 subsidies up 31 percent over 1937 despite falling farm profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Underground cable cuts need 4242 insulated wires in one tube
Air sickness study finds hangovers stem from oxygen shortage. Dr. Arnold D. Tuttle of United Airlines proposes pure oxygen as a remedy, suggesting oxygen bars as a possible anti hangover measure. The article notes massive potential gains from underground cables and high wire counts in conduits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arnold D. Tuttle
United Airlines’ Medical Department
Tuttle
Puzzlers Challenge News Quiz From the Page
Five quick questions test readers on recent disasters unions Lourdes pilgrims and a former judge. Question topics include a disaster near an X marked spot, a union loyalty dispute between CIO AF of L and AFL, an infantile paralysis survivor visiting Lourdes, and the 1939 Manton indictment in New York City.
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Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
France
Lourdes
U. S
Martin T. Manton
New York City
Answers to Puzzlers and Referendum Result Summary
Answers to Puzzlers reveal a British submarine loss of 98 lives. A referendum among 70 000 U A W members shows 96 percent backing affiliation with AFL. Fred Snite Jr of Chicago is named. A conspiracy to obstruct justice is alleged for selling justice and depriving the U S of impartial services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thetis
A. F. of
Fred Snite Jr
Chicago
U. S
New Deal Structure in Play for 1940 Election
Insiders think President Roosevelt is shaping a broad political strategy for next year. The plan hinges on tax revisions, spending policies, and the aim to keep government aid while reviving business. Frank Murphy emerges as the white hope for the Democratic nomination, with Hopkins and Dewey as rivals in the backdrop amid party divides and pork-barrel battles on Capitol Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Murphy
Washington
Roosevelt
American Retail Federation
House
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Dole
Congress
Capitol Hill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Murphy
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
New York
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce
Harry
Thomas EF. Dewey
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
Florida
Florida Canal
Arthur Vandenberg
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Claude Pepper
Harrison
John Nance Garner
Garner
James F. Byrnes
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Charming Patterns For Smart Fashions
Describes no 1756 dress pattern with slim silhouette features and fabrics. No 1755 three piece sports ensemble converts to play suit skirt and bolero for vacation packing. Provides size ranges material yardage and price 15 cents each from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
The Better Way to Correct Constipation
A brief health notice promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a preventive treatment for constipation. It argues curing later is dull and costly and urges daily consumption with water to maintain regularity. All-Bran is produced by Kellogg in Battle Creek and sold by grocers.
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Kelloge’s
Battle Creek
Life in the Right Saintly Axiom Quote From Pope
A short quotation from Pope proclaims that true life lies in moral integrity while zealots clash over faith, asserting no one is wrong when their life is guided by righteousness.
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Pope
Empty Task Reflections As A Quote From Lowell
A compact note cites a Lowell aphorism about those with little to say wasting time crafting lengthy remarks. It frames idle discourse as effort spent to fill silence rather than convey meaning.
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Lowell
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U.S
Western Newspaper Union
Francis E. Townsend
Townsend
Czechia
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Rush Holt
White House
Senator Holt
John N. Garner
James A. Farley
North Sea
New Deal White
Harry Hopkins
Lydia E. Pinkham
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