Roosevelt signals liberal drift in mixed 1940 political moves
President Roosevelt beams at Democrats in Pittsburgh then warns against conservative candidates as Congress debates spending and budget totals. Budget director cites 10.47 billion for 1939-40 with 260 million above the White House estimate, while Republicans promise programs on housing agriculture and trade. London endures blackout drills as war anxieties rise, and Forster meets Hitler amid tense Polish-Danzig standoff and German claims of defense threats.
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Agriculture: More Stamps Prove Successful
A three month food stamp trial led by Secretary Wallace fed relief families via orange stamps for regular foods and blue stamps for surplus foods. Expansion to multiple cities followed a favorable August assessment, with nationwide plans hinted. Cotton and grain outlooks soured in August forecasts, but U S farmers benefitted from storage loans and export subsidies. Mary Heart Quezon a seven pound baby born with the heart outside the body drew medical fascination in Manila. Russia and Japan faced tense oil and coal disputes on Sakhalin with wage concessions ending a short wartime standoff.
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Question of Hour How Much Does College Cost
At North Dakota University a student built his own home near campus. Minnesota residents pay 11 dollars monthly for room for men and 15.47 for women. Meals cost 25.80 for men and 25.90 for women. Beauty shop costs run 2.34 monthly for women and 0.98 for men. Minnesota sorority members spend 19.59 monthly on clothes, non-sorority 13.13. Fraternity men pay 12, non-fraternity 7.25. One in three coeds uses tobacco, averaging 1.58 monthly, vs 2.41 for men.
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Taxes rise in U S figures claim steep climb since 1913
In Washington the National Association of Manufacturers released figures asserting U S taxes have climbed 0 percent since 1913, vastly lower than Britain at 430 percent, while Franco in Spain consolidates power as supreme dictator and orders prisoners to dig trenches.
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Britain
Spain
Francisco Franco
Chicago
Who's News This Week Still Hopes To Contact Mars
Dr Clyde Fisher, famed explorer and Hayden Planetarium curator, remains hopeful of contacting Mars during its close approach. His work with the American Museum of Natural History popularized space science, and his adventures span Lapland expeditions and extensive educational efforts. Miss Lillian Spalding, a Michigan-born teacher turned New York educator, joins Columbia summer studies to coach boys in baseball, aiming to pass on techniques from elite instructors and modern methods.
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Unknown Poem Line Quiz and Geography Questions
A general knowledge quiz asks for the second line of a famous poem starting with I could not love thee dear so much. It requests the country known as The Land of the White Elephant, the Atlantic’s greatest depth, the native country of an Andalusian, which is smaller an atom or an electron, and the meaning of the nautical term dead reckoning.
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Siam
Puerto Rico
Hispaniola
Spain
Five Answers From Historical Quiz Revealed
The list presents five concise statements on honor, Siam’s epithet, a distant location near Puerto Rico, Spain as a reference point, and a measurement principle. The items reflect a mix of geography, science, and navigation concepts from a quiz-like compilation.
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