Expediacy in British Policy Resounds Worldwide
A 1938 overview notes Britain as world ringmaster in diplomacy under stress. It discusses appeasement with Germany and Italy, the Munich outcome, and reactions to Jewish persecution. It highlights Britain’s leverage with Romania and Yugoslavia, France’s cautious stance, Russia’s shifting alignments, and new U.S. trade and Pan American policies shaping democratic blocs against dictatorship.
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Great Britain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Hitler
Rumania
Jugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
London
Carol
Bulgaria
France
Italy
Djibouti- Addis Ababa
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Suez Canal
Tunisia
Russia
Investia
U. S
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Moscow
Berlin
Canada
Cordell Hull
Joseph P. Kennedy
North
South America
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
Hugh Rems
Ronerag
Healthy Mind Will Preserve Facial Beauty
Patricia Lindsay argues that a healthy clear mind sustains beauty and happiness. Destructive thoughts or an undisciplined mind show on the face, dimming eyes and tightening lips. Encourages active, wholesome thinking, overcoming envy, anger, and self pity to maintain health and beauty.
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Patricia Lindsay
Why so many Santas and helpers on the street this season
Parents face nutty Santa questions as many as three Clauses appear downtown. A city mayor once ordered fake Santas off the streets to spare families. The suggested fix is to tell Junior Santa is busy and uses helpers who ask for presents. Some kids may doubt a fake Santa’s claims and seek truth.
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Junior
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Omaha
Mother
Dad
Papa
Santa
Hint of the Day on changing hair style
The guide suggests brushing hair away from the scalp then styling before a mirror to find a flattering look. It advises consulting an expert stylist if possible or a good barber for a cut. Try different parts to suit your type mood and wardrobe.
Canada has larger area than the United States proper
Canada spans 3,729,665 square miles, larger than the United States proper plus Alaska at 3,617,675 square miles. The comparison shows Canada exceeding the combined area of the U.S. proper and Alaska.
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Dominion of Canada
United States
Alaska
Fear of Ghosts in Widow Widens Across Lands
A Collier's Weekly writer notes a widespread belief that a widow who remarries will be haunted by her late husband. The superstition spans primitive and civilized countries and persisted into the early 20th century, with examples from Macon, Georgia, in 1913.
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Collier‘s Weekly
Macon
Christmas Toys Hit Keene Factories Each Holiday Season
In Keene New Hampshire the town buzzes with toy production as workers race to finish miniature locomotives automobiles and even tiny trailers for the Christmas season. Local factories mobilize to meet demand with seasonal urgency.
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Keene
N. H
American Turkey Has Foreign Name
The article explores origins of the turkey name, noting native status of the bird in America and competing explanations. It cites possible links to its calls turk turk turk, head ornaments resembling Turkish fezs, and early American birds sold in Spain by Hebrew merchants. It mentions confusion with peacocks, with Hebrew traders using tukki for the peacock.
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Turkey
America
Spain
Christmas origins traced to 354 A.D. records
The article traces Christmas to 354 A.D. with the Philocalian calendar as the first mention in a Roman document. It notes early English celebration in 698 by St Augustine and later church rulings in Tours and Germany. It cites periods when Christmas orders aimed to halt conflict and set festive customs in Norway and other regions.
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St. Augustine
Tours
France
Thelred
Germany
Norway
Hale
The Dime That Traveled a Lifetime
A destitute man named Dan clings to a single dime found on his father's farm twenty years ago. As Christmas crowds bustle, he contemplates spending his last coin on a modest treat, weighing coffee, doughnut, or a hamburger.
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Andriscoll
Dan
Old Dime Sparks Cash Mystery At Café
Dan Dris coll digs from a battered purse and pays for a Christmas dinner with a dime that a curious old man believes is extremely rare and worth thousands. The cafe owner reveals fascination and hints the coin may be a priceless antique, prompting a bold holiday meal order.
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Dan
Dan Driscoll
Haolu Yule Greetings Broadcast to Pacific Islands
Honolulu reports Hawaii has broadcast Christmas greetings from station KGU to about a dozen young Americans on Howland Baker Jarvis and other Pacific islands for three years. The messages aim to boost morale as aviation routes expand in the equatorial Pacific.
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Pacific Territory
Honolulu
Hawaii
Pacific
KGU
Howland
Baker
Uncle Prilé Says We Gauge Them
A reflective aphorism notes that a man’s salary is as private as a woman’s age and that historians explain history while its makers do not understand their actions.
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Africa
Oswald Prow
Union of South Africa
Malcolm Mac Bonald
Pirow
Balkans
Amartix
Lord Perth
Rome
Aiace
Cekc
U. A
Ebro
South Africa
Ambassador Kennedy
Pop
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
New York
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria
American
By Katherine Edelman
Prilé
Heron
Ex-Lax
Guanes
Aristophanes
Lyais E. Pinkham
WIU
Carlyle
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