News Analysis on Europe's War and U S Political Moves
Joseph W LaBine surveys the rapid European crises from Russia's invasion of Finland to Britain's blockade and Italy's stance. He notes German and Japanese reactions, Roosevelt's political positioning for 1940, and labor versus justice department tensions over anti trust and union activities amid looming defense spending and potential tax shifts.
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Chrysler
Organized Labor
Justice Department
Thurman Arnold
A. F. of
L.’s
William Green
Frank Murphy
Labor
Philadelphia
Rifle Virtuoso Made Gun Our Army Mainstay
In World War I era accounts, Sen Brookhart urges rifleman recruitment but is ignored. The Garand rifle, developed by John C. Garand, becomes the army mainstay, vastly boosting firing power with nine pounds weight and sixty shots per minute. Garand, born near Montreal, grows from a Springfield armory machinist to a renowned gunsmith.-Europe borrows our world of tomorrow idea as Europe plans a federated future. Leaders like Papen, Reynaud, and Sikorski envisage a consolidated Europe with Poland reimagined, while Sikorski emphasizes modern statehood and discipline.
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EW York
Sen. Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Daniel Boone
Coney Island
Senator Brookhart
Camp Smith
Peekskill
John C. Garand
Young Garand
Navy Department
Washington
Bureau of Standards
United States Armory
Springfield
Montreal
Putnam, Conn
Springfield Armory
Europe
Franz von Papen
Commonwealth of Europe
Germany
Paul Reynaud
London
Julian Huxley
Wladislas Sikorski
France
Sikorski
Poland
Maxime Weygand
Marshal Pilsudski
Consolidated Features
WNU
Rough Sledding on Reciprocal Trade Act in Congress
In Washington hearings on a Chilean tariff reducing pact, critics fear broader tariff cuts would erode U S self sufficiency and foreign dependence. Democratic senators Johnson Hayden and Clark argued the program prostitutes domestic enterprise and trades off American jobs. The looming renewal of the Reciprocal Trade Act faces rough sledding in Congress.
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Neville Chamberlain
Washington
Cordell Hull
Europe
U. S
South America
Chile
Congress
Colorado
Johnson
Arizona
Hayden
Idaho
Clark
Quiz questions from a General Knowledge page
A list of general trivia prompts asks: Where are the Pillars of Hercules and what is the counterpart to the cross in Islam. which direction does the Earth revolve. how many words are in the Bible. who spoke a line about the future of the race. whether many wills are broken by litigation. the world’s largest single insurance risk. define muckna. and identify the oldest known toy.
Gibraltar Rock and Mount Hacha at the Mediterranean entrance
The list items include Gibraltar rock and Mount Hacha at the Mediterranean entrance, the crescent, the Earth’s west to east rotation, the Bible’s word count, Phillips Brooks, litigation impact on wills, the San Francisco-Oakland Bridge policies totaling forty four million, a tuskless male elephant, and the doll.
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Mediterranean Sea
Gibraltar
Gibraltar Rock
Mount Hacha
Phillips Brooks
San Francisco-Oakland Bridge
The Game of Life Teems With Cheerful Treasure Within
A reflective and upbeat note on life by Schiller, suggesting happiness comes from guarding a valued inner treasure. The quote frames inner wealth as a cheerful guide, contrasting external concerns with personal riches kept safe in the heart.
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Schiller
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der Fuehrer
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Great Britain
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Mr. Roosevelt
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Gulf OF Bothnia
Petsamo
Arctic Sea
Norway
Hango
Gulf
Frontier
John D. M. Hamilton II
Arnold
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B. F. Goodrich Company
Beatrix
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Who’s News
By Lemuel F. Parton
Fritz Kuhn
Rundsfuehrer
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dies un-Americanism Committee
American Youth Congress
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Indiana For Trafic Association
Eas Motor Oil
Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation
Oil City, Pa
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