Defense Costs Jump As Army Navy Tap New Year Funds
A 1938 39 fiscal outlook shows defense outlays rising sharply as the Army and Navy plan 1939 40 funding. Under Secretary Louis Johnson notes huge aircraft deliveries and orders while Navy paymaster Ray Spear cites substantial material and labor shares. The total 1939 40 defense bill reaches 2.86 billion with housing and urban projects criticized for benefiting workers at the expense of other needs.
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Farley dilemmA shapes 1940 Dem platform
The piece weighs Farley’s choice on supporting Roosevelt for a third term or seeking a vice presidential slot, noting the risk to party unity. It traces the need for a Roosevelt record based platform at the 1940 convention and rails against early commitments. It ends with a historical vignette and a projected 1940 toll highway project costing 63 million dollars.
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James Aloysius Farley
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John Nance Garner
Cordell Hull
Transfusion Progress and Medical Plans Highlighted
Historical note recalls 1492 crude transfusions and pope Innocent VIII. Upcoming meeting in September in Cleveland will urge obstetric transfusion use to reduce maternal hemorrhage deaths. Separate items report army recruiting totals, stations, and glamour for air corps. Silver price boost could create up to 150000 mining jobs if profitable.
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U.S. Congress On Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Roosevelt Lends Plan Faces Mixed Capitol Reaction
Washington notes show President Roosevelt asking Congress to approve a 3.86 billion dollar lending program to stimulate business. Critics fear political motives and government overreach while supporters expect economic boost though past efforts under Hoover failed and TVA-era fears surface about government competition with private enterprise.
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Around the House Tips and Home Hacks
A collection of practical household notes on treating yellowed knife handles with peroxide, storing honey in a warm dry place, cleaning ice trays with baking soda to prevent odors, a simple Sunday night menu with hot bacon sandwiches fruit salad brownies and iced coffee, whitening yellowed white paint with whiting and water, and separating glued jam pot covers with a hot iron and thin paper to avoid soaking.
Strange sea painting divers and long rail journey
Strange facts describe artists in weighted suits painting on the sea bottom up to 50 feet deep. The Trans-Siberian Express covers Moscow to Vladivostok in 8 days 21 hours over 5 812 miles. Sempervivum tectorum roofs shield houses from thunder across European villages. Peruvian hats gain rigidity from white lead paint. New York barbershops sold ceiling advertising about 50 years ago.
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