Trade gains lift South American exports to United States
In wartime shifts, U S imports from Argentina and Uruguay rise sharply creating favorable balances of trade. Experts anticipate a real inter American trade agreement as Congress backs funding to buy Latin American exports. The cost of aiding Britain grows with new military and naval commitments and potential troop deployments.
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U.S
Britain
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Washington
United States
Uncle Sam
South America
Argentina
Uruguay
Congress
Jesse Jones
Latin America
Japan
Germany
South American
Rio Grande
Cape Horn
Mechanizing the Farms Shows Decline of Horse Power
A Philadelphia area tour finds several mechanically driven farms. The 6,500 acre King farm in Morrisville Pa displays typical gear in action while Frank Baughman’s 100 acre Ohio farm relies on horse labor. A 30 foot vapor fumier combats plant lice in the rear with a 100 foot gown.
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Philadelphia
King Farm
Morrisville
Frank Baughman
Ohio
Thomas Paine and the lasting mark of his rights
A retrospective on Thomas Paine’s life from Common Sense to Rights of Man. It recalls his exile, prison ordeal, and escape from the guillotine through a chalk mark mishap, his return to the United States, death in 1809, and long quest to recover his remains.
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Imericans
Thomas Paine
Paine
Cornwallis
Yorktown
England
Burke
King’s Bench
France
Jacobins
Louis XVI
America
Convention
Robespierre
Thallemarke
James Monroe
United States
Napoleon Bonaparte
Normandy Farm
Surrey
Lamp Shade Craft From Book Seven A Home Project
Instructions describe building a fabric covered bristol board lamp shade with a rubber covered wire base and a tin candy box base, plus spools, a plug socket and brass nipple. The article promotes Book 7 in a home craft series, highlighting 32 pages of money saving ideas and practical home making projects tested for daily use.
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Bristol
Hollywood knees spark fashion trend in old joints
A playful item notes hand-painted knees as a new Hollywood fad. It jokes that lessons learned from a mother's knee may be illustrated in the future. A husband pleads with a judge to avoid prison after shoving his wife down stairs post wedding, hoping to save the honeymoon. Mussolini is critiqued as a poor Modern Seizer performance.
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Hollywood
Mussolini
Booklet Orders Prompted by Homes and Desires
A fragment notes increasing home items and consumer wants with a call to send orders for booklets. The text emphasizes growing demand and directs readers to request pamphlets or catalogs. It lacks identifiable people or organizations.
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Carter Field
Roosevelt
Hitler
Jimmy Holsomback
King Farms
By Ruth Wyeth Spears
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
TC al
Mauri Rose
Floyd Davis
Indianapolis
Firestone
Ube
Speedway
Firestone Conny Tires
Liberal
Rune
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speaks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
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