World News Digest The Anglo French Alliance and Policy Shifts
Premier Daladier and Foreign Minister Bonnet held a London conference with Chamberlain and Halifax. They announced a powerful defensive alliance pooling armed forces under joint command and shared war resources, with French soil hosting stores. Daladier also aimed for an alliance with Italy by May 15 and restricted Franco Spanish frontier movement.
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Daladier
Bonnet
France
London
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Great Britain
United States
Britain
English Channel
Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Spain
Threat to Jews in Germany Seizure Order Prompts Outcry
Report quotes a German government edict declaring Adolf Hitler ally Hermann Goering authorized to seize Jewish property worldwide. Germans and Austrians are told to surrender assets at home or abroad above two thousand dollars. Estimated value at risk reaches two billion dollars.
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Seld Marshal Goering
Germany
White Inspector Defies Sioux Medicine Man in Trail of Horses
Inspector Allen confronted Sitting Bull over stolen horses and demanded their return. In a tense exchange, Allen grabbed Sit ting Bull and rode away, defying a Sioux law protecting a medicine man. He left with his two men after a dramatic standoff before the Sioux camp.
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India
Sitting Bull
Medicine
Little Big Horn
Custer
Canada
Manitoba
Northwest Mounted Police
United States
Inspector Allen
Allen
Mounted
Embroidered Border Techniques Featured in Book 2
Instructions describe plain bordered embroidery using six strand mercerized thread in dark and light colors. Projects show running stitches and weaving from the right side, with hems around mats and napkins. Mrs Spears Home Decorator Book No 2 offers sixteen embroidery stitches and fabric repair tips for 25 cents postpaid.
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Spears
S. Desplaines St
Chicago
Ill
Cleaving the Cullinan Diamond in 1908
Collier's Weekly recounts Asscher cleaving the Cullinan diamond with a physician and two nurses present to guard against a heart attack. The procedure succeeded but left Asscher hospitalized for three months with a nervous reaction.
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Asscher
Collier’s Weekly
Answers to Ask Me Another Quiz on U S History and Facts
Answers cover Cordell Hull acting as Chief Executive in 1935, obverse and reverse as coin sides, continental United States including Alaska per strict terms, zenith as the point overhead, average congressional session about 197 days, pig iron made from iron ore coke and limestone, payload as revenue-bearing weight, sailing through Panama Canal at 72 cents per net ton for pleasure craft, Lincoln's $5000 fee for Illinois Central railroad work, and Eamon de Valera born in the U S to Irish mother and Spanish father.
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Cordell Hull
United States
Continental
Panama Canal
Lincoln
Ireland
District of Columbia
Alaska
Congress
Illinois Central Railroad
Eamon de Valera
Uncle Philie Says and Daily Writings Dossiers
A collection of social reflections and quips on civilization, careers, and manners. The piece comments on public apathy, the value of care among citizens, and light advice on etiquette such as the necessity of a finger bowl after meals. It also notes the shame of historical witch-killer behavior and the allure of diamonds as objects of beauty.
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Salem
Strange Facts Changing All Maps Across the World
Britannica Junior notes publishers redraw Europe maps, altering Austria’s status from a historic realm to a section of Germany by March 1938. It traces Austria’s borders to Charlemagne’s East March, through the Habsburg era, and to the 1918 Republic of Austria before map revisions prompted by current events.
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Europe
Austria
Oesterreich
Germany
Charlemagne
East March
Eastern Realm
Vienna
Rudolph of Hapsburg
Holy Roman Empire
Switzerland
Italy
Hapsburg
Bohemia
Kingdom of
Czechoslovakia
New Beauty for the Home Self-polishing Wax
Self-polishing wax for the household is practical protective and popular. It is the up-to-date home maker’s tool for floors, drying in 20 minutes and delivering satin gleam. The wax resists dust, lasts longer, and enhances natural wood colors, making homes look new and stylish.
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Roosevelt
Nathan Straus
Housing Authority
Robert Wagner
New York
Mr. Straus
Schlur
W. Pickard
Western Now
Ner Union
Enator
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Hugo Black
Senate
Inquisitorial Committee
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Minton Committee
Frank Gannett
Ford
White House
Henry Ford
Wayside
Washington
Mr. Ford
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve System
Eccles
National Progressives
National Progressive Party
la Follette
Madison
Wis
Philip F. la Follette
University of Wisconsin Livestock Pavilion
M. Daladier
Garner
Japan
Hull
C. Houston
Goudiss
Eaders
C. Houston Goudiss
East 39Th Street
New York City
Philie
Éall
Seneca
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