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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1940
Page
7
In a Chicago Police Crime Detection laboratory experiment seven college professors evaluated four signatures: genuine, expert forgery, tracing, and written with no imitation. Only one man correctly identified his own signature as genuine and marked the other three as non genuine.
A New York organization provides capable young women aged 20 to 30 to act as proxy parents. They accompany children to theaters schools parties and dentist visits and stay with kids when parents are away for weekends. They also meet trains and chaperone visiting girls in the city.
In Great Britain, the fees of bar risters or trial lawyers are regarded as gratuities and therefore cannot be collected through legal action.
Collier's notes that more than 60 percent of annual life insurance payouts in the United States and Canada go to living policyholders rather than beneficiaries, highlighting a shift in how proceeds are distributed and used by policyholders.
In Los Angeles a pet cemetery publishes weekly Sunday notices for dogs cats and other pets laid to rest on its grounds. Notices are written and signed by owners and often express deep affection with lines such as Bubbles I could not have loved you more.
Editorial from Western Newspaper Union analyzes Roosevelt budget battles as Congress scraps or inches toward relief funding. Notes farm bill cuts, farm parity payments at risk, and debates over debt limits and tax increases in an election year. Mention of NLRB probe, congressional dinners, and proposed budgets and trade bills.
A nine month court inquiry found the submarine Squa lus sinking off Portsmouth New Hampshire was caused by a mechanical failure of the air intake valve to the engine. Officers and crew were absolved of serious time.
European envoy gathering in Belgrade seeks to curb war threats from Hungary Bulgaria Romania and Greece while Romania leverages threats of alliance with Russia and Germany to secure concessions. Russia concentrates near Finland as Allied German tensions rise with British coastal raids and looming Luftwaffe plans.
In Paris bound U S Ambassador Bullitt reports on European conditions while ex Kaiser Wilhelm calls for Germany France and England to halt fighting and unite against Bolshevism. Joseph P Kennedy expected back as ambassador to Britain within the month.
Practical household tricks for laundering muslin curtains ironing them as pairs cleaning fireplace bricks with a soda pumice salt paste reducing friction with cornstarch on rubber gloves preventing hard water effects on boiled rice by a pinch of cream of tartar or lemon juice keep a six to one salt pepper shaker on the stove and label kids rubbers with tape names
A writer suggests sea motifs for decorating a recreation room or boy’s room with items like a ship model, a map of a desert island, and a salvaged steering wheel. It describes navy blue couch coverings with red anchors, wall hangings, and simple anchor shapes from fabric strips. The note promotes Mrs Spears Sewing Book No. 2 with sewing stitches and crafts.
A quotation Caribbean sentry echoes George Washington stressing that the sacred fire of liberty and the republic's destiny rest on the American people's experiment and trust.
A concise maxim asserts the path to wealth lies in industry and frugality. It urges not to waste time or money and to use both efficiently as the essential rule for success.
Across several nations the female population exceeds the male. England reports 1,088 women per 1,000 men, France 1,071, Germany 1,058, Russia 1,103, Portugal 1,097, and Estonia as high as 1,139. The United States shows 976 women per 1,000 men while Cuba has 888 women per 1,000 men.
A concise aphorism states that a life of employment defines wisdom, while foolishness shows itself through conduct, asserting work as the worthy path.
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