Peace Efforts Scramble as European Tensions Rise
In a rapid voyage to mediate Europe’s quarrels, Roosevelt’s emissaries Myron Taylor and Sumner Welles head toward Italy Germany France and Britain. Finland Norway and Sweden face pressure as hosts of war and diplomacy collide amid Altmark incident tensions.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Panama Canal
High Seas
Europe
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Sumner Welles
Italy
Germany
France
Britain
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Stockholm
Oslo
Per Albin Hansson
Wagner Calls for Federal Mediation Board On Strikes
Senator Robert Wagner urged creating a federal mediation board to settle all types of strikes. The piece notes labor policy moves, trade program debates, and GOP critique as Washington eyes negotiations and budget cuts.
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New York
Robert Wagner
Associated Employers of
Oregon
Spokane
New York House of Morgan
House Ways and Means Committee
Glenn Frank
House
Democrat
Senate
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Alben Barkley
Farm Bloc
Desperate Visitor Threatens Hammer At Infants School
An excited woman rushed an infants school, brandishing a heavy hammer, demanding Miss Davids. The teacher fled, and the principal advised speaking in a room. She refused to leave, insisting she would drive in a nail to address her boy’s torn breeches.
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Miss Davids
Rascal
Wise and Otherwise a birthday tale and steel provocation
A playful meditation on birthdays and time off for a young woman. A man begins with resolve on Monday but pauses by Saturday. A dawn sighting time is praised. A joke on puppy love and a jab at England over forged steel as British steel.
Quiz questions on anatomy history and psychology
A set of six questions covering the length of human blood vessels in the body the origin of the Statue of Liberty the concept of a runner's second wind the formation of the Mississippi River the Monastery fruit and the count of primary human emotions.
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New York Harbor
Practical cross stitch luncheon cloth in maroon and white
Mrs. Spears offers a combined Ross-stitch and running stitch design to fashion a luncheon cloth. Use two 1 1/2 yard pieces of 36 inch broadcloth join centers with open mesh canvas for a quick embroidery using white thread on a deep maroon background.
Cause for Hope in a Man's Possible Change
Quotation reflects belief that conversion hinges on loving something beyond oneself. The lines emphasize hope when a man can feel affection or purpose outside self-centered interests.
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Phillips
Strange Facts From The Heat Of Man Made Fire And Hippos
The article notes the hottest man made flame at 18 300 degrees Fahrenheit from nitrogen arc at 14 000 psi. It mentions chimney sweepers wear silk hats and explosives work bans metal buttons for safety. It adds hippo potamus can walk underwater and graze aquatic vegetation.
Answers Trivia Quiz Topics and Answers
The list covers six trivia items: travel distance over 2000 miles, a piece shown in Paris and shipped in cases, a heart rate adjustment during breathing, Ice Age timing about 20,000 years ago, a rare Puerto Rico fruit similar to pineapple and banana, and three primary human emotions: anger fear and love.
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Paris
Puerto Rico
Sidewalk Supervisors Watch Work At Grand Coulee
The latest improvement for sidewalk superintendents at Grand Coulee dam Washington this season is a 400 seat grandstand and a speaker with an amplifier who narrates each operation of the construction work.
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Grand Coulee Dam
Washington
Collier’s
Purchased Friends Buy Gifts Yet Lose Affection
A quip notes that friendship bought with gifts fades when generosity ends. The speaker argues affection rests on mutual regard, not material favors. Selected aphorism reflects social critique of transactional relationships.
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Joseph W. Labine
Western Newspaper Union
Scandinavia
Mannerheim
Russia
Altmark
London
Berlin
League of Nations
Maginot
Siegfried Lines
Spain
Davey Jones
Locker
Daring
Near East
Littlemore
Suez
Turkey
India
Afghanistan
Persia
Ankara
Congress
G. O. P. National Committee
John D. M. Hamilton
Philadelphia
Miami
Jim Farley
The
Chicago Tribune
Jackson, Mich
Republican Party
McCormick
U. S
White House
Kremlin
G. O. P. Program Committee
University of Wisconsin
England
Ner
Fuller
Trat
Th Bros
Smith Bros
Mark
Prince Albert
B. J. Raynalds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
Pringe Albert
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