Trade and fiscal fights shape looming 1940 agenda
The administration braces for a tough fight in Congress over reciprocal trade pacts led by Cordell Hull as copper states resist tariff concessions and farm policy battles flare with Henry Wallace seeking new financing and a shifted Farm Credit role amid budget pressures.
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State Department
Chile
Congress
Cordell Hull
Argentina
U. S
Washington
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
F. F. Hill
Hill
FCA
Wallace
Wall Street
Franklin Roosevelt
A. G. Black
Department of Agriculture
Treasury
Morgenthau
Agriculture
Messrs
Sports Shorts Highlight Varied News Bits
Major leagues will continue the $20 000 annual contribution to American Legion baseball. Chattanooga tackie punts during college years, nine this season. Wisconsin favors boxing as indoor sport. Frank Thomas declines Brooklyn Dodgers offer to coach and take a club share. Kansas City to spend $9 000 on a running track at the municipal auditorium. H V Porter predicts smaller backboards in basketball. Jimmy Roche records six holes in one over nine years.
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American Legion
Chattanooga
Joe
Wisconsin
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Brooklyn Dodgers
Kansas City
Municipal Auditorium
H. V. Porter
National Rules Committee
Jimmy Roche
Maryland
Spookiest Sport Lights Ghost Basketball Debut
Ripley Ohio experiments with ghost basketball under fluorescent paint that glows in darkness. Two local teams played a 24 to 22 first game as spectators praised the novelty and visibility.
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Dennis Potts
Ripley
Ohio
Bowling for Spares Demonstrated by Ned Day
Ned Day of Milwaukee national match game champion outlines a spare shooting rule: move away from the spare and use the full alley width. He explains angles for pins 7 10 4 8 2 3 6 9 and combinations, with the 5 pin centered for certain spare setups.
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Ned Day
Milwaukee
Wis
Unica
Potato's Journey From Doubt to Diet Across Europe
The article traces the potato’s uneasy rise in Europe led by Frederick the Great and Parmentier in France, noting Irish adoption, Prussian demand for food, and royal sanction by Louis XVI. It recounts legends of American seed potatoes returning via New England and compares U S production to Germany Russia and France, ending with a note on alcohol from European potatoes aiding war efforts.
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H. E. Elwine Frederick the Great
Louis XVI
Europe
Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
Frederick the Great
Parmentier
United States
New Hampshire
Andover
Mass
New England
Germany
Russia
France
Proper Fertilizer Placement for Farm Crops
Experiments show fertilizer should be placed at about the same depth as feeding roots or slightly below. Grain crops benefit from drill attachments that sow fertilizer with the grain at the same depth. Potatoes require a narrow band two to four inches from each side of the sets, at or slightly below their level. Garden crops use a band on each side two to four inches from the plants. Grain drills and potato planters with suitable fertilizer attachments have been available for years, and a hand implement for garden crops exists in the approved method.
Grammar in Rhyme from Montreal Herald
A note on plural forms and irregular plurals contrasts common endings with correct forms. It highlights box boxes oxen geese mice brethren and houses, correcting missteps like methren, ending with a brief attribution to the Montreal Herald.
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Montreal Herald
Infant of Six Months Speaks Hard To Understand
A tender scene features a six month old infant, described with affectionate observations. The narrator imagines poetic words a parent might use to express love, while the baby responds with a simple goo goo, highlighting playful parental adoration.
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin
An old promotional notice touts Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin to treat constipation and stomach discomfort. It claims Pepsin digests undigested protein in the stomach and Senna laxative relieves sluggish bowels, suitable for families including children.
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Dr. Caldwell
Source of Happiness
Quote by Sydney Smith notes a comfortable house as a great source of happiness ranking just after health and a clear conscience. The saying emphasizes home as essential for well being and joy.
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Sydney Smith
In Place of Gold Memory Quote Sparks Reflection
A W Secker quotation on memory and injury warns that storing memories like rusty iron robs value and contrasts with refined gold, urging mindful preservation of experience.
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W. Secker
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Joseph W. Labine
Senate
Western Newspaper Union
U.S
Hull
Pan America
Western Hemisphere
Sumner Welles
Buenos Aires
Hans Langsdorff
Self
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Florida
Arauca
New York
Ellis Island
Columbus
Wilhelm Daehne
Navy
Daphne
Uncle Sam
the West
North Sea
Britain
Josef Stalin
Stooges
K. A. Meretskov
Leningrad
Ottos Kuusinen
Helsinki
Fca’s Hill
Daehne
Joe Cronin
Potts
Lydia E. Pinkham
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