European money and industry seek haven in North America
The analysis notes foreign investment rising in the United States from 1937 to 1938, calls in Canada for Czech Bata shoe plants, and Jewish refugees seeking safety. It describes Britain, Japan, and Chinese concessions, and outlines Ukraine coal and mineral reserves as context for looming strategic power shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
America
Canada
U. S
Europe
Czecho-Slovakia
United States
Harry Hopkins
U.S
Jan Bata
Adolf Hitler
Prescott
Ont
British Dominions
Canadian
Sudetenland
Immigration Department
Orient
Japan
Tientsin
China
Britain
Shanghai
Hankow
Amoy
Canton
East
Peking
Hungary's Admiral Horthy Keeps Quiet Control After 1920
On turning 71 Admiral Nicholas Horthy governs a prince-like Hungary without a navy or king. He credits saving Magyars from Czech oppression and averting Nazi pressure while promising continued German cooperation yet industrial development. He also defended order by striking at six Nazi demonstrators in Budapest last winter.
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Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
Czecho - Slovakia
Berlin
Admiral Horthy
Germany
Budapest
Mistress Accuses Mistress of Flirtation in House Drama
A housemaid, ordered to leave, confronts her mistress with bold accusations and boasts. The maid claims flirtatious behavior, beauty, and kissing prowess, naming the husband and then the butler as sources of her claims in a tense exchange.
Quips and Odd Duels Across Clashing Tales
In Munich two butchers swapped sausages in a humorous duel while another clash in Louisiana Tech circles saw two coeds duel with pies over literary honor. Sir Donald Mann recalls a lumberjack axe duel with his leg restraint story, ending with his self deprecating remark.
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Munich
Louisiana Tech
Sir Donald
Primitive Head Hunters of New Guinea Training of Children
Yale researchers Dr. John Whiting and S. W. Reed studied a small New Guinea tribe of under 400 people. They report child discipline relies on spanks and rewards, praise and scolding, with early lessons in cleanliness and modesty. Adolescence governs sexual and aggressive restraint. adult status requires head hunting and trophy spearing. The tribe sustains itself with yams, palm pith, and roasted wild pig meat.
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New Guinea
Eadhunters
John Whiting
S. W. Reed
Yale University
Sepik River
Yale
Doctor Whiting
Numbered places and products echo historic names
Collier's notes several American towns carry numeric names like Six West Virginia and Seventy Six Kentucky. A South African fish bears the name Seventy four to honor Nelson and his flagship Victory. Cologne toilet water named 4711 derives from its original street address.
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W. Va
Seventy Six
Ninety Six
S. C
Collier’s
South Africa
Nelson
Cologne
Germany
Delicacy of Roasted White Grubs Noted by Scientists
Doctor Whiting and Mr Reed faced tasting bias as they tried roasted white grubs, then found them indeed excellent. The report notes lizards include grubs in their diet and highlights surprising approval from the observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Whiting
Mr. Reed
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Joseph W. Labine
Western Newspaper Union
Asia
Crossroads
Russia
Ukraine
Carpathian Mountains
Caspian Sea
Dneiper
Dneister
Donetz River
Caner
Slovakia
der Fuehrer
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Poland
Soviet
Firestone
Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store
Ae Guarante
Richard Crooks
Bates
Alfred Wain
RTC
WNU
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