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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1937
Page
2
John Barclay Neating urges homeowners to avoid burning garbage in home heating furnaces. He notes furnaces are designed to burn coal only and improper waste disposal can damage the furnace and create hazards.
Rubbish creates a thick crust of soot on burning surfaces and forms clinkers that waste heat and hamper fires. Do not burn rubbish in the furnace. Keep the ashpit clean. A clean furnace, like a clean engine, gives better service and comfort. WNU Service.
Collier's Weekly notes that from early childhood Chinese teach to mind their own business, leading to scarce aid in emergencies. The piece claims purse snatching in daylight is common as thieves expect no interruption on Chinese city streets.
A reciprocal trade treaty between the United States and Great Britain is to be negotiated by year’s end, aiming for a broad commercial union among English speaking nations. Critics in Congress warn of job losses and economic harm, while London views it as a steps toward a broader bloc and potential rearmament support.
In Washington Harrison, head of the Senate Finance Committee, clashed over funding measures after consulting Morgenthau and hinted at expanding the income tax base or a general manufacturers sales tax. The exchange drew Borah’s ire as Harrison backtracked, urging a balanced budget and curtailing emergency expenditures while reopening debate on corporate taxes.
DWARD E. COFFIN, former chairman of the World War II aircraft production board and sponsor of the Liberty engine, was found shot to death at his Sea Island, Georgia, winter home. A hunting rifle lay beside the body with one shot fired, and officials assume the death was accidental.
The National Grange at its annual convention in Harrisburg Pa opposed crop control legislation while signaling possible exemptions for cotton and tobacco. A resolution warns drastic curtailment or destruction of food production would harm the public, urging better distribution and higher purchasing power instead. Senators Smith and Byrnes of South Carolina oppose Secretary Wallace's processing taxes on cotton and wheat, viewing them as sales taxes.
James H. Rand Jr the president of Remington Rand Inc and Pearl L Bergoff of New York were found not guilty by a jury in United States District Court New Haven Conn of violating the Byrnes act The verdict defeats the government first attempt to enforce the act which bars transportation of strikebreakers across state lines to interfere with peaceful picketing.
Senator Mintuan of Indiana introduces a bill allowing the President to appoint one more judge to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago. The court serves the seventh circuit including Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana and has one vacancy since Judge Samuel Alschuler retired last year. Illinois Senators Lewis and Dieterich say they have no candidate for the seat.
England’s Captain George Eyston set a world land speed record at Utah salt bed speedway driving the 24 cylinder Thunderbolt two miles at an average 311.42 mph. He becomes the fastest person to travel in a motor car.
Dorothy May crafts two blue dolls named Alice Blue and Eleanor Blue for a Christmas gift. A neighbor’s kindness and Benny Jean’s joy with a real doll highlight a theme of giving over receiving in a small town vignette from the Christmas season. Dorothy May learns the value of sharing as Benny Jean exults in her new dolls.
The notice promotes Sewing Your Own patterns for children and teens, featuring outfits described as Sophomore Sensation and chic winter ski ensembles. It highlights simple instructions, fabric options from percale to wool, available sizes 4 through 46, and lists yardage, patterns numbers 1965 1359 and 1402, with prices 15 cents each and Barbara Bell Pattern Book at 15 cents. Send orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
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