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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
4
Article discusses Nazi use of the franc in France and notes Alaska’s 1940 gold output reaching 26 782 000 dollars as part of broader wartime finance and aggression context.
The article argues German bankers profit from the French occupation by taking 400 million francs daily and using the funds to seize French industries and investments abroad. It highlights pressure from the Vichy regime forcing French owners to sell properties like Yugoslav copper mines at depreciating francs, leaving French businessmen ruined and currency devalued.
The article notes blond hair being used in humidity sensors and recorders sent aloft by balloons to aid the Weather Bureau. It suggests a hair based industry may be needed if blond hair supplies dwindle, and mentions eyelashes fingernails and even spider threads as potential military uses.
The North American Aviation strike in Inglewood California ends after National Defense Mediation Board mediation. Beginners gain 60 cents with a three month rise to 75 cents. others get 75 cents minimum and a 10 cent general production raise. Roosevelt withdraws army, plants return to private owners amid critique of coercion and harsh tactics by both sides.
A fragment describes a character chasing dragonflies for their wings to power a holo Meter. The device is described as highly sensitive, capable of measuring heat from a can. The scene hints at a delicate test of technology and nature.
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