Potential Enemies Aid Reich War Machine Says Analysis
Joseph W LaBine argues that neutrality in wartime masks alliances and trade. The piece cites scrap iron and other materials flowing to Germany from Britain France Belgium and the United States, highlighting how democracies and dictatorships profit from arms and metal exports. It also touches on medical radiology and a claim that higher voltage X-rays may offer cancer cures, noting Dr Albert Solland’s reports in Oslo.
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U. S
Ohio
John M. Vorys
Congress
Agriculture Department
Germany
Japan
France
Britain
Ministry of Supply
Lord Davies
United Kingdom
Reich
Bohemia
Moravia
Slovakia
Belgium
Luxemburg
Great Britain
Holland
Albert Solland
Los Angeles
Sojland
Oslo
Norway
Northern Society For Medical Radiology
MacArthur says Japan could not conquer the Philippines
Gen Douglas MacArthur argues that a Japanese invasion of the Philippines would be militarily and financially impossible. He cites costs exceeding five billion dollars and 400000 troops, with risks of foreign intervention, and contends ownership would split Japan’s empire and expose it to Chinese opposition.
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Japan
Philippine Islands
U. S
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Philippine
Disappearance of LSU President James Monroe Smith
James Monroe Smith, traveling president of Louisiana State University, vanished amid a stormy career. Reports allege he diverted funds from New Orleans and Baton Rouge banks, misused bonds, and raised his salary secretly while steering LSU’s vast oil and gas revenue fueled building program and controversial censorship of the campus paper.
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James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Canada
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Louisiana State
Tulane
Smith
Columbia University Teachers College
New York
Little Southwestern Louis Age Institute
Huey Long
California offers 1940 Democratic convention site
The California legislature federates a lavish invitation to host the 1940 Democratic national convention, praising the state's facilities cuisine climate and attractions while urging the national committee to designate a major California city as the venue.
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Chicago
James A. Farley
California
Assembly and Senate
State of
National Democratic Committee
Paradox Gruening Heads US Territories Division
Dr Ernest H Gruening moved from anti imperial critique to lead the enlarged division of territories and island possessions. His new post, covering all offshore holdings except Guam and Samoa, makes him administrator of colonies he often attacked while pursuing liberal reforms including Puerto Rico statehood.
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Ernest H. Gruening
U. S
Interior Department
Hawaii
Great Britain
Guam
Samoa
Gruening
Puerto Rico
August Crisis Looms as Europe Readies for War
Europe faces heightened tension as France and Britain prepare for possible August war. Daladier places France on full war footing while Britain plans large scale exercises and conscription. Nazi and Fascist plans loom, with outbreak risk lingering near.
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Europe
France
London
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Danzig
Germany
Paris
Edouard Daladier
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Territorial Army
America
National Guard
England
Parliament
Daladier
M. Daladier
Washington Horoscope Quiz as Congress Prepares for Recess
Congress investigations pace the coming recess with hearings by monopoly and banking tax panels and probes into the NLRB and FLSA. Dies committee, civil liberties group, and WPA quiz are noted as in play as July 15 and August 3 dates shift amid an unpredictable adjournment and possible special session if needed.
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House
National Labor Relations Board
Fair Labor Standards Administration
WPA
Civil Liberties Committee
Ghost at the Door by a Danville dentist in 1912
A Williamson county dentist recalls riding to visit a girl near Wolf Creek Indiana when a thunderstorm drove him to shelter in an old church. Lightning reveals a shadowy figure at the door. he escapes the haunted space to learn the next day an insane woman had escaped from a nearby asylum.
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Elso
Robert Lentz
Danville
Til
Doc
Williamson County
Wolf Creek
Ozark Ridges
Roc
Tom Mix
Anna Asylum
Western Newspaper Union
Washington's Teeth and Bermuda Misfortune Memoir
Isaac John Greenwood claims Mount Vernon tomb held false jaws with human teeth made by his father using ivory bone gums from elephant teeth. Bermuda Gazette ad from 1760s notes Thomas Ker lamenting being cast on Bermuda, hinting at island misfortune for arrivals.
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Washington
Isaac John Greenwood
John Greenwood
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Bermuda
Bermuda Gazette
Thomas Ker
Who's News This Week By Lemuel F Parton
A compact profile of Adre Maurois and wife Mme Maurois as immortality debates linger. The piece praises Maurois, notes his longhand writing and his wife translating, and highlights Walton Moore of the State Department and a standout medical figure famed for his crusade against disease.
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York
Adre Maurois
Mme. Maurois
Horace Greeley
French Academy
Chintz Covered Lamp Shades You Can Make
Ruth Wyeth Spears offers a method to cover lamp shades using curtain fabric. Instructions include using top and bottom rings, a cardboard foundation, and fabric edges pasted to the edge. The pattern diagram outlines lines AB CD and E for shaping, with measurements for bottom and top rings and a suggested half inch seam. The note promotes sewing book 1 and 2 by Mrs Spears and special leaflets, urging readers to order from 210 S Desplaines St Chicago.
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Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Escaped Deeds Youth Quote Echoes Browning Theme
A compact reflection notes the inescapability of deeds once released, echoing Robert Browning's line that escaped deeds cannot be undone. The excerpt frames a moral stance on action and consequence, presenting a terse, reflective commentary.
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Robert Browning
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Maurois
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Valley of Despond
Walton Moore
State Department
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Hull
Roosevelt
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Victor G
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Fode
Ahewa
Johnstown
Jefferson Medical
U. S. Marine Health Service
Rockefeller Foundation
Consolidated Features
WNY Service
Frere
Lydia E. Pinkham
Natura
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Kellogg's
Battle Creek
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