German Corner on Munitions Drives U S Isolation Change
The piece argues U S neutrality is endangered as German control over Skoda munitions grows and seeks to repeal the embargo in the neutrality law. It notes Cordell Hull and Sen. Pittman urging revision, amid broader debates on social security and tax reforms for 1940s programs. It also mentions 14 international radio stations facing FCC program scrutiny for promoting goodwill and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Senate
Cordell Hull
U. S
Hull
Nevada
Sen
Key Pittman
Nazi Germany
Congress
Latin America
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
New York Wires Show Underground Cable Breakthrough
The piece notes that 660000 telephone wires could be placed underground with 25 inch diameter cables carrying 3636 wires, and a new 4242 insulated wire bundle fits in the same thickness, while above ground strings would require 9000 pole strings. Hangover study by Dr. Arnold D Tuttle links oxygen deprivation to morning sickness and suggests mild oxygen as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arnold D. Tuttle
United Airlines’ Medical Department
Tuttle
Notable Political and Military Shifts in Roosevelt Era Headlines
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, jailed after a German return, plans to fund US job relief by opening a Philadelphia brewery and developing his 24 acre farm. Leary, naval retiree, eyed Puerto Rico governorship but now linked to a secretary of the navy post as Leahy remains in charge. Jesse Jones of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to lead the consolidated federal lending agency from July 1, with possible oversight of small business loan programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Germany
U. S
Philadelphia
Leary
U. S. Naval Operations
Blanton Winship
Claude A
Treasury Notes Refinancing Offer and Fiscal Update
Treasury notes indicate a June refinancing exchange of 426.6 million dollars of 1 percent notes maturing next September for new five year notes due June 15 1944. No new money needed until September. Fiscal year 1938-39 shows a 4.24 billion dollar deficit through April, likely 4.0 billion by June 30. Morgenthau notes only 49 Americans earned million-dollar incomes in 1937, vs 61 in 1936, while tax returns rose to 6.35 million from 5.41 million in 1930. Senate approves lifting the 30 million dollar cap on federal bond insurance. debt limit of 45 billion remains for next fiscal year.
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U. S. Treasury
Treasury
U. S
Morgenthau
Senate
Know Your News Puzzle Highlights and Questions
A newspaper column presents four free questions asking readers to identify a recent disaster at a marked map spot X and to judge statements about labor unions and a Lourdes pilgrimage. It also asks for the charge against former U S Judge Marlin T Manton in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Martle
United Automobile Workers of America
Big Sink
Showdown over a possible Roosevelt third term
President Roosevelt faces questions on a third term as Sen. Rush Holt presses a pocketed resolution to bar a third term. New Dealers Garnet and Farley fear a vote now would signal support for Roosevelt while Republicans push for immediate action to avoid ambiguity in 1940. Reagan calls the split Democratic Party to decide quickly.
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Roosevelt
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Rush Holt
White House
Senate
John N. Garnet
James A. Farley
Reagan
U.S. farm income trends in the 1930s and subsidies data
The article notes U.S. gross farm income rose to 12.78 billion in 1929, fell below 5.56 billion in 1932, rebounded to 10.35 billion in 1937, then declined to 9.22 billion in 1938, with subsidies totaling 482 million in 1938 up 31 percent from 367 million in 1937. It questions whether relief measures boosted income or were ineffective during downturns, and lists various commodity incomes and subsidies for crops such as corn, wheat, oats, cotton, tobacco, truck crops, citrus, apples, cattle, milk, and eggs.
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U. S
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Puzzler answers touch on votes and figures in odd form
Answers to puzzlers include a claimed submarine loss with a misattributed name, a 96 percent pro affiliation vote among 70 000 U A W members, Chicago figure Fred Snite Jr, and a charge of conspiracy to obstruct justice tied to selling "justice" for the United States. The readable fragments suggest a surreal, error-filled excerpt from a newspaper item rather than a cohesive report.
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Thetis
Joan
A. F
Fred Snite Jr
Chicago
U. S
River Road Night Crash Warns of Dangers on Niagara Route
Jim McDermott recounts a 1926 Niagara Falls era incident on River road near Tonawanda when a speeding car hit his patrol roadster. He and Roscoe Doane escaped serious injury as a crash, guards, and a tank of gasoline nearly caused a fire. Army officers aided their rescue minutes after the collision.
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ELSO
Niagara Falls
River Road
Jim McDermott
New York City
Jim
Immigration Border Patrol
Tonawanda
N. C
Buffalo
Roscoe Doane
Roscoe
Fix
Saya Jim
Alison
Thim
Army
Fort Niagara
Western Newspaper Union
New Propane Refrigeration System for Vehicles
Dr. Peter Schlumbohm reports a new refrigeration method using propane as both refrigerant and fuel. The unit, described to the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers, powers auto matic cooling on trucks trains and boats where electric power is unavailable. A one ton per hour ice maker is expected to cost about five cents per hour to operate.
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Peter Schlumbohm
New York
American Society of Refrigerating Engineers
Soapy Smith and Paine in Klondike tales from gold rush days
Features recounts of Thomas Paine aiding revolutionary efforts and narrowly escaping execution in France, plus the life of Jefferson Randolph Smith known as Soapy Smith, Alaska's infamous gambler and crime leader. Smith was fatally shot by an armed guard in Skagway, with the town memorializing him by a skull rock sign.
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Homas Paine
Washington
Nathanael Greene
Congressional Committee of Foreign Affairs
France
Holland
England
Louis XVI
Jacobins
Convention
Robespierre
Paine
James Monroe
United States
Skagway
Jefferson Randolph Smith
Georgia
Alaska
Soapy
Bob Ford
Jesse James
Klondike
Soapy” Smith
Weatorn
Vaton
Decorative Angels for Sheets and Pillow Cases
Decorative angels in simple stitchery suitable for guest linens. Includes patterns for Good Morning and Good Evening designs with filet crochet edging. Pattern 6348 provides seven motifs from small to large, instructions, materials, stitch illustrations, and charts. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. for the pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Back to Work Theme Emphasized by Rep Ditier Speech
U S Representative J William Ditier urges Congress to make job creation the priority. He calls for returning the nation to work for the unemployed and idle industry, arguing only such leadership can move America forward.
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Congress
America
U. S
J. William Ditier
Silence as a Strategy in Difficult Debates
A concise aphorism on restraint in confrontation. It urges choosing silence when speech offers no constructive value, warning that weak replies aid opponents and that quiet can be stronger than empty rhetoric. Colton’s maxim emphasizes measured communication.
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Colton
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Greece
Turkey
Jugoslavia
Skoda
Francis EB. Townsend
Townsend
MetRied
Czechia
Thay Charg
God
Fale
Inhead
AONE
Senator Holt
Adventurers’ Club
Peale
Ellis P. Bean
Tennessee
Mississippi
Natchez
Bean
Chihuahua
Acapulco
Tye E. Pinkham
Natura
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