Zealous Czechs Plan Rebellion Against German Domination
Weekly analysis by Joseph W. LaBine notes Czech resistance against Nazi rule, with exiles in France and Poland ready to enlist. It cites Benes in Chicago rallying global Czech aid while avoiding open commitments, and von Neurath weighing force versus cultural appeasement.
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Prague
National Assembly
Benes
Eduard Benes
Czech Republic
Thomas G. Masaryk
Munich
University of Chicago
Chicago
Baron von Neurath
Philadelphia
Thomas Masaryk
Konstantin von Neurath
Berlin
Fuehrer
Hitler
Germany
Bohemia
Moravia
France
Poland
Bohemia-Moravia
Benes Ig
U. S
Department of State
U S Income Outlook and Labor Shifts Highlight 1938
The piece reviews Roosevelt era income targets, noting 1938 GDP at 64 billion with an 11 percent drop from 1937. Labor gained share while dividends fell. construction and farm policy shifts are analyzed. Labor-labor disputes and farm laboratory plans, plus court dynamics and Roosevelt appointees, frame a cautious economic and legal climate.
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Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
John Lewis
Roosevelt's Third-Term Deliberations Stir Democratic Field
As campaign talk nears in June 1940 the Roosevelt plan remains unannounced. Rumors swirl over third-term talk while Garner Ickes Wallace Farley Hull and others vie for possible candidacies. Look Magazine hints at pressure from within and signals a potential renomination strategy.
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Roosevelt
White House
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Senate
Hero
John N. Garner
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Workers Alliance
Mr. Garner
San Antonio
Maury Maverick
Garner
Agriculture
Henry Wallace
James A. Farley
Indiana
Paul ¥. McNutt
Cordell Hull
Garner-Hull-Farley-Wallace-McNutt
Franklin Roosevelt
Tekes
Look Magazine
Attendance at fairs shows local pull for New York and San Francisco
By June 1 the Golden Gate exposition reported 9,284,320 attendees after 3% months while New York's fair drew 5,594,710 in April 30 to June 1. California visitors dominated Golden Gate traffic at 85 percent with 55 percent from nearby states. New York’s figures show notable out of state share and regional origins.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
California
Washington
Oregon
Arizona
Nevada
Goodrich
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Connecticut
North
South Dakota
Adventurers Club exposes Suttee tale of rescue from Indian rites
Miriam Richardson of Caldwell New Jersey recounts a Hindu suttee case in India where a widow faced cremation. Her parents, missionaries, intervene with Christians, delaying the ceremony and guiding the widow away from the fire. The effort ends with the widow spared but the priests still hold influence. Mrs Richardson now in New Jersey carries the memory of the struggle and its shadow.
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India
Miriam Richardson
Caldwell
N. J
Miriam
Chokadar
Mother
Back Drop Patent Aids Televised Image Sharpness
A patent to Willard Hickok of Bloomfield New Jersey describes a graphite back drop film placed behind a transparent mica support with photo electric elements to absorb reflected light and improve focus. The device for television transmitting tubes aims to produce a sharper more detailed image by reducing blurring from reflected light within the tube.
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Place “Park
Willard Hickok
Bloom- Held
N. J
Agelevision
Aviation veterans brave age and risk in flight careers
In a portrait of aging aviation pioneers, Ben C. Howard and Alexander P. de Seversky persist in flying after serious injuries. Howard lost a leg in 1936 yet returned to United Airlines research and flight work, while de Seversky remains a famed stunt flyer. The piece also notes Sergeant Alvin York’s postwar life and extended profiles of Lady Ellen Booth and World War I era figures.
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York
Wright Brothers
Ben C. Howard
Alexander P. de Seversky
Wiley Post
Max Baer
Lou Nova
Mexican Tea Towels Brighten the Kitchen
Advertises a Needlecraft pattern showcasing seven color themed Mexican tea towels for daily use. Describes transfer motifs, stitch counts, materials, and color schemes. Encourages sending 15 cents and personal details to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft Dept., New York.
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Sewing Circle
Needlecraft Dept
Highth Ave
New York
N. Y
Cornerstone Quote on Democracy from James G Stahlman
James G Stahlman, president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, asserts the Federal Constitution’s cornerstone for representative government rests on four pillars: free press free speech free assembly and free worship. He warns liberty declines where these fundamental rights are abridged or silenced.
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James G. Stahlman
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Flattery and Fear across Treacherous Alliances
A concise aphorism contrasts flattery with truth, noting that fear, self-interest, and false tenderness expose cowardice, dependence, and friendship. The line frames flattery as a common vice that misleads various relationships in social and moral life.
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London
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