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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1939
Page
8
Ruth Wyeth Spears offers a rug leaflet with patterns for an oval rag rug in colors. Readers are guided to cut rags, knit an oval center, form bands, and crochet around edges using strips and carpet thread. Ordering options and postage details follow, with addresses and prices.
A young man asks why the father would allow his daughter to sue for breach of promise. The father replies that past opposition to the engagement was sentiment, but now it is business. The exchange hints at a pending legal dispute over an engagement.
The Vatican selects Eugenio Pacelli as Pius XII, a career diplomat who shaped church policy since 1917. His rise follows the Lateran pact and a history of navigating Germany, Austria, and other nations, while facing totalitarian challenges and urging a united Christian front against state control. Pacelli’s global travels and U.S. visit with President Roosevelt highlight a more worldly papacy shaping 20th century diplomacy.
Wealthy aviation heir Sherman M. Fairchild, heir to about 10 million, champions a new 500 horsepower in-line engine certified by the Civil Aeronautics Authority. He has pushed in-line designs since the 1920s, supplying Greece in 1936 and advancing aviation tech through Fairchild Aerial Surveys and Fairchild Aviation. The piece also surveys a rising mood of restraint and refinement in Hollywood during hard times, highlighting John Ford’s Stagecoach and industry shifts toward simplicity and artistic integrity.
In New York 1936 the pope’s voice is described as more than the Catholic Church leader’s words. It is viewed as expressing reason, equity, justice, prudence, and humanity amid political and social passions.
A quiz item listing seven questions about American history and government. Topics include Seward's Folly, sunrise in the Pacific, money terminology, the first U. S. government act, generation length, youngest current congress member, and America's total income.
The list answers include Alaska purchase, a Panama Isthmus canal twist reaching the Atlantic on the west end, the Latin origin of lucre from la crum meaning gain, the U S State Department term July 27 1789, the concept of a generation cohort, Lindley Beckworth aged 26 from Texas, and a Commerce Department figure of 64.2 billion dollars in Americans income for 1938.
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