En durance seaplane sets world record crossing seas
A Clyde Schileper Wes Carroll seaplane arrived in Los Angeles after 724 hours aloft, shattering the previous record by three days. Meanwhile two Peruvian brothers began a nonstop flight from New York to Lima, and Navy officials warned that a strike at Detroit's Bohn Aluminum & Brass factory threatens aviation defense plans.
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Aviation
Clyde Schileper
Wes Carroll
Los Angeles
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Lima
LABOR
Navy
Charles Edison
House Naval
C. I. O. United Automobile Workers Union
Bohn Aluminum & Brass
Detroit
Mr. Edison
S'Edison Naval Inspec
Michigan
Clare Hoffman
U.S
Germany
The Neutrals Bogey Men in World War II Standoff
The piece describes a tense prelude to war with Nazi forces massed along Swiss Belgian and Dutch borders. It notes France Britain and Russia as potential factors in a broader conflict while observers debate whether war of nerves could yield to army rule.
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Berlin
Paris
Al-lied
Netherlands
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Russia
Balkan fears loom as Romania and surrounding nations brace
The article portrays a tense view of Central and Eastern Europe with Hungary eyeing Transylvania and Bukovina, and Romania fearing loss of Dobruja and Bessarabia. It notes Yugoslavia and other Allies potential aid, Italian arms plans, and King Carol’s diplomatic summons to Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, and Yugoslavia for mutual defense.
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Transylvania
Bukovina
Banat
Temesvar
Bessarabia
Dobruja
Bulgaria
Romania
Versailles
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Balkans
Italy
Russia
Carol
Hungary
Jugo-Slavia
Constantine Argetoianu
Jugo- Slavia
Dragisha Tsvetkovitch
Germany
United States Senate Passes Neutrality Bill Amid Debate
The Senate approved the administration neutrality bill by 63 to 30 allowing cash and carry sales of munitions to belligerents. Berlin resented, Rome mourned, and Izvestia warned Wall Street profits would follow war orders. House moves toward conference and an embargo vote loom as isolationists and New Dealers clash over next steps.
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Atlantic
U. S. Senate
Berlin
Rome
America
Russia
Izvestia
Europe
Wall Street
U.S
Flint
Germany
Murmansk
U. S
Tromsoe
Nortway
House
Administration
Rules Committee
Senate
Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
Courts recount Black Tom saboteurs and awards
In 1914 and 1917 German saboteurs damaged U S munitions plants at Kingsland New Jersey and the Black Tom terminal at Hoboken. After 20 years the mixed claims commission awarded about 50 million dollars to Americans, including 21.16 million in damages with interest. Germany holds a deposit of 22 to 26 million in U S treasury to meet the award. American claimants may receive only the principal minus interest from German bonds.
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U.S
Edme
Kingsland
N. J
Hoboken
Hudson
Manhattan
Viator Huecking
Mixed Alarma Commission
Imperial Germany
Washington
Mixed Commission
Adolf Hitler
Germany
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Third Term Talk Dominates Washington Rumors
Gallup shows Roosevelt popularity at 64.9 percent amid third term debate while anti-third term voters reassess if war persists. Washington secrecy hints Roosevelt will skip a third term. Wallace criticized. McNary eyes GOP candidacy for regional aid before convention. Also Pope Pius XII encyclical condemns unlimited state power. Winnie Ruth Judd, Trunk Murderess, seeks return to state hospital after escape. Alice Brady, Oscar winner, dies in New York.
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Gallup
Franklin Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Pius XII
Russia
Germany
Pius
Benito Mussolini
New York
Alice Brady
Motion Picture Academy
Chicago
Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
State Insane Hospital
The Madman With the Bottle in Iowa Farmhouse
Hattie McLaughlin, 11, on a Clare Dodge City farm in January 1917, fights a madman who dumps poison into a pot of beans. She saves her mother and herself after a knife attack and a wood strike, with the assailant captured and later found to have escaped a southern murder institution.
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Elso
Hattie Rohr
Chicago
Hattie
Clare
Dodge City
Iowa
Hattie McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Mother
Dad
Bis
Dad Ily
Union
Maternity Death Rate May Fall With Prompt Medical Care
Dr Phillip R Williams of Philadelphia told the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology that about 6 000 mothers’ lives could be saved annually with timely medical care. He noted the U S death rate for mothers has improved but remains high and could be cut further if doctors use all knowledge and expectant mothers seek attention early. In 1937, 19 851 babies died.
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Phillip R. Williams
Philadelphia
United States
Willams
Williams
Fashion patterns No 1848 and No 1828 for girls
This notice advertises sewing patterns No 1848 and No 1828 from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept at 211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago. Pattern 1848 features a princess line dress with two necklines, two sleeve options, and a front button row in velveteen, wool broadcloth or faille, available in sizes 12 through 40 with yardage details for 36 and 39 inch fabrics. Pattern 1828 targets ages 8 through 16, describing a jacket blouse with long sleeves and a full skirt, with fabric yardage for multiple fabrics and colors. Patterns cost 15 cents each.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU Services
Honey Popcorn Balls Recipe for Social Fun
A vintage recipe extols popcorn as a universal favorite and provides Honey Pop Corn Balls. Ingredients include 1 cup honey 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon butter 4% cup water 4 quarts popped corn 4 teaspoonful cream Green or red coloring optional. Boil honey sugar and water with cream of tartar until brittle in cold water. Add butter and mix with warm popcorn before shaping into balls.
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Joseph IV. Labine
Rumania
Western Nowspaper Union
Speaking
India
Madras
Samuel Hoare
Mohandas Gandhi
Hoare
Congress Party
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Charles A. Byrnes
Byrnes
Niels Hertz
Earl K. Long
Hertz
First Act
All Hallows
Stalin
Jack O'Lantern
Balkan
Baltic
France
Betebelta
Finland
Elias Erk
Philipp Etter
Guy Gillette
Tall Corn
Gil
Steve
Oregon
Charles L. McNary
McNary
FI Adventurers’ Club
ELF
Phate
Rca
Dr. Reisner
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Adams
5Th St
N.W
Smith Bros
Carlyle
Philip Sidney
Quaker State
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp
Oil City, Pa
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