Roosevelt Faces Third Term As Nation's Most Powerful President
Roosevelt enters a third term with expansive authority over money and defense. The president can control a stabilization fund of 2 billion, devalue currency, print billions, and set metal values. He commands emergency funds, defense housing, and refugee aid, with sweeping power to issue priorities, requisition factories, and oversee railroads, communications, and banking during national emergencies.
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Good Lighting Adds Much To Dining Room Pleasure
A survey of 1000 homes shows dining room lighting is often underused. Low cost upgrades include 40-watt frosted bulbs with parchment or plastic shades, clip-on diffusers, candle husks, and silvered bowls to soften glare and brighten wall colors. Lighted urns and indirect lighting options add ambiance.
British Orders in U S Taxing Her Money Bags
Washington reports Britain plans to buy 12 000 aircraft in the United States as part of wartime aid. The potential cost could run from 500 million to a billion dollars, depending on costs and standardization, with payments supported by British gold and dollar balances.
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Black-Draught Vegetable Laxative Promotes Gentle Bowel Tone
The advertisement touts a vegetable laxative that acts punctually and thoroughly when directions are followed. It emphasizes an intestinal tonic effect to tone lazy bowel muscles and promotes the product as economical with 25 to 40 doses for 25 cents.
Barter Debates Forecast New European Trade Basis
The piece discusses potential barter diplomacy among Britain, the United States, and Germany. It notes Britain may exhaust savings, risking hunger without credits or barter, and mentions a mass production shipyard plan for Britain in Baltimore. It highlights gold as a volatile bartering asset and links this with planned plane orders and credit arrangements.
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Lost Two Million Bale Cotton Market Shocks Texas
Twenty two European countries that once bought two to three million bales of American cotton face shrinking demand as they align with the German orbit or are blockaded. Cliff H. Day of the AAA warns county agents and leaders in Texas at Extension Service district meetings that only three European markets remain available, with little chance of substantial cotton imports.
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Cotton exports forecast drop amid European demand loss
Day notes a sharp decline in cotton shipments to Europe with reductions of 40 to 90 percent in some markets. Total 1939-40 season exports may fall to 2 million bales from over 6 million previously. Only Portugal Spain and the United Kingdom still importing.
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Wildlife laws in Texas statutes exceed six hundred
A report notes that the Texas statutes contain more than 600 laws related to wildlife. The extensive legal framework covers species protection hunting and habitat management reflecting the state’s wildlife governance scope.
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