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...Passed a bill "deeming" the husbandry of fur-bearing animals "an agricultural pursuit," but not until Illinois' Adolph J. Sabath and Georgia's Gene Cox had engaged in a colloquy to establish whether Henry Wallace is 1) a sparrow, 2) a dunce, 3) a capable and able gentleman...
...supplies in the food stores, bacons, sausages, cheese, eggs, homemade preserves in the farmers' larders, and plenty of warm, good clothing on German backs, including frequent fur coats. The Russian zone is far ahead of other zones as a going concern. This is the reason: the Russians know just what they want in Germany. The Western Allies continue to be vague and confused...
...advertisements gave details. Birobidjan was on the same latitude as Duluth, Minn., "but with lots more sunshine." Its fertile soil yielded rich crops (wheat, oats, cabbage, rice, soy beans). Its natural resources were rich and variegated (coal, iron ore, gold, graphite, marble, magnesite). Its woods teemed with fur-bearing animals. "According to scientific surveys," the region could maintain a population of at least four million...
...post at remote and tiny Wabowden, Manitoba, the Hudson's Bay Company had a new fur-trade clerk. Rupert Brace Tinling, 21-year-old Royal Canadian Navy veteran from Winnipeg, had signed for a three-year apprenticeship. He liked fishing and hunting; he would have ample opportunity for both. Besides, his mother said, "he'd rather wear a parka and old trousers than the best dress suit...
...asked Madame Chiang to be his good-will envoy extraordinary to Manchuria. It was the first big job she had undertaken on her own in three years. At Changchun, the Manchurian capital, it was 14° below zero and the snow lay deep. Bundled in a beaver coat, fur cap and ankle-high rubber boots, China's beautiful First Lady deplaned from her private C-47, smiled and waved to a waiting crowd...