Battle of Britain rises as Nazi bombers intensify
In weekly analysis by Roger Shaw, the air blitz against Britain accelerates with hundreds of Nazi planes attacking ports and airfields. The piece notes London and Berlin claims of success, Japan’s seizure of Shanghai forcing British retreat toward Hong Kong, and touches on India’s potential role and promises of dominion status postwar.
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Shanghai
Italy
London
Berlin
British Isles
English ‘Channel
Margate
Dover
Portsmouth
Ethiopia
Red’sea
Mussolini
Bush League
Berabera
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Hongkong
Bombay
Calcutta
NAMES in the news and wartime rumors mix in debate
Governor Stassen outlines a local home guard for veterans while Senate foes attack each other over conscription. Churchill and India spar over independence, Italy advances in Africa, and Mosley’s fascists are interned as Britain vows to scuttle ships rather than surrender them, seeking Allied aid.
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Stassen
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Minton
Indiana
Holt
West Virginia
Billings Gate
Morgenthau
Washington
Treasury
Brixton
Halloway
London
Mosley
Hitler
Unity
Sir Oswald
Finland at Risk as Soviet Advances Change Map
The text describes Soviet territorial gains including Bessarabia and the Baltic states, the Mannerheim line impacts in Finland, and the election of Otto Kuusinen as vice president of the Soviet parliament, reflecting Finnish Communist activity and shifting regional power.
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Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Russia
Stalin
Mannerheim
Viborg
Finland
Bessarabia
Rumania
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Otto Kuusinen
Kuusinen
Society For Friendship
No Jews Persecution and Nazi Rhetoric Across Europe
A critical survey notes Nazi media targets Jews, naming Stuermer and Schwarze Korps as influential organs. It claims a Jewless peace and European colonization, questions anti Semitic moves in Hungary and Romania, and reports Streicher’s volatile status in Nuremberg. It contrasts Goering and Schacht with Streicher and Danish Nazi policy, and cites a Danish duel incident and French air losses.
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Nazi Germany
Goering
Krupp
Schacht
Julius Streicher
Nuremburg
Stuermer
Streicher
West Point
Zeitung
Essen
Copenhagen
Paris
Winged Gladiators At U S West Point of the Air
The West Point of the Air program at Randolh Field Texas expands with about 70 hours of flight training 30 hours dual and 40 hours solo Civilian cadets must be unmarried US male citizens aged 20 to 27 in excellent health and of good character
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Gotterhiinacht
Randol H Field
Texas
Uncle Sam’s
West ‘Point of
United States
Hollywood Notes On Contests And Stars In 1930s Era
A digest of cinema gossip, casting chances, and fashion notes. Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier to co star in a Nelson story, while Alexander Korda eyes a top romance film. Douglas Fairbanks Jr now a solid citizen star in Before I Die, with directing duties. The era’s ensembles feature red white and blue wardrobes for Penny Singleton and Evelyn Keyes. Jean Hersholt pursues an aged film workers home with a half million dollars for relief.
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Vivian Leigh
Laurence Olivier
Lord Nelson
Hamilton
Alexander Korda
Henry ‘the Highth
Kennedy
Denver
Warner Brothers
Lloyd Bacon
Douglas, Fairbanks, Jr
Columbia
Hollywood
Penny
Singleton
Anits Louise
Evelyn Keyes
Frances Robinson
Uncle Ezra
Rosedale
Joel McCrea
Botany Bay
James'Norman’ Hall
Bottom Bay
Jean ‘Hersholt
Motion Picture Relief Fund
CBS Screen Guild
Rusty steel sale fuels pig iron production
A large Eastern railroad sells 200 to 500 tons monthly to various steel companies, aiding pig iron manufacture.
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Eastern
Collier’s
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