Weekly News Analysis on German Moves and British Politics
A Western Newspaper Union digest notes German troops advancing into Romania and pressure on Egypt while British leadership shifts. It contrasts Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill, highlighting Bevins as a potential future leader and Labour gains in the cabinet. The analysis reflects fear of invasion, bombing, and strategic oil demands amid the European theater.
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British Isles
Europe
Hitler
Bucharest
Romania
Berlin
Iof
Ton. Antonescu
Rumania
Black Sea
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Chamberlain
Ernest Bevins
Bevins
Churchill
England
Hugh Dalton
Herbert Morrison
Trouble Ahead in Asia Stirring U S State Dept Warnings
State Department officials warned consulates in China Manchukuo French Indo China and Japan to advise American citizens to return home quickly with emphasis on women and children and non essential personnel. About 9000 white Americans plus about 2000 Chinese and Japanese Americans are in the affected region. War footing grows in Caribbean gateway to the Panama Canal as Major General Edmund L Daley heads Puerto Rico defense. American tank deliveries to Canada and mixed foreign tanks draw interest amid tensions with Japan and Germany signaling possible Soviet outreach.
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Orient
U.S. State Department
China
Manchukuo
Edmund Daley
Uncle Sam
Gibraltar
Edmund L. Daley
Department of Puerto Rico
Europe
Panama Canal
Daley
Coast Arillery
New England
Detroit fills Willkie meeting with roughhouse tributes
In Michigan Willkie barnstorming drew mixed reactions as three youths from Pontiac threw eggs at Willkie, drawing punishment threats from juvenile court and parental penalties. Roosevelt and Flynn condemned the incident as un-American, while Detroit’s crowd remained fervent yet rough in its support for Roosevelt.
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Willkie
Michigan
Detroit
United States
Pontiac
Pontiac High School
Eggy Plutsch
Tess
Made to Qider Miracles and the unseen audience
A fragmentary report describes a pistol trick with a dropped book, television viewers seeking dramatic effects, and a department addressing horses. Photos depict a Blitzkrieg bombing of a munitions train with wired charges set off by a technician, each light bulb triggering four bombs for radio realism.
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Heto
Welsh Admiral Evans Named London Housing Dictator
Admiral Sir Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, a Welsh naval hero of the World War, has become housing and shelter dictator of London as German air raids stress these needs. Evans previously led Aberdeem University and commanded the Australian navy.
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Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans
London
Evans
Aberdeen University
Miss America of the fowl world at poultry convention
A Rhode Island Red hen named Miss America topped competition at the Northeastern Poultry Producers convention in Atlantic City New Jersey. The hen scored 91.43 points in judging and produced 340 eggs in 51 weeks, finishing ahead of all others from across the United States. Owned by E. B. Parmenter of Franklin ass.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Rhode Island
United States
E.B. Parmenter
Franklin, Ass
Capra era stars and 1940s film lore teased
A long column recounts studio chatter and anecdotes from Hollywood including praise for Frank Capra’s This Thing Called Love and praise from Bosley Crowther. It mentions actors Cary Grant Martha Scott Cedric Hardwicke and Rosalind Russell, plus plans for Ellery Queen on film with Ralph Bellamy.
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HE Howards
Virginia
New York
Bosley Crowther
Frank ‘Lloyd
Martha Scott
Cary Grant
Cedric Hardwicke
Rosalind Russell
Binnie Barnes
Gloria Dickson
Miss Barnes
Mike Frankovitch
Miss Dickson
Pete Wentmore
Miss Russell
Film and stage notes on stars and swaps in 1940s cinema
Industry tidbits recount Warners swapping Bette Davis for Gary Cooper in major productions The Lady With Red Hair features Phyllia Hamilton and retro costumes The Roundup recreates Denver from 50 years prior Bob Crosby leads in Malvina Swings Ie and Randolph Field cadets name Veronica Lake as preferred flying companion in a strato sphere venture
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Warners
Bette Davis
Samuel Goldwyn
The
Little Foxes
Gary Cooper
York
Bing Crosby
Bob
RKO
Malvina
Denver
Paramount
Randolph Field
Texas
Veronica Lake
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