Mussolini Hesitates As Germany Presses For Italian Entry
The National Whirligig weighs Italy’s move into the war. Observers say Mussolini’s eagerness contrasts with Hitler’s need for Italian aid. Allied hopes hinge on Mussolini delaying action, while France and Britain resist German pressure. Hoover roars back into politics as Roosevelt nears renomination, splitting Republicans over foreign policy.
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Italy
Flanders
France
Mussolini
Hitler
Duce
Poland
Adolf
Britain
R.A.F
U. S. Army
Herbert Hoover
Dewey
Franklin Roosevelt
Republicar
New York
G.O.P
Hoover
Philadelphia
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Germany
Russia
Japan
Moscow
Tokyo
William Phillips
Rome
Myron 8
Taylor
Vatican
Il Duce
Mediterranean
F.dr
Caesar
Plans for a Million-Strong U S Army and Global Road Network
Washington reports discuss expanding the regular U S army to over 1 000 000 men to match mechanized warfare. A Knudsen Stettinius Budd board aims to slash red tape and streamline requisitions, while Stettinius would authorize critical material for army and navy. A vast cross continental highway system and coastal truck networks are proposed for rapid mobilization and anti aircraft guns, with costs described as astronomical.
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Washington
United States
Hitler
Uncle Sam
Knudsen- Stettinius-Budd Board
Roosevelt
Stettinius
Army
Navy
Army General Staff
Navy General Board
Herbert Feis
State Department
Harry Hopkins
Harold Ickes
Bureau of Mines
White House
Knudsen
Budd
Capitol Hill
Canadian
Gulf
Butt
Flanders
French Navy Armed to Face Mussolini Fleet
Militon Bronner notes the French navy ranks fourth globally behind the United States, Britain and Japan with 100 plus ships under construction or completed including Dunkerque Strasbourg Richelieu and Jean Bart. He highlights speed heavy guns long range artillery and powerful new destroyers while detailing French wartime escort duties and shared Channel defense with Britain.
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London
NEA
Mussolini
Italy
France
Dunkerque
Strasbourg
Clemenceau
Gascogne
M. Campinchi
A Mountain Feud Tangles Rossy McAfee and Tollivers
Rossy McAfee returns home from school to a feud between the McAfees and Tollivers sparked by a ballpark tragedy. Sock Tolliver wild pitches, Jay McAfee is struck, and a fatal blow ends the game as years of bitterness resurface. Rossy contemplates college, family loyalties, and hidden motives as the story moves toward a Monday continuation.
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Rossy McAfee
Old Leacock
Leacock
Giants
Hell'n Damnation
Rossy
Judy
Hannah
Hurd
Bob
Mountain City
Mint’s Creek
Pappy Mint
Ebenezer Church
McAfees
Tollivers
Ebenezer
Tolliver
Jay McAfee
Jay
Sock
Jay Mato
Amob
Steve
Socks Tolliver
Sock Tolliver
McAfee
Steven Hogg
Hogg
Steve Hogg
Bub
Lincoln College
Tollivar
Bird marriage systems vary from monogamy to promiscuity
The article notes birds show diverse mating systems from permanent and seasonal monogamy to polygamy and promiscuity in species such as parrots ravens wrens jungle fowl and pheasants while mentioning a political backdrop where the Duce attempts loud rhetoric but is interrupted by Adolf with a blitzkrieg style intervention.
Savages and Armies in 1930s Revolutions and Leaders
AP Feature Service outlines revolutions in Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Panama, Spain, Paraguay, Salvador, Cuba, Brazil, Greece, and Siam in the 1930s. It notes plots crushed in Russia, Japan, Austria, India, Palestine, Iraq, Mexico, China, Chile, Romania, and Germany, and discusses naval dangers, a New Deal opera, Sesostris as a proto-military ruler, Stalin’s Bible clash, and Stalin’s early religious schooling.
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Bolivia
Peru
Chile
Argentina
Panama
Spain
Paraguay
Salvador
Cuba
Brazil
Greece
Siam
Russia
Japan
Austria
India
Palestine
Iraq
Mexico
China
Rumania
Germany
Parachute Warfare and Odd Proposals Across Nations
The piece jokes about National Keep-Your-Shirt-On week if colors avoid red brown or black. It notes Mussolini urging danger and hints at parachute warfare ideas. It mentions summer lake season and auto hog ratios remaining unchanged, linking playful and alarming political notes with a satirical edge.
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Milton Bronner
African Empire
French Empire
English Channel
T81
Dauphin
Harry Harrison Kroll
Bossy
Dr. Tollivar
Chapter
Carleton H. Palmer
Connecticut
Sesostris
Josef Stalin
Stalin
U. S
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