Golden Door Refuges to Close as France Seeks New World Hope
The piece discusses refugees from Luxembourg Belgium and Germany seeking entry to the United States with France urging quota relief. Government delays and red tape hamper rescue efforts as private groups push for admission while public indifference remains. Liberty's lamp over the golden door grows dim amid stalled flows and closures.
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Republic of France
New York
Ocean Gateway
France
Liberty
Emma Lazarus
Republic
New World
Europe
Mexico
Dominican Republic
Cuba
United States
Luxembourg
Belgium
Germany
Songwriter Torpedo Man Finds Happiness in Hit Song
Robert De Leon, born in Laredo, Texas, served five years in the Navy as a torpedo man on four submarines. He wrote songs during spare time, struggled for publication, then found help from the Long Hit Guild in New York, leading Hoagy Carmichael to music for "Cant Get Indiana Off My Mind" now popular coast to coast. He remains a precision inspector in Detroit while pursuing songwriting hours daily.
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Long Hit Guild
Broadway
New York
Robert de Lean
Laredo
Texas
Navy
United States
Detroit
Mich
Chicago Preumatic Tool Company
Robert de Leon
Long Hit Guild, Inc
New York City
Manners Quiz on Christmas Gift Etiquette
A reader asks three questions about gifts in dating etiquette. Answers: 1 No it would embarrass him and imply she values him more than he values her. 2 Yes she should give a gift if dating as before. 3 No not unless she is his fiancée.
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Wyn
Delphine
Chicago
Enrico’s
School For Brides
Molly
Pat Kenzie
Tuscan Court
Michigan Avenue
Enrico
Palmer's
Pat
Murphy
Mac
Ronnie
Strafford
Mark
Wynnewood Strafford XII
Manitou
Thanksgiving Avenue
Uncle
Trudy Weissenkorn
Lena
Fedor
Bernie Janssen
Bernie
Mage
Peg
Sheep Dog
the Dunes
Griscom Street
Sheepdog
Congress
Pearl Velour
Pearl
Children’s Hospital
Parry Berwin
Steven
Bermuda
Elbow Beach
Philly
New York
Johns Hopkins
Riverside
Martha
Kitty
Biblical Character Puzzle Solution
The puzzle fills horizontal and vertical clues about biblical names and terms, including Ark and flood references. It lists entries like Noah and other related words through a grid of defined positions with abbreviations and wordplay.
Calls for a master highway plan to aid national defense
Jepers notes a Transportation division official underrates highway fragility for military use. He cites 22 000 deficient bridges on the primary system and German autobahns as a model for a nationwide inter regional motorway network to speed mobilization and reduce urban congestion.
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National Defense Advisory Commission
Transportation Division
American Road Builders’ Association
United States
The
Hague
Hitler
Isolationist Confusion in No Foreign War HQ
From The Talk of The Town January 11 The New Yorker we enter the No Foreign War Committee headquarters and observe domestic debate over intervention and isolationist sentiment. The piece sketches opinions and tensions shaping public stance during the era.
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The
New Yorker
No Foreign War
Quotes on Liberty Power and War Critics
Senator Wheeler criticizes European royalty and foreign influence urging liberty and Christianity. P G Wodehouse reflects on prison camp experiences with his books. Cornell's E E Day warns against worship of money and personal power.
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
E. E. Day
Cornell
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Peg Ramsauer
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Planter
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Marcus Eisen
Keety
Gulf Stream
Frankford
Sixth Avenue
Mark Eisen
Kitty Foyle
Wyn Strafford
Dale Carnegie
North Africa
Jlal
Charles M. Jepers
Columbia Network
Willkie
East Forty-second Street
Verne Marshall
Marshall
Fisk
America
England
P. G. Wodehouse
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