Soviet Struggle At Crucial Spot
The German thrust penetrates toward Smolensk and Moscow, threatening the Soviet capital while the Reds defend Smolensk and fight to hold the front. Reports mention a German spearhead within reach of Moscow and a renewed Soviet move to reintroduce political commissars into the army amid the battle.
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Smolensk
Moscow
Bobruisk
Stalin Line
Leningrad
Kiev
Ukraine
Ural Mountains
Lindbergh Offers To Face Presidential Inquiry
Charles A. Lindbergh urged President Roosevelt to open an official probe into Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes allegations that he had links to a foreign government. In a letter he offered to submit his files and appear before any committee, denying any improper activity and referencing a 1938 decoration from Germany.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Harold L. Ickes
Lindbergh
America First Committee
Roosevelt
Ickes
Texas youth posed as John Jacob Astor in coal land scheme
A 20 year old San Antonio resident, John Carter Jr., allegedly posed as John Jacob Astor to discuss buying West Virginia coal lands. He was held on vagrancy charges in Pittsburgh after police traced a call to Walter P. Fitch and Marshall Eskridge claiming to be Astor.
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Pittsburgh
Texas
John Jacob Astor
West Virginia
John Carter, Jr
San Antonio
Walter P. Fitch
Marshall Eskridge
Mr. Astor
Fitch
Astor
Eskridge
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Carter
Truck crashes through French window in dramatic house invasion
Angus drives a truck through large French windows to storm Castaloni's sunroom as Spike witnesses the blunder. The crash shatters the room and Castaloni confronts the intruder with a pistol, warning that the act was a mistake.
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Spike
Butch
Angus
Adoreen
Castaloni
Final confrontation in Castaloni mansion ends soon
Angus MacPhillips confronts gangster Castaloni with a truck full of prisoners nearby. Adoreen secretly plans a risky diversion with a frying pan while Castaloni taunts them and threatens Addie, as the scene builds toward a lethal climax.
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Angus
MacPhillips
Castaloni
Addie
Adoreen
Mr. MacPhillips
Jersey
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Printing
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Kentucky
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Oni Brand
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Panhandle
Argus
Imeral
Detrola Radios
Prince Garder
Bill Folds
Eureka
Aluminum
Elgin
Benrus
Carmen
SUN Assortacy
Elgin American
Pampa
Borger
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