Army creates new weapons division under war department
Washington reports a new weapons division, led by Col. A. D. Bruce, is formed outside the ordnance section to outpace German advances. The move mirrors a strategic push for rapid modern warfare and reflects broader wartime reshaping of military planning amid intensifying global conflict. The article also notes political turbulence over a proposed tax plan and shifts in economic policy affecting Congress and the White House.
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Washington
United States Army
War Department
General Staff
Ordnance Section
Col
A. D. Bruce
Hitler
Back Home It Was Only Told To Me
Betty Sandig and Tommy Thomas plan a June 25 wedding date as a small town note appears in a column about radio industry debates with the FCC. The piece cites Senator James J. Davis and Senator Wheeler discussing unity, national defense, and the impact of FCC regulations on cultural radio programming. Includes local social notes and mentions several couples and events from a homecoming setting.
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Betty Sandig
Tommy Thomas
James J. Davis
Sen. Davis
America
Senate Committee
Onerstate Commerce
Wheeler
Federal Communications
Commission
FCC
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senator White
Maine
America’s quiet public opinion is shaped by local voices
Dorothy Thompson explains that national opinion is built not by famed Washington New York or Chicago events but by local leaders teachers clergy editors and community forums. She cites Lindbergh La Guardia and Ickes as national stories yet notes true influence comes from small city audiences and cracker barrel conversations in towns across the country.
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Dorothy Thompson
Washington
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Manhattan Center
Madison Square Garden
Lindbergh
America
Chambers of Commerce
la Guardia
Herbert S. Agar
Louisville Courier-Journal
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Edward Tomlinson
H. R. Knickerbocker
Texas
Hearst
Europe
Germany
Vincent Sheean
Pierre van Paassen
Wallace Duell
Chicago Daily News
New England
Virginia
Alabama
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
San Francisco
Boston
Tulsa
Richmond
St. Louis
Kansas City
Hartford
Hudson River
Can Soldiers Take It
Nashville cabled report describes a month long war training in middle Tennessee for 77 000 troops to test mobilization and soldier toughness. Forty divisions and numerous units train for modern warfare while selectees and federalized guardsmen must prove 13 weeks of basic work before joining. Major Gen Frederick Smith will oversee until June 13 with Lieut Gen Ben Lear taking command, as phases advance from slower early exercises to blitzkrieg pace by mid June.
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Nashville
Tenn
Middle Tennessee
Second Army
United States
Fort Benning
America
Frederick Smith
Ben S. Lear
Thoughts on divine justice and obedience in scripture
A compact quotation collage contrasts Old and New Testament themes of good and evil as God’s right hand and left, duty to follow heavenly commands, fear of supreme powers, and the necessity of forgiveness. It also includes a modern legal view from Dr. Frank Monaghan at Yale opposing death by one’s own action.
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States
Charles O'Hanlon
O'Hanlon
Adolf
Answers to Crackers: Editorial Page 1 summary
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. visited South America as a goodwill ambassador. Paraguay's President Morinigo sent his son to Warm Springs for polio treatment. The Suez Canal length is 1104 miles, twice the Panama Canal. Venezuela yields 10 percent of world oil. South America totals 28 percent. Nations listed include Paraguay Asuncion Uruguay Montevideo Ecuador Quito Venezuela Caracas Chile Santiago.
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
South America
Higinio Morinigo
Paraguay
Warm Springs
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Venezuela
Asuncion
Uruguay
Montevideo
Ecuador
Quito
Veneezuela
Caracas
Chile
Santiago
Airpower realism guides wartime study and strategy
Major As Williams argues Americans should study Europe’s war with tempered judgment, noting Germany’s calculated moves, the Mediterranean lifeline, and the limits of air power against England. He stresses two to three probing actions, the importance of sea lanes, and that petroleum relies on the Americas and the Near East, while Suez base vulnerability could shape Allied responses.
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Major AS Williams
Europe
England
Mediterranean
Africa
Low Countries
Iraq
Mosul
Haifa
Census reveals growth in small U S towns across decades
The 1940 Census shows 13 288 incorporated places under 2 500 people with a combined population of 9 342 548, up about 160 000 despite 145 fewer such towns. Towns 2 500 to 5 000 numbered 1 422, population 5 025 911, up from 4 717 590 in 1930.
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U.S
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Mr. Ford
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United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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