No Olympic Games This Summer As War Rages On
The 1940 Olympic Games in Finland are definitively canceled due to Europe at war. The Globe News reflects on loyal competition and sportsmanship, contrasting the grim reality of global conflict with the vanished athletic dream.
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Russia
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Europe
Honolulu
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Armoru
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Mrs. Brewster
Roosevelt in Hyde Park and diplomats at odds over Nazi blitz
Washington chatter recalls how Roosevelt rested at Hyde Park while Hull Bos trom Procope Morgenstierne and others faced news of the Scandinavian seizure. The piece highlights the tense mood in the State Department and a Marine guard of honor controversy over a funeral tied to opening day baseball.
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Morgenstierne
State Department
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Department of State
Denmark
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Marine Barracks
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Daisy Harriman the wartime diplomat of Oslo
Madame Minister Daisy Borden Harriman, 70, serves as Norway’s minister and runs a wartime info line between the US and the fugitive Norwegian government. She dodges bombs, relays news from Murmansk to Washington, and leads a staff to safety across Sweden border. Her career mirrors evolving roles for women in public service and diplomacy.
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Daisy Borden Harriman
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Scandinavia
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Sweden
Stockholm
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Republic
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Mary Garden
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Dawes
Daisy
Social etiquette Q&A on widowhood manners and dancing dress
Answers cover respectful terms for a widow and divorced woman, the proper form to ask pardon, and gracious acceptance of apologies. For dancing dress uncertainty, best actions are to call the venue or ask your escort if both street and formal attire are acceptable.
Today's Puzzler Horizontal and Vertical Clues
A mixed crossword list with numbered across and down clues including definitions for Last centu American educator and other items such as English coin and Ireland. Solving yields a completed puzzle grid of words across and down.
Duke University and a Forty Million Dollar Monument
Dale Carnegie recalls Winston-Salem and Duke University built on tobacco wealth. James Buchanan Duke, who left only a five year schooling, gave forty million dollars to educate youth, arguing money alone brings little satisfaction without education and helping others.
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James Cromwell
Canada
Duke
Five 1939 Deaths Noted in Crackers Page List
The article lists five individuals linked to 1939 deaths: Claude A. Swanson C. M. Schwab J. Hamilton Lewis Robert G. Elliott and H. F. McElroy. It notes these names appear on the comic page as answers. The piece also includes a quote about toleration and equality attributed to Secretary Ickes and a Brooklyn College president statement on student activity reflecting majority attitudes.
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