War talk and farce in wartime column from Monrovia
A reflective column attacks wartime double standards and treaty breaches by whites, Indians, and nations, contrasts Japan killings with U S history, comments on phone privacy and modern gossip culture, features satirical jibes at celebrities, and laments rising Communist advocacy with Irony and Irvin S. Cobb's voice.
Shanghai Crisis Escalates as Americans Flee
In Shanghai a grave crisis unfolds as 4000 U.S. personnel in the danger zone prepare to evacuate while the Augusta stands by. Chinese and Japanese actions ignite fires and casualties, and U.S. officials deny intent to enter war as civil and military resources strain the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shi
Sherman
North China
Shanghai
U.S. S. Augusta
Uncle Sem
China
State Department
United States
Bund
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Roosevelt
Manchukuo
Japan
Siberia
Russia
National Topics Interpreted Vital By WILLIAM BRUCKART
The column surveys Francoist advances in Spain against Santander and Madrid, the Nankow pass clash between Chinese and Japanese forces, and shifts in American politics as Roosevelt's influence and New Deal factions shape New York 1940 political tensions.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Billen
Mississippi
Troosevelt
Santander
Franco
Bilbao
Santandery
Madrid
Segovia
William Bruckart
Washington
New England
George H. Moses
Senate
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Curtis
Moses
Jack’ Garner
Garner
House
Supreme Court
White House
Department of Justice
Roosevelt
New York
Short
Tammany
New Deal
Copeland
Jim Farley
Senator Copeland
New York City
Great City
New York Supreme Court
Mahoney
Burroughs Organizations
Tammany Group
Farley
Marvin McIntyre
Western Newsvnaner Union
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Tye
John L. Lewis
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Lenin
Lincoln
Irvin S. Cobb
WNU Service
Desert
Sen. Black
Este
South
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
House Committee
AAA
Hugo L. Black
Ala
Willis van Devanter
Black
Ashurst
Ariz
Burke
Neb
Johnson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Edith
Barcelona
Copenhagen
Pearme
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Mediterranean
Senator Black
Tim Farley
Jim
Pierce- Arrow Motor Corporation
Pierce-Arrow
Maine
Vermont
Nankow Pass
Great Wall
Peiping
Eighty - Ninth
Suiyuan
Shansi
Nankow
Nacion
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Slir
Brazil
South America
State Bull
Senate Naval Committee
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