France Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Britain After Naval Loss
Weekly News Analysis reports France severs relations with England after a North African naval battle that destroyed or dispersed much of the French fleet. Churchill confirms heavy losses and strategic impact, while the domestic section details new defense taxes to fund U S military expansion and a 39,000-man recruitment drive.
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England
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Weil
Winston Churchill
Germany
Italy
France
Oran
Algiers
Marcel Censouls
Britain
U. S
United States
Europe
Navy
War Department
De Gaulle Appeals to Americans for War Support
Gen Charles De Gaulle, head of the French national committee in London, urged French Americans to aid the war effort against Germany. George Bernard Shaw quipped he would ask Hitler what food he needs to end the war. Pat McKenny, longtime White House doorkeeper since 1903, died in Washington. A Oklahoma City woman died in a crash near Tamazuncale after warning others to brace for impact.
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Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee
London
America
Germany
George Bernard Shaw
Hitler
White House
Pat McKenny
Washington, D. C
Virginia Rios Watkins
Oklahoma City
Tamazuncale
Mexico
Trust Busting Birthday Marks 50 Years of Sherman Act
The Sherman anti-trust act reached its fiftieth birthday with 83 cases and 1 580 defendants pending in U S courts. The law remains a tool against restraint of trade by large firms as government uses it today. Education: Saving Democracy At the National Education Association convention in Milwaukee 11 000 teachers focused on defending democracy and making schools first line of defense against dictatorship.
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U. S
John Sherman
Ohio
Saving Democracy
National Education Association
Milwaukee
Wis
Praying Colonel Knox Testifies on Navy Nomination
Col. Frank Knox testifies before the Senate Naval Affairs committee as it weighs his nomination as Secretary of the Navy. The committee approves his nomination by a 9 to 0 vote while Henry L. Stimson’s nomination as Secretary of War passes 13 to 4 in the Military Affairs committee.
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Col
Frank Knox
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Military Affairs Committee
Henry L. Stimson
Willkie Unveils 12 Member Political Advisory Group
Wendell Willkie resigns as Commonwealth and Southern president and names a permanent 12 member advisory committee headed by Governor Harold Stassen to unify the GOP and court independent voters. He limits campaign giving to under 5000 dollars per donor and bans corporate contributions, urging small gifts from the people.
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People’s Movement
Wendell Willkie
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Willkie
Far East crisis tests China supply lines and resilience
Reports from Chungking say China will continue the war despite Japan sealing French Indo China borders cutting off essential war goods and food. Moses Annenberg pleads guilty to income tax evasion and receives a three year federal prison sentence. Southeast Texas floods kill four, displace hundreds and cause damages near a million dollars. Denver opens a new federal prison for 600 inmates. New Orleans port enacts extraordinary security against fifth columnists and saboteurs.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Indo-China
Kai-shek
China
Chungking
Moses L. Annenberg
Philadelphia
Racing
U. S
James H. Wilkerson
Chicago
Moe
Texas
Justice Department
Denver
Calo
New Orleans
Port Commission
Patterned play suit dresses for mothers and daughters
Dejaenay ENT dresses feature a neckline pockets and separate tailored skirt to convert a play suit into a spectator frock with a shirtwaist top. Barbara Bell Patterns No 1977 B and No 1978 B offer sizes 2 to 40 with yardage guidance and bust measurements. Prices set at 15 cents. orders to be sent.
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Barbara Beil
Barbara Bell
Light Baggage and Witty Exchanges in Town
A collection of brief humorous exchanges and quips about travel meals money and marriage. Jests cover lecturing crowds hens eggs watches and a man who means to act but holds back.
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Jean
Strange F acts Off Color Whites Adopt a Skunk
A fragment notes that several hundred Londoners adopt animals due to low city funds. Lions giraffes gorilla and a skunk are awaiting adoption, with donors receiving a sign on the cage. The piece also mentions racial classifications and US blind labor diversity alongside oil well output comparisons.
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London
Ita
Practical Household Hints From Laundry to Scouring
Cleaning tips cover stain removal with washing soda and lemon water, ammonia guidance for perspiration marks, cold water rinses for milk bowls, rubber plant leaf care, citrus scenting with pomanders, bread storage, and scorched linen remedies including onion rubbing to remove odor and marks.
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Farnham F. Dudgeon
Western Newspaper Union
U.S
John N. Garner
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Politics
Far East
Attern Dejaenay
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New
Montgomery Ave
Francisco
Ayaa
Pennsylvania
Ae Hrane
Castile
Salt Lake City
West
J. H. Waters
Man
Weer J. Holman Waters and
W.ross Sutton
George Mat
Donald
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