Spy Network Claims and Nazi Espionage Revelations
A historical account notes British Intelligence detected Hitler's war plans rejected by Chamberlain. It cites American reporting on Nazi espionage, networks in Argentina and Britain, and key figures like Walter Morrissey who aided the FBI by turning over documents from the Nazis New York consulate.
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Hitler
Europe
Chamberlain
America
Goebbels
Bund
Germany
Britain
International Spy Exchange
Franz von Papen
National Peace Council
Walter Morrissey
New York
FBI
G-Men
Death of a 91-Year-Old California Author Recalls Chief Joseph Speech
California author Col. Charles Erskine Scott Wood, who died aged 91, remembered for recording Chief Joseph’s surrender speech in 1877. The piece recounts the Nez Perce war, Wood’s role on Gen. Howard’s staff, and the famous speech that preserved a pivotal moment in American history.
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California
Elmo Scott Watson
Union
Charles Erskine Scott Wood
Joseph
Bear Paw Mountains
Montana
Wood
O. O. Howard
Nez Perce
Nez Perces
Canada
Military Department of the Columbia
Nee Perce
Perry
White Bird Canyon
Howard
Sturgis
Severn Cavalry
Nelson A. Miles
Fifth Infantry
Howerd
Guy Howard
Hison
Miles
George
John
Wwe W
Chapman
Oscar Long
Wood Fellows
Noward
Looking Glass
Tur-bol-lul
Fig
Ollicut
Colonel Wood
Century Magazine
Chester A. Pee
Miles Regiments
Leutenant
Logan
Cayugas
McGliffey
Erie
Willam Maxwell Scott
United States Navy
Erie Academy
Baltimore City College
United States Military Academy
West Point
Grant
Fort Bidwell
Alaska
Bannock and
Pirie
Idaho
Fort Vancouver
Iron
Portland
Ore
Military Academy
Ambiguous wartime spy tensions in German leadership circle
Fragmentary OCR describes mutual distrust between the Gestapo and the German Army with surveillance, newsreel control, and plots to guard Hitler. It notes possible internal attempts to undermine Hitler and discredit him by presenting alleged past ties to the SDY.
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Gestapo
Himmler
Ames
Hitler
S.e 4
Hiller
Life of Wood and his Heavenly Discourse
A condensed note on Charles Wood and his satirical volume Heavenly Discourse earning world fame. It mentions his poetry including Night and the Desert and his cosmic, nightbound imagery from Paes From the Ranges 1920, with lines on earth, birth, and dawn’s firm peaks.
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Wood
Rockefeller rebuttal killed by state department blunder
Washington reports that a Rockefeller prepared Reader's Digest rebuttal to Senator Butler's charges on Good Neighbor spending was suppressed by the state department. Advisors approved by Rockefeller were overruled by Michael McDermott, leaving Butler's critique to circulate. The Los Angeles strike and army takeovers in labor disputes are cited as alarming trends in wartime management.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
Hugh Buller
Nebraska
Butler
Reader's Digest
John Dick
Rockefelter
Senator Butler
Los Angeles
Army
Labor Department
War Department
Army Service Forces
Ordnance
Fall River
Mass
CIO
Peabody
Salem
Western Electric
Baltimore
Department of Emergency Labor
Three Ways to Use Wooden Cornices in Modern Windows
A 20th century sewing or home decor note outlines three treatments of box cornices for windows. It explains front faces ends and returns, use of grooves inside returns for wooden rods, and painting vs covering to match woodwork or drapery. It mentions patterns for scalloped cornices and a price and mailing address for pattern No. 207.
Beachhead Bridgehead Defined in Military Terms
A beachhead is a fortified position on the shore seized by an invading force. A bridgehead is a defensive area on the enemy side of a crossing, guarding a bridge or ford.
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Haris
Argentina
Foreign Office
F. K. Ferenz
Mata Wari
World Service
Congress
Hellspiners
Neural
Columbia University
Pacific Coast
Frederic Remington
Thunderbolts
Lightnings
Mustangs
Stettinius
Siettinius
Mrs. Auto Wyeth Spears
Bedford
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Cicero
Sarre
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