Memo on Greek victories and wartime whispers in Washington
Reporter notes skeptical take on Greek victories and quotes from Washington sources about Molotov Hiver minutes and Turkish border divisions. Mentions resignations, political moves, defense contracts, and looming appointments tied to the war effort with a biting, insider tone.
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Washington, D. C
Suez
Washington
Russia
Turk
Steve Eady
Flynn
Sam Foley
Bronx
Ambassadors and insiders discuss 1939 political maneuvers
In Florida January 1939 Kennedy pressed Lindbergh to share what he knew for the Chamberlain Munich pact. Dr. Frank Nolan attends with Helen Morgan ill on Cossi case. Seymour Weiss served 30 months. Lasky criticized reception to Quiet Please. Inner Circle weighs Wallace as running mate amid inflation rumors and wartime propaganda moves.
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Ambassador Kennedy
Lindbergh
Chamberlain
Munich
Kennedy
Florida
Frank Nolan
Helen Morgan
Cossi
Seymour Weiss
Jesse Lasky
FDR
H. Jackson
Wm. C. Douglas
Henry Wallace
Greek Victory and Italian Setbacks Highlight Early Greco Roman War
Edward C Wayne surveys a Greek victory over Italian forces with reports of large Italian casualties, prisoner exchanges, and Greek tactical gains aided by terrain and weather. He notes Italian morale, Metaxas influence, and continued fighting despite Mussolini’s regime. Britain endures intensified bombing and sea losses, while a Jervis Bay heroics enables convoy escape amid German aerial tactics and rationing fears.
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Greece
Karitza
Pindus Mountain
England
Deal
Metaxas
Italy
Taranto
John Metaxas
Mussolini
Yaly
Britain
Diplomats Spotlight on Berlin Talks and U S Figures
Diplomats flocked to Berlin for the Hitler Molotov discussions amid broad pledges from Germany and Italy. Russia and Japan were urged to gain expansion, with India, Turkey, and Southeast Asia in play. In the United States Kennedy and Bullitt dominated headlines, Kennedy signaling resignation after a Boston interview while Bullitt hinted at leaving to “speak and write” about conditions.
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Berlin
Molotoff
Taly
Balkans
Germany
Italy
Russia
India
Turkey
Japan
Asia
Kennedy
Bullitt
Boston
Globe
United States
Four Nazi Vessels Sail From Tampico with One Surrendering
Foreign reports claim four Nazi ships left Tampico for European ports. only the Phrygia was heard from and it sank itself rather than surrender to British and Canadian forces. The others supposedly turned back or lurk outside the harbor. British torpedo tactics at Taranto are described as using 2000-pound aerial torpedoes. Additional notes mention American returnees from occupied France reporting bribery, gasoline bootlegging, and a foreign exchange black market.
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Tampico
Mexico
Phrygia
Taranto
France
State Department
Europe
Spain
Franco
England
Gibraltar
United States
Labor turmoil and war headlines dominate Roosevelt term plans
The article portrays a heated labor dispute between the American Federation of Labor and the CIO led by John L Lewis as President Roosevelt signals labor peace as a core third term aim. It covers Dies Committee probes, sabotage fears, imperial conflicts in Asia, US credit moves to Martinique, defense policy debates, and a Windsor-St John interview critiquing Wilson and the Versatilea pact.
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American Federation of Labor
United States
Witliam Green
Roosevelt
Lewis
John L. Lewis
C. I.C
Atlantic City
Martinique
Indies
U. S
Knudsen
Duke of Windsor
Adela Rogers St. John
Wilson
Washville
Tenn
South
J. Percy Priest
Nashville Tennessean
Joseph W. Burns Jr
House of Representatives
Priest
Burns
Nashville
Washington D C Bandists in Defense Plants Dies Probe
A Dies Committee briefing warns of sabotage risk in West coast defense sites led by Los Angeles amid a 2500 name Nazi Bund mailing list. 800 names work in key factories. Spain Franco aid tale and U S policy debate loom as career cliques push loans. Priest defeats Burns in Tennessee race. Kennedy rumors weigh London return.
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Washington
D. C
Dies Committee
Dies
U.S
Los Angeles
D-men
Bund
Herman Schwinn
West Coast
Bundfuehrer
Set of Shelves From Spools and Can Lids
Ruth Wyeth Spears presents a corner shelf set made from acid from tin candy box cracker can and coffee can joined with wire spools and beads. Painted cherry red, the trio stores salt and pepper shakers and salad condiments. instructions are in Book 3.
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
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