Behind the scenes talks aim to steady Anglo Russian ties
In Washington and Moscow, state department and Soviet envoy Dumansky pursue a cooperative tone toward Japan. Sir Stafford Cripps presses Moscow to sway Stalin, while Hitler’s approach to the West and Russia dominates Berlin’s foreign policy debates amid signs of a shift away from eastern expansion.
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U. S
Russia
Washington
D. C
State Department
Dumansky
Japan
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Stalin
Red
Balkans
England
Sir Stafford
Hitler
West
East
Poland
Berlin
Wart Ministry
Germany
Europe
France
Spain
Italy
Naas
Diplomate Corps
Western
War Headlines and Political Deaths Shocks Nation
The day brought the deaths of Speaker William B Bankhead and Dr Glens Frank in a Wisconsin auto crash, Russia Germany and Britain exchange blows in air and sea, Churchill faces bombardment, Willkie tours Chicago criticizing the New Deal while promising no American enlistments.
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Glens Frank
University of Wisconsin
United States Senate
Greenleaf
Wis
Frank
Glenn Jr
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Joseph Goebbels
Wennell Willie
Kelly-Nash
Chicago
Willkie
New Deal
Western Electric
United States
Churchill
Horrors in Jersey plant devastates town and claims lives
A massive blast at the Hercules Power company munitions plant in Kenvil New Jersey leaves nearly fifty dead and about two hundred injured. Federal agents rush in as thirty buildings are left in ruins and millions of dollars of government work disrupted. Suspected sabotage and Nazi connections draw immediate attention amid sensational headlines.
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N. J
FBI
U. S
Hercules Power Company
Dies Committtee
Andover
Kenvil
London
Berlin
Royalty and leaders react after wartime events
The Duke of Windsor now governor of the Bahama lands in Florida sends congratulations to George for his family’s escape from German bombs. Premier Mackenzie King of Canada also sends best wishes. Reichsmarshal Goering reportedly flew over London during a nightly raid. In Paris the Vichy regime trials ex generals and ministers in a conservative purge linked to Dreyfus era tensions.
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Widsor
Bahamanlands
Florida
George
Mackenzie King
Canada
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
London
Junkers
Vichy
Georges Mardel
France
Dreyfus
Word Jugglers and Echoes of Public Life in 1939 Murky Letters
A compilation of quotes and musings from 1939 across Time and Your Life and Good Housekeeping. It casts light on celebrity takes from Culbertson to Chaplin, along with social critiques of fascism and American press. It touches on public figures like Dale Kramer and Dorothy amour, plus remarks on motion pictures and fame.
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Paul Revere
Paolo
Paolo Revere
Sunny
Italia
Paul
Boston
Mass
Apollos de Revaire
Guernsey
Ely Culbertson
Jan Struther
Mrs. Miniver
R. Roelofs Jrsi
Good Housekeeping
Dale Kramer
Harper’s
New York
Stooges
U.S
Household Tips for Food Preservation and Cooking
Household advice covers storing cheese in muslin with vinegar water, using potato water for stock gravy and dough, cleaning combs with warm soap water and ammonia, dipping frying baskets to prevent sticking, flavoring leg of lamb with salt garlic pepper and marjoram, and keeping cake tops from burning with greased paper. Wilted greens are refreshed by vinegar water soak before cooking.
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