Japanese Moves Prompt U S Freezing Assets and Philippine Mobilization
The article reports U S and Allied actions over Japan's moves in Indo China including asset freezes, trade limits, and Philippine troop mobilization. It notes Tokyo's retaliation threats, MacArthur's return to lead Far East forces, and German Russian combat claims with cautious progress along Smolensk Kiev and Leningrad fronts.
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Far East
U. S
United States
China
Nippon
Indo-China
Tokyo
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
Japan
Philippines
Britain
Thailand
Burma
Hanoi
Ito
Nichi-Nichi
Asahi
South Pacific
Douglas A. MacArthur
United States Army
Smolensk
Kiev
Leningrad
Red Army
Moscow
Pan American Solidarity Tested by Nazi Plots
Amid pan American unity against Nazi influence, reports detail a string of incidents from Berlin aimed at distracting the Americas. Bolivia quashed a Nazi coup, Argentina uncovered spy material in Buenos Aires, and a German embassy baggage case in Lima sparked investigations.
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United States
Berlin
America
Atlantic
Peru
Ecuador
Bolivia
The
Herald Tribune
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Lima
Invasion by Stratosphere Raid Breaks Aviation Records
British aviation history notes that American made Boeing flying fortresses took part in the first stratosphere raids. The bombers reached 33 000 feet with heavy cargoes, where they were reportedly invisible in daylight and inaudible.
U. S. wartime spies push with Donovan Hoover Miles Kirk
A quartet of top officials led by Col. William J. Donovan and J. Edgar Hoover will coordinate counter espionage and propaganda efforts. Brig. Gen. Sherman Miles and Capt. Alan G. Kirk join in the push to expose spies and lies, with Kirk bringing naval intelligence experience from long service and prior attaché work.
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EW York
U.S.A
Col
William J. Donovan
J. Edgar Hoover
Sherman Miles
Military Intelligence Division
War Department
Alan G. Kirk
Office of Naval Intelligence
Kirk
Navy
London
Athenia
State Department
Timing of Move Ties To Draft Limitation Fight
The sudden Japanese move and corresponding government actions coincided with congressional debate on keeping draftees. Opposition strength seemed undermined by the rapid shift in international events.
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Japan
Hopkins vows aid as American tools reach Britain
Special Envoy Harry Hopkins, administrator of the Lease Lend program, visits the American embassy in London and promises the British that victory tools from American production are on the way. He speaks in a broadcast to the British empire reaffirming U S support and swift delivery of war materiel.
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Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
London
British Empire
Hopkins
Harper Sibley as United Service Organizations figure
The text portrays Harper Sibley as a unifying business leader and former USO head with diverse interests. It highlights his role as intermediary between government and business, his stance on the New Deal, and his tenure as a Groton and Harvard schoolmate of Roosevelt.
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Japan
Nippon
United States
U. S
Netherlands East Indies
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Harper Sibley
United Service Organizations
U.S.O
Mr. Sibley
Hull
Berkeley
United States Chamber of Commerce
Sibley
Groton
Harvard
ASK ME ANOTHER General Quiz Questions Round
A general quiz with ten trivia prompts covering rivers writers ancient cities currency physics and music. Questions ask: Which South American country has a Colorado river which author described the Brobdingnagians what is the weight of a gallon of water the oldest city still inhabited the bundle of rods on a dime the largest star known compare weights feathers vs gold how many U S presidents names begin with A clinker built boats feature and define a canon in music.
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U. S
Answers to Ten Questions From The News Quiz
Answers include Argentina Swift as Gulliver’s Travels giant country, water weight one gallon eight thousand three hundred fifty five pounds, Damascus Fasces Antares vast sun, Yes. Gold traced by tray system and feathers by avoirdupois, three Adams presidents and Arthur, overlapping planks, and a canon in two or more parts with Non nobis Domine by Birde from the fourteenth century.
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Argentina
Swift
Gulliver
Damascus
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Chester Arthur
Birde
World's Largest Seller at 10 Cents
Early saving habit urged as a key to ahead in life, quoted from the Earl of Derby. This item promotes St Joseph aspirin as the world’s largest seller at 10 cents, highlighting a consumer savings pitch within a brief ad-like note.
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St.joseph
Earl of Derby
K.G
Choices Shape Habit and Destiny, Says Maltbie Quote
A short aphorism notes that choices influence habit and destiny, attributed to D Babcotk Maltbie. The line emphasizes personal responsibility and long term outcomes.
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Maltbie
D. Babcotk
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Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
Japanese Board of Information
Russia
Los Angeles
Calif
Pan-America
Weygand
France
Who’s News
Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WIN
Garret
Charles L. Lawrance
Elbert O. Hubbard
Lawrance
Charles Lindbergh
Paris
Yale
Phi Beta Kappa
Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Lawrance Engineering Corporation
New York
Richard E. Byrd
Vauven
Havo Company
Omaha
Nebr
Havo
Plaats
Voltaire
Walter Stinson
Lov Ay
Kélany
Kelogg
Kellogg's
Kellogg Company
Addison
Funnies
Jimmy Swinnerton
San Francisco Examiner
Truvan
Edward Poms Aen
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