U S Steps In Amid War Efforts and Axis Pressure
The article details rising U S involvement in World War II including aid promises to Greece and Spain food credits, Britain support, and Navy prep to patrol oceans. It notes German and Italian wartime rhetoric and domestic production bottlenecks hampering aircraft and weapon supply.
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U. S
Britain
Greece
United States
Spain
Roosevelt
George
State Department
National Defense Council
Weddell
Franco
America
Carnavon Castle Fights Nazi Raider Then Reaches Montevideo
The 20000-ton Carnavon Castle limped into Montevideo after a near 24 hour chase with a Nazi raider. The ship reported heavy damage and casualties, fuel and provisions were used to keep her afloat as the raider was badly hit astern and burning. The event follows other war news and unrelated domestic items including a New York Communist teachers probe and a fatal Chicago air crash.
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Carnavon Castle
Montevideo
Graf Spee
Carnavon
Civil Service Strives to Keep Politics Out of Defense Work
Washington writes on the civil service drive to shield defense hiring from political influence. The commission reports 240000 recruited since July with 176000 in war and navy work, and 120 to 3000 scale at Waterville arsenal illustrating rapid expansion. Aimed at merit, the program highlights Garand's rise from draftsman to senior ordnance engineer.
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Civil Service
Defense
Arthur Flemming
Civil Service Commission
United States Civil Service Commission
Flemming
Poli
War and Navy Departments
Watervliet
Connecticut
Washington
Uncle Sam
John C. Garand
Armory
Springfield
Mass
Canada
Bureau of Standards
Garand
United States
Roosevelt Visits Naval Bases After Easter Island Joke
President Roosevelt teased journalists about sailing to the Caribbean to visit Easter Island and hunt eggs, then proceeded to inspect several naval bases. In Washington, a dies committee probe says sabotage was known to have occurred on a pursuit plane destined for Britain before a test-flight crash.
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Miami
Roosevelt
Caribbean Sea
Easter Island
Washington
Dies Committee
Britain
War and Its Effect on U S Imports Expands Raw Material Purchases
The tariff commission report notes that in the first year after Europe’s outbreak total U S imports rose due to increased buying of raw materials. These materials mainly came from Asia, with smaller shares from Canada and Latin America.
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Britain
Jesse Jones
Johnson
California
John Bull
Congress
Europe
United States
U. S. Tariff Commission
Asia
Canada
Latin America
General Quiz Questions and Answers
The six questions cover: 1 Abe Lincoln delivered the Cooper Union address 2 the Assam dam controls the Nile river 3 Hitler became dictator in March 1933 after the Reichstag act 4 Liberia's official language is English 5 an anodyne relieves pain 6 Sinbad bears the Old Man of the Sea on his shoulders
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Assam
Hitler
Germany
Liberia
Abe Lincoln
Nile River
Reichstag
Sinbad
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London
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Philadelphia
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