President urges Britain aid as war shifts to new fronts
Weekly analysis notes President calls for additional aid to Britain while Nazi troop deployments rise in Romania. English bomber offensives target invasion ports as editors frame the war’s evolving balance.
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U S Peace Offensives Stir Debate As War Grows
As the Roosevelt administration widens support for Britain, isolationist groups in Congress press peace offensives. The president rejects any Axis negotiations while defense output soars with engines, planes, rifles and tanks. Battle updates from Egypt show British advances, prisoners, and shifting Italian command.
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Diplomacy sparks furious press across wartime neutrality plan
Diplomats kept silent as reports circulated that President Roosevelt planned to widen the neutrality line to allow American ships to aid Ireland. German and Italian papers attacked the idea, threatening war and accusing Britain of a dangerous maneuver while press in Rome urged Ireland toward conflict with Britain.
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Quake Predicted Without Sabotage Alarm In New England
The article notes two quake shocks across New England, with one expert predicting a preliminary tremor and an eight month window until a potentially disastrous quake. It criticizes FBI and Dies investigators for not examining the events and highlights New Englanders rethinking their quake confidence.
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California
NLRB labeled by Smith committee as enemies of constitutional government
The Smith committee of the House released its final report branding the National Labor Relations Board as avowed enemies of constitutional government. It proposed not disbandment but a thorough house cleaning, urged dismissal of Communist front members, revision of the Wagner Act, and a congressional probe of labor relations. The report connected Smith to Harry Bridges and accused him of wrecking labor and employers and of C I O sympathies.
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Trials by Bombs Blur World War II Air War Headlines
Report describes German raids on England including Liverpool and Manchester with heavy damage. British raids target I G Ferbenindustrie at Mannerheim and other plants while raids extend from Norway to Italy. Neutral towns in Ireland and Switzerland suffer casualties. Swordfish submarine presumed lost. Parliament bombed. Hitler vows great victory in 1941.
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Beards and Bureaucrats in Wartime Washington
In a wartime Washington column, the writer jokes about hog crop reports and dairy breeds, praises Leon Henderson and Representative Tinkham, and notes fashion shifts away from beards. The piece surveys officials, jokes about government orders to Singer and a turkey with white meat, concluding with farcical odds on future self carving ducks.
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Lovely Frock for School or Parties Pattern 1269-B
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1269-B offers a petite party and school dress with gathers at the front, a scooped waist, and a flared skirt. Shown in velveteen or taffeta with a white silk pique collar, it fits sizes 11 to 19 and requires 41? yards of 39 inch material for size 13. Send order to:
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Submarine attack and naval actions feature in week’s highlights
Greek sources report a submarine sank an Italian convoy in the Aegean theater with losses of 25 000 to 30 000 tons. Australian officials say a Nazi raid disguised as a Japanese vessel damaged Nauru island and its phosphate resources. In the U S, 18 000 men work on a large Camp Meade cantonment for National Guard and draftees. Lisbon notes a Vichy plan to grant independence to African colonies with broad latitude.
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Richard Green Joins British Forces After Enlistment Path
Actor Richard Green climbs from a tank in England where he trains with the unit he enlisted in. He previously traveled from Hollywood to Vancouver to join the Canadian army but was rejected there and later joined British service.
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Greek children aid Greece in wartime effort
About one million Greek youths aged eight to twenty join a National Youth organization. They serve as couriers, assist firemen, help nurses, and perform various tasks for the men mobilized for war.
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We Are Cheated Quote by Ballou
Quote reflecting on happiness and the high price of counterfeit joy attributed to Ballou. no other facts or context provided.
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