U.S. Extends Neutrality Patrol. Lindbergh Resigns Post
The United States enlarges its neutrality patrol to protect aid to Britain ships while Germans push Greek forces back. President Roosevelt labels Lindbergh an appeaser and defeatist and Lindbergh resigns from the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve amid controversy. The Senate debates convoy policy as Tobey resolution looms amid mounting war shipping concerns.
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U. S
Britain
Greece
Lindbergh
Air Corps
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Roosevelt
Hull
Knox
Copperhead
Tion
U. S. Army Air Corps Reserve
United States
Reserve Air Corps
Paris
Atlantic
Greenland
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt Seeks Quick Ends to Labor Strikes and Navy Base Sale
President Roosevelt personally pushed to end the General Motors auto workers strike as negotiations resumed and a settlement was reached. The Navy agreed to buy Floyd Bennett Field in New York for about nine million dollars, creating a major naval air base near the North Atlantic. In other notes, Haras was sunk while evacuating civilians from Greece, Japan's Matsuoka praised Germany, and violinist Fritz Kreisler suffered a skull fracture in a New York traffic accident.
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Roosevelt
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Perkins
Miss Perkins
Mediation Board
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
Department of Labor
Navy
Floyd Bennett Airfield
New York
Naval Air Base
LaGuardia Field
Naval Aviation
North Atlantic
Pensacola
Fla
San Diego
Calif
Anacostia
Washington, D. C
New York City
Long Island Sound
Piraeus
Haras
Harold Vanderbilt
Greece
Tokyo
Matsuoka
Japan
Germany
Fritz Kreisler
Price policy and currency stabilization measures announced
Administrator Henderson urged farm implement manufacturers not to raise prices amid the steel price schedule. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau revealed a $50 million U S fund plus $20 million from Chinese banks to stabilize the Chinese currency, calling the pact a cooperative effort between friendly nations.
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Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Civilian Supply
Treasury
Morgenthau
U. S
T. V. Soong
Central Bank of China
We the People Poster for Defense Armament Drive
Washington issued poster by the Office for Production Management urging the public to support the government rearmament program. The message reads WE, the people ARM FOR DEFENSE for display on street cars buses and subway trains.
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Office For Production Management
The
Defense Commission
Washington
Public
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Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
U.S
Tobey
House
Thermopylae Pass
Leonidas
Mount Geraneia
New Zealand
Crete
Athens
Churchill
England
Australia
George
Epirus
Secretary OF Navy
U. S. Defense News
East
Ocean Bluffs
Mass
Chicago
L. Johnson
Salas
Vera
Sanchez
Ramos
Gomez
C. Buczynski
Zapata
Mexico
R. Forsythe
R. A. Hurley
Connecticut
National Safety Council
John Stilwell
China
Uncle Sam
Mackerel
North Carolina
R. L. Mallory Jr
Nancy Donelson
Memphis
Tenn
International Bowling Congress
Los Angeles
Tess Morris
Dorothy B. Miller
Sally Twyford
Holland
Holland, Mich
Old Holland
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