Netherlands Invasion Debate Sparks Churchill Assault
The piece argues that Nazi plans threaten Dutch Belgium and Britain while Churchill denounces peace hopes. It notes German raids near Paris and threats to Dutch neutrality, with Allied plans for defense and a large US cost projection. Names include Churchill, Hitler, and Elders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Churchill
Glueck
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Britain
Hitler
Europe
Winston Churchill
the Admiralty
Herr Hitler
Holland
Belgium
France
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
George
Germany
Reich
Switzerland
Paris
Neutrality Fallout Shapes War Materials Trade and Jobs
After embargo removals for belligerents, U S demand for motors and aircraft rose but overall export volume stayed small. Unemployment projections remain grim with only half a million of nine million jobless expected to gain wartime work. White House proposes three fixes: seamen pension and unemployment insurance, maritime training for beached sailors, and refitting others into vessels moving strategic materials under a $10 million program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New York
Federal Works
John Carmody
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Joe Curran
Maritime Commission
Emory Land
A. F
Joseph Ryan
Matthew Dushane
White House
NAMES In the news In New York and Washington
Fritz Kuhn the Bund leader goes on trial in New York charged with stealing 5641 dollars from Bund funds. Marriner Eccles calls for higher taxes on big corporations and top salaries to pay for armament. Weir and Hook defend steel as highly competitive before a monopoly committee. Harold Ickes backs the Cole oil bill in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fritz Kuhn
St. Louis
Federal Reserve
Marriner
Eccles
Washington
Ernest T. Weir
Charles R. Hook
Interior
Harold Ickes
News Quiz: Short questions on crime, debt, corn and De Valera
A quiz with five items covering a Chicago crime preps plot before release, Morgenthau debt-limit talk, 1940 corn acreage cut due to a supply problem, Eire Prime Minister De Valera news, and Pope Pius XII praising American education with answers at column end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
U. S
Eire
Eamon de Valera
Britain
Irish Republican Army
Pius XII
Franco purges church leaders in Spain amid regime hostility
In Madrid the dictator Francisco Franco pushed to remove Catholic Cardinal Vicar y Barraquer and several bishops for alleged anti regime stance. In Mexico City authorities hid a German radio station believed to relay ship movement data from a mountain stronghold, possibly in Chiapas.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Vicar Y Barraquer
Mexico City
Chiapas
News Quiz Answers Snapshot From Historic Clippings
Brief oddities cover Capone release timing Morgenthau and Congress debt near 41.1 billion dollars. A carryover fuels farm loans and government buys Skee Maree. De Valera faces threats after refusal. A claim about religious teaching scars US schools is labeled false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Capone
Chicago
Ar Morgenthau
Congress
de Valera
Government probes clash with wartime business push
Washington column notes a split between large military spending plans and aggressive antitrust actions led by the Department of Justice. It cites Vinson and others proposing navy and army expansions while prosecutors press cases against major industries including Aluminum Company of America and auto financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Representative Vinson
Georgia
Congress
House
Department of Justice
Aluminum Company of America
Department
New York
Thurmond Arnold
Frank Murphy
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
England
France
National Defense
Aluminum Company
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Federal Trade Commission
Steel
Cement
Winter Driving Hazards On Icy Surfaces With Chains
National Safety Council tests show ice stopping distances are five to eight times dry pavement. Chains on rear wheels reduce stopping distance 25 to 35 percent. four wheel chains cut distances by 40 to 50 percent. Ralph A. Moyer leads the Winter Driving Hazards Committee, Iowa State College highway engineering associate professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Council
Ralph A. Moyer
Iowa State College
Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Advertises May Apple Cure
An advertisement promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets made from May Apple as effective for removing accumulated body waste. The claim targets digestive cleansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Respect Your Host Proverb Reflected in Historical Saying
A brief note presents the proverb Respect Your Host Never speak ill o' them whose bread ye eat as a timeless guideline. It echoes courtesy and restraint in social exchange from traditional wisdom.
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Joseph W. Labine
Western Newspaper Union
Western Front
North Sea
Singapore
Far East
Shetland Isles
Scotland
Russia
Finland
Elias Errko
Sandy Hook
New York Harbor
Gulf of Finland
Moscow
Karelian
Errko
Defense
Army & Navy
John C. Gebhart
National Economy League
Gebhart
Alabama
Joe Starnes
Atlantic
Gulf
War Department
Air Force
Coast Artillery
Illinois
Ralph E. Church
Navy Department
House Naval Affairs
Nether
Starnes
Curran
Phantom Radio
Bruckart
Washington Digest
William Bruckart
National Press Bldg
Washington, D. C
National Economic Committee
United States
Commerce and Industry
Metzner Stove Repair CO
Mansas City
Cicero
Garfield
Garfield Tea CO
Dept. 40
Brooklyn
WNU
Spoomason
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