Weekly War Update reports largest Nazi air raid and empire blitz
Farnham F. Dudgeon cites Britain’s defense and a record breaking Nazi aerial assault claiming more than 1,000 planes in a single day over England from Scotland to Wales. Mussolini pushes a Somaliland blitz while 5 million aliens in the United States face fingerprinting and 15 questions before December 26.
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U. S
Wales
Scotland
Great Britain
Berlin
Landen
England
Midlands
London
Thames
Croydon
Europe
Germany
Thames Valley
United States
Dismissals, naval names, and campaign digs headline era
Dismissals of 429 work reliefers who refused affidavits raise Nazi Bund and Communist party doubts. Bon Homme Richard named flagship for new aircraft carrier. Farley to head Coca Cola Export Company. Wheeler Wheeler-Willkie clash hints at national referendum debate and campaign postures amid ASCAP broadcast tensions and White House disclosures.
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WPA
F. C. Harrington
Nazi Bund
Communist Party
Roosevelt
Bon Homme Richard
John Paul Jones
United States Navy
James A. Farley
Coca Cola Export Company
New York Yankees
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Washington
Refugee Patricia Wynn Williams arrives in New York en route to Chicago
Photographer captures Patricia Wynn Williams, London refugee, as she travels toward Chicago where she will stay with friends until the war ends. U S arsenals and navy yards race on 24 hour schedules as defense orders flood in. Production chiefs say planes can reach 18 000 a year by January, yet only 33 of 4000 planned fighters have contracts. National guardsmen near Canada lack equipment. mock tanks and cannons illustrate shortages. Stimson notes tax questions hinder defense contracts, while some planes sit idle until tax bills pass. In Glen Head New York Mrs Alice Cornelius finds her car missing and returns to a damaged police station scene reporting the loss.
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Patricia Wynn-Williams
London
New York
Chicago
William Knudsen
NDC
Stimson
Congress
Alice Cornelius
Glen Head
N. Y
Lindbergh Broadcast Backers and Backstairs Allies
Washington column details backstage affiliations around Charles Lindbergh. It names Fulton Lewis, William R. Castle Jr., Col. Robert McCormick, and Col. Truman Smith as figures linked to his broadcasts and anti British stance. It notes Smith’s prior Berlin ties and Lindbergh’s stays at Smith’s home, while contrasting Mrs. Lindbergh’s public stance with private beliefs. The report also touches on reactions from the war department and broader political divides within the Lindbergh circle.
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Washington, D. C
Lindberghs
Andere
Fulton Lewis
William R. Castle Jr
Hoover
Castle
Lewis
Lindbergh
Col
Robert McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
McCormick
Chicago
WGN
Colonel Smith
Truman Smith
U. S. Army Intelligence
Army
Germany
Poland
Smith
War Department
Berlin
Colonel Lindbergh
Fiier
Russia
Sailor collar frock pattern and home laundry tips
The piece promotes pattern No. 8748 a sailor collar frock in sizes 11 18 15 17 with multiple fabric options and yardage. It also offers housekeeping advice including stain removal tips for Grasa molasses stains laundering instructions for voile scrim curtains and folding bedspreads to keep them neat.
Windsor couple visit Bermuda on way to Bahamas post
The duke and duchess of Windsor arrived in Bermuda en route to the former king's new governor role in the Bahamas. Social precedent formed as wives of top island matrons curtsied. the duchess received a friendly nod while she did not curtsy.
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Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Bermuda
Bahamas
Hastings Brooke
Denis Kirwan Brooke
Kennedy Purvis
Names in the years echo across wartime Britain and politics
George Bernard Shaw mocks meatless rations while Herbert Hoover backs aid for Belgium and France if embargoes are lifted. Rear Admiral Ghormley serves in London as observer the highest peacetime ranking officer. Manuel Quezon gains virtual dictator powers over wages and industry. Lady Byng arrives in the United States as a refugee and comments on German bombing.
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George Bernard Shaw
Herbert Hoover
Belgium
France
Robert L. Ghormley
London
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
National Assembly
Lady Byng
United States
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