Motley Army Joins English Fighting Force
Washington notes recount the 1941 revival of a diverse foreign legion in Britain. Dutch Belgians Norwegians Danes Poles Czechs and others join to aid England. They wear British uniforms and fight for liberated homeland against a common tyrant. The piece compares the modern force to Wellington era troops and highlights Dutch Norweigan and Polish contributions and tensions among groups.
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Roger Shaw
Union
Washington
Napoleon
Hitler
Waterloo
Wellington
Brunswick
Nassau
Saxe-Weimar
North Cape
Bonaparte
England
A. H
N. B
King
Foreign Legion
France
League of Nations
London
Bristol
Norway
Holland
British Isles
Judah
K. Haile Selas
Sie
Poland
Belgium
Court of
Dutch East Indies
Pacific
Scotland
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Wladislaus Sikorski
Leo
de Gaulle
Vichy
Berlin
Dakar
West Africa
Churchill
Petain
Coffee Plastics Spark Hope for Brazil's Surplus
Brazil faces a massive coffee surplus and faltering markets. A North American scientist developed Cafelite coffee plastics that could replace wood and metal in homes, schools, and machinery, offering a potential boom for Brazil's wary economy and new industry growth.
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Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
Europe
National Coffee Department
United States
New York Coffee Exchange
Sao Paulo
U.S
Herbert Spencer Palin
American Coffee Corporation
Greenland Placed Under U S Protection During War
President Roosevelt announced the United States would defend Greenland expanding the Monroe Doctrine to the world largest island. Greenland hosts about 18 000 residents mostly Greenlandic speakers with primitive living standards relying on hunting and fishing for essentials. The Danish export system prior to the war centered on sending nearly all exports to Denmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Greenland
Denmark
Life in New Army Camps Compared to the Past
Reporter visits Fort Belvoir and the new engineer camp across from Mount Vernon to compare modern army life with the postwar era. He notes air conditioned barracks, ice cream fountains, a Broadway review, and a civilian touch while stressing disciplined recreation and the return to citizen life. He also covers bread vitamin enrichment and a Canadian tourism advocate warning of war rumor effects on American travel.
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Fort Belvoir
Mount Vernon
Belvoir
Omar Khayyam
Engineer Corps
Sam
Federal Security Administrator
Food and Drug Administration
Department of Agriculture
Farm and Homilies from Bankhage on Ski Troopers
The piece notes summer brings many youths to army service with ski troops. It recalls a notably camouflaged ski trooper during winter maneuvers who remained hidden until snowmelt. It cites 1940 crime rates from Washington: robbery every 10 minutes and burglary every 13.4 minutes, with higher minor-crime totals.
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Federal Department of Justice
Washington
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University of Chicago
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SF Funeral Home
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Cambridge
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Massachusetts Ave
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Carver St
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