War Opens Up on Norway Front as Allied Forces Arrive
Weekly analysis notes the Nazi invasion of Norway heightening fear across the Balkans. Reports claim German strength ranges from 18 000 to 60 000 with battles near Trondheim and Narvik. Allied action by French British and Canadian troops follows German troop movements and subversion methods including Trojan Horse tactics.
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Norway
Balkan
Trondheim
Narvik
Washington
Paris
Winston Churchill
Chamberlain
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Sumner Welles
Haw- Haw
Broadcasting Ace
Lord Haw-Haw
Jugoslavia
Stojadinovitch
Belgrade
Dragisha Tsvetkovitch
Stoyadinovitch
Juroslavis
Russia
Skoda
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslav
Holland
Belgium
Sweden
Gothenburg
England
Mussolini
Poland
London
Potomac
Names in the News and Global Tensions Ahead
The piece surveys diverse figures from history and politics including Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher and Kid McCoy, then shifts to Hot War-era affairs. It notes Belgrade's crackdown, Yugoslav internments, German occupation of Denmark, and Allied strategizing led by Secretary Hull and Roosevelt.
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Valentine
New York City
Laughton
Mot
Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher
M. P
Kid McCoy
Dutch East Indies
Far East
Greenland
East Indies
Hull
State Department
Roosevelt
Pacific
Senate
Japan
Insular
Guam
Nippon
Son of Heaven
Labor election clash in General Motors unions dispute
The C. I. O. topped the A. F. L. with 89 000 to 30 000 votes and about 15 000 Edison workers favored independent unions. Chief Green of the A F L accused Chief Lewis of seeking a political revolution to crown himself dictator. The Brotherhood of Consolidated Edison Employees, an independent union, defeated C. T. O. as bargaining agent for 30 000 Edison workers.
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A. F. of L
General Motors
Green
A.F. of L
Lewis
C. L
U. S
Brotherhood of Consolidated Edison Employees, Independent Union
Edison
Our President Faces Domestic Strife and War Talk
The article surveys President rhetoric on opposing overseas force, a push for near a billion in war relief, and the Logan-Walter bill. It notes census progress toward 100 million, political barnstorms by Dewey, Roosevelt’s third-term framing, Hitler birthday coverage, warplane bids, and a deadly New York-Chicago train wreck.
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Rio Grande
Washington
Boston
Jim Farley
Farley
Congress
House
Tom
Dewey
Indiana
Southwest
Indianapolis
Oklahoma City
Roosevelt
Hull
North Carolina
Hitler
Fuehrer
New York
SEC
Georgia Power Company
Preston Arkwright
Ogpu
J. Edgar Hoover
Grant and Roosevelt Third-Term Episodes Revealed
The piece recounts Ulysses S. Grant leading 36 ballots in 1880 before quitting the bid amid anti third term cries and Roscoe Conkling’s faction. It also covers Theodore Roosevelt’s two-term limit stance, 1904 election, 1912 Bull Moose run, and Taft victory with Wilson carrying the election.
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Grant
Ulysses SS. Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
New York Herald
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Stakiacirew
Pennsylvania
White House
Julia Dent Grant
Washington
Roscoe Conkling
Hayes
St. Louis
Conkling
Heyes
James G. Elaine
James A. Garfield
McKinley
Alton B. Parker
Taft
T. R
Bull Moose Party
Teft
Woodrow Wilson
Western Newspaper Union
Virginia Democrat Boward W. Smith Likely Labor Board Leader
Boward W. Smith, Democratic representative from Virginia, appears set to head the National Labor Relations Board. He has filed a resolution calling for a special report on the board and will lead a House investigation committee due to report to the next congressional session.
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National Labor Relations Board
Boward W. Smith
Virginia
House
Congress
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Uncle Sam
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Ier
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Ohio
Tobey
Charles Tobey
New Hampshire
Teddy Roosevelt
William M. Springer
Illinois
United States
Republic
Rutherford B. Hayes
Keppler
Fish
Morten
Daniel F. O’brien
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J. Frank Facey
Prospect Street
Consult
Joseph F. Higgins Co., Inc
Mass. Ave
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Chas. H. Fisher & CO
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Edward J. Donahue
Massachusetts Ave
Clark & Reid CO
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