Stormy Island and Monroe Doctrine Dominate Chicago Convention Talk
At Chicago the Democratic convention focused on Monroe doctrine issues amid questions about isolationism and third party prospects. The Berlin guidance and American airship activity stirred European and U S debates while Wheeler pressed for the nomination and a Borah La Follette heritage line. Willkie faced signals of Democratic democracy.
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Montana
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John Lewis
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LaFollette
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War talk and political gossip mix in tangled 1940s columns
In a mosaic of names and quick takes, the piece notes George Bernard Shaw on Hitler, Ben Turpin’s death, McKenna’s passings, and Roosevelt era White House doors. It highlights Max Aitken Beaverbrook’s claimed combat exploits, British air victories, and a glimpse of prewar U.S. political maneuvering with Harrison fingerprints and Willkie campaign roles.
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Plenty Tey
Hollywood
Sie McKenna
White House
Roosevelt
Max Aitken
Hearst
Lord Beaverbrook
British Isles
Germany
Engand
Earl Harrison
Philadelphia
Extraordinary Tl ENGLISH WAR and the shifting French stance
An opinion piece surveys World War II era folly from Russia to France and Britain. It notes fragile alliances, Petain Churchill tensions over the French fleet at Oran and Alexandria, and how anti British sentiment rose in France before 1940. It traces long term Anglophile and Anglophobic factions shaping policy.
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Italy
Roosevelt
New York
France
Hitler
Marshal Petain
Winston Churchill
Oran
Algeria
Alexandria
Egypt
Petain
England
Germany
Edward VII
Clemenceau
Caillaux
Paris Today No Glamour Amid Occupation Descriptions
Paris under German occupation shows curfews and blackouts as German forces dominate daily life. Newspapers shrink to four, banks close, and anti-British propaganda appears while civilians adapt and some prepare for defense training in Plattsburg.
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Paris
France
Lutetia Parisiorum
Plattsburg
N. Y
Winthrop Rockefeller
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Taxes Raise Revenue But Not Sound Policy In Roosevelts Plan
William Bruhchart argues that the first tax increase to fund national defense is necessary and direct, while a second, excess profits tax will raise prices and fall short on treasury receipts. He criticizes hidden taxes and warns the nation repeats Noah’s wasteful habits as wartime debt grows.
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Noah
Nuttin
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Germany
Sen
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Willkie and McNutt Frat Rivalry Across Eras
The piece recalls 1910 Indiana University politics with Wendell Willkie and Paul McNutt in opposite camps. Willkie led the rabble as a socialistic barbs figure while McNutt’s Greek letter group held aristocratic sway. By senior year Willkie joined McNutt’s Beta fraternity, signaling a political peace. In 1940 the two fraternity brothers again clash politically.
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Paul McNutt
Indiana University
Willkie
McNutt
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Defense tax criticized for being unsound and duplicative
Washington correspondent William Bruckart argues a new defense tax is flawed because the treasury collects only part of the receipts. He urges a reorganization of the entire tax system to eliminate contradictory levies now in effect.
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William Bruckart
Washington
Bruckart
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