Totalitarian threats reshape empires as Stalin pulls strings
Joseph W. Labine analyzes how Stalin's diplomacy accelerates a global realignment. He argues the Soviet and Nazi moves threaten Britain, France, Poland, and the fate of Lithuania and Ukraine while Japan presses China and India. Public opinion wavers between isolationism and aiding allies as Congress weighs neutrality and arms policies.
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British Empire
Viacheslav Molotov
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Saar
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Chiang Kai-shek
India
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Humania
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Berlin
Benito Mussolini
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Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
America
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Congress
State Department
Philippines
Cinderella story in Hollywood by Gateway to Hollywood entrant
Kathryn Adams did not win the Gateway to Hollywood contest but placed in the Minnesota eliminations and traveled to Hollywood. Producer-director Gregory La Cava cast her for a screen test and she wrote her own script for Fifth Avenue Girl, earning a second lead under Ginger Rogers. Major Bowes reports amateur auditions rising with 600 applicants weekly, blamed on the World’s Fair crowds.
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Kathryn Adams
Minnesota
Hollywood
Gregory la Cava
Ace
Reo-Radio
Louisiana’s Fifth War on Corruption Reaches New Convictions
The U S Attorney prosecutes a federal case in Louisiana, leading to the conviction of five Louisianans including Dr James Monroe Smith and Seymour Weiss for selling hotel furniture to the state university twice, with profits sent by mail. A second trial targets Weiss and Earl Leche for conspiracy under the Connally hot oil law.
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James Monroe Smith Hay
U. S
Richard W. Lewhe
Huey P
Kingfish
Long
Earl
Louisiana
Seymour Weiss
Richard Lewhe
Frank Murphy
New York
Tom Dewey
Dr. Smith
State University
U. 5
Messra Weiss
Leche
Connally
Texas
Cotton quota plan for Southern growers announced
Last December 4.1 percent of the Souths cotton farmers agreed to restrict this years crop to 12 million bales with a three cent per pound penalty on all excess sales. The plan was announced in Washington by the Secretary of Agriculture and linked to the 1940 marketing period set to begin December 9.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Clayton Moore to star in South of Pago Pago
Clayton Moore, a Chicago native with an athletic background, is cast as lead in South of Pago Pago. He previously excelled in swimming, pole vault, basketball, and boxing. Paul Laval, famed orchestra leader, owns 71 batons once used by Toscanini, Walter, and Mascagni, but he conducts with his hands.
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U. S
Europe
America
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clayton Moore
Pago Pago
Moore
Chicago
Paul Laval
Toscanini
Bruno Walter
Mascagni
Radio Sparks Quest for Oldest Car in Sight
Tian loves the radio vibe and seeks the oldest car to drive. Jerry Mason owns a 1930 model that debuted long before. it has 85 000 miles and failed on a rehearsal day. James Melton tours Connecticut in a 1910 red four cylinder car wearing a cap goggles and a duster.
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Tian
Jerry Mason
Sr. Blodgett
Dr. Busses
James Melton
Connecticut
Gary Cooper Enjoys Southampton Visit With Debutantes
Gary Cooper relaxes at Southampton Long Island visiting his wife’s family and resting from The Real Glory shoot about the Philippines. David Niven also worked in that picture.
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Gary Cooper
Southampton
Long Island
Philippines
David Niven
Unclear text fragment hints at a possible return by Joan Greclerd
Fragmentary OCR notes a potential comeback by Joan Greclerd referencing a project titled Gods of the Night and a person named Tomar J di Pia with unclear context and no verifiable details.
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Joan Greclerd
Savana
Tomar J
Pia
Arthe
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