Notable Figures Face War Era Tensions in America and Europe
Walter Winchell notes San Antonio officials closing vice centers near army camps as war ethics shift. Jane Anderson linked to Nazi propaganda, later accused of treason while broadcasting in Germany. Hamilton Fish lineage figures appear amid debates over hawkish vs. isolationist stances. Reynolds and others criticized for anti-foreign rhetoric and defense posture. A montage of wartime political fault lines and international tensions through named individuals and actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Anderson
San Antonio
Texas
Jane Anderson
United States
France
Spain
Germany
Anderson
Amilton Fish
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Lincoln
Hawaii
New York
Horst Wessel
George Sylvester Vierceck
Philippines
Zero Mostel
Pacific
Hamilton
Italian General Attacks Rommel Tactics in Africa
Gen. Giovanni Messe, commander of the First Italian Army in Tunisia, issues an official fighting report that attacks Nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. The Madrid dispatch to the Daily Mail says the document caused a sensation in North Africa operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Giovanni Messe
Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Madrid
Daily Mail
Messe
North
Africa
Senators split on postwar police force commitment
AP reports 24 of 32 senators favor a postwar international police force while 32 oppose and 32 more have not decided. Towns senators Gillette and Wilson refused to commit, with eight others unreachable in the survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nazis Reinforce Caucasus Front In Effort To Halt Red Push
Pravda reports German forces in the Kuban region stiffening with large air units to hold positions against a Soviet drive to the Black Sea. German air losses total 25 planes shot down and eight crippled as Soviet pilots repelled raids and boosted gains on several sectors. Romanian troops also fought in Kuban with hand to hand combat favoring the Reds. in Donets front south of Izyum Russians gained better positions on a new line. Leningrad front dispatches say Soviet bombers and Stormovik fighters destroyed 19 enemy planes at a large base, with six German fighters downed by escort and airfield attack reducing the threat in that region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kuban
Caucasus
Black Sea
Pravda
Izyum
Donets
Kharkov
Leningrad
Executrix Named in Edwin C. Noval Estate Probate
Mary F. M. Novak named as Executrix of Edwin C. Noval of Linn County Iowa on April 10. All debts due to the estate must be paid promptly and all claims properly authenticated filed with the Linn County District Court Clerk. Korab is the attorney representing the executrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida
State of
Iowa
Linn County
Edwin C. Noval
Iate
Linn County, Iowa
Mary F. M. Novak
Wounded Don’t Cry A Marine Reflects On Guadalcanal
Sergt Michael Gregory of Granite City Illinois recalls his Guadalcanal landing with the Second Marines on August 7 and how a buddy saved him after a bullet and shrapnel hits. He stresses the courage of comrades and urges support for the second war loan by buying bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Jones
Walter Abbott
Michael Gregory
Sergt
Granite City
Ill
Second Marines
Guadalcanal
California Naval Hospital
Lunga Ridge
Jess
Editors Warn Roosevelts News Ban Risks Free Inquiry
11 editors of the American Society of Newspaper Editors issued a statement criticizing President Roosevelts refusal to allow full news coverage of the upcoming United Nations food conference. They said the pattern could stifle the public’s right to information and hinder continuous flow of facts. The note represented board members rather than a formal OSS pronouncement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Society
Linn County Old Age and Blind Assistance Totals
The Linn county monthly welfare report shows $38,664 paid to 1,726 old age recipients in March, averaging $22.41 each. An additional $1,848.72 was distributed to 68 aid to the blind residents, averaging $27.19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
State Department of Social Welfare
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Coe College
Walter Winchell
Asas
Robert R. Reynolds
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Italy
Nazi Germany
Pearl Harbor
Reynolds
Congressional Record
Il Grido Della Stirpe
Sergi
James W. Reynolds
Edward Rickenbacker
Adamson
de Angelis
Cherry
Whittaker
Bartek
Alex T. Kaczmarczyk
America
Senator Reynolds
Rome
Rommel
Dr. Edwards
P Korab
Lydia E. Pinkham
Marines
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Taft Resnells Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, NC
Virginia Donnelly
Westinghouse Electric and Mfg. Co
Newman
Newman's Sports Shop
Phoenix Rayons
Phoenix
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