Defining a United Defense Policy for the Nation
The article argues that rapid defense bolstering is needed but larger choices must be made soon. It calls for a focused, objective driven program, asks how far we will defend the Western hemisphere, and questions commitments in the Far East and domestic defense experiments. Decisions must occur before summer conventions.
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Air Force
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Panama
Hemisphere
Far East
Pacific
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War Department
Federal proposals seek uniform highway code for 1942 43
Editorials preview a House debate on a uniform interstate highway and traffic code tied to federal aid. Proposals would require states to adopt regulations or lose federal highway funds, with aims to reduce barriers to interstate trucking and repeal port of entry rules.
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Washington
Rep
Dirksen
Illinois
Bureau of Public Roads
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
House
What Will Hell Be Like Debate At Glenidding Church
A Cumberland and Westmorland Herald note relayed via The Baltimore Sun recalls a February church meeting at Glenidding Methodist, where the topic of discussion was What Will Hell Be Like. The reminiscence contrasts past calm England with present trials and curiosities.
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England
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
Baltimore Sun
Glenidding Methodist Church
Provocative February Discussion Leaves Question Unresolved
The Cumberland and Westmorland Herald reflects on whether clear ideas emerged from the February 15 discussion. The writer regrets the lack of definable conclusions and imagines readers awaiting further developments as samples are lined up across the channel.
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Cumberland and Westmorland
Cumberland and
Westmorland
Quotable quotes on capital, science, and peace from leaders
A compilation of remarks by Sir John Simon Gifford Pinchot George Pickering Secretary Hull Mussolini M P Hendrickson David Sarnoff Senor Ruiz Bravo Governor Baldwin Mrs Grace Loucks Elliott Pope Pius and Evangeline Booth. The selections cover budgets conservation free thought industry progress and the role of science in society.
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State Hull
Pan American Scientific Congress
Self-Intimidation and the Call to Fight On
When fear and pain urge surrender the speaker insists on persistence. Do not heed fatigue or whispers of defeat. draw courage, raise the chin, and continue to fight until victory or necessity dictates. The poem urges resilience over surrender in the face of danger.
Winchell Buzz on Wall Street Hitler Plot and Celebrities
Walter Winchell reports rumors among Wall Streeters about Germans using captured American securities to drive prices and test neutrality fear. He notes NY social and media figures including Tony Martin Alice Faye Col e Stimson and John Gunther, with reflections on FDR prep talks and imperial reach. England imports are dominated by Australia China Denmark Ireland Netherlands.
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Wall
England
World
Australia
China
Denmark
Ireland
Netherlands
Veterans of Cuban Campaign Organize First Anniversary Camp Fire
The first anniversary of the mustering out of Company C from the Cuban campaign was marked by a camp fire at the Indian Creek rifle range on May 13. Attendees included former Captain Evans and Lieutenants Machamer and Moore, plus several sergeants and privates.
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Indian Creek
Roy Carnegie
Evans
Machemer
Moore
Carnegie
Cameron
Ashby
Martin
Bowman
Bowling
McClung
Eades
Hasek
O'Meara
Hostetler
Harry Porter
Hospital Corps
Navy reorganize plan moves to consolidate ship bureaus
Iowa and Washington reports analyze a proposed consolidation of the navy bureaus handling ship construction and repairs into a single ships bureau. The plan faced behind the scenes opposition but is expected to be enacted, aiming to speed shipbuilding and deter enemies from reaching US shores.
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Continental
United States
Navy
Jacobsen
Naval Operations
Harold Stark
William D. Leahy
Navy Department
Panama
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