War talk as Britain threatened prompts US war warning
Admiral Standley warned that waiting for war on American shores would be a grave crime as he tied a British defeat to an inevitable U. S. entry into war against Hitlerism. Dorothy Thompson, Maury Maverick, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. spoke at a 15,000-person Chicago rally backing aid to Britain under the national committee led by William Allen White.
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Aviator Lindbergh Advocates Freedom Amid Java Volcano Note
A scrambled snippet cites Charles Lindbergh urging non entanglement in Europe and recalling equal rights for citizens to plead freedom. The text mentions Fairbanks and a Java volcano count of 43, suggesting a garbled dispatch mixing political opinion and unrelated geological trivia.
Mrs Willkie Hair Hitch in Willkie California Tour
On the Willkie campaign train in southern California Mrs. Willkie assists her husband as crowds gather in Fullerton. Wendell Willkie adjusts his hair while reporters, guards, and local officials observe. Ed Willkie stalls for his brother’s speech as a charming, photo-ready scene unfolds aboard the double engine special.
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Perkins Links Defense Spending to 4.4 Million Jobs
Secretary Frances Perkins said defense appropriations would yield over 4.4 million man-years of labor and boost indirect employment in consumer goods and services.
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Third Term Issue Called GOP Hope
Washington dispatch notes Republican chances hinge on the third term issue as Roosevelts gains shrink Willkie prospects. Newsweek polls show 34 favor Roosevelt for reelection vs 16 for Willkie with electoral estimates about 312 to 219. Report cites world crisis aiding the party in power and the third term theme as key GOP leverage.
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Shakedown Convictions in St. Louis Theater Row
Defense counsel asked for new trials for two labor leaders convicted by a federal grand jury of shaking down St. Louis theater owners. They accepted large sums of money in exchange for promises of wage contracts satisfactory to owners.
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