Honest debate over repeal of arms embargo reshapes neutrality act
The piece argues the repeal fight is pivotal for American history and calls for frank motives, while stressing that the debate should focus on methods and strategic implications rather than lofty rhetoric. It warns that ending the embargo would aid Allied victory but risk hostility from Germany.
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Europe
Germany
United States Congress
United States
International Law Debated as Path to Peace in Address
In a Thursday address the President urged returning to core principles of international law to keep the nation out of war. Citing London 1856 and Hague 1907, the piece notes neutrality rules, blockades, and arms trade limits, with Britain France and Russia seeking flexible interpretation.
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Wilson
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
France
Russia
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Debate on Neutral Rights and International Law After World War I
The document discusses the limits of neutral state obligations under existing international law, the rights of belligerents to seize contraband, and the trade protection for non contraband goods. It notes the 1927 May 19 agreement removing war claim arbitration between the US and Britain, leaving maritime law at sea uncertain.
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Son
United States
Great Britain
Washington
The Religion War and the Battle for Civilization
A critique of Nazism and communism as rival religions shaping global conflict. It contrasts democracy and Christianity with forceful ideologies, argues for peaceful, humane values, and condemns aggression and appeasement while urging steadfast neutrality and cultural resilience.
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Europe
Charles the Hammer
America
Beelzebub
The Private Papers of a Cub Reporter
A stranger visits Cub Reporter Ace after twelve years seeking revenge and hands a yellowed clipping with jokes from a vaudeville era. The tale includes snippets from Mrs Mecfoofsky and jokes about a horse race, plus brief notes on radio guides and a band leader Savitt.
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Cub Reporter
Oodman
Ace
Kansas City
Goodman
Charlie Soandio
Mainstreet
Ma2tx Lewis
Radio Guide
Hollywood rumors and real estate transfers noted in press
Gossip on Deanna Durbin and Balanchine citizenship plans spans studios and bars, followed by a dense list of real estate transfers in Cedar Rapids from August to September 1939, naming buyers, properties, and conditions.
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Universal Pictures
Hollywood
Deanna
Stock Exchange
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New York
Wall Street
Commission
Peter Vischer
Cafe Society
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