U.S. Air Exports Split on Defense Plans at Forum
At the National Aviation Forum banquet in Washington, Stewart says U.S. air exports disagree with defense plans. Major Williams opposes independent aviation status, urging a cabinet level aeronautical bureau, while La Guardia argues aviation should grow within existing military structure. Critics blame politics for backwardness. some doubt planes will be ready for today’s needs. The consensus holds American planes are equal to rivals and production could reach German levels swiftly.
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Stewart
Spharurs
Washington
National Aviation Forum
al Willams
Naval Air Export
Roonavelt
James A. Farley
Blor Willsons
Williams
Army
Navy
Willams
Fiorello H. la Guardia
New York
Uncle Sam
Lindbergh
Apostles of Gloom
National Forum
Germany
Railroad tale of Huskeson and English men in Liverpool
A fragmentary note recounts an 1830 railway episode involving Will Huskeson, an Englishman, and Manchester, set around Liverpool. The brief item hints at early railway fever and travel by rail in that era.
Gandhi and War Echoes in India and Europe
A garbled report cites Mitalia Gandhi leading 300,000 protests against Britain while Europe fights. It notes Nazi meddling in India, Gandhi’s moral authority, his call for unity among Hindus, Muslims, Parsis, and Christians, and hints at a broader wartime impact and discontent with imperial rule.
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Spompsnanshif
India
Mitialina Gandhi
Indus
Taubal
Britain
Europe
Militant America grows support for universal military training
Polls show rising American belief in compulsory training with 65 percent favoring it and support stronger among the elderly. Even under 30 year olds show 41 percent for universal training, while overall sentiment leans toward deterrence amid changing global tensions.
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America
Russian style radio plea angers Congress and public
Officials of a broadexaling company seek a relaxation to permit radio stations to air sermons from organizations preaching democracy. The move is opposed by opponents who fear a shift toward authoritarian control and escalating charges about propaganda and political manipulation.
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Situa Men
Metin
Assur
Stalin
Dave Brower
Tonight on Your Radio Highlights Return of NBC and CBS Dramas
Radio schedule recap details NBC Red NBC Blue and CBS programs tonight and tomorrow. Dinah Shore and Walter Huston appear in hour long dramas and concerts. Guest stars include Din Ameche and Frank Munn with orchestras led by Victor Young and Irving Miller. Belmont Stakes coverage noted with GRE arrow at 4:35 p.m. on Palm Sunday 1940.
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CBS
Clues
NBC
Walter Tue
den Ameche
Dinah Shere
Lawsm Zerby
Doile
Ohti
Antor
Jins
NBC Blue
Zérbel
Hank Shepherd
Shirley Booth
Peggy Conklin
Deb Riego
Davely
Donmuty
Alembere
Maritine Rose Graham
Graham
Prank Munn
Rostta
Walta Time
Abe Lyman
Amsterdam
Lower Basin Street
Dinah Shore
Nbc-Blue
Begah
Irving Miller
Shere
Muller
Mark Bellinger
Aat
Din Ameche
Claire Treyor
Victor Young
Orchestra
Wigerals
Pit Friday
Walter Huston
Saroyan
Bos
NBC Red
T. Miptntire
Huston
Gli
Hollywood Film Shop Sparks Songwriter Parade at MGM
Hollywood reporters note a frenzy of songwriting at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on Strike Up the Band with Tin Pan Alley figures like Fred, Mickey Rooney, and Judy Garland in on the action. Writers such as Sidney Milner, Walter Hueick, and Eddie Garkin push new tunes as artists juggle roles and studios chase fresh music.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Arthur Preed
Mickey Rapley
Fred
Gus Arnheim
Hil
Naclo Herb Brown
Rooney
Sidney Milener
Shell
Judy Garland
Mickey
Walter Hueick
Eddie Garkin
Pilbe
Incomprehensible Historical Factographs Fragment
Fragmentary OCR text mixing park authorities rules gear horse training references and insect destruction machines. Named items include horses, training cues, electric devices, and a garbled list of names and terms. The passage lacks coherent events or clear entities to summarize.
June 7 1920 Twenty Years Ago in Journal Files
A reflection on June 7 1920 recalling the Supreme Court upholding Prohibition under the Volstead Act. News notes mention the NW municipal building work resuming with color-matching mortar, a small town fire incident on West Mall Street, and local figures such as Mrs. Geverne Dunham Jett and others in town social references.
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NW Municipal
West Mall Street
Thomas Mann profile and exile life in 1930s Princeton
The German writer Thomas Mann, turning 65, is described as a leading figure and self exiled intellect living with his wife in Princeton New Jersey. The profile notes his lengthy output with Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain, his move from Munich to exile in Switzerland, and his American citizenship after public stance against the Nazi regime. Mann is portrayed as a disciplined writer, crafting a page and a quarter daily, and his political evolution from non political to a polemist through lectures on democracy during an American tour. He is working on The Beloved Returns while remaining in the United States.
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Jetters
Princeton
N.J
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Mann
Lubeck
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Switzerland
Gea
University of Bern
Austria
United States
Powers
Buddenbrooks
Josephy
Breth Tell
Gosthe and
Warner
Desth
Venice
Tonio Kruger
Early pioneers of electric light and Davy timeline
Fragmentary notes recount Sir Humphry Davy as an early figure in electric light experiments and electricity heating carbon. It mentions 1808 experiments, subsequent developments, and a nod to Edison’s later invention, with garbled phrases suggesting a continuous line of research into incandescent light.
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Sherit
Humphry Davy
Thomas A. Edison
Daily Quiz Questions From A Vintage Classified Page
A reader challenges seven quiz questions from a classified page including who first wore artificial teeth, meanings of Blitzkrieg and Das Rheingold, Pago Pago status, the state university at Ann Arbor, who advanced relativity theory, the “Coyote State” nickname, a French sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, a flowering tree, and which post office is liable for a missing Special Delivery with money.
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United States
Pago Pago
State University
Ann Arbor
Texas
South Dakota
Wyoming
Fenech
New Forte
Harbor
Champion gas-mask wearer Ivan Soloshenko earns top honor
Private Ivan Soloshenko of the Eastern Front War Army wins the gas-mask honor for enduring 2520 hours in a mask with removal only for meals. The feat highlights discipline and endurance during wartime duties.
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Soviet Russia
Ivan Soloshenko
Fied
Mirror writing and brain disorder linked to Da Vinci
Daily Dozen notes that Leonardo da Vinci reportedly experienced mirror writing due to a brain disorder rather than eye misfocus. The piece explains strophosymbolis and its historical view, including left handedness and emotional impact of correction efforts. It also reports rising per capita eggs and poultry consumption in the United States.
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Leonardo da Vinc
Leonardo
da Vinci
New York
United States
American Poultry Journal
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