Taussig’s Naval Rise Shadowed by Politics and Bias
The piece traces Admiral Taussig’s career from 1915 tensions with Roosevelt to his 1930s rise and the racial and religious prejudice that affected his command roles. It notes his battles with officials, wartime testimony, and later postings, including a downgrade to Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taussig
Edward David Taussig
St. Louis
Joseph Knefler Taussig
Dresden
Germany
Institute of Naval Afairs
Far East
United States
Admiral Taussig
Fifth Naval District
Norfolk
Think Ahead on the Fourth of July
A patriotic essay urges early planning for Independence Day celebrations. It lampoons misreadings of patriotic songs, warns against impractical picnics and mispacked gear, and calls for sensible fireworks rules and safety awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan Hill
James Buchanan
Garcia
Green Mountain
War Groups and Brazil Bases Stir Roosevelt Era Debates
A Washington column critiques the Knudsen Stettinius plan with 10 or 11 New Dealers and 3 non New Dealers, praising selections yet warning against reliance on nonmilitary gestures. It highlights U S Brazil defense talks, possible air and naval bases in northern Brazil, and looming strategic risks to the Panama Canal amid Nazi pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knudsen-Stettinius-etcetera Board
Council of National Defense
Woodring
Edison
Ickes
Wallace
Hopkins
Perkins
Leon Henderson
Sidney Hillman
Chester Davis
William McReynolds
Harriet Elliott
Knudsen
Stettinius
Budd
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Wall Street
du Pont
Morgan
Thurman Arnold
Supreme Court
SEC
Monopoly Committee
Henry Wallace
Maddam Lee
Mr. Davis
State Department
South America
Panama Canal
Brazil
U.S. Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Congress
Canary Islands
Spain
Africa
Germany
Belgian Congo
Hitler
United Kingdom
U. S
Volume of Trade Rises Six Per Cent from Last Year
L. G. Elliott notes the war adds uncertainty but trade shows a upward trend led by steel with capacity use up to 70 percent from 60, machine tools at 93 percent, auto production near 1929 peaks, new orders climbing while inventories ease. Consumer buying stays 6 percent above last year as prices fall back to year-ago levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Elliott
LaSalle Extension University
Chicago
War costs and human toll in current conflict
The piece notes present war casualties are lower than in the comparable World War I period. It cites unavailable German figures and references a London Economist estimate of war costs ranging from 16 to 16 trillion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Economist
French plea for planes shows desperate air war need
Washington reports France begs U S officials for more aircraft as Britain also seeks planes. Allied orders reveal 7,588 planes ordered, 1,888 delivered, 5,700 awaiting delivery while U S gears up to produce 50,000. Motors show 20,820 ordered, 4,022 delivered, 16,798 awaiting.
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Washington
U. S
Germany
Hitler
Britain
U. S. Army
War Department
Secretary of War
France
England
United States
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Drew Pearson
Robert S. Allen
Union
Annapolis
Jones
Japan
Roosevelt-Taussig
Admiral Sims
Josephus Daniels
Roosevelt
Bureau of Navigation
Aft
Congressional Investigation Committee
Navy ‘Department
Harding
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Byron Byrd
Mr. Key
Fort McHenry
Canada
America
George VI
the King
Atlantic City
Washington, D.C
Harry Woodring
Harry
St. James
Republican National Committee
John Ericsson Republican League
Carmack
Christian Science Monitor
la Salle Extension
Vancouver
Hane Carson
Heath Ac
Wah Carson
Ash
Creek & River
Offield
Main
Erieee
Wash
Western
Photography
Fox Studies
Billings
Mont
Hall
REX Photo
Ogden
Utah
Nystrand PO
Placer Street
Butte, Montana
Acme Trading CO
Montana Ave
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Nalp
Cicero
Dean
Doans
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