Powerful Nazi Push Forces Allied Retreat in Belgium
Weekly News Analysis notes a German offensive driving British and French forces back from Belgium as King Leopold III orders Belgian troops to lay down arms. Nazi armor and dive bombers disrupt supply lines while the retreat to England and the Somme corridor shapes a grim strategic phase.
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Leopold III
Adolf Hitler
Belgium
Flanders
France
English Channel
Strait of Dover
England
Somme
Aisne
Berlin
Channel
Names in the News and Public Figures Cited
The piece surveys political trials including Richard W Lewhe twice indicted for mail fraud tied to a truck deal, actor Walter Connolly’s death, and the Who's Who in America 1940 41 edition listing 31 752 sketches led by Brig Gen William Henry Bisbee 100 and Shirley Temple 11 while noting Butler and national defense concerns as Germany and France impact Europe.
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Louisiana
Richard W. Lewhe
Huey P. Long
Walter Connolly
Hollywood
America
William Henry Bisbee
Shirley Temple
Columbia University
Nicholas Murray Butler
Roosevelt fireside chat boosts defense drive
President Roosevelt launches a national defense push framed by his fourteenth fireside chat. Aimed at fortifying Western Hemisphere security, the speech urges unity and warns against homefront treachery while funding questions prompt talk of flat income taxes and government financing. A seven member presidential commission coordinates resources with industry leaders. Morgenthau forecasts aircraft production continuity. Ford pledges high weekly plane output.
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Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
Paris
London
Washington
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
U. S. Steel Company
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Board
AAA
Ralph Budd
Leon Henderson
The
Securities Commission
Miss Harriet Elliott
University of North Carolina
Neighbors debate Trotsky exile and regional unrest
The article notes Mexican officials desire Trotsky to leave for safety from Soviet enemies while his Mexico home remains guarded. It highlights a Panama plot against the 1940 election, Moore-McCormack shipping routes linking the Americas, a $27 million export trade drop, and a U S minister to Canada nomination. It also covers social work concerns, bank assets rising to a record, and a civil service rule barring Communists and Nazis from federal work.
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Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Panama
U. S
Moore-McCormack Lines
North
South America
Atlantic
Pacific
Ptsire
U. S. Comptroller of the Currency
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Communist Party
German Bund
New Deal Critics Face Defense Duty in Washington
Washington observers note a clash as New Dealers resist changes to social programs while defense needs push for industry and war material. The article cites Walsh-Healy wage hearings, cabinet tensions, and calls for reassigning Navy and War leaders amid Europe's war pressure.
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Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Federal Contracts Board
Department of Labor
Miody
New Deal
White House
Defense Management
Woodring
Johnson
War Department
Colonel Johnson
Edison
New Jersey
Stage Screen Radio feature notes Hollywood odds and ends
Virginia Vale recounts counts, stars, and personalities from stage and screen including Theo Rossi Tyrone Power Dolores Del Rio Hedy Lamarr Joan Bennett Rudy Vallee Peggy Moran and Mary Booth. It covers radio network plans for summer replacements Katharine Burke Eleanor Roosevelt Mary Martin and a Vox Pop mishap with Parks Johnson.
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Virginia Vale
Theo Rossi
South America
Tyrone Power
Annabella
Mrs. Power
J. Edgar Hoover
Shirley Temple
Lauriston Taylor Helps Place World Largest X-ray Cap
Lauriston Taylor of the U. S. Bureau of Standards directs the placing of the corona cap atop the world’s largest X-ray machine. The device, built in Washington D C, can generate rays up to 1 500 000 volts and will set a standard for hospital cancer clinics nationwide.
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Lauriston Taylor
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Washington, D.C
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Farnham F. Dudgeon
U. S. Defense Board
Western Newspaper Union
the War
British Isles
Leopold
Prise Blitzkrieg
Johnny Bull
Congress
Senate
House
Commission
Defense
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Henry Ford
Chester Davis
Jay P. Moffat
James H. Cromwell
Canada
Moffat
State Department
Cromwell
Hitler
Social Service
National Conference of Social Workers
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bruckart
Washington Digest
U. S. Defense
William Bruckart
National Press Bldg
Washington, D. C
Ion
Louis Johnson
Ann Dvorak
Helen Mack
Lola Lane
Columbia
Mary Booth
Edwin Booth
Gary Crosby
Bing
Kathleen Burke
Eleanor Roosevelt
NBC
Mary Martin
Mrs. Martin
Greta Garbo
Mary
Richard Halliday
Parks Johnson
Parks
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