Hitler's Spring Drive Into Balkans Follows Usual Pattern
Weekly analysis describes Nazi Blitz in five fronts against Yugoslavia and Greece with rapid Greek and Yugoslav retreats. Axis gains in Africa show Libyan front shifts, with British withdrawals and Wavell redeployments. Eritrea and Ethiopia see continued British success amid mass attacks on Massawa.
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Hitler
Balkans
Skoplje
Jugoslavia
Vardar
United States
Roosevelt
Yugoslavia
Greece
Poland
Finland
sCirpets
Africa
Libya
Archibald Wavell
Wavell
Sidi Barrant
Derne
Bengali
Italy
Berlin
Britain
Bengasi
Darna
Eritrea
Ethiopia
WPA Card Used by Car Thief in Jacksonville
A Jacksonville theft case reveals a car stolen by a man who used a WPA courtesy card found in the vehicle to obtain credit for fuel. The pursuit spanned multiple locations as investigators tried to locate the suspect and determine how he funded gas. Meanwhile, coast guards off Virginia’s Eastern Shore search wreckage from a patrol bomber to account for 16 missing navy crew members.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Uncle Sam
Aaa
Norfolk
Coast Guards
Virginia
Navy
Strikes and Ship Aid Highlight Labor News
The Dykstra mediation board settles the Allis-Chalmers dispute while talks progress on a U.S. Steel walkout and Ford at River Rouge. CIO leaders reportedly canvass unions about a general strike if Bridges deportation moves proceed. Roosevelt weighing seizure of 38 Danish ships as part of Ships for Britain aid plans.
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New Turn
Dykstra Mediation Board
Allis-Chalmers
U. S. Steel
Ford
River Rouge
National Defense
C.I.O. Chieftains
United States
Bridges
Washington
Sidney Hillman
OPM
House
National Defense Program
Hillman
Philip Murray
Chnairman
Steel ‘Workers “Organizing
Mr. Hillman
Murray
White House
Roosevelt
Detroit
U.S. Steel
New York
United Mine Workers
van Wagoner
Michigan
Defense Mediation Board
James Dewey
Britain
Congress
United States Coast, Guard
Deport D Ary at center of wartime escape tale
Capt Jean Georges D Ary of the French air force evades capture after leaving France and fleeing to Lisbon then Martinique. A Miami port escape leads him to Washington cries for deportation to Canada to reach England and rejoin the fight. Meanwhile Langley Field wing pilots bail out to save silk shirts amid a bomber emergency.
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Jean Georges D'Ary
France
Lisbon
Britain
England
Martinique
D’ary
U.S
Canada
Washington
Deport D’ary
Langley Field
Miami
A. Krogatad
Notes on culture and politics from mid-century magazines
A scattered survey of Atlantic Monthly, Cosmopolitan, American, and Look pieces critiquing unemployment myths in the Soviet Union, media personalities, authors, and literary trends. It notes Hemingway giving royalties to China, Broun’s World fallout, Belgrade and Mussolini quotes, and midnights musical satire with brief quips from radio sections and magazines.
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Stalin
Kingdom
Freda “Utley
Atlantic Monthly
Soviet Union
Joseph Harrington
Cosmopolitan
Americanagazine
E. Lehmen
D. Brown
New Mag
Swank
Beau Brummel
Hemingway
China
Heywood Broun
Heywood
The
Nation
Ray Brock
Belgrade
Times
Mussolini
Adolf
al Williams
Mediterranean
Washington power struggles ripple through labor and foreign policy
A blend of cabinet maneuvering over Frances Perkins aims to boost her replacement prospects, notably for LaGuardia, as policy debates hit midwar planning. Separately, U S foreign policy advisers outline four reasons Germany will avoid rash moves before summer, while Farm Bureau leaders Mold to reconcile with the administration and defend defense priorities amid political shifts.
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Washington, D. C
Miss Perkins
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
LaGuardia
War Department
White House
Hitler
U. S
Germany
United States
U.S. A
Russia
Japan
Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Ed O'Neal
Federation
Wallace
Earl Smith
Uimners
Roosevelt-Wallace
Willkie
Clifford Townsend
Defense Agricultural
New Deal
Indiana
Townsend
Midwest
New Ideas for Closet Boxes Hinged with Fabric
Ruth Wyeth Spears shows how to convert cardboard boxes into hinged fabric covered storage. Use wallpaper or library paste, fabric margins, and gummed tape for hinges. Provide a matching door pocket and garment bag as shown, with directions in Books 4 and 6.
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Edward C. Wayne
Jugoslavian
Hungary
Sareevo
Nis
Zagreb
Fiume
Sofia
Athens
Salonika
Katerine
Truma
London
Ae Hewa
Western Newspaper
Union S
EL Agheila
Jis
Oakland
Calif
Otta da Bourbon Hapsburg
Otta Leopold
Cub
Thomaston
Olin Miller
Sam
Euroope
Balzag
Dorothy Thompson
Hitler the Hun
Attila
Jose Morand
Braases
Harry Truman
Truman
Senate
Edward F. McGrady
Stimson
Young Democrats
Madera
Madison Bears Garden
Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Bille
Quintus Curtius Rufus
Seneca
Rial, Ma
Schopenhauer
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