Night Attack on Rio Grande Defenses Ends in Retreat
Intelligence reports Van Hasselt massing 200000 troops for a Texas invasion as Colonel Dean’s Second Division fights thinly manned positions near Laredo. Brigadier Brill orders a stand before San Antonio while Brillon’s forces retreat toward the Nueces under heavy air bombardment. Bell’s convoy, stuck between dawn and artillery range, fights 14 enemy planes and wrecked trucks, with many casualties, as the column races toward the Nueces before daybreak.
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Benning
Mexico City
van Hassel
Rio Grande
United States
Fincke
Hravot
Franklin Bell
11Th
United States Infantry
Laredo
San Antonio
Bell
Texas
Dean
Fort Sam Houston
Bedlam
van Hasselt
Boll
Nueces
March
Capain
Bol
Ug V
Kirk
Brill
New Orleans
Galveston
Houston
General Hague
Washington
Colorado
Hague
Mole
the Nueces
New York Novelette Sees Pirolle Move To Movietown
Mr. Pirolle, long running a West 45th Street restaurant, receives a Hollywood offer with big pay and free rent for his and his wife. He sells his New York eatery and heads to Movietown, leaving a note from a young writer who once promised to repay him. Preston Sturges among old patrons. Manhattan murals and Times Square scenes color the piece.
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New York
Hollywood
Pirolle
45Th Street
Movietown
Preston Sturges
Portrait of a Man Playing the Typewriter in Wayne King's Era
A nostalgic note on Wayne King's enduring appeal with dreamy music and minimal effects. The piece critiques the era's quips, citing the famed postcard joke about a husband wishing his wife a wonderful time and wishing she were here.
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Wayne King
Reader letters and echoes of war echoes in press critiques
A fragmentary critique links appeasers to Nazism through Reeders and Reynolds while noting legal limits on columnists. Dorothy Thompson warns that Britain’s fall would shift power to fascist elements in the United States via trade weapons propaganda and fleets.
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March
Berlin
Quentin Reynolds
Collier's
Lisbon
Supreme Court
adiiKen Lotta
RAF
Dorothy Thompson
Britain
U. S
ASCAP urged to curb misattributed Cuban melodies issue
A proposal urges ASCAP to act against conductors and leaders who attach their monikers to Cuban melodies by obscure composers. The push aims to protect original authors and prevent misattribution in performances and publishing.
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ASCAP
Rumors on Hitler and Goering Strain in Wartime Gossip
A Chicago era column repeats whispers that Hitler and Goering clash over air war setbacks. It claims Goering is blamed for failed raids on Britain and notes Vienna chatter about his wife being booed at a theater. The piece cites supposed State Department gossip as corroboration.
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Hitler
Goering
Britain
Vienna
Sam Goldwyn threats and relief payrolls raise questions
The item ponders Sam Goldwyn's vow to end double features and to dismiss union members from relief payrolls, asks if critics predicted that plays without scenery would endure, and notes a radio trio suing a movie firm for using their billing “Tom, Dick and Harry.”
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Sam Goldwyn
Tom, Dick and
Harry
Hmtf
Roaring Years of Booth Appeal and Roosevelts Critics
Magazine stumbles foreshadowed by Ken and Stage as Verne Marshall fades from public view under a barrage of hostile words. Observers note enemies attack Roosevelt policies due to personal animosity, while descendants bear the burden of crimson-faced shame. Bob Quillen muses that true success means wealth for a widow after a life of toil.
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Ken
Stage
Verne Marshall
Roosevelt
Bob Quillen
Phrase Origins and Controversy Highlight a Lively Debate
A fragmented excerpt discusses the origin of the phrase What’s the point and notes dice house slang for when a gambler forgets the target. It cites Dan Valtin’s book Out of the Night as controversial and dismisses claims by detractors. The text mentions a robber incident where a rich woman lost jewels valued at 260000 dollars.
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Dan Valtin
Senate lend lease clash calm on floor amid noisy headlines
Senators fought over the lend lease bill with talk of momentous stakes, yet the chamber often resembled a ritzy lounge with few members present. Britain explains the Turkish Bulgarian non aggression pact aimed to deter German moves, while rushing Salonika reinforcements to support Greeks and Turks amid Balkan power plays.
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Senate
U. S
Turkey
Germany
Salonika
Balkans
Seminoles on Trail dodging draft to run tourist shows
Florida Seminoles split between north farms and the Everglades, often leaving swamps to set up tourist shows along the Tamiami Trail featuring Indians versus crocodiles. Draft strikes spread as whites tell them they are exempt, while officials hesitate to prosecute and Collier warns sl
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Florida
Everue
Tamiami Trail
U. S
Selective Service
Department of Justice
Everglades
John Collier
Indian Affairs
Deportation Conundrum of a German Princess in U S
Attorney General Jackson seeks deportation of Maria Waldenburg Schmidt Princess Stefanie Hohenlohe who arrived on a Hungarian passport. Despite legal removal the woman cannot be expelled as England will not accept her. If Germany does not take her back she may stay in San Francisco, prompting talk of a new custody bill for undesirables. The war department assigns Maj Gen Robert C Richardson to study press relations. A sensational propaganda card from Chicago warns that a vote for the leads leaga bil) will drive a nail into the spin of every American boy.
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Jackson
Maria Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst
Stefanie Hohenlohe
England
Department of Justice
Ngland
San Francisco
Germany
Pacific
Vladivostok
Justice Department
Congress
War Department
Thag
Army
Robert C. Richardson
Pvery
Chicago
Pineapple design chair set crochet pattern 2663
The popular pineapple design yields a charming chair set and scarf ends. Crochet is easy with No 30 cotton. Pattern 2663 includes directions, illustrations, stitch details, and a photograph of materials. Send order to the listed address.
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