Forced Labor Is Proposed In Wartime Britain
London dispatch reports Britain may use labor compulsion for reconstruction as defense planners weigh risks. Sir John Anderson cites use only after full fact gathering to ensure real results amid Luftwaffe raids on Midlands ports and Coventry. Government reiterates stance on Tangier zone. Hoare informs Madrid of Britain's position against unilateral Spanish actions.
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London
John Anderson
Home Secretary
House of Commons
Joan
Britain
Midlands
Southampton
Bristol
Coventry
John
Defense Committee
Proble
Churchill
Tangier International
Spain
Spanish Morocco
R. A. Butler
Samuel Hoare
Madrid
Bad Weather Halts German Raids Bombing London Convent Damaged
Weather forced German raids to retreat after 10 p m local time with authorities noting no large scale attacks on Britain. A London convent used as an air shelter was buried by a bomb, an incendiary struck a crowded theater, and a Nazi bomber machine gunned a suburban bus as passengers were guided to safety.
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London
Royal Air Force
Rhineland
Cologne
Britain
England
U S Leaders Panel Cites Key War Officials
A fragment from the page lists top U S leaders including Secretary of War Stimson Secretary of Navy Knox and other senior officials. It references Jesse H Jones secretary of commerce and Federal loan administrator Undersecretary of State Welles and figures like General George C Marshall and Army chief of staff William S Knudsen. The text fragments show production and defense roles with brief mentions of Patterson and Knudsen.
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U.S
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Jesse H. Jones
Secretary of Commerce
State Welles
Forrestal
George C. Marshall
Army
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Commission
Patterson
British Crisis and Submarine Sketch Spanning Crops and Trade
Britains resources and a foreign policy remark spark debate on Capitol Hill as American exports face risk. A narrative thread centers on a mysterious matinee hero and crop followers seeking a gold strike, with a comedy backdrop featuring Slim Summerville and Virginia Weidler. An insurance crash story follows, detailing Narrows bridge liability and Merchants Fire Insurance Company recovery plans.
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Pears
Bill Anders
Maisie
Slim Summerville
Fred Gubbins
Bill
Virginia Weilder
Jubilee Davis
Britain
Capital Hill
America
Lord Lothian
Atlantic
United Kingdom
British Loan Idea Suppressed in War Talks
Bert Feis, economic adviser to the State Department, attended a government conference where Britain’s ability to buy war materials in the United States was tied to her financial resources. Reports mention a possible $2.5 billion British loan secured by gold production, proposed privately by Federal Reserve Chairman Marriner Eccles, with the discussion linked to export trade danger and Lord Lothian’s recent visit.
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Bert Feis
State Department
Britain
The
New York Herald Tribune
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve System
New York
United States
Eccles
Lord Lothian
Wildcat Bus. romance amid a Sabotage chase at Dixie Theatre
The film Wildcat Bus stars Fay Wray and Paul Guilfoyle in a tale of a spoiled young man forced to earn a living and a rich bus line owner's daughter. The drama centers on rivals between established lines and wildcat outfits using private cars to carry passengers illegally.
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Fay Wray
Charles Lang
Patl Guilfoyle
Wildcat
Lang
Wildcatters
Miss Wray
Paul Guilfoyle
Don Costello
Leona Roberts
Oscar O'Shea
Paul McGrath
Roland Drew
Frank Woodruff
Cliff Reid
Lou Lusty
Rocky Mountain Rangers at Opera House
Rocky Mountain Rangers a western tale at the Opera House stars Bob Livingston Raymond Hatton and Duncan Renaldo. Livingston plays The Laredo Kid a young ranger who hides in outlaw disguise to uncover evidence aiding Panhandle lawmen against regional gang activity.
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Opera House
Republic
Bob Livingston
Raymond Hatton
Duncan Renaldo
Livingston
Rocky Mountain
Laredo
Rmoty
Panhandle
Texas
Raymond Hattan
Old Southwest
Gold Rush Maisie bows at Strand with Sothern and Bowman
The Strand Theatre presents Gold Rush Maisie with Ann Sothern and Lee Bowman as the star duo. Maisie, a stranded showgirl, drifts through the Arizona desert after her broken gallop stalls on the way to a cafe job, in the popular adventure series.
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Maisie
Strand Theatre
Ann Sothern
Lee Bowman
Miss Sothern
Arizona
Bowman
Mystery Sea Raider Brings Epic War Tale to Dirie Theatre
Paramount presents Mystery Sea Raider a dramatic look at Nazi attempts to halt board and seize an American freighter the City of Flint with a prize crew aboard detailing similar wartime incidents including the sinking of the Athenia and the Altmark rescue of 300 British prisoners.
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City of Flint
Paramount
Dirie
Eugene Zukor
Hollywood
Athenia
Altmark
Flint
Norweigan
United States
Record Cold Halts Part of Pennsylvanias Deer Hunting
A severe cold wave hit the nation with subfreezing temperatures across states. Snow up to 20 inches hindered deer hunters in Pennsylvania with two reported lost while six-foot drifts formed in mountains. Temperatures dipped to 19 below in Duluth and 38 below in Pigeon Falls Wisconsin, while the South felt only the edge of the cold.
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Penobscot
Maine
Pennsyyvania
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Bristol
Tenn
Duluth
Pigeon Falls
Wis
Tarzana
Calif
Carter's Little Liver Pills AdClaim Wake Up Your Liver Bile
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills to spur bile flow and relieve dullness. It promotes two pints of bile daily, claims issues from blocked bile cause gas, constipation, and fatigue, and urges purchase of 10 and 26 cent packages.
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Carter
John Maas advised to surrender after call to Stanley Maas
Stanley Maas told Times reporters that John Maas phoned him and Maas urged John to go down and surrender. Maas recounted he took his brother to officers and relayed the message to the newspaper.
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Page One
Stanley Maas
Times
John
British labor leader Citrine arrives for AFL convention
Sir Walter Citrine, famed British labor figure, arrived in New York after crossing the Atlantic to attend the American Federation of Labor convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, as photographed during his visit.
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New York
Sir Walter Citrine
Atlantic
American Federation of Labor
New Orleans
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Virginia DeMoss
W. D. Fauley
Harry Haislop
Emma Rockwell
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