Policy shifts widen U.S. aid as war debate heats
The State of the Union address signals an expanded role for U S aid to belligerents and a shift away from cash and carry as the nation leans toward backing Britain. President Roosevelt defends defining acts of war while figures like Senator Carter Glass call for strong navy action. A plan to fund a mobile kitchen unit for England highlights civilian as well as military needs in the conflict.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Germany
United States
England
Commonwealth of Nations
Glass
Tar Heel congressmen show frugal expense reports
Reported expenses reveal some candidates spent little while others paid more during the general election. Bonner kept costs to 25 dollars, Doughton admitted 1300, Grissom spent 3250, and a local incumbent's 450 outlay suggests politics remains costly beyond the two year 20000 salary.
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Bonner
Warren
Doughton
William Grissom
America Tried in the Fires of War
The 80th anniversary of Lincoln’s first inaugural address is noted as the nation recalls the Civil War period and the enduring mystic chords of memory. The piece references Roosevelt’s radio message shared by over five hundred stations to eighty million listeners and mentions Harry Hopkins and Colonel House in context of wartime diplomacy.
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Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter
Lincoln
America
Republic
The
Texas Weekly
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Europe
Mr. Hopkins
London
Hopkins
Colonel House
Wilson
Versailles
Grace Downs Walter builds model agency from nothing
Grace Downs Walter, born on Decatur Street Brooklyn and educated at Erasmus Hall, started The Hollywood Model School and Agency in New York with no money. She organized models, secured free office space for six months, and published letters to employers, ultimately placing about 20 000 girls and training 2 000 yearly.
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Grace Downs Walter
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Brooklyn
Erasmus Hall High School
Grace
Hollywood Model School and Agency
West 40Th Street
New York City
Humble yourself for favor and peace with God and man
A religious reflection citing Luke 14 11 and urging humility. The author Leigh ton advises forgiving oneself lightly and others more, stressing that exaltation follows humility and favor follows meekness.
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God
Leighton
Walter Winchell era gossip fills a noisy night in New York
A crowded Walter Winchell column teems with society rumor about C V Whitney plans in Florida, ex girlfriends, Broadway saloons, Joe Louis image in editions, Myrna Loy divorce life, Ruth Foran and Tommy Chatfield dating, and a storm of Hollywood figures including Isobel Jewell Isabel Jewell Isabel Jewell arrests, Ethel Barrymore, Denise and Fred Tillinghast, and other high profile names amid a city full of gossip and spectacle.
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Florida
Friday
Met Opera
Rex Smith
News Week
Jessie Royce Landis
J. W. Gerard
Jerry
Pierre Lorillard
Frances Ronalds
Jean Paul King
The
Lambs Club
Dorothy Koster
Ed Wynn
Miami
Blue Barrows
Cleveland
Broadway
Joe Louis
Stork Club
Myrna Loy
Ruth Foran
Tommy Chatfield
Mag
Dewey
New York
Geraldine Ross
Royal Palm
Geo. Goodale
H’wood
Chicago
Anne Lindbergh
Broadway gossip and political whispers mix in street talk
Rumors fly about Morrie Ruskind funding a Wilkie campaign and FDR weighing Morris Ernst for State Dept. dating tales include Dana Dale divorce plans, Petain staff in Miami, a plane crash in Spartanburg, and Tony Canzoneri's finances. Mentions of politics, crime, and socialites fill the chatter in a late night page of anecdotes.
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Wilkie
FDR
Morris Ernst
The
Civil Libertiess Biggie
State Dept
Walton Moore
Dana Dale
Petain
Philip Merrillon
Miami
W. K. Vanderbilts
Terminal Island
Lionel Stander
A. Bloomingdale
Spartanburg
S. C
Tony Canzoneri
Rich
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King Features
Western Newspaper Union
You
U. S. Support for Forces Fighting in Africa Emerges
A Congressional era note says American support helps bolster Allied forces in Africa. French expatriates in the United States organize backing for De Gaulle and France Forever, with plans to aid weapon production and mass mobilization. The Houdry group is cited as a key technical link, sending training and materials while sponsors broadcast across Boston.
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Fle
Gaulle
U States
France
Rica
United States
J. Houdry
Houdry
Ware
Houdry Tank Corps
Legion of Hones
Grounding urged to curb electric interference
City council considers requiring grounding of motor operators and electric refrigerators to reduce static. Radio set owners petition for relief as officials discuss enforcement and utility safety measures.
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N. H. Silver and Company
R. H. Stewart and Son
Country Club
Learning to adopt new methods boosts capable leaders
Julius Hockman of the Ladies' Garment Workers' Union argues that highly capable men are quickest to learn new methods, emphasizing adaptability as a leadership trait.
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Julius Hockman
Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Brevitt Misery and Hope in the Republic
Fragmentary text references misery and hope in a republic with mentions of Montgomery and Samuel. The readable phrases suggest a contemplation of societal distress and civic effort to help, without a clear event or date.
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