Secrets of destroyers and lend lease hinted in wartime talks
Private correspondence from 1940 reveals discussions between Arthur Smith and Lord Lothian on supplying destroyers and aircraft to aid Allied efforts before Lend Lease. The exchange notes neutral selling restrictions and shows early thinking on U S aid shaping the war, amid Pearl Harbor and shifting alliances.
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Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Company
Pearl Harbor
Mr. Smith
Lord Lothian
Washington
Lloyd George
Philip Kerr
Colonel House
Admiralty
Arthur
London
Hull
Arthur Howden Smith
France
Lothian
Empireerritory
Naval Vessel Answer to Previous Puzzle
Extensive discussion on wartime puzzles includes guava jelly plans and exotic food items as part of a home front menu. An earthquake note details pheasant detectors used by French coastal farmers to sense approaching bombs.
Heavy Davidson Superior Court docket in January term
Thomasville January 25 a large number of cases will be tried in the January term of Davidson County superior court Judge William H Bobbitt presides J Lee Wilson prosecutes Leading the docket are James Henry Kennedy and Clyde Young charged with murdering Gus Koniavitis in June 1938 Other cases include Julius Hughes Ross Barnes Lawrence Smith Hobart Moore Wade Ener Ruth Triggs Marvin Steth Jack Camp Bill Skeen Daisy May Cunningham Thomas Toland Bob Gerald Clyde Gallimore F M Montgomery Sam Gaither Cheek George William Lee and others
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Thomasville
Pligue
Superior Court
Lexington
William H. Bobbitt
J. Lee Wilson
James Henry Kennedy
Clyde Young
Gus Koniavitis
Juliat E. Hughes
Ross Barnes
Lawrence Smith
Hobart Moore
Wade Ener
Ruth Triggs
Marvin Steth
Jack Camp
Bill Skeen
Daisy May Cunningham
Thomas Toland
Bob Gerald
Clyde Gallimore
F. M. Montgomery
Sam Gaither Cheek
George William Lee
Eckless
Defense Questions Defense Questions by Lynn Nisbet
The Enterprises Raleigh bureau offers weekly war effort Q A for civilians with official verification. Send questions to The Enterprise Raleigh bureau P O Box 1309 Raleigh NC.
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Lynn Nisbet
Enterprise
Sir Walter Hotel
Enterprises Raleigh Bureau
Raleigh Bureau
P. O
Raleigh, N.C
Readers questions on insurance gremlins and repairs
The column answers readers on army life insurance delays giving certificates to beneficiaries and explains gremlins as RAF myths. It also covers sending Red Cross messages to POWs under censorship and urges repairing old electrical appliances to conserve scarce new ones.
War Stamp Album Turns Citizens Into Active War Units
A persuasive notice urges readers to buy extra War Bonds and War Stamps at regular merchant stops. It encourages completing their War Stamp book to turn it into a proactive defense tool during the war effort.
Sun Eclipse Date and World War II Notes
The questions cover a Feb 4 total solar eclipse date and memory of North African towns Maknassy and Kairouan as battle fronts in Tunisia where American forces fought Germans and Italians. Velikie Luki and its strategic but underlined importance are discussed as a newly recaptured Russian town. The query notes $75,000,000 spent on challenging and defending America’s Cup and identifies Prentiss Brown as the new OPA chief.
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Kairouan
Tunisia
Starting Housekeeping with Limited Modern Conveniences
Readers are advised to begin housekeeping with what is available and to accept that prior generations managed without modern conveniences. The guidance notes you may buy a refrigerator from retailers if one is available and you must sign a statement certifying you do not own a refrigerator and need one.
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Shaw
Moliere
Pirandello
Berlin
Ele
Edge of Darkness unfolds with wartime loyalties and romance
Major Ruck reveals himself as an English spy and entrusts Gerd and Stensgard with a code book while authorities seize Sixtus Andres house. Karl Fischer guards a dock under a cold night sky as he longs for Karen and starry Gottingen, while Buck plans a Nordic escape and recalls Warsaw meeting Katja as tension and memory pull him north toward danger and double lives.
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Ruck
Gerd and
Stensgard
Konig
Sixtus Andres
Ter
Karl Fischer
Gottingen
Aristotle
Karen
Saeter
Warsaw
Lazienki Gardens
Buck
State Theater
Katja
Notable Global Steel Output Amid War Era Notes
The report cites 66,650,000 tons of alloy steel ingots produced in the United States as a spring milestone. It notes 7.3 percent of 1940s Zurich activity and mentions Brimsby England where about one fifth of the population depended on the fishing industry.
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Zurich
Switzerland
United
Brimsby
England
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