Double Deadlock in Allied War Aims and Nordic Fronts
The piece surveys Allied goals voiced by Chamberlain and Sumner Welles, contrasts them with Hitler's aims, and notes continued deadlock on land sea and air fronts. It covers European military stagnation, blockades provoking Italy, Baltic and Balkans tensions, and updates on Finland and Sweden amid ongoing mediation talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
North Sea
Brussels
Berlin
Belgium
France
Four World’s Largest Ships Sail Toward New York
Queen Elizabeth sails into New York after a secret maiden voyage from Clydebank. The Queen Mary Normandie remain at Hudson River docks while the Bremen and its Allied blockade journey marked two earlier feats of wartime sea maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Bremen
New York
Murmansk
Russia
Clydebank
Scotland
Hudson River
Britain
France
Court review of Gobitis flag pledge case and other 1940s events
The article notes the Supreme Court agrees to review the Gobitis family flag pledge dispute from Minersville Pa after a circuit court ruling. It also covers a Philadelphia medical cooperation indictments, Shenandoah Pa flood damage, Seabiscuit earnings, and life expectancy thoughts by the Surgeon General, amid other 1940s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Lillian Gobitis
Minersville
Philadelphia
Federal
William Clark
Supreme Court
Washington
Circuit Court of Appeals
Calendar Notes Highlight Key Events Across March
On Tuesday March 12 marks the start of Girl Scout anniversary week and the coronation anniversary of Pope Pius XII. New Hampshire primaries and the Inventors of America gathering in Kansas City are listed. Events continue through March 16 with the National Orange Show in San Bernardino and Boston Evacuation Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope Pius XII
New Hampshire
Inventors of America
Kansas City
Turkey's Inonu Plays poker with power in a wary nation
The article portrays Ismet Inonu, Turkey's president since 1938, as a cautious yet ardent poker player shaping a wary foreign policy. With large troop calls and fragile alliances, observers doubt who Turkey may face while Inonu maintains vigilance over the Balkans Dardanelles and Baku oil interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Near East
Ismet Inonu
Kemal Ataturk
Inonu
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Mediterranean
In Short Burned Hangar at LaGuardia and Other Briefs
Unfinished hangar valued at 1 250 000 at LaGuardia airport. Thomas G Corcoran and Margaret J Dowd linked in a dismissal. Government loses 1 053 474 damage suit against 18 firms for anti trust violations. James Roosevelt divorces Betsy Cushing custody retained. Obituaries note Karl Muck Hamlin Garland Maxine Elliott John H Finley. Bobby Riggs wins national indoor tennis title, first man since Bill Tilden to hold both titles.
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New York
LaGuardia
Thomas G
Tommy the Cork
Corcoran
New Deal
Margaret J. Dowd
James Roosevelt
Betsy Cushing
Roosevelt
Ancient tombs and a global political shift replayed in era headlines
Archaeologists opened Psousennes I's tomb near the Nile replete with a gold mask and 21 gold bracelets. In Palestine Arabs outnumber Jews and Britain defends stricter land laws amid protests. Indian textile workers strike for higher wages, while Nehru backs them though Gandhi denies a broader civil disobedience. Leipzig fair shows strong German economy despite Allied blockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Nile
Tut-ankh-Amen
Farouk
Psousennes I
Tut
Palestine
Britain
League of Nations
Holy Land
House of Commons
Near East
India
Bombay
Jawaharlal Nehru
M. K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Vic Donahey ends Senate career with a listening approach
In five years in the U S Senate Vic Donahey of Ohio, age 66 and father of 10, has never spoken on the floor. He will leave Washington after his present term and had refused a favorite son bid for president. Also noted is Governor Loren Dickinson of Michigan, turning 81, considering reelection, and Archduke Otto von Hapsburg visiting America to study U S democracy as a model for a Danube federation. The piece cites labor force growth in the 1930s and reports on Earl Long’s Louisiana lame duck session and a Redfield Iowa mayor moving to Congress after a GOP victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Senate
Ohio
Vic Donahey
Democrats
Vic
Washington
Michigan
Frank Fitzgerald
Loren D. Dickinson
Dickinson
Archduke Otto von Hapsburg
Belgium
Zita
Danube
America
U. S
United States
Danube Basin
Louisiana
Earl Long
Democratic Central Committee
Long
Redfield
Robert K. Goodwin
House of Representatives
New Deal Era Messy Reflections On March 4 1933
A DRizzly March day frames a review of seven years of New Deal politics and policy. FDR pushes four day bank holiday and landmark programs while Congress debates Hatch Act extensions and census questions. The article notes party battles, budget skirmishes, and rumors of a third term as Washington remains the nation’s top newsmaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Roosevelt
NLRB
Senate
Barkley
McNa
McNary
Rooseve
Washington
Dream Dept. Tales of Dreamers and Mischievous Theft
Margie Rhodes of Shreveport Louisiana reports dreaming thieves stole her chickens and woke to discover the poultry missing. Mrs C Morgan Knight of Philadelphia injured while skiing dislocated her neck in a misadventure. Elvis Todd of Los Angeles dreamed a wild animal attacking him and woke to find a raccoon chewing his toe.
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Margie Rhodes
Shreveort
C. Morgan Knight
Philadelphia
Elvis Todd
Los Angeles
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Bitain
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Sumner Welles
England
Europe
Balkans
Scandinavia
Welles
Paris
West Wall
Low Countries
Rhine
English Channel
Finland
Leningrad
Lake Ladoga
Arctic
Helsinki
Mannerheim
Viipuri
Sweden
Elderman
Washington Post
Americas
Heritage
Lewis
Milwaukee Journal
Queens
United States of America
Republic
Shenandoah
Tatu
Department of Justice
American Medical Association
San Francisco
Charles S. Howard
Seabiscuit
Thomas Parran
Tale of
Napa
Calif
Portland, Ore
Salem
Weather Report
California
Evansville
Ind
WPA
Flatwood
Ill
North Atlantic Seaboard
Passion
San Bernardino
Boston
Indianapolis
Ataturk
Ismet
Constantinople
Istanbul
Anatolia
Kemal
Geor Winpen
Double Trouble
Leipzig
Student of Democracy
National Resources Committee
FDR
Wington
Preside
Corde
Hull
Jackson
Wheeler
McNutt
Panama
Neith
M Roosevelt
Senat Miller
Hatch Sai Miller
Mill
Senate Su
Export - Impo Bank
Admiral Byrd
Interior Department
House Appropriations Committee
Dream Dept
Rumania
Bucharest
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Kharkov
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