Spring 1918: Hitler Italy talks and European tensions rise
The piece outlines Hitler’s surprise visit to Italy near Rennero amid snow and talks with Mussolini while the Balkans and Romania face German influence. It notes U S peace moves via Sumner Welles after talks with Pius XII and Ciano. British air raids on Scapa Flow signal total war mood and Daladier’s abrupt resignation in France triggers a reshaped war cabinet led by Reynaud.
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Scapa Flow
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Chamber of Deputies
Notable voices and tragic ends spark mixed public debate
Postmaster General Farley declared his presidential ambitions before Friendly Sons of St Patrick while Bertrand Russell ignited controversy over his CCNY appointment. Einstein offered support for bold minds as reactions ranged from budget threats to self inflicted deaths and a Hollywood survey of photogenic figures.
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City Board of Higher Education
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Weygand the Foch shadow and Warsaw defense tale
A portrait of General Maxime Weygand, once Foch’s chief of staff, who helped reinforce Warsaw’s defense against the Bolsheviks. Born in Brussels in 1867, Weygand rose to command in the Near East and could lead Allied forces in future southern strikes if called.
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Great Britain doubles spy price. Finns exit Viipuri and Hanko
Britain offers four thousand dollars for clues to sink or capture German warships amid anti espionage drives and pen pal cautions. Finns exit Viipuri and prepare borders as Russia-Sweden links raise Nordic defense questions. Indian Congress meets amid rain with Gandhi advising moderation against immediate civil disobedience.
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Peace and peril thread through postwar world view
President Roosevelt warned that true peace requires freedom from fear and access to shared ideals. A New York state inspector linked a Brooklyn gang to 30 murders for racketeers, while a Brooklyn DA reported over ten arrests in murder-for-hire cases.
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Deacon Hatch Pushes Expanded Restrictions On Government Officials
The Senate advanced Hatch Act expansions to bind about 500000 state employees paid partly by federal funds. Aimed at curbing political influence, the bill would ban political contributions by contractors and cap individual donations at 5000 annually. The discussion linked to broader budget debates and census inquiries sparked by Roosevelt and Tobey.
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Dental Digest Reveals ADA Meeting Health Oddities
Dentists at the American Dental Association gathering in Baltimore heard tips on X ray makeup removal to prevent burns, recalled George Washingtons wooden teeth, linked prehistoric weapon use to toothaches, and noted a psychical smoke effect on vessels. Millikan doubts cosmic rays will power 1960s work. pneumonia deaths fell in 1939 due to sulfapyridine, curing nine of ten patients.
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Baltimore
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Robert A. Millikan
California
U. S
India
Short Short Stories II: Roosevelts, royals, and reassignments
Early this week President Roosevelt gripped by a head cold amid varied notes. Dolores Del Rio and Cedric Gibbons appear separated as star and art director. British liners Queen Mary and Mauretania pressed into troopship service for Australian soldiers. Superstitions flare over a St Patrick’s Day Palm Sunday clash with no fights reported. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Jr injures a pelvic bone after a horse stumble near Charlottesville. Bergensfjord delays mail from New York due to German submarine fears, later cleared. Finland’s Hjalmar Procope to wed Margaret Shaw of England. Selma Lagerlöf, Nobel novelist, dies, with Sam Untermeyer noted. Four Northern Irish youths fined for booing a newsreel of King George and Queen Elizabeth. Matthew Murray, linked to Tom Pendergast, jailed two years for income tax evasion. An interdict lifted allowing 1,500 Cleveland Catholics to receive sacraments after archbishop’s pastoral dispute.
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Charlottesville
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Margaret Shaw
England
Selma Lagerlof
Samuel Untermyer
Northern Ireland
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Matthew Murray
Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
WPA
Missouri
Swallows Return On Schedule To California Mission
Legend says they have returned each March 19 for a century at the Mission San Juan Capistrano. Days later at Barksdale Air Base in Louisiana, hundreds of blackbirds dropped dead for no reason, startling observers.
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Barksdale
Louisiana
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