Question of Convoys Question of Convoys
A week of convoy debate features Ambassador Winant urging wise use of navies, Hoover warning convoying risks triggering war, and FDR moving on idle foreign ships. Senate and administration clash over timing and powers as Red Sea strategy emerges and OPM gains control of material priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambassador Winant
London
Herbert Hoover
U. S. Navy
Britain
Roosevelt
Tobey
R-N.h
Senate
Administration
Maritime Commission
U. S
Red Sea
Middle East
Commission
Land
Coast Guards
France and Petain era politics mingle with exile tales
A World This Week piece surveys Vichy France's tensions with Britain and the United States, noting Petain's fragile health and Darlan's suspected Nazi talks. It recalls Ethiopian imperial history, Franco Spain power shifts, and Romania's exiled royal figures, ending with a shipboard reminiscence about Elena Lupescu.
Far East war mood outlined by pundits and press
The Japan Times and Advertiser report Japan’s north and central China campaign while observers talk of a face saving endgame. Chiang Kai-shek claims China can win with aid. U S forces stir debate as NAB and FCC clashes unfold over monopoly and network ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan Times and Advertiser
Chungking
Japan
Nanking
Shanghai
Kumatoro Honda
Chiang Kaishek
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
St. Louis
National Association of Broadcasters
MBS
ASCAP
FCC
NBC
J. L. Fly
Neville Miller
NAB
WOR
New York
WGN
Chicago
Don Lee
Pacific Coast
Association
CBS
Mark Ethridge
Louisville
Fly
Ethridge
May events announced for American Day and Ford votes
Upcoming Sunday May 18 marks I Am An American Day while Ford Motor Company workers at Lincoln and River Rouge will vote May 21 to choose a bargaining agency in what will be the NLRB’s largest election. May 22 is National Maritime Day and May 23 begins Buddy Poppy Week with a Rally Against War at Madison Square Garden featuring Charles A Lindbergh and Senator Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan of Arc
France
John Elliott
New York Herald Tribune
Vichy
Orleans
Jean of Arc
Philippe Petain
Elliott
Petain
Ford
Lincoln
River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
NLRB
National Maritime
Buddy Poppy
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senatory Wheeler
New York
Madison Square Garden
Senator Rosier Wins WV Seat in Narrow Senate Vote
In a tight 40 to 38 Senate decision, educator Joseph Rosier secures the West Virginia seat after appointment by Gov. M. M. Neely. Clarence Martin had contested the post, appointed by ex-governor Homer Holt. Also noted are funds tied to German firm I. G. Farbenindustrie, indicted on antitrust charges, with no response to the indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hawaii
Joseph Rosier
West Virginia
Senate
M. M. Neely
Clarence Martin
Homer Holt
I. G. Farbenindustrie
U. S
Labor Strikes Hit Shipyards Auto Workers Involved
A wave of strikes unsettles San Francisco shipyards and the Colt plant in Hartford, with threats against General Motors and Southern Appalachian coal mines. The Colt stoppage ended after wage increases. Auto workers seek 10 cent per hour raises and a closed shop, while miners press for northern wage parity of seven dollars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Colt Arms
Hartford
Navy Department
Colt
United Mine Workers
Down Under leader Menzies chats with Roosevelt at White House
The husky head of Australia Robert Gordon Menzies met Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House for a bedside discussion. He circumnavigated the globe for weeks, visiting India, Jerusalem, Libya, London, Ireland and Canada, as Britain and the Axis struggle dominates the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert Gordon Menzies
Australia
Menzies
Down Under
South Sea Island
India
Jerusalem
Libya
London
Ireland
Canada
Winston Churchill
Greece
Advisory War Council
Labor Party
Labor
Mim
Duke of Hamilton
Hess
Worring
RAF
McLean
Britain
Germany
Reich
Notable Nazi Hess Parries War and Peace Questions
A long profile recalls Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s shadow, and his controversial 1941 Scotland parachute visit. The piece weighs his status among Nazis, theories of motive, and mixed Britain Germany and Allied reactions, including Hess’s claimed peace aims, health doubts, and wake of Axis raids.
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Scotland
der Fuehrer
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Joseph Goebbels
Hess
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Goe
Ring
London Standard
Germany
Britain
Herr Hitler
New York
Mediterranean
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Knudsen
Axis
OPM
Senate Military Committee
House
England
Congress
Agriculture Department
Edward A. O’neal
American Farm Bureau
Federal Reserve Board
House Coinage Committee
Treasury
Andresen
R-Minn
Cochran
D-Mo
Witte GE
Hungerford
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
the Thinker
Joan
Darlan
Flitter
Riviera
Jean Darlan
North
Africa
U.S
French North Africa
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Italy
Churchill
Selassie
Spain
Francisco Franco
Ramon Serrano Suner
Serrano Suner
Falange Movement
Gibraltar
Ministry
Mme
Elena Lupescu
Romania
Carol
Excambion
Lisbon
Bermuda
A. Lindsey Aymer Mme
Lupescu
Rudolf Hess
Far East
Radio
Vyintroux
Charleston, W. Va
Gazette
Jersey Journal
Husky
White House
Icry
Wheat Plains
Victoria
Foreign Office
Berlin
Evening Standard
A.W.O.L
Nazi Party
Hesse
Otto Strasser
Montreal Herald
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Iraq
Yugoslavia
Belgium
Norway
America
Syria
Baghdad
Indian Ocean
Hamburg
Bremen
House of Parliament
Westminster Hall
Arthur Drakeford
I Evacuation
Imdunkerque
Toh
Fes
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