Molotov Emerges as Likely Stalin Successor
Soviet leader Molotov, a long time Stalin ally and foreign minister, is seen by observers as the logical successor to Stalin. He rose as a revolutionary at 17, spent years in exile, and now dominates foreign policy alongside Stalin in a tightly controlled Bolshevik hierarchy.
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Thomas J. R
Wenner
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United States
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Riabin
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Caruso
Philly
Reader's Digest
Louisville
Cesar Romero
Paderewski
Scribner’s
Navy and RAF Ship 4.8 Million Pints of Beer to France
The British Navy and Air Force Institute dispatched 4.8 million pints to British troops in France due to dissatisfaction with local French beer. The action underscores wartime morale efforts and supply logistics.
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British Navy
Air Force Institute
France
Quotations and quips from a newspaper page miscellany
A collage of quotes and notes about public figures, actors, composers, and editors. Items reference Caruso, Look magazine, Scribner's marriage, Jean Arthur, Kirsten Flagstad, Grace Moore, H L Mencken, Rosalind Russell, Liz Whitney, and others with pithy lines on culture, work, and society.
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Jean Arthur
Sonja Henie
United States
Kirsten Flagstad
Grace Moore
Howard and
Shelton
H. L. Mencken
Mencken
New York
Rosalind Russel
Hollywood
Liz Whitney
Churchill dines with cautious critic over lips comment
In The Life and Letters of Walter Hines Page Winston Churchill dines with a conservative lady who wears a monocle. She declares she dislikes his politics and even his lips. Churchill quips there is no reason she should come in contact with either.
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Walter Hines
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
the Admiralty
London scientists claim Britons can survive months on preserved foods
After four generations of rats fed only canned foods, researchers in London announced that Britons could thrive for months on preserved foods in case of blockade, signaling potential resilience for wartime shortages.
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London
Britains
New Baptist Pastor Preaches First Service at West End
Rev Thomas Hudson Biles new pastor at West End Baptist Church 920 Redding Street will deliver his first official sermon this morning at the 14 o'clock service. Biles comes from Fort Moultrie South Carolina where he served as Captain Chaplain for the 322nd Infantry and previously led Randleman Baptist Church for two years. He has been educational director at Green Street Church in 1926 1927 and earned a BA from Wake Forest and Th M from Southern Baptist Seminary Louisville. He and Mrs Biles have two sons Wiley a high school senior and Paul III.
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West End Baptist Church
Redding Street
Biles
West End
Fort Moultrie
Charleston
S. C
322Nd Infantry
Randleman
High Point
Green Street Baptist Church
Wake Forest College
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
State fight curbs fires in western North Carolina
A prolonged battle against forest fires in western North Carolina shows signs of easing after seven weeks of dry weather. Agencies report progress with a dozen major fires still burning, one threatening Asheville’s Bee Tree watershed, while light intermittent rains are forecast to aid control efforts.
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Asheville
North Carolina
Bee Tree
United States Weather Bureau
American Industry Hits Ten Year Peak as Demand Remains Steady
U S industry runs near capacity with orders piling up while consumer buying holds pace due to new jobs higher dividends and farm prices. War orders in Europe noted and foreign buyers shift activity to the United States. Steel leads with record ingot output as rail carloadings power through the season.
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New York
United States
Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland Trust Company
England
France
Canada
Sweden
Norway
Japan
Brazil
Germany
Finland
Belgium
Italy
Associated Press
Pront Steel
Chrysler
Stop Sign Marks Progress In City Traffic Plan
After completing the grade crossing elimination project the police began placing drivers warning signs to reduce traffic accidents. An oversized stop sign is shown at an uptown street intersection reflecting the new safety measure.
In Motion Minute Reports Global Output In Sixty Seconds
Howard Merrill narrates a rapid montage showing world activity in one minute. It highlights social programs, Canadian agriculture, Soviet spending on education, atmospheric gas recovery, radio audience surveys, and aid shipments to blockaded Germany, all presented as a continuous pulse of global production.
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Destiny Anne
Earth
Soviet Union
Nazi Germany
Copernicus Announces Sun-Centered System in 1543
In 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus proposed a sun centered model for our planetary system claiming the Earth moves on its axis causing the apparent stellar motion. The hypothesis challenged geo-centric views dominant at the time.
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Carpernicus
Plywood Transforms Furniture Cost and NI to Train Women
Plywood lowers furniture costs by replacing solid wood, altering industry norms. In Northern Ireland a Women's Land Army branch will educate hundreds of women in tractor operation and general farming duties.
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Northern Ireland
Women's Land Army
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