Japs Eying the Western Hemisphere as a Goal
AP Feature traces Japan's expansionist aims from 1890s wars through Manchuria and China into World War II era, highlighting a long held dream of a hemisphere centered on Tokyo extending toward Lake Baikal, Canton, and Kamchatka, with pressure from great powers shaping its course. The piece notes military goals toward Vladivostok as tensions rise.
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Morgan M. Beatty
Weiler
Washington
Japan
Tokyo
Lake Baikal
Canton
Kamchatka Peninsula
China
Korean Peninsula
Russia
Korea
Kwantung Peninsula
Sakhalin Island
United States
Shantung Peninsula
Manchuris
Peiping
Axis
France
Indo-China
Reich
Moscow
Vladivostok
Aluminum Plant Delay Sparks Defense Battle in Congress
In Washington, signals of a storm over defense aluminum emerge as Congress debates plant delays and a government backed contract. The Defense Plant Corporation and Alcoa clash over site selection, costs, and profits while Japan’s war posture and Tojo’s leadership loom amid global tension.
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Milton Bronner
NEA
Washington
Congress
Aluminum Comi
America
Army
Navy
Britain
Russia
OPM
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Defense Plant Corporation
Jesse Jones
RFC
Office of Production Management
Senate
Guris
Senate Special Committee
Hugh A. Fulton
Arthur H. Bunker
Fulton
Senator Mead
New York
Aleny
Alcoa
Iase
United States
Contaret
Department
Aleca
Jones
Ickes
Algoa
Alea
Grand Coulee
Troutdale
Columbia River
Murder in Paradise Lake and a tainted romance
An excerpt follows Mary O Connor and reporter Dennis Flynn arriving at Paradise Lake to cover two murders. Jennie Morris faces danger as Mina Mille and Merbert Cord loom over a web of romance, jealousy, and scandal. Mary rediscovers life as Jeanie wards off a troubling past, while Ted and Jeanie seek a happier future.
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Paradise Lake
Mary O'Connor
Maudie
Dennis Flynn
Jennie Morris
Stern
Mina Mille
Tint Palmer
Liza Jidmex
Mina Mhite
China Gordon
Beviness
Merbert Cord
Cord Hind
Ted Palmer
Jeanie
Tod
Denny
the Daily
Marie
Ted
Aunt Millie
Mary
Millie
Kit
Morris House
Stamp News lists Leopold stamps amid war bans
The report notes Leopold imagery remains allowed on Belgian philatelic paper while Nazis ban Wilhelmina stamps in the Netherlands and Haakon stamps in Norway. New issues include three denominations and provisional overprints, with additional notes on Faroese and Norwegian stamps, plus a naval cancellation policy and Guatemala stamp shortages.
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Ing “Leopold
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Leopold
Uit
Navy Department
Guatemala
Justo Rufino Barrios
Viktoria
Lion Rampant
Nicaragua
Will Rogers
Falkland Islands
Harrison in Hollywood hazards and stumbles on set
Hollywood dispatch reports a chaotic day with injuries and on set mishaps. Bette Davis bites incident. Errol Flynn stabbed bed. W C Fields falls. Henry Wileagon recovers after a shooting and stabbing during The Corsican Brothers production. James Wong Howe noted cinematographer with a restaurant venture. Bruce Cabot shifts from extra to leading man in Wild Bill Hickock Rides. Gary Cooper interacts on Ball of Fire set with Cabot’s copper clad car.
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Hollywood
Bette Davis
Rich
Hob Taylor Kayoes
Lona ‘Turner
Dep
Ann Sothern
An Sothern
Roger Provy
Errol Flynn
W. C. Fields
Henry Wileagon
Universal
Brian Donlevy
Brad Crawford
Thomas Mitchell
Wieter
Howard Mughos
Chassen
James Wong Mewe
Howe
Mr. Howe
Bruce Cabot
Constance Bennett
Bill Hickock
Cabot
Mr. Hickock
Gary Cooper
Goldwyn
Gary
Cooper
Bub
Highlights From Latest Books Novels Tellect World to Mirrors of Yesterday
A brisk review of recent titles by Irving Lines and Virginia Woolf, analyzing Jaieeb and Woolf's final novel Between the Acts. The piece discusses echoes of Mann and Dickensian themes, contrasts between Brash Esau and patient Jacob, and Woolf's calmer, mundane emotional idiom. It notes Woolf’s posthumous revisions and explores the critic’s view on Woolf’s place in modern fiction.
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Shakespeare
Irving Linesmum
Random House
Virginia Woolf
At Court Brace
Woolf
Fineman
Thomas Mann
Joseph
Esau
Men of Fote
Men of Good Will
Odd Medicines From Five Poisonous Creatures Used in Remedies
Historical notes describe dried powders from Lizare snake tand spider cen tipede used in medicines. The text references traditional practices employing these five poisonous creatures as remedies.
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China
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