The Kaiser Looks Back at His Illness and Fall from Power
The aged former German ruler William II is reported ill with doctors in attendance. The piece contrasts his exile life in Doorn with Napoleon’s fate, recalling lost thrones, grandeur, and the cost of war. It notes his solitude, reflections, and possible regrets as he endures long years away from empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser William
Germany
Iman
Potsdam
Doern
Napoleon
William
Europe
Hans Doorn
Berlin
Washington Daybook sees farm science reshape tomorrow
Washington Daybook surveys agricultural advances from lab stations and farm experiments that promise to boost yields and savings. It notes sterility overcoming drugs, long lasting fruit sprays, sex-determinant poultry, grass-based nutrition, faster growth resins, hull-less oats, high volume Minnesota corn, door to door frozen meals, wax emulsions reducing water loss, and novel uses for curds and whey, painting a hopeful picture of a farm of a thousand wonders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
H. G. Wells
Tokyo
Oklahoma
R. George Jaap
Kansas City
Johnny
South Dakota State College
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Miss Muffet
Auto Industry At New Peak With 1940 Output Rise
Detroit reports a wartime surge in auto production with a new October sales record and forecasts for November output around 450000 units across U S and Canada. Factories run at 25000 cars daily as 1940 output nears 4 million. 1941 plans show 10 to 30 percent higher production amid defense spending and rising materials prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United States
Canada
Mae
H. ©. Doss
Ford Motor Company
D.S. Eddins
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
International Salt Company
Civilian Strain in War Nations Faces Crack Up
Civilian populations in Britain Italy and beyond endure harsh privations and fear as bombing escalates. The piece notes Britain resists peace moves, while Italy experiences harsher bombardment and rationing. It concludes with a cautious view on Italian public sentiment toward Mussolini and Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Germany
Italy
British Isles
Signor Mussolini
American Department of Agriculture
Crete
Greece
Albania
Hitler
Il Duce
War plants may consolidate into 15 large units
Washington officials say a $500 million plan to replace scattered munitions factories with about 15 large plants could boost the装备 to equip up to 4 million men. The shift, driven by skilled management shortages, targets locations mainly between the Mississippi and Rockies, with housing and enemy vulnerability considerations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
War Department
Congress
Mississippi
Rockies
Balkans Code of Savagery and Unseen Wolves
A mosaic of disjointed observations on Balkan politics and European affairs. It cites murder in Serbia, assassinations in Bulgaria, and a rash of executions in Romania, interwoven with jests about camp life, Eskimos, cars, and thieves, all reflecting a fragmented era miscellany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkans
Serbia
Bulgaria
Romania
Iron Guards
Learer
Wolf
Man About Manhattan by George Tucker on Silent Films and Band Leading
New York readers recall Lon Chaney in silent cinema alongside the new Hunchback of Notre Dame with Charles Laughton. A Commodore show features Sammy Kaye inviting audience members to conduct, including Otto Klemperer. The piece weighs theater censorship debates and public taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lon Chaney
Notre Dame
6Th Avenue
Charles Laughton
Charles
Lon
the Commodore
Sammy Kaye
Sammy
Otto Klemperer
What Others Say-oom We Believe in Peace and Strength
A compact aphorism notes that true peace requires strength, echoing the belief that enduring settlement comes from power. The quote attributes the stance to Wendell Willkie as a guiding call for determined resolve in international affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Willkie
Auto Truck Crash Kills Three Youths Near Mooresville
Cameron Mo Dec 6 Three youths died in an automobile truck collision on U S Highway 36 near Mooresville. Victims were Billy Wiggins 20 Billy Fitzgerald 27 and Fred Cratsenberg with Wiggins car rear ended by a tow truck. Cratsenberg a student at Chillicothe Business College Wiggins to Norfolk Va Fitzgerald to Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Mooresville
U. S. Highway
Billy Wiggins
Osborn
Billy Fitzgerald
Grant City
Fred Cratsenberg
Laharpe
Th Wiggins
Cratsenberg
Chillicothe Business College
Engineers Work On New Plane Designs
American aeronautical engineers press on with plans for a pursuit interceptor armed with three fast firing cannons to counter mass bombing. Army air corps officers urged that air defenses provide caliber fire matching ground anti aircraft efforts. Former publisher Robert D. Morrison dies at 82 in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Air Corps
Kansas City
Robert D. Morrison
Putnam County Journal
Unionville
Milan
Radio Schedule Highlights From KWOS Mutual Lineup
A detailed listing of Saturday December 7 1940 programming on KWOS Mutual network noting times for Dance Orchestra Harold Turner organist Red Grange and various news features. Includes daytime morning and afternoon blocks with multiple musical acts and programs ending with Goodnight All.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Turner
Fialion Lewis, Jr
Red Grange
News
Selective Service
George Hamilton
Goodnight Air
James Landry
John Agnew
BBC News
Dorothy Manor
Bobby Peeter
U. S
George Hall
Rice
Methodist U
Sagmaster
Pappy
John Dixon
Berlin
Manny Lander
Palmer House
A.A.U
Dance Orchestra
Contact
Chicago Theatre of the Air
Hawaii Cals
All
Peddler Confronts Waitress With Needles Card
In Bloomington Indiana a peddler entered a restaurant and handed a waitress a package of needles and a card stating he was deaf and dumb. When asked about other needles, he said he had more in his basket. The waitress did not buy anything.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
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Jack Stinnett
I Duce
Wee
Rome
Oswald
Duck
Reno
Iglooik Peninsula
Manhattan
George Tucker
Hunchback
Chaney
Cleek
Singapore
Board of Censors
KWOS
The
Mutual Broadcasting
Dady
Shearer Taylor
Vlus
Hullaballo
Frank Morgan
Star
Jack Holt
Johnny Mack Brown
Nalin Sen NL
Ion Ee
Technicolor
Evening Post
Annie
Ronald Reagan
Marjorie Rambo
Alen Hale
R. Old
Schenley Bo
Sunny Brook
Ron
Bob Burke
Central
Central Dairy
Charles FE. Fuller
Pope’s For
Fees Mnali Nd Glass
Phila
Alley One
Diemler’s Cafe
Madison Street
Atore
Schnider’s
Xmas Store
Madisom
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