Balkans Battle Feuds Amid Conflicting Reports
Conflicting British and Nazi dispatches indicate fierce Balkan fighting as Russia and Japan sign a neutrality pact in a strategic diplomatic shift. Military observers await clearer images of frontline outcomes.
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Russia-Japan
Battle for Greece Surges in Fierce Early Balkan Days
Reports from Athens and Berlin described Greek and British defense along an Anglo Greek line from Valona to Ochrida as German forces broke through at Monastir. Salients included the fall of Salonike and rumors of vast armament surrenders while fighters on both sides urged restraint amid conflicting dispatches.
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Hitler
U. S
Labor tensions ease amid strikes and policy shifts
A broad view shows 400000 miners idle across 12 states while Ford and others settle disputes. President Roosevelt expands defense aid and price control, targeting cadmium profiteering and wages, signaling a shift toward business as the new focal point in labor battles.
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Henry Ford
Great River Rouge
General Motors
U.S. Steel
Dies
unAmerican
Washington
Leon Henderson
SEC
Mr. Henderson
Neutrality Pact between Soviet Union and Japan shocks observers
Russia and Japan signed a five year neutrality pact promising not to aid the other if either enters war. The surprise deal suggested Moscow sought protection from a Japanese attack while considering a possible Soviet strike against Hitler in the Balkans. For Japan the agreement opened a path to intensify war against China and expand southward in the Pacific.
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Japan
Hitler
Balkans
China
Pacific
Time bomb bus touted by La Guardia experts
New York reports that Mayor La Guardia's team tested a bus designed to carry time bombs using dynamite matting. A TNT blast inside the vehicle reportedly caused no harm, and the driver is expected to be praised as a hero.
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New York
LaGuardia
Aliens Held for Deportation Sent to Two Western Camps
The report states that aliens in deportation proceedings including crews from German and Italian ships will be sent to Fort Missoula in Montana and Fort Lincoln in North Dakota. The camps will be operated by the Immigration service.
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Fort Missoula
Montana
Fort Lincoln
North Dakota
The
Immigration Service
Notes of an Innocent Bystander on Broadway Gossip and NYC Vignettes
A collage of Broadway chatter and New York City street observations. Worldly allusions mix with sharp wits as reporters, clerks, and readers swap jests about figures from the arts, Navy, and politics while storefronts and murals reflect mid century urban life.
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H. V. Kaltenborn
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35Th Street
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S of the Navy
Frank Knox
Daily Beats
Chicago
Private Papers of a Cub Reporter on Public Duty
A column discusses labor strikes and management demands risking democracy, urging unity as soldiers and workers share sacrifice. Mentions George Holland and MacKinnon, a Union College professor’s sun lifespan forecast, an Omaha German storekeeper comment on Hitler, Arthur Krock, and Hollywood reporters resisting censorship threats.
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Navy
Hitler
Battle of the Argonne
Union College
Miami
Omaha
Arthur Krock
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Times Pillarist
Hollywood
Betty Grable
General Knowledge Quiz Challenge
This quiz asks ten questions across science history literature and mythology. Topics include the dismal science motion pictures radio waves ancient myth Cerberus and a famous poem about a shay.
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Shay
Cerber
Answers from The Answers section item set
The set lists topics in economics and Edison and includes definitions and facts about biology weather optics ancient history a myth and a dog guarding Hades. Notable names include Thomas A Edison and Heinrich Hertz with dates and measurements such as sixty feet five inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Heinrich Hertz
Hades
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