Romania Shifts Back Toward Allies Amid Pressure
Joseph If Lobine notes pressure across Europe as Romania's King Carol pivots from pro Nazi to pro allied stances. He bans exports of vital war materials, mobilizes 1 million to the colors, while Turkey prepares for war footing and Scandinavian states worry over Baltic and Arctic fronts. Mussolini and Welles move in on diplomacy as domestic politics center on Taft and primary dynamics.
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Romania
Carol
Germany
Turkey
Europe
Near East
Balkans
Norway
Britain
Altmark
Pajale
Denmark
Copenhagen
Russia
Rome
Sumner Welles
Franklin Roosevelt
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Il Duce
der Fuehrer
Envoy Welles
Martha
National Economy League unveils plan to balance budget
Ernest Angell, chairman, announced a plan by the National Economy League to balance the budget. The program calls for an $800 million cut in relief and $431 million in new taxes, plus Hallidate government lending agencies. The group argues a balanced budget will yield higher revenues under current laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
National Economy League
Ernest Angell
G O P weighs third term path after meeting in Washington
National committee members signal Roosevelt would seek a third term and map campaign plans. Observers cite hints: Thanksgiving change, weak Democratic candidates, and Europe’s peace outlook favoring third term. Also notes on Gallup like chatter, town senders, and the long Hale senatorial line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican National Committee
Washington
G. QO. P
GO. P. High Command
Roosevelt
National Committee
G. O. P.-ers
Hull, McNutt
Europe
Kin-mother and kin-sam rise in mother-in-law debate
A humorous exchange shows lawmakers Dumm and Dummer proposing nicknames for mothers-in-law. They joke about kin-mother and kin-sam, discuss public society usage, and conclude no change will take effect. The item includes cartoon captions and reflections on public figures like Taft and Dewey, mixed with light political quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumm
Dummer
Senator
Durmmer
Names in the News From Across a Turbulent Era
A collage of brief notices: Harold Dahl returns home after three years as a Spanish prisoner of war and eyes nightclub work with his platinum blonde wife. Hope, sister of Faith and Charity, dies in Jasper Alabama as one of Short quadruplets. Earl K Long defeats Sam Houston Jones for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Louisiana, claims the secretary of state post as a lame duck plan. Italy’s Crown Princess Marie Jose and Crown Prince Umberto’s daughter, their third child, is born. King Victor Emmanuel grants amnesty to thousands. U S Ambassador Joseph P Hen returns to London.
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U.S
Harold Dahl
Jasper
Ala
Hope
Faith
Charity
Franklin
Sam Houston Jones
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Democratic State Central Committee
Italy
Marie Jose
Umpertat
Victor Emmanuel
London
U. S
Joseph P. Hen
Strange Facts About Unusual Materials In Industry
A Collier’s excerpt notes southern cottonseed oil mills still use coarse hair from Chinese women to weave mats for oil separation while a Memphis mill buys about 2000 heads monthly. It also mentions Japanese rituals for objects like ships and dolls, hogs hair used as fertilizer, increased fish use in manufacturing, and a live beetle army at the American Museum of Natural History that cleans bones for mounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Memphis
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Collier’s
Exaggerated Claims On Empress of Ireland Salved Safe
Collier's notes an 1914 claim that heirs of Empress of Ireland victims deposited vast sums and jewels in the purser's safe. Insurers paid to salvage, but the opened safe held less than five percent of the claimed loss.
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St. Lawrence Tiver
Collier's
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Western Newspaper Union
Viipuri
Karelian
Koiyisto
Viipuri Bay
Petsamo
West
Arctic
Ton
Murmansk
Admiralty
Neville Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Herr Hitler
Robert A.taft
Minnesota
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bob Taft
Wisconsin
Taft
Dewey
Vandenberg
Joseph Martin
G. O. P. House
House
Cordell Hull
Senate
House Banking and Currency Committee
China
Finland
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
Moscow
Farm Credit Administration
Henry Wallace
FCA
F. C. Hill
A. G. Black
Black
Peyton Evans
Farm Security Administration
Bermuda
Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Sen
Bennett Champ Clark
Laurd. Lothian
State Department
Pan-American
Azores
American Export Airlines
National Economic Committee
Joseph C. O.mahoney
Securities and Exchange Commission
Leon Henderson
O'Mahoney
TNBC
James
Iowa
Guy’ Gillette
American Life Convention
O’mahoney
King Carol
Martha Taft
Drew Pearson and
Robert Allen
Burton K
Burt Fheeler
Wheeler
Montana
Townsendites
Francis Townsend
Robert
L. W. Jeffery
South Carolina
Joe’ Tolbert
S. C
Chicago
Julia Tolbert
Philadelphia
Joe Pew
Pennsylvania
G. O. P. Boss
Justice Stone
Supreme Court
Harlan F.tone
Stone
Freddy Hate
Brewster
Freddy Hale
Meine
Freddy
Hale
Ly, HL Phillips
Senator Dumm
Robert Taft
Mr. Dewey
Walt Disney
Manhattan
Wes
Avery. Giles
Tabacca
Mr. Farley
George Washington
Milt the Berle
Wabash Ave
Dotel
Warrison
Paul Marshall
BABY
Atlas CO
Cheuteau
St. Louis, Ma
AUS Pen Products
West 65Th Street
Gstetter’s
Shreves
Newton
Lawson
Pie
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
WNU
Dean
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