Balkans Crisis Deepens as Eden Seeks Turkey Accord
In a turbulent column, editor Edward G. Wayne outlines British strategy as Nazi moves in the Balkans, Germany’s entry into Bulgaria, and Turkey’s mediation. Eden’s Turkey mission yields a Dardanelles closure while Britain weighs Africa, Greece, and the Mediterranean defense amid escalating war tensions.
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Russia
Turkey
Dardanelles
Mediterranean
Anthony Eden
England
Balkans
Italy
Spain
Africa
Greece
Britain
Middle East
Gibraltar
Suez
Eden
Black Sea
Germany
Reich
King George Welcomes U S Ambassador Winant in England
A radiophoto captures King George greeting John G. Winant the new U S ambassador at a railway station between London and Bristol. Winant, ex governor of New Hampshire, travels via Lisbon to Bristol with Harvard’s Conant and Cohen. The king’s gesture mirrors Roosevelt’s Annapolis visit, followed by tea with Queen Elizabeth.
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England
George of
Britain
John G. Winant
U. S
Court of St. James
Lord Halifax
Annapolis
Roosevelt
King George
London
Bristol
Winant
New Hampshire
Lisbon
President Conant
Harvard
Benjamin Cohen
Chesapeake
Queen Elizabeth
Italy
Wartime Letters From Camp and Home Front Gossip
A camp letter laments brutal winter drill and hard marching, mocks “machine war” hype, and jokes about tank service versus foot fatigue. It cites Henry Ford as a defense prodigy, and mentions Gene Tunney in service at Pensacola, with a humorous plea for a demonstration before tank enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Tunney
Pensacola
Gene
Plane crash probe cites pilot’s deliberate collision
Washington dispatch reports the NCAA investigation into a Fort Morgan Colorado hangar crash found pilot Charles G. Pierce intentionally steered the plane into the hangar. Pierce, badly hurt, reportedly said he aimed to wreck ship hangar and himself and regretted not doing a better job.
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Washington
NCAA
Fort Morgan
Colo
Charles G. Pierce
Pierce
Notes of a New Yorker finds humor in wire service lore
A chronicler recalls UP newsroom lore from 1917 to modern days with jests about scoops and the press. The column weaves anecdotes on Joe Tumulty, Father Divine, Goering, Broadway performers, and a parade of colorful figures, all flavored by pressroom wit and wartime ironies.
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Taine
New Yorker
United Press
Bob Bender
White House
Joe Turulty
Wilson
Bender
New York
Father Divine
Four easy to stamp embroidery transfers offered
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TIPS to Gardeners
The home gardener has an important place in our program of national defense. Plan to devote more space to vegetables and perfect 1941 garden plans for maximum yield. Use companion cropping with fast growers between slow crops and practice succession planting for steady harvests.
Scornful Silence Quote by George Bernard Shaw
A fragment attributes the idea that silence can be the most perfect expression, citing George Bernard Shaw as the source. The note frames silence as a powerful communicative act in a concise quotation.
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George Bernard Shaw
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Western Newspaper Union
Sland
Robert Ixon
Bulgaria
Bhogdan Philoff
von Ribbentrop
Soviet Foreign Commissariat
Sofia
Martin
Dies
American Peace Mobilization, Inc
American League For Peace and Democracy
Mobilization
League For Peace
Mobilization, Inc
Saran
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Consumers’ Counsel
AAA
Montgomery
Cotton
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Wallace
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Wheeler
Hiram Johnson
Gerald P. Nye
Reynolds
North Carolina
Senate
Sam
Henry Ford
Uncle Sam
New Fundland
Oscar
R. Roelofs Jr
Frances My. Miller
Hitler
America
Broadway
Cholly Adler
Goering
Joseph Clark Baldwin
Kenneth Simpson
Jimmy Dorsey
Hollywood
Curtiss-Wright Aviation
Paterson
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Cadaciss
Garfield Ter CO Bee Anta
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