World War II era alliances and aviation shockwaves
The piece surveys Roosevelt proposing a US Britain base leases in the Western Hemisphere in exchange for 50 older US destroyers. It covers the Penn Central airliner disaster near Lovellsville Virginia with 25 dead including Senator Ernest Lindeen, a prison escape at Cummins State Farm, German tactical shifts in WWI and WWII era, Balkans realignments, and a colorful portrait of Churchill and British foes amid 1949 headlines.
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Great Britain
U. S
Lundeen
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
England
Robert H. Jackson
White House
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
St. Lucia
Trinidad
Antigua
Atlantic
British Guiana
South America
U.S
Pennsylvania Central
Lovellsville
Washington, D. C
Pittsburgh
Blue Ridge Mountain
Ernest Limdeen
Farmer- Laborite
Gossiping Glimpses From A Roaring Pageant
A crowded sketch of society and political figures with mentions of Betsy Roosevelt, James, and H Hopkins. Notes about Hoot Gibson, Margie Whittington, and Peter Lind Heyes pairing with Rita Janning, plus international intrigue involving Bermuda and Nazi correspondence on the Exochorda.
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Margie Whittington
E. Hines
Hoot Gibson
Atlantic Beach Club
Cummings
Peter Lind Heyes
Rita Janning
Téa
Cupidng P. Riedl
Washington
duPont
Dot
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Mike Hogg of Texas organized a no third term Democratic party in his native empire toward Mexico. The no third termters pledge themselves as Wilixists to lead them out of chaos. Capt George Price of the U S Army Air Corps earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for a test flight at Buffalo ending with a rare crash landing. Dr B A Maw premier of Burma jailed for a year as anti British. Norman Thomas socialist candidate began a 15000 mile campaign through 28 states.
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Mike Hogg
Texas
Mexico
Willkie
George Price
U.S. Army Air Corps
Buffalo
B. A. Maw
Burma
China
India
Freedom Bloc
Norman Thomas
Desperate stowaway faces US entry ban from Helsinki
Leonore Hirmakallio an 18 year old from Helsinki Helsinki Minland stowed away on the American Legion which carried 870 refugees from war zones. United States immigration authorities reportedly plan to deny her entry.
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Leonore Hirmakallio
United States
American Legion
Leonore
Helsinki
Minland
Congress probes tin trust links as U S searches for supplies
Washington reports ongoing resistance in Congress to investigating the state department and British tin monopoly amid fears the Dutch East Indies and Malays could cut U S tin. Sol Bloom pushes a probe, facing opposition from Cochran and Faddis, with ties noted to Pennsylvania’s Standard Tin Plate and St. Louis National Lead interests. A mass recruiting drive follows to boost the regular army to 375,000, using cheap publicity and mobile stations. Labor tensions ease at Hillman defense talks, while Henry Wallace’s possible return as agriculture secretary stirs speculation before election day.
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Verdun
von Butler
St. Quentin
Dunkirk
England
Milch
von Hutier
Braddock
Washington
State Department
British Tin Trust
U. S
United States
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Sol Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Representatives Cochran
Missouri
Faddis
Pennsylvania
Standard Tin Plate Company
Continental Can
Cochran
St. Louis
National Lead Company
National Lead
Patino Mines
Tently
Ballyhon
War Department
Casual Dress That Flatters the Figure Design 1962 B
Describes a simple, softly tailored casual dress pattern designed for varying figures. Features long darts to slim the waist, narrow hip line, and shoulder gathers. Suitable for silk prints, rayon, linen blends, and cottons. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1952-5 offered in multiple sizes with yardage details and ordering instructions.
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Barbara Bell
Base Slander Meets No Regard From Noble Minds
A concise aphorism notes that slander is met with distrust by noble minds while only the base accept it. The quotation attributes the stance to Beller and reflects on how virtue responds to falsehood.
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