Columbus legacy seen as brave salesman not master navigator
The article argues Columbus should be praised as a brave founder and shrewd promoter rather than a premier navigator or mapmaker. It notes his failure to reach India by his maps, credits his business skill and promotional prowess, and acknowledges earlier landings by others. Columbus's impact on European culture is highlighted as "stick" despite questions about his navigational talents.
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Christopher Columbus
San Salvador
Bahamas
Columbus
Europe
India
Western Hemisphere
New World
Columbus & Co., Inc
Ilumbus
Cristobal Colon
Cristoforo Columbo
Seas
Santa Maria
Roosevelt Call to Cut Government Costs in 1932
The piece recalls Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1932 pledge to reduce government waste. He urged abolishing useless offices and eliminating nonessential functions across federal, state, and local levels to streamline governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Fragmentary Psalm Verse Rendered in Quoted Form
A fragmentary prayer expresses reliance on the Lord for deliverance from enemies and for the wicked to be silenced. The speaker seeks divine favor and protection, hoping God’s face shine on His servant and that shame be avoided.
Believe It Or Not Upset By Johnny Rieck
Johnny Rieck wins an improbable upset lasting 1 hour 57 minutes. The match shaken spectators as Rieck overcomes a tough challenger in a dramatic marathon performance on the court.
Germany Sees Plans For Peace War In Berlin 1919
In Berlin 1919 Sigrid Schultz describes German plans to win the peace and rearm, detailing von Luettwitz’s failed bid to seize power after Versailles, the Reichswehr under von Seeckt, and the Kapp putsch with Ehrhardt’s Free Corps. The piece captures the tense mood as republican leaders face military opposition and labor strikes.
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Berlin
Sigrid Schultz
Germany
von Luettwitz
Reichswehr
Republic
Hans von Seeckt
von Seeckt
Gustav Noske
Ehrhardt
Doeberitz
Noske
Ehrhardt Free Corps
Ehrhhardt
Tiergarten
Ludendorff
Billings Leaves To Start His Sentence
In Leavenworth Kansas Arthur Goodwyn Billings 33 year old Socialist candidate for U S Senator from Kansas was sent to Terre Haute Indiana to begin a two year term for refusing to submit for induction. He had been jailed in Leavenworth after pleading guilty and being sentenced October 3 in U S district court Kansas City. He claimed he did not evade the draft law but defied it.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Arthur Goodwyn Billings
Kansas
U. S
Terre Haute
Ind
Billings
University of Texas
J. Foster Symes
Kansas City
Delphos
Rayburn To Introduce Kerr At Wichita Falls
Sam Rayburn of Bonham will introduce Oklahoma Governor Robert S. Kerr at the Texas-Oklahoma Democratic rally in Wichita Falls on October 19. Col W T Knight of Wichita Falls said a two-state radio hookup will carry Kerr's address. The note also mentions the Canadian women’s army corps established in 1941.
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Wichta Falls
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
House of Representatives
W. T. Knight
Wichita Falls
Kerr
Dewey Aims to narrow Roosevelt lead in key states says Albany mock poll
National political analysis from Ray Tucker reports Dewey may reach 230 electoral votes with pivotal battles in New Jersey West Virginia Missouri Pennsylvania Delaware California Oregon Washington and the Pacific trio. Roosevelt remains at risk as GOP strategists push focus to domestic issues and postwar plans.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Deans —Davis-Broprer
Roosevelt
FDR
Albany
New York
Dewey
Solid South
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Maryland
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Montana
Nevada
Utah
California
Mr. Dewey
New Jersey
West Virginia
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Pacific Coast
Oregon
GOP
Mr. Roosevelt
Daniel J. Tobin
Oklahoma City
Looking At Life By Erich Brandeis AVE on Love
The piece discusses Dr. Theodore Reik’s book A Psychologist Looks at Love noting love’s elusiveness and that Americans are poor lovers yet capable of tenderness. It contrasts European and American norms and ends with a Burns quotation about enduring love.
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Erich Brandeis
Theodore Reik
R. Reik
Siegfried Freund
Winning the War by Albert Leman
Roosevelt defends aid to allies against Chinese and European critics. The piece argues that Axis-pressured nations blame U S for failures while domestic profiteering and tax avoidance hinder reform in Chungking. It notes American aid such as 30 tons of gold and warns inflation and profiteering destabilize allies. An Ohio woman murders her husband over his infrequent home life.
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Albert Leman
Roosevelt
Chung+ king
United States
Axis
North Africa
Sam
Chungking
Washington
London
Chiang Kai-shek
Seaboard
USA
Chiang
The Birth Of A New France No 1 Industry Faces Peacetime Retooling
Aris dispatch by Tom Wolf describes France’s urgent postwar economic challenges. Power and transportation must be restored, much industry is idle in Paris due to shortages, and factories still tied to German war production face a slow return to civilian output. Inflation, unemployment, and collaboration questions compound the crisis as France awaits raw materials and tools for a true peacetime transition.
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France
Tom Weill
Tom Wolf
NEA
Aris
Hubby
Paris
de Gaulle
Pawer
Transportation
Mandes-France
Mandes
Minister of Information
Germany
Belgium to be repaid 30 million pounds by France
Paris dispatch reports the French government will repay Belgium 30 million pounds deposited with the Bank of France in 1940. The funds were entrusted by Belgium and later transferred by the Vichy regime to the Germans.
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Belgium
Bank of France
Paris
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