Britain Likely To Get More U S Arms Amid Wartime Debate
Senators and representatives debate FDRs aid to Britain. support ranges from unconditional extension of all possible aid to cautious calls for explicit war objectives and defense measures. Key figures include Barkley Connally McCarran Vandenberg Bulow Kin Capp and Kin of Utah. The discourse centers on aiding Britain while balancing US independence and defense.
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Britain
U. S
McCarran
Nevada
Roosevelt
United States
Vandenberg
Michigan
Bulowmocrat
South Dakota
Montania
Odrum
Virginia
Capp
Kansas
New York
Foreign Affairs Committee
Utah
Great Britain
Bun Democrat
Experimental Baby Bonds and National Die Series Discussed
Experts describe a national die series and baby bonds priced at five dollars with a 3 percent cash option. The Treasury would sell bonds at a discount and redeem at full value in ten years, a plan scrutinized for cost and redemption risk amid wartime-era concerns.
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Treasury
Erts
Bulgarian King in Talks as Nazi Route Through Balkans Looms
The report says King Boris of Bulgaria discussed with Adolf Hitler in Berlin about allowing German troops to pass through Bulgaria. Premier Bogdan Filov and Interior Minister Peter Gabrovski are noted as potential leaders of a new moderate government as German forces prepare near Giurgiu Romania and Ruschuk across the Danube.
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Italy
Albania
Bulgaria
Boris
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Germa
Giurgii Rumania
Danube
Ruschuk
Roosevelt urges continued aid to Britain to defend hemisphere
In a White House address carried broad by radio, President Roosevelt urged increased aid to Britain as essential for defending the Americas. He warned against appeasing Nazi expansion and warned that defeat would invite axis domination, stressing production and unity at home.
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Oval Room
White House
Sarah D. Roosevelt
United States
South America
Europe
Orient
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Western Hemisphere
Britain
Asia
Africa
America
Pete Pas
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States of America
Great Britain
Australasia
High Seas
Americas
Belgium
Hemisphere
American Hemisphere
Roosevelt address earns mixed reactions across Europe
London officials greet Roosevelt speech with satisfaction while Berlin silent and Rome accuses him of unf declared war. Gayda in Rome calls it unchanged from neutrality to non belligerency. Germany and Tokyo signal cautious or varied responses as neutral Swiss and Madrid report without comment.
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London
Berlin
Rome
United States
Virginio Gayda
Rome-Berlin
Il Giornale d'Italia
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Tokyo
China
Kichisaburo Nomura
Washington
Vichy
America
Switzerland
Madrid
Labor Board Power Curbed Proposal Calls For Reorg
A report urges a complete reorganization of the Labor Board and the dismissal of members deemed biased against litigants or the American system of government. The panel submitted the yearlong inquiry to Representatives Healey and Murdock, who oppose earlier Wagner Act amendments.
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Healey
Massachusetts
Murdock
Utah
House
Senate
Labor Committee
Harry A. Millis
J. Warren Madden
Twin City Chamber to vote on seven directors
The Twin City Chamber of Commerce will prepare a ballot at a nominating committee meeting for seven directors to serve three years. A 14 name ballot will be mailed Tuesday to all members and must be returned by Saturday. Committee members include retiring directors C. C. Boardman Bob Harmon Albert Marx S. A. Moss H. A. McDonald E. R. Whitaker and H. M. Williams.
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Twin City Chamber of Commerce Board
Chamber
George D. Holland
Chamber of Commerce
Holland
C. C. Boardman
Bob Harmon
Albert Marx
S. A. Moss
H. A. McDonald
E. R. Whitaker
H. M. Williams
No-obligation file revision and transfer service offer
A local ad invites customers to revise their files at no obligation. It promises transfer of files, inventory sheets, loose leaf fillers calendars, and similar items at reasonable prices.
Jones studies report of big road frauds
A report details alleged highway frauds with payments to ish and other recipients. It claims the state overpaid for gravel and shell material used on city streets, including 325,468.24 for shells on New Orleans streets. Former Representative Joe Fisher allegedly continued earning commissions while imprisoned for tax evasion.
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Highway Commission
The
New Orleans
Joe Fisher
Shell
Atlanta
London Fire Devastates Historic Center as Invasion Bombs Rain
A night raid on London left St Pauls ringed by flames and the Guildhall damaged. Firefighters saved the cathedral as water pressure failed and rain eased the blaze. Incendiaries, bombs, and a Molotov of bread baskets caused widespread destruction across landmarks.
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Fleet Street
St. Paul’s
Financial District
Church of St. Lawrence Jewry
Dick Whittington
Germany
New York
London
Berlin
Rolls Royce Motor Works
Crewe
Roosevelt
Washington
Britain
United States
Italy
Axis
Allied escort repels raid and sinks German supply ship
Allied forces attacked and chased a German surface raider in the Atlantic convoy operation, sinking the 8024 ton Baden believed to be the raider’s supply ship. Berlin described a different outcome, claiming destruction of a 6000 ton British vessel and hits on a heavy cruiser before a guard ship withdrew. In Greece, snow slows campaign in Albania as Greeks push nearer Valona, with an Athens spokesman citing notable line advances.
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Aea
Baden
High Command
Albania
Valona
Athens
Reign Without Terror on the Underground Lines
A wartime narration follows disruptions on the Thames area lines the Piccadilly and District due to bombings. The writer boards emergency buses moves between stations and finally reaches Marble Arch then the Central line is considered but a blast forces deeper travel underground. The diary captures daily life amid air raids and sirens in London.
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Thames River
Picadilly
District
Shepherd's Bush
Marble Arch
Donor Reflects on Choice Packed Commute Routes
The speaker notes having six available routes and multiple combinations. He claims travel time rarely exceeds 25 minutes and has never gone beyond 90 minutes, expressing cautious optimism with a touch of humor.
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