Baruch as Pragmatic Speculator Guides Early Defense Drive
Profile of Bernard M. Baruch as a detached but influential adviser to presidents since Taft. Notes his pragmatism, self described as a speculator, and his stance on mobilizing national energies without crippling bureaucracy. Also mentions Harold N. Graves leading the May 1 defense loan drive and Graves background.
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EW York
Bernard M. Baruch
Paing
Baruch
U.S
Taft
Mr. Baruch
School of Baruch
Hugh 8. Johnson
Herbert Bayard Swope
George N. Peek
War Industries Board
Europe
Wall Street
Phi Beta Kappa
Simon Baruch
South Carolina
Saratoga Spa
The
College of the City of New York
Washington
Harold N. Graves
Graves
Secretary of the Treasury
Knox College
George Washington University
Uncle Sam
Harvill
National Mediation Board
Dykstra
Bethlehem
Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee
Dies
William Green
A. F. of L
Henry Wallace
White House
Steve Early
Supreme Court
Jugoslavia upheaval and boy king rise shocks Balkans
The article reports a coup d etat in Jugoslavia installing King Peter II as throne heir while Regent Prince Paul is ousted. Britain and Greece hail the change. Bulgaria fears war with a pro British government. U S. reaction is supportive with aid to resist aggression.
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Jugoslavia
Peter
Mediation Board
U. S. Defense
Belgrade
Prince Paul
Peter II
Britain
Greece
Adolf Hitler
Bulgaria
Hitler
Jugoslav Frontier
Sofia
Balkans
U. S
Balkan
State Department
Willkie Tours Canada To Show Support For Britain
Wendell Willkie stage a goodwill tour of Canada aiming to influence the 1940 race. In Toronto and Montreal he urged American ships and air superiority for Britain, declaring democracy must outproduce totalitarian methods and challenging American business leaders to prove belief in liberty.
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Wendell Willkie
Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Britain
Hitler
America
Sub Zone Expansion Threatens Atlantic War Front
A new submarine blockade zone stretches toward Iceland and the U S coast prompting fear of naval action. Analysts note daily bomber deliveries under lease lend while Britain seeks ships from Norway. total defense funding tops 42 billion with 30 billion contracted and nine billion for 1942.
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Iceland
North Atlantic
United States
Britain
Godafos
New York
Europe
Roosevelt
OPM
Office of Production Management
British morale and blitz relief efforts detailed in Parran report
Surgeon General Thomas Parran, after a month in England, notes immediate government relief for bombed victims as key to British morale. Rescue workers provide hot food, medical care, shelter, cash, and rapid repairs. Disguised plants and dummy factories aid defense. balloon barrage and shelter usage cited.
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Washington, D. C
FDR
Thomas Parran
Civil Defense
White House
Parran
England
Britain
Dr. Parran
Private Purkey letter from training camp and comedic asides
In a long letter home Merrill Chilcote notes army life during training with humor about tents, rough conditions, and missing horse rides. He laments early rising, rough uniforms, and asks for socks while describing spring signals, a robin, and chicks in a mess hall.
Chile Grants Living Permit to King Carol and Magda Lupescu
In Santiago Chile authorities allow King Carol of Romania and his partner Magda Lupescu to reside in Chile despite the U S moral turpitude clause. Berlin reports the clause once barred a titled English woman from the United States as government circles welcome the news amid shifting alliance signals.
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Santiago
Chile
Carol of Romania
Magda Lupescu
United States
Food Becomes an Issue in Occupied France Aid
Report states that U S food aid to unoccupied France began distribution under American Red Cross oversight. Red Cross workers confirmed food reached French men women and children and not German hands.
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America
France
Red Cross
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Yugoslavia
Pacific Plane Building
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem, Pa
MacKenzie King
Willkie
Salonika
Suez
Mediterranean
Jugoslav Army
DNB
John L. Lewis
C.I.O
Labor
A. F
Defense Administration
Phillips
Army Life
Pelicans
Wally Berry
Spesser
Oscar
Merrill Chilcote
Crooks
Hank Ford
Berlin
Turkey
Femailman
London
Postwomen
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