Ben Burman to Join War Front as River Impresario
Ben Lucien Burman famed river writer heads to West Africa and war fronts with General Wavell and De Gaulle forces. His career began with a five cent subway ride promotion and includes Steamboat Round the Bend, Hollywood work, and river and desert adventures before this new assignment.
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York
Ben Lucien Burman
Change
Mr. Burman
General Wavell
de Gaulle
Will Rogers
Hollywood
Ward
People
Strikes and Labor Turmoil Across U S Industry
A sweeping report covers a wave of labor unrest as the C I O drives strikes at Allis Chalmers Ford River Rouge and soft coal, with Congress probing rearmament impacts. Violence erupts in Wisconsin and Milwaukee, Governor Heil’s car is stoned, and tensions threaten national defense amid wage disputes and mediation efforts.
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United States
Congressional
House
Ford
Allis-Chalmers
Knox
Knudsen
Wisconsin
Heil
Roosevelt
Milwaukee
Henry Ford
River Rouge
General Motors-Chrysler
John L. Lewis
Dr. Dykstra
U. S
Washington
National Defense
Harvill
Jugoslavia on the Edge of War Tensions Rise as Axis Ships Seized and Balkans Divided
Nazi reconnaissance flights over southern Serbia trigger an air raid alert as 75 000 eastern frontier troops loom. In Berlin press attacks focus on Anthony Eden while Croat leader Macek wavers in the Simovic cabinet. The United States condemns German Italian Danish ship seizures as returns and reimbursements are debated. Jan Valtin faces deportation as a suspected Communist figure.
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Jugoslavia
Serbia
Berlin
Anthony Eden
Balkans
Turkey
Greece
Britain
Eden
Macek
Vienna
Simovic
U. S
Axis
Virginia Gayda
Tokyo
Cordell Hull
Italy
Washington
United States
Jan Valtin
Krebs
Waltin
Germany
Inside U S reports from Italy reveal Fascist dependence on Germany
US observers describe Mussolini’s regime as reliant on German troops to stay in power with Gestapo influence in Rome and suppression of American diplomats. Italian army sentiment favors Badoglio while Ethiopians resist, and food shortages worsen for all classes amid looming upheaval.
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U. S
Italy
Mussolini
Il Duce
Badoglio
Albania
North
Africa
Ethiopia
Rome
Berlin
Gestapo
Phillips
Roosevelt
State Department
Letter from a drafted Private Bursts with Army Life Tales
Oscar recounts army life in a cramped camp with crowded tents and noisy bunkmates. He jokes about drill fatigue, long movies, and a radio fan, while hoping for a Europe assignment and craving a Ford pigmea truck for Main Street. He notes experiences from earlier wars and mentions entertainers Walter Brennan, Mario Naldi, and Merrill Chilcote.
Eleanor Roosevelt visits WPA projects and art venues
The article recounts Eleanor Roosevelt visiting the National Gallery of Art and Library of Congress concerts, praising WPA community service work and the RAF Benevolent Fund. She notes Dock Street theatre finances and reflects on Middleton Gardens in Valdosta, Georgia, including travel from Savannah to Valdosta and observations on turpentine logging.
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National Gallery of Art
David Finley
Library of Congress
Budapest
Florence Kerr
WPA
Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
U. S. A. Inc
Madison Avenue
New York City
RAF
Lawrence of Arabia
Shaw
England
United States
Dock Theater
Charleston
D. C
Dock Street
Middleton Gardens
Miss Thompson
Valdosta
Europe
George Huntington
Savannah
White House
House Launches Rearmament Inquiry Amid Labor Tie-Ups
Edward C. Wayne analyzes a government probe into rearmament as labor disputes disrupt plant operations essential to the defense program. The Balkans scene remains a focal point in the broader war narrative.
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House
Balkans
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Commodity Credit Corporation
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Walter Brennan
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