Clipper Skipper Harold Gray's Flight Record Noted
A profile of Captain Harold E. Gray, master mariner and Pan-American Airways veteran, detailing his 19,961 mile round trip from Belgium to capstone his career. Also notes his varied certifications and education, and hints at future aviation poetry. The piece shifts to Cathrine Curtis who leads women investors in Washington and her push against price controls, tracing her path from Glen Falls to New York and her influence in pushing for wealth rights. The Sarawak mention notes colonial rule and defense importance in the Borneo northwest coast.
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York
Cape Town
Tin Pan Alley
Harold E. Gray
Belgian Congo
Mr. Gray
Guttenberg
Iowa
University of Iowa
Brooksfield
University of Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Pan-American Airways
Canal Zone
Ths
Cathrine Curtis
America
Glen Falls
N. Y
Miss Curtis
Gus Thomas
Arizona
Harold Bell Wright
Government Seizes Hidden War Material Hoard Abroad
In a sweeping move the Economic Defense board begins requisitioning vast quantities of steel bars sheets and other items looted from Poland Czecho Slovakia Holland and Belgium three years idle in warehouses and trains. The operation aims for 20 to 25 thousand carloads valued in the millions funded by a 200000 revolving pool. Meanwhile interned Italian ship officers face censorship issues as war news dominates.
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Washington, D. C
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Holland
Belgium
Export Control Board
Gen
Russell Maxwell
Near East
Henry Wallace
Economic Defense Board
Hoboken
N. J
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
The
Fort Missoula
Mont
Italy
U. S
Il Duce
Missoula
Raiders and Rumors Signal Alert as War Warnings Rise
Reports describe Japanese planes over the San Francisco Bay and sightings along Alaska Oregon lower California and Panama. Citizens show unpreparedness yet little panic while New York ramped up test warnings. German winter retreat ends Russian counteroffensive strengthens despite losses. Tikhvin capture looms near Leningrad as war dynamics intensify.
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Pacific
Atlantic
Golden Gate
Alaska
Oregon
California
Panama
San Francisco
Defense
New York
Mitchelfield
New England
Aims Increase Production To Meet War Demands
President Roosevelt stressed boosting war production and said industries should operate seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Labor issues faded as war momentum grew, with lingering resistance facing public disfavor and union tensions shrinking.
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Roosevelt
War brings united resolve and global rally after Pearl Harbor
After Japan attacked the United States, Congress declared war with broad support. President Roosevelt projected victory in war and peace, uniting Americans and prompting renewed service. Latin America and Canada pledged support, Mexico rushed troops, and many nations pledged aid as US forces prepared for immediate action.
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Japan
Pacific
American State Department
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
United States
mid-Pacific
Philippines
Malaya
Singapore
U. S
Manila
United States Navy
Congress
Germany
Italy
America
Lindbergh
Nye
Wheeler
Representative Fish
New York
Latin America
Mexico
Lower
California
Cuba
Panama
Costa Rica
Argentina
Canada
Alaska
United Kingdom
Pledges of Freedom and Civic Duty in Defense Week
The piece recounts a Philadelphia visit for National Defense week with youth street races, bands, and a plan to boost physical fitness. It includes Carl Sandburg pledges on freedom and discipline, plus discussions on health, workers' duties, and a possible Woman's Land Army as summer emergency work approaches.
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Philadelphia
John Kelly
Washington
Carl Sandburg
Office of Civilian Defense
Mr. Sandburg
New York City
America
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Woman‘s Land Army
Democracies Unite After Axis Declares War on United States
The United States is drawn into global conflict as Germany and Italy declare war on the U S, with Japan already at war. The article notes a coordinated Western response and frames the World War II crisis as a united effort among democracies against the Axis powers.
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Axis
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
Protest Cuts Down Washington Cherry Trees amid Blackout
Four cherry trees in the Potomac Park area near Washington were felled during a temporary blackout while power workers installed new circuits. The superintendent of parks condemned the act as destruction of beauty in Washington. A stump bore the inscription To Hell With Those Japanese.
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United States
Japan
Washington, D. C
Potomac Park
Power Company
Washington
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Who's
Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WIN
Clipper
Casey Jones
Kipling
Night Mail
Gray
Curtis
Sarawak
Borneo
James Brooke
England
A. E. Percival
Charles Vyner Brooke
White Rajah
Scrap Iron
State Department
Army Air Corps
Berlin
Isaac Campbell Kidd
Tikhvin
Leningrad
Edgar Lee
New York American Legion
Empire State Building
Spirit
Mexico City
Avila Camacho
Far East
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Honolulu
Wake Island
Bangkok
Siam
Servicw Caited
Veena Eleanor Rossaven
Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
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