Denny Denny and the Town Hall of the Air Leader
Long profile of George W. Denny Jr. and his role directing America's Town Hall of the Air, tracing his early acting and teaching work, his stance on pressure groups, and his 1935 League for Political Education connection. It also notes Dr. Norman Jolliffe 1926 NYU medical training and his vitamin proposals to Britain amid wartime diet theories.
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George W. Denny Jr
America
Aid
Britain
Verne Marshall
Denny
New York
Paul Green
Abraham
University of North Carolina
Carolina Playmakers
Chapel Hill
The
League For Political Education
Town Hall
the Air
League
Jolliffe
New
New York University Medical College
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Bellevue Hospital
New York University
National Debate The United States Role in World War II Aid
The article surveys Congressional debates over Roosevelt’s lend lease plan to aid Britain, isolationist opposition, and the strategic stakes of early intervention. It weighs Germany and Japan threats, Anglo American alliance, and the urgency of delivering munitions before March while public opinion splits.
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United States
Japan
Hitler
England
All-Out Schedule Shows No NAMD National Auto Show
The National Automobile Manufacturers Association will skip the national show in New York this year due to defense production workload. Production continues with new models, but Grand Central Palace exhibits and distributor showrooms will not host exhibits. isolated strikes hurt output slightly per the Department of Labor.
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National Automobile Manufacturers Association
New York
Grand Central Palace
Department of Labor
Ashington
D. C
Defense
Defense Commission
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
U. S
Defense posters and labor actions tighten home front effort
Defense week prompts manufacturers to register for war production. A Baginaw Michigan plant stoppage sparked by CIO Auto Workers over hiring terms ended after 24 hours with mediation. A San Diego strike threat faced draft implications, later rescinded by Brig. Gen. Hershey.
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Baginaw
Mich
Eaton 'S Manufacturing Company
C.I.O. Automobile
James F. Dewey
San Diego
Calif
Ryan Aeronautical Company
Selective Service Act
Lewis B. Hershey
Law
Sidney Hillman
C.I.O
Office of Production Management
Baltimore
Mr. Hillman
Washington
Roosevelt Hesitates on Convoys as Britain Seeks Shipping
Washington reports indicate a shift in Roosevelt policy on aiding Britain and convoying ships. Advisers influence, key figures like Knox and Stimson, and British losses in the Mediterranean shape the debate. A senate campaign literature expose reveals pervasive anti Roosevelt material and questions on reporting.
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Britain
Washington
Japan
Stimson
Knox
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
State Department
Duke of Windsor
Caribbean
Duke
Atlantic
Lord Lothian
England
U. S
White House
Mediterranean
Southampton
Illustrious
Malta
Gibraltar
Royal Navy
Congress
John D Biggers Named to Key Defense Production Role
John D Biggers, who in 1937 organized unemployment census efforts, has been appointed director of the production division in the new national defense office of production management. The shift adds a more important and vulnerable post amid growing public scrutiny. He has led Libby Owens Ford Glass since 1930.
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John D. Biggers
National Defense Office of Production Management
Biggers
Libby-Owena-Ford Glass Com
Your Own Gallup Poll and Roosevelt Inauguration Reflections
A columnist defends Roosevelt as a revered American leader while criticizing the war policy push. He urges readers to conduct their own Gallup Poll to gauge public sentiment, arguing for aid to Britain without entangling the U.S. in war and urging constitutional checks on presidential power. He frames these as critical days in the Battle of America.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Britain
Germany
Hitler
Mussolini
Reich
Brenner Pass
Duce
Gallup
England
Congress
America
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Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WIN
York
Goldfield
Nev
Norman Jolliffe
Adolf Hitler
Clay
Webster
Woodrow Wilson
Great Britain
Europe
Berlin
Rome
Representative Fish
N. Y
Tinkham
Mass
Massachusetts
Fish
Italy
Senate Campaign Fund
Harold Buckles
Buckles
Willkie
House
Merry
Sam Pryor
Connecticut
Baldwin
Joe Martin
Pryor
Franklin Field
Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
Hugh S
Johnson Jcf
United
Washington, D. C
Pershing
Mr. Roosevelt
John
Choice Oseph
Livy
Smith Sales Agency
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Inventors Guild
Brady Bldg
San Antonio
Texas
P. O
Denver
Cole
North Carolina
Sessions Co
Enterprise
Ala
John Bright
Bellans
Phillips Brooks
Doan
Dean
Doans
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