Steinach and His Elixir Vitae Stir Controversy and Praise
The article recalls Eugen Steinach on his eightieth birthday amid public debate over his rejuvenation experiments begun 21 years earlier. It notes Nobel neglect, Nazi exile from Vienna, and his return to Zurich, citing his reactivation treatment and endorsements by figures such as Adolf Lorenz.
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EW York
Eugen Steinach
Steinach
Paracelus
Columbus
America
Vienna
Zurich
University of Wien
Adolf Lorenz
60 to 90 Days Crisis Looms in World War II Forecast
A wartime forecast warns of potential U S Japan conflict within 60 to 90 days. Analysts cite lend lease, tripartite axis pact, and Kaiser's allies as factors shaping a two-front danger, with Germany set on a spring offensive against Britain and naval threats to Europe and Africa.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Roosevelt
Berlin
Hitler
Britain
Atlantic
Pacific
America
Germany
Italy
U. S
Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Willkie Tours England to Check War Progress
Wendell Willkie traveled to England to assess the war effort and report back. The trip prompted sarcasm from some Republicans, with disputes over his support for the lend-lease bill and praise from others for aligning with Roosevelt policy. A Pennsylvania Republican committee backed the bill while some GOP papers branded Willkie a Quisling.
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Wendell Willkie
England
G.O.P
Europe
Willkie
London
Hull
Senate
Des Moines
Iowa
Pennsylvania State Republican Committee
Roosevelt
Quisling
Ford loses bid as government enforces labor policy in defense awards
The War Department awarded Fargo Motor Company of Detroit a 10.3 million dollar truck contract while Ford Motor Company, low bidder, had its bid rejected for refusing to meet labor policy terms. The dispute follows past NRA opposition and shared production concerns with Britain, with officials arguing for penalties on firms violating Wagner Act provisions.
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War Department
Fargo Motor Company
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Defense Commission
NRA
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
Peace and Power in Asia and Public Figures
Japan presses for a price of peace in Indo China after mediating a cease fire with Siam and French forces. Saigon hosts a Japanese navy base as Hanoi falls toward the Philippines, while the U S faces shifts in leadership and policy with the American Youth Congress and notable political figures.
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Japan
Indo-China
Saigon
Siam
Thailand
Far East
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Hanoi
Singapore
America
Britain
Congress
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Nippon
Tokyo
Chiyo
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Washington observes Germany war strain and propaganda plan
Avra Warren testified behind closed doors on Germany and occupied nations revealing internal shortages and civilian discontent. He noted France Holland Belgium Poland and Denmark resisted German confiscations while German POWs were treated decently and warned of urgent propaganda needs to unite the US and sway German Italian opinion.
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Washington, D. C
U. S
Germany
Avra M. Warren
State Department
House Appropriations Committee
Warren
France
Poland
Holland
Belgium
Denmark
Lease-Lend Debate and Military Strategy Reflected
The piece critiques the lease-lend bill outlining three key questions: why, why now, and why this method. It argues against giving the president broad discretion, warns of imperial entanglement, and stresses that close combat and bayonet tactics remain vital, even amid mechanization.
Washington Experts See War Crisis Within 90 Days
Washington experts forecast a European and Asian war crisis within 90 days as Hitler promises German victory. The column notes U S policy clashes with Ford on labor and wage policy, stressing partisan and industrial tensions amid global tension.
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Washington
Europe
Asia
Hitler
U. S
Ford
Citizenship revoked for Austrian physician in Graf Spee case
Dr. Herman Frederick Erben, a Sacramento resident born in Austria, lost U S citizenship after admitting false statements on his naturalization form for serving as a physician on Graf Spee supply ship during World War II. Aaron Shaddinger 54 shot dead in New Orleans quarrel. two bullets found in brain from earlier incident not the cause.
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George Creel
Europe
Woodrow Wilson
Germany
Austria
White House
War Department
Hitler
U. S
Italy
United States
Bund
Black Shirts
England
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Herman Frederick Erben
Sacramento
Calif
Graf Spee
Aaron Shaddinger
New Orleans
Immigration hearing for nine year old English boy at Ellis Island
Nine year old Michael Storrie from England viewed the Statue of Liberty at Ellis Island during an immigration hearing. He arrived in the United States recently without a visa, possibly due to his father forgetting the document when sailing from Lisbon.
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New York
Michael Storrie
England
Ellis Island
U. S
Lisbon
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