Incendiaries and War Talk From Zanetti to Seabiscuit
Dr. J Enrique Zanetti Columbia chemist argues gas dissipates fire from incendiaries and warns of citywide fires from two pound bombs. Seabiscuit trainer Tom Smith, aged 50, credited with Seabiscuit’s success and noted as a horse psycho analyst. Also reports on Zworykin’s advanced microscope and wartime U S Britain strategy including Lend Lease, Iceland raids, and moves in Balkans and North Africa.
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York
J. Enrique Zanetti
Columbia University
Hing High
San Francisco
Zanetti
Chemical Warfare Service
League of Nations
Tom Smith
Santa Anita Track
California
Tom
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Charles S. Howard
Seabiscuit
Howard
New England
Mr. Howard
Mr. Smith
Pete
Batista in Cuba Quiet Push to Presidency and Tense Scene
A timeline of Batista’s rise from army sergeant to president highlighting his cautious approach, the 1933 revolution, civil rights policy, and a tense winter period marked by sandbags and a palace seizure. Reports include the birth of Batista’s daughter and gift policies. Also notes a looming strike by railroad unions and colorful misc items from Jacksonville snow to local marriages.
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Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Batista
Rotary International
United States
Island
Cuban
Miami
Fla
Jose E. Pedraza
Angel A. Gonzales
Navy
Bernardo Garcia
Havana
Senora Eliza Godinez de Batista
Roosevelt
George M. Harrison
Harrison
Jacksonville
Nick Brown
Fargo
N. D
Larkins
Weirichs
Memphis
Tenn
Weirich
Larkin
Hazel
Virgil
England's Position Improves in War News Analysis
The piece surveys Allied and American influence on World War II dynamics, noting British gains in North Africa and naval actions, Leahy's diplomacy with Vichy, and Willkie's visit. It compares 1941 Marne analogies, discusses German invasion fears, and outlines Roosevelt's pension and social security proposals with figures and state variations.
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Washington, D. C
England
North Africa
Royal Navy
Mediterranean
Admiral Leahy
Vichy
General Weygand
Europe
Wendell Willkie
Germany
Willkie
Marne
Hitler
The
Paris
Joffre
France
Window dressing or real limits on lease lend powers
Analysis of the lease lend bill passage notes the $1.3 billion limit on funds past appropriations and argues that broad powers could still be curtailed by future actions. It cites Arthur Krock’s critique in the New York Times on congressional delegation of war powers and the potential difficulty of repealing such powers.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Willkie
Arthur
Mr. Krock
War Action Shifts to Balkans as Hitler Advances
Weekly News Analysis notes military shift to Balkan states as Hitler moves toward the Dardanelles. British forces sweep Africa while Churchill urges supplying tools not men, signaling a strategic emphasis over manpower in wartime.
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Spring
Adolf Hitler
Balkans
Thefuehrer
Germany
Bulgaria
Dardanelles
England
Mediterranean
Rumania
Carol
Winston Churchill
Sofia
Russia
Moscow
Turkey
Balkan States
Hitler
Africa
Churchill
Czark League Takes Step Toward Stability With Layden Boss
The National League, drawing 1.5 million fans over 55 games last season, appoints Elmer Layden of Notre Dame fame as league chief with broad powers akin to baseball's Landis.
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Czark
Elmer Layden
Notre Dame
Four Horsemen
Kenesaw Landis
Reed Smoot: Utah senator and Mormon leader dies abroad
Reed Smoot, veteran U.S. senator and Mormon church figure, rose to Republican majority leadership over 30 years. Defeated in 1933 amid a Democratic landslide, he co authored the Smoot Hawley tariff act and died at 79 while visiting Florida away from Utah.
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U. S. Senate
Reed Smoot
Smoot- Hawley
Utah
Relay
Florida
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Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WNU
Dr. Zanetti
Santo Domingo
U.S.A
Harvard University
Howard Stable
Midland
Lin
Vladimir K. Zworykin
Radio Corporation of America
Empire
U. S
Britain
Iceland
North American
Senate
Washington
House
Glass
Pear
Boris
Marshall Graziani
Libya
Tunis
Maxime Weygand
Marshal Petain
Admiral Darlan
Pierre Laval
Spain
Franco
Mussolini
Gibraltar
Italy
Genoa
U.S
Samual Ginsberg
New York
Walter G. Krivitsky
Soviet
Secret Service
Krivitsky
Communist Party
Stalin
America
Communist Internationale
Dies Committee
OGPU
Admiral Darlan Marshal Petain
Sheridan Downey
Townsendite
Capitol Hill
Jimmy Byrnes
Astate
South Carolina
Downey
FBI
Postal Inspection
Internal Revenue Bureau
Narcotics Division
Harold Ickes
Paul Appelby
Interior and Agriculture Departments
Edward C. Wayne
Noth
Western Newspaper Union
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