Arias and Labor Leaders Under Scrutiny Across Hemisphere
Panama's Dr Arnulfo Arias pledges cooperation with the United States while demanding sovereignty and understanding. The piece notes his youth, education at Hartwick Chicago Harvard, and controversial constitutional move. It also profiles labor leader John P Frey of the Metal Trades Department and his stance against strikes amid national defense efforts.
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Consolidated
York
Arnulfo Arias
Panama
Canal Zone
United States
Arias
Hartwick College
Oneonta
N. Y
University of Chicago
Harvard
Paris
Rome
Latin America
Ohn P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
A. F. of L
Frey
Ernest Bevin
England
John L. Lewis
Moscow
Sam Gompers
Defense: Congress split over Roosevelt aid to Britain
Congress debated President Roosevelt's plan to lease war materiel to Great Britain. Wheeler led the opposition with Hoover and Landon backing him. Willkie and Senator Austin supported changes including a time limit and naming recipient nations. Separate fleets will divide Navy command, with Kimmel as chief. aircraft firms Ford GM and Chrysler to assist in building 1200 planes each amid aluminum supply concerns. The North Carolina battleship to be commissioned April 11 and a U S Army plane reached 620 mph in a power dive test.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Wheeler
Mont
Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate
Austin
Maine
Willkie
House
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Asia
Husband E. Kimmel
Mr. Roosevelt
Navy
George Mead
National Defense Commission
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Consolidated Aircraft
Douglas
Glenn Martin
Aluminum Corporation of America
Alco
North Carolina
United States Navy
U. S. Army
Andrew C. McDonough
Washington, D. C
Europe
Russia
America
Morgenthau
Treasury
Stimson
Knox
Hull
State
Henry the
Morgue
Britain
Germans Take Over Italy In Hardening World War II Front
The article describes Mussolini losing control as Germany asserts dominance in the Axis alliance. German instructors train Italians and take over bases while British air and naval forces strike in the Mediterranean near Catania and through the Sicily channel, signaling a shifting balance of power.
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Mussolini
Egypt
Libya
Albania
Benito Mussolini
Finito Mussolini
Italy
Axis
Near East
Hitler
England
Cairo
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France
Reduction Planned to Cut Cotton Crop for 1941
Farm Secretary Wickard proposes a $25 million in cotton goods incentive to reduce acreage and cut the 12 million bale 1941 goal. Stamps worth 10 cents per pound would reward farmers who leave land unplanted, with no impact on 1942 allotments.
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Claude Wickard
Wickard
Stet tinius under fire as steel policy clash broadens
Washington notices the defense material chief faces renewed questions after contradicting steel shortage claims. The steel issue escalates as experts pressed for plant expansion while Stettinius shifts to an arbiter to resolve industry disputes amid fierce debate over priorities and production timelines.
President's power and the lease loan bill debate
An opinion criticizes the proposed lease sale loan bill, arguing it grants the president near limitless power to mobilize economic and military resources globally. It warns of totalitarian risks, calls for focused aid to Britain rather than worldwide commitments, and urges wiser use of national strength.
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Britain
Portland, Ore
Robert Smith
British Relief Fund
England
Young Smith
David Robinson
Portland
Robinson
Smith
Greece
China
Weekly News Analysis Editorial Note
An editor's note from a Western Newspaper Union release marks opinions as those of the analyst, not the newspaper, clarifying the column's viewpoint and distribution context.
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Western Newspaper Union
College heads criticize modern schooling for democracy
At the twenty seventh annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges Dr Theodore M Greene of Princeton and Dr John M Mason of Swarthmore led a discussion on the inadequacy of present day educational methods for democracy The Rev Edward V Stanford of Villanova agreed with the critique confirming the prevailing view at the gathering
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Association of American Colleges
Theodore M. Greene
Princeton
John M. Mason
Swarthmore College
Edward V. Stanford
Villanova
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