War era aviation and diplomacy across two continents
A column notes Maj. Gen. Joseph Mauborgne and early air radio milestones at Fort Monmouth, and profiles Vic Emanuel of Vultee Aircraft. It also discusses Soviet resource output, Allied aid to Russia, and U S and Britain's evolving wartime policies as 4,000,000 troops battle along a 2,000 mile front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thorne
William Gillette
Army
Joseph O. Mauborgne
Fort Monmouth, . J
Mauborgne
Thomas Alva Edison
Fort Riley
Kaw
Signal Corps
Hap” Arnold
Army Air Corps
Wright Field
Victor Emanuel
Emanuel
United States
Mr. Emanuel
Vultee Aircraft, Inc
Vultee
Dayton
Ohio
University of Dayton
Cornell
Albert Emanuel
Vic Emanuel
England
Rockingham Castle
France
RAF
Russia
Britain
Hitler
Roosevelt
Vladivostok
Siberia
Sumner Welles
Churchill
Stalin
Anthony Eden
North American Aviation
America
Floyd Reeves
Mark McCloskey
White House
Jefferson Memorial
Prince Bernhard
Juliana
CCC
Bollingfield
Elliott
Miami
Lease-Lend and War News Stretch Across Fronts
The article notes sparse war correspondence on the Russian German front and conflicting claims from both sides. It cites Prut river fighting, bombings, and cities in flames, plus a delegate briefing on lease lend with Red Sea cargoes and ship operators seeking compensation under a Maritime Commission plan.
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England
Hitler
Germany
Prut
Warsaw
Constanta
Helsinki
Danzig
Leningrad
Russia
Britain
Roosevelt
Senate
Commerce Committee
U. S
Maritime Commission
Red Sea
LaGuardia Urges Scrap Aluminum Drive Nationwide
Mayor LaGuardia launches a public appeal for a scrap aluminum collection with a goal of 20 million pounds. He calls on housewives and all hotels and restaurants to inventory and donate items from pots and pans to washing machines and more. Reception depots will be free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGuardia
OCD
Lend-Lease Aid Grows as Cost Estimates Rise
Washington reports a new lend-lease appropriation of 5 billion dollars, on top of 7 billion previously approved, totaling 12 billion for aid to Britain, China, and other democracies. Officials say original estimates were too low for planes, ships, and guns, and that expanded outlays cover repairs to damaged British warships and broader needs to counter Nazi power.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
White House
Army
Navy
Budget Bureau
U. S
Britain
China
Europe
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Rumania
Hungary
United States
Irrigation, Red Tape and Royal Visit Notes
Col Am Collier discusses Navaho land degradation from overgrazing and possible irrigation as Congress weighs aid. Red Tape delays for defense plant construction hinder wartime needs. Davis, new National Defense Mediation Board chair, faces labor policy questions and varied life details. The travelogue covers a Washington to New England road trip with encounters and reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Davis
National Defense Mediation Board
Davis
Allis- Chalmers
New York City
Allis-Chalmers
U. S. Supreme Court
Congress
Bangor
Maine
Washington, D. C
New York
Grand Central Art Galleries
Alonzo Trigoyen
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Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WIN
National Electric Power Company
Samuel Insull
United States Electric Corporation
Edward C. Wayne
Ford
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Caucasus
University of Chicago Round Table
Ewe Eae
Brooklyn
N. Y
London
Canada
Fred Snite
Sperry Gyroscope Company
Regic
Eleanor Nockevett
Indian Affairs
John Collier
Office of Indian Affairs
Itis
OPM
Will Davis
Merry
Capitol
New England
Portsmouth
N. H
Boston
Connecticut
Newburyport
Rockingham
Portland
Brigid Elizabeth Hitler
Adolf Hitler
British War Relief Society
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