Latvia's exiled milkman became Latvia's president and dictator
Karl Ulmanis rose from Lincoln Nebraska milk routes to Latvia's presidency and rule. He paid a thousand dollar debt with Latvian throne room power, fought czarist Russia, faced Nazi threats, and governed Guatemala's Ubico era style strong state with strict inventory and graft controls.
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Lincoln
Karl Ullman
Ulmanis
Latvia
State College of Agriculture
Nebraska
Russia
Mr. Ullman
French Break Diplomatic Ties With England After Naval Loss
Analysis notes Britain faces naval threat as France's fleet is wrecked or seized after Oran clash. Admiral Cen sols resists British demand, and France severs relations with Britain. The piece argues rearmament costs and public expectations for U.S. preparedness.
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England
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Germany
Italy
France
North African
Churchill
House of Commons
Oran
Algiers
Marcel Censouls
Britain
Allies urged by De Gaulle and Shaw in wartime appeal
Gen Charles De Gaulle in London appealed to Frenchmen in America to aid the war against Germany. George Bernard Shaw quipped that if in charge he would ask Hitler what food he needs to finish the war. Pat McKenna, long White House doorkeeper, died in Washington on the anniversary of joining staff in 1903.
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Charles de Gaulle
London
America
Germany
George Bernard Shaw
Hitler
White House
Pat McKenna
Washington, D. C
Virginia Rios Watkins
Oklahoma City
Tamazuncale
Mexico
Education Convention Promotes Schools as First Line of Defense
The seventy eighth annual National Education Association convention in Milwaukee features keynote themes of saving democracy and making schools the first line of defense. Major speeches and committee reports emphasize that U S schools shall continue aid in meeting the challenge of dictators and preserving democratic values.
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Saving Democracy
National Education Association
Milwaukee
Wis
U. S
Willkie Aims For People’s Movement To Win November
Willkie resigns as president of Commonwealth Southern and forms a 12 member political advisory group led by Gov. Harold Stassen to unite GOP factions and court independents. He seeks small donations and rejects corporate funds to keep the campaign a genuine people’s movement. In China Chiang Kai-shek’s forces face supply cuts but plan to continue war with reserves. Annenberg sentenced to three years for income tax evasion. Southeast Texas floods kill four and damage property. Denver opens a 600 prisoner federal prison. New Orleans braces for saboteur threats at port.
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Wendell Willkie
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Willkie
Chiang Kai-shek
Indo-China
Kai-shek
China
Chungking
Moses L. Annenberg
Philadelphia
Racing
U. S
James H. Wilkerson
Chicago
Moe
Texas
Justice Department
Denver
Colo
New Orleans
Port Commission
Roosevelt
Reichstag
Hitler
Latin America
Praying Colonel Knox Testifies on Navy Secretary Nomination
Col. Frank Knox testifies before the Senate Naval Affairs committee as it considers his nomination for Secretary of the Navy. The committee votes 9 to 5 in favor. The military affairs committee also approves Henry L. Stimson as Secretary of War by 13 to 4.
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United States
U. S
U.S
Britain
Europe
Col
Frank Knox
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Military Affairs Committee
Henry L. Stimson
Debunking Rubber and Tin Myths in Defense Policy
The piece argues against overreliance on British and East Indies rubber and Bolivian tin, urging American substitution and local production. It posits six American rubber substitutes, scraps for tin smelting, and warns that a Western Hemisphere cartel echoes Hitler ideals, risking national defense and economic costs.
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Washington, D. C
East Indies
China
Pacific
Western Hemisphere
Bolivia
England
South America
Asia
Council of National Defense
Nazis Offer Brazil $60 Million in Modern Weapons
Washington reports Nazi Germany secretly offered to sell Brazil $60 million worth of tanks artillery flame throwers planes and other gear via Italian ships. State officials and Gen George Marshall oppose the sale urging American equipment instead. Brazil may accept due to cheaper Nazi wages and barter for Brazilian surplus goods.
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Washington, D. C
South America
Washington
Germany
United States
Latin America
Hitler
Brazil
France
State Department
George Marshall
U. S
Marshall
Goes Monteiro
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Neb
A. L. Haecker
Nebraska State College of Agriculture
Ubico
British Honduras
Guatemala
Sir Samuel Hoare
Jorge Ubico
Napoleon
The
Tropics
National Assembly
Gestapo
Farnham F
Dudgeon
Western Newspaper Union
John N. Garner
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
War Department
John Sherman
Ohio
Politics
People’s Movement
Far East
Hugh S. Johnson
JSQYS
United Features
Panama
Panama Canal
Canal
Army
Chile
Galapagos Islands
Chilean
Federal Reserve
Constitution Avenue
Federal Reserve Building
Louis B. Ward
Father Coughlin
Social Justice
Ward
Janelle Johnson
Jed Johnson
Oklahoma
Jed Jr
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