Luxembourg Grand Duchess Charlotte Fleeing War Turmoil
In 1922 Luxembourg faced a gun salute clash at a royal birth, but today Grand Duchess Charlotte and family flee to France as war looms. The piece notes her disinclination toward conflict, her lineage, and the Luxembourg ruling history. It also surveys E Pward Leslie Burgin’s Britain cabinet replacement by Herbert Morrison, highlighting Morrison’s humble origins and multilingual, technocratic aims.
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York
Charlotte of
Luxembourg
Eae
League of Nations
Europe
Charlotte
Prince Felix of
Bourbon-Parma
France
E Pward Leslie Burgin
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
Ramsay MacDonald
Woman director takes helm of Dance, Girls, Dance
In Hollywood, Dorothy Arzner replaces Roy Del Ruth as director of Dance, Girls, Dance. The story traces her rise from stenographer and script girl to film editor and scenarist, with her USC student years and Cecil B DeMille connections shaping her path.
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Hollywood
Dorothy Arzner
Roy del Ruth
University of Southern California
Cecil DeMille
Pote Tyrgase
Belgian Surrender and German Channel Sweep
The article reports King Leopold ordering Belgian troops to surrender as Germany widens its armored and air campaign along a semi circle from Cam brai to Calais. Allied supplies to Britain are disrupted by air attacks while German forces reach Antwerp and Paris weighs possible separate peace with France.
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Leopold
Belgium
France
Britain
Cambrai
Bapaume
Abbeville
Somme
Boulogne
Calais
Dover
England
Channel
Antwerp
Dunkirk
Ostend
Paris
England Faces Fifth Column Spy Crackdown Amid Turbulent Times
Scotland Yard arrests Oswald Mosley and Archibald Ramsay along with John Beckett as Parliament tightens Treachery Bill. The piece notes anti British fascist activity linked to Mosley and the Irish Republican Army, with Britain bracing for potential internal and external threats.
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Anthony Eden
Scotland Yard
Oswald Mosley
Lord Curzon
Five Yard
Archibald Ramsay
Eton
John Beckett
M. P
Irish Republican Army
England
Ireland
de Valera
Bhoys
Churchill
Mosley
Hitler
Valkyrie
U.S. Defense and Air Armada Costs Debate in 1940
Critics question Roosevelt plan for 50 000 planes and a 7 billion budget. Estimates show costs from six to seven billion with 1.5 million workers needed plus 750 000 regulars. Debates include Lindbergh Rickenbacker Butler and Abe Morgenthau while Dies warns of fifth column fears amid looming election hype.
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Roosevelt
England
France
Charles A
Lindbergh
America
Rickenbacker
Smedley Butler
Marines
United States
U. S
Lutherans under Nazi rule shape world church map
The article notes that Lutherans, America's third largest Protestant group with over four million adherents, now mostly fall under Nazi rule. It states that more than half of the world’s Lutherans are in territories controlled by Germany, including Norway, Denmark, Slovakia and Poland, while Holland remains Calvinist and Belgium Catholic.
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America
Martin Luther
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Slovakia
Poland
Holland
Belgium
France in Crisis as Premier Rebukes Army
French Premier Reynaud assailed his own army in a wartime rarity while a major French general was reportedly captured in a tank on the front. Reynaud pledged solidarity with Britain as Allied plane production fell to about 1,000 a month versus Germany’s 3,000. German air forces claimed to have sunk six more British transports in the Channel, though three hospital ships carrying wounded managed to pass through.
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Reynaud
Channel
Prove Anything by Statistics
Paris reports German losses of 1000 planes in two weeks while London cites 1500 and Berlin 2100. Rotterdam and Holland promise civilian casualties as 100,000 or 300. Berlin claims 12,000 German losses, Paris 500,000, and London notes 8 Hurricanes routed 35 Junkers. The Germans claim no enemy air activity for a week.
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Paris
London
Berlin
Rotterdam
Holland
Junkers
Britain Expels Families From Gibraltar as Tensions Rise
The British government forced women and children from Gibraltar amid rising imperial tensions. The liner President Roosevelt departed for Ireland to evacuate stranded American refugees from England. The State Department warned belligerents to refrain from interference. The sister liner President Harding, sold to Belgium, had recently been sunk by a German attack.
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Forodds & Forends
Gibraltar
Imperialist Rock
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
Ireland
England
State Department
Harding
Belgium
Harvard students protest U.S. entry clash over war stance
History instructor Paul E. Cram of Harvard University urges intervention while a student demonstrator, claiming allegiance to the Harvard committee for the Recognition of Classroom Generals, protests against U.S. involvement.
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Paul E. Cram
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass
America
U. S
Harvard Committee
NAMES in the news modernizing church leaders and allies
Rev. Dr. William Lindsay Young of Park College was chosen moderator of the 152nd Presbyterian general assembly in Rochester New York. Aaron Copland was elected president of the American Composers Alliance in New York City. Mayor LaGuardia urged action on aid to the Allies and faced local nationalist voters. A man named Alfonso Jansen received a harsh sentence after slapping a woman in New York. Alfred Duff Cooper criticized propaganda and Sir Samuel Hoare was named for a mission to Spain to influence Franco against Mussolini.
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William Lindsay Young
Park College
Missouri
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States
Presbyterian General Assembly
Rochester
N. Y
Aaron Copland
American Composers Alliance
New York City
LaGuardia
New York
Committee For the Defense of
Alfred Duff Cooper
Duff Cooper
M. de Talleyrand
Samuel Hoare
Chamberlain
Churchill
Spain
Franco
Mussolini
Medicine Men Now Charge Regular Fees in Paiute Tribes
Dr. Isabel T. Kelly reports Paiute shamans in Nevada and southern California have adopted modern practices and now charge five dollars for treatments. The study notes rapid tribal decline with only a few survivors in groups like Saint George and Gunlock, and that Kaibab and Grand Canyon shamans in Utah are among those charging a fixed fee.
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Berkeley
Calif
Isabel T. Kelly
Anthropological Department
University of California
Nevada
California
Las Vegas
Nev
Saint George
Gunlock
High Plateaus
Grand Canyon
Utah
Kelly
Parrot’s Sneeze Alerts Tennessee Governor of Fire
Laura the parrot’s sneeze woke Gov Prentice Cooper at his Shelbyville farm saving his home from a small fire. Axes traced smoke to source. fire was extinguished with minor damage.
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Shelbyville
Tenn
Laura
Prentice Cooper
Blind author Constance Smedley regains sight after six years
London reports Miss Constance Smedley, author and playwright, who had been blind for six years, suddenly regaining full vision. She expresses disbelief at being back on earth and notes her face shows no age change since loss of sight. She credits inner vision with easing fear and worry.
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London
Constance Smedley
Boston 1831 celebration shows cheap whisky and cigars
WPA survey records reveal that in Boston in 1831 whisky sold for 25 cents a gallon and cigars retailed at two for a cent, illustrating affordable celebration costs in Massachusetts.
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Boston
Massachusetts
WPA Historical Survey
Horse kills boy cyclist in Phoenix accident
A horse jumped over the backboard of a trailer and landed on 10 year old Daniel W Musgrave as he rode a bicycle in Phoenix Arizona. He died from fatal injuries in the incident.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Daniel W Musgrave
Dog Electrocution Scare Ends With Vet Care For Pup
In Des Moines Sonny Boy the two month old Boston terrier chewed a lamp cord causing a 110 volt shock. Dorothy Hansing called from a theater and neighbors feared a death. The dog suffered a burned tongue and shock but is expected to recover after veterinary treatment.
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Des Moines
Sonny Boy
Roy Hansing
Dorothy
Hansing
Little Man
Burglar Alarm Works. Its Inventor Shot by Gun Halter
Sam Edwards of Macon Georgia rigged a shotgun at his henhouse door to catch a chicken thief but forgot to lower the hammer. When he opened the door at dawn a full load of No 7 shot struck his right arm and chest. He is in fair condition at Macon hospital.
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Macon
Sam Edwards
Seeing Eye Dog Rides With Bicycling Couple on Tour
Mrs. Carl Hopkins, a sightless rider from Tacoma, travels Vancouver Island with husband Carl on a tan dem bicycle. Mitzi the seeing eye dog rides in a wicker basket or guides across roads as they tour scenic Pacific Northwest areas.
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Victoria
B. C
Carl Hopkins
Tacoma
Vancouver Island
Mrs. Hopkins
Carl
Eggs Between Sheets Sparks Family Row in Salem
A husband discovered eggs spread between the sheets in Salem Massachusetts. A large family quarrel followed with reports of flatiron threats. The wife showed Patrolman Broderick a bed with legs sawed off as she claimed she slept nearly on the floor.
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Salem
Mass
Broderick
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