Navy and Army Air Corps Leaders Highlighted in Week’s News
The piece profiles top US military figures Rear Admiral John H. Towers and Major General Henry H. Arnold, detailing Towers’s early naval aviation role and Alaska flight leadership, Arnold’s ascent in the air corps and Alaska survey achievement, plus notes on Robinson’s naval engineering role and a side anecdote about Crown Prince Humbert of Italy opposing fascism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Towers
Navy
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Admiral Towers
Naval Aviation
John Rodgers
T. G. Ellyson
Towers
Azores
Chesapeake Bay
Rome
Glenn Curtiss
Hammondsport
N. Y
Cook
Bureau of Naval Aeronautics
Arnold
Air Corps
Happy
Aviation
Air Yy
Capitalton
Ohio
Washington
Samuel M. Rob
Robinson
Navy Bureau of Engineering
Eulogy
Texas
West Point
Powerful Nazi push forces Allied retreat from Belgium
The article notes King Leopold III’s order for Belgian troops to surrender, German encirclement of Allied forces in Belgium, and a rapid Nazi advance exposing British and French troops. It describes air attacks disrupting supply lines, the retreat toward the English Channel, and debates in Berlin over whether to strike Paris or Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold III
Adolf Hitler
Belgium
Flanders
France
English Channel
Strait of Dover
England
Somme
Aisne
Berlin
Channel
British Isles
Paris
NAMES IN THE NEWS and Defense Drive In 1940s Era
Eleven months after resigning Louisiana governor Richard W Lewhe faces trial on mail fraud linked to a $113370 truck deal. Walter Connolly, the noted actor, dies at his Hollywood home as the Who’s Who in America 1940 41 lists 31752 sketches led by Brig Gen William Bisbee aged 100 and Shirley Temple aged 11. The piece covers Roosevelt Fireside Chat on defense, tax options to fund a $1 billion program, and a presidential commission led by Knudsen to marshal resources with Stettinius Davis Budd Henderson Elliott. Morgenthau hints car model discontinuation while Ford promises up to 1000 planes daily if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Richard W. Lewhe
Huey P. Long
Walter Connolly
Hollywood
America
William Henry Bisbee
Shirley Temple
Columbia University
Nicholas Murray
Defense
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Henry Ford
Springtime Playful Cubs of Badger Fox and Otter
Oliver G. Pike notes that spring brings lively cubs among badgers foxes and otters. Fox cubs romp with a stone in a Follow the Leader style game while badgers bounce and roll in exuberant play. Otters display coordinated games from water forts to tugging and diving contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver G. Pike
London
Wise and Otherwise Epigram Style Notes
A collection of wry aphorisms on bluff consistency kindness to horses and sharp wit. It critiques pawn brokers social roles and gendered humor with pointed lines about intelligence tests gold diggers and grass widows. The tone is satirical compact and observational.
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Who’s News
Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WIN
York
Hitler
Alaska
Gladwyn, Pa
Italy
Humbert
Axis
Marie Jose
Albert
Farnham F. Dudgeon
U. S. Defense Board
Western Newspaper Union
Flanders Flight
Leopold
Prise Blitzkrieg
Johnny Buil
U. S
Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
Congress
Senate
House
William S. Knudsen
Chester Davis
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
U. S. Steel Company
General Motors
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Board
AAA
Ralph Budd
C. B. & Q. Railroad
Transportation
Leon Henderson
The
Securities Commission
Miss Harriet Elliott
University of North Carolina
Nature
Indianapolis
Wilbur Shaw
Firestone
Speedway
Toox
Ir Firestone
Wwe
Tiple Sam Tae Ae Lie and Service Store
Firestone Dealer
Vice of Firestore
N.B.C
Red Network
New York
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