Willson Will Head Annapolis Amidship Reform
Long profile notes Rear Admiral Usell Willson now superintendent of the U S Naval Academy with a history of seafaring leadership and notable wartime commands. Also highlights Jack Benny's public persona and Grace Moore’s opera milestone alongside Italo Montemezzi's Met debut.
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Labrador
Army World Fliers
Donald Macmillan
Arctic
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Indian Harbor
Gisteen
Grace Moore
Music Box
Italo Montemezzi
Metropolitan Opera House
Metropolitan
Miss Moore
Signor Ontemezzi
Italy
Rome
March of German Aggression Across Europe and Asia
A retrospective on Hitler’s expansion from the Saar Valley to Austria and the Rhineland, and onward into Czechoslovakia and the Balkans. The piece notes Greece’s fragile stand, Bulgaria’s collapse, and Japan’s threat while Britain and the United States respond with troop movements and diplomatic signaling.
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Rhineland
Austria
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der Fuehrer
Moravia
Bohemia
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Denmark
Hitler
Balkans
Romania
Josef Stalin
Bulgaria
Rumania
Turkey
Russia
Jugoslavia
Greece
Germany
U S Plans for Expanded Army and War Supplies
Defense surveys aim to raise the army to over 3 million in emergencies with 55 divisions in the field, while National Guard units may stay in federal service. Roosevelt may propose a 3 billion dollar program as first shipments of planes and combat craft begin to reach the armed forces.
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Congress
Army
National Guard
Roosevelt
Armed Forces
Army Air Corps
Axis Royalty Payments Probe Deepens U.S. Security Fears
Secret investigations reveal American firms pay about $500000 a month in royalties to Germany and Italy. Funds, deposited in New York, finance propaganda and may reveal military production details to the Axis. Germany reportedly receives at least 80 percent, with payments in blocked marks and export lira.
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Great Britain
Germany
Italy
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Britain
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Axis
Navy
Bausch and Lamb
Hunch on Leased Lend Signals Naval Recomposition
A Washington column argues the lease lend bill may trigger a shift to British ship assets for Atlantic defense and Japanese challenges in the Pacific. It notes possible pooling of U S and British warships and cites labor management dynamics and policy voices in wartime production.
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Mexico City
Cape of Good Hope
Philadelphia
Western Hemisphere
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Britain
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Mexico
Japan
Manuel Avila Camacho
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
British Empire
West Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific
Senate
Samuel Gompers
Labor
Sidney Hillman
Mr. Knudsen
Weekly News Analysis Editorial Note Released by WNU
Opinion column from the Western Newspaper Union offers weekly analysis with the analyst's viewpoint. The note clarifies that the opinions are those of the news analyst and not necessarily the newspaper's.
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Western Newspaper Union
Prominent Utah Figure Tipped for DC Commissioner
Elder Statesman ex Senator King of Utah is urged by friends to join the District of Columbia as a commissioner. The immigration bureau mails 95 000 receipts daily to registered aliens from six scattered offices. Pennsylvania GOP leaders seek Davis as their governor candidate next year and he wants the role.
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Utah
District of Columbia
Immigration Bureau
Pennsylvania
Puddler Jim
Davis
If You Read in Bed Youll Want This Bag
Ruth Wyeth Spears describes a bed side bag for keeping reading matter and supplies at hand. The hospital gift idea attaches to the box springs via a hanger hook and uses remnants of green upholstery fabric with a red sateen lining.
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Spears
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