Grunert counsels calm as Pacific tensions rise
In a Manila briefing Gen. George Grunert, head of the Philippine department, urges the American community to avoid alarm while defending against Far East threats. His career spans Spanish American, Mexican border, World War I, and Army War College service, with ties to White Haven Pennsylvania.
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York
Japan
Oceania
George Grunert
Grunert
Philippines
Island
White Haven
Manila
Far East
Philippine
A.E.F
France
Army of Occupation
Germany
British Aid Into Law and War Plans Unfold
President Roosevelt signed the British aid bill and sought seven billion dollars for aid to Britain Greece and others while Congress fast tracked amendments. Air and naval losses mounted as strikes surged in the United States complicating defense production and prompting talk of the draft takeover of industry.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Wallace
Sam Rayburn
Empire State
Triborough
U. S
England
Army
Navy
Britain
Greece
Nostalgia and warnings in a 1940s Washington column
General Hugh S. Johnson reflects on Napoleonic strategy and modern European danger while criticizing Allied postwar policies. The column defends mobilization nostalgia, notes Capitol security steps, and lampoons credit travel plans as a sign of wartime optimism.
Seven Billion Aid to Britain Ties to Lease-Lend Act
Edward C. Wayne discusses the first step under the Lease-Lend Act, citing Britain’s admission of seven billion dollars in aid. The column notes intensified spring raids on London as a major wartime development and frames it as an early phase of broader support.
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Zeebrugge
Germany
Ernst Udet
Frazer
England
London
Hitler
Britain
Alarm clocks top news in wartime shifts and divorces
In Philadelphia alarm clock sales surge as soldiers bring clocks to camp to beat reveille. Fred B Cody seeks divorce claiming his wife hid spiders in his bed and tried to run him over. Leopold Stockowski resigns after 29 years leading the Philadelphia Symphony to serve his country. Erland Echlin, Canadian, jailed under a defense regulation after representing two American magazines.
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Los Angeles
Fred B. Cody
Leopold Stokowski
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
London
Erland Echlin
Newsweek
Time
Wallace Finds Nazi Propaganda in Mexico
Henry Wallace as vice president elect aided a Mexico U S defense talks with Avila Camacho and built goodwill with Mexican officials. He reported Nazi propaganda activity among a small minority backed by cash and speculated on possible sabotage to drive US Mexico apart. He noted a $2 million transfer from New Orleans to Mexico by Count Roberti of the Italian legation.
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Wallace
Mexico
Henry Wallace
U. S
Henry
Avila Camacho
Simpatico
Iowa
United States
New Orleans
Count Roberti
Legation
Ogden Hammond
Spain
Franco
Swankiest Newsman and Whims of White House Red Tape
Robert Horton the defense commission press officer departs in a limousine as others head to offices. White House bulbs marked Save cannot be redeemed. old bulbs are destroyed. Justice Department immigration bureau plans an intelligence unit to watch fifth columnists in the United States. Allied Chemical buys a swanky Sixteenth Street apartment near the Soviet embassy. Harmodio Arias, former Panama president, has four sons studying in the United States.
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Robert Horton
The
Defense Commission
Immigration Bureau
Justice Department
Allied Chemical
Sixteenth Street
Harmodio Arias
Panama
United States
Harmodio Jr
Roberto
Columbia
Gilberto
Harvard
Antonio
Peddie Institute
New Jersey
Remembering an Era of Drafts and Airwave Advertisements
A nostalgic column notes wartime housing in trailers for defense workers and Army life’s quirks. It cites a push by 200000 printing trades workers for radio advertising, mocks intrusive ads, recalls Elmer Twitchell’s product lists, and reflects on postwar amusement spending and hint of broader conflict.
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Elmer Twitchell
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