Denmark’s King Christian X and the fall of a small nation
A 1920 portrait of King Christian X of Denmark, six feet six inches tall, who led a ceremonial guard yet warned that Denmark’s safety lay in civilization’s vanguard. The article notes his liberal governance, anti militarism stance, and the sinking world order as Denmark faces upheaval amid postwar changes.
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New York
Christian X
Denmark
Schleswig
Norway
Sweden
Organization of International Law and Order
Franz Lehar
Christian
Alexandrine
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Europe
Copenhagen
War Clouds Gather as Fleets Mass and Britain Lands in Norway
Weekly analysis notes war spread across Europe and Asia as five nations position fleets near the Dardanelles and in the Baltic. British troops land at Narvik while German forces retreat toward Sweden. Nazi influence grows in Norway as neighboring states bolster defense and police actions against Germans.
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Balkans
Far East
Norway
Narvik
Dardanelles
Near East
Turkey
France
Italy
England
Russia
Mussolini
Greece
Black Sea
Europe
Rumania
Danube
Germany
Senate Pro
Oslo
Sweden
Sam Jones elected Louisiana governor amid war era turmoil
The article notes Sam Jones winning the Louisiana governorship with a May 14 inauguration. It also highlights Guy Caire as the first Republican to defeat a Democrat for a local office since the Civil War, the St James parish police jury seat. It reports wartime events in Europe and censorship measures in the Netherlands.
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Louisiana
Sam Jones
Huey P. Long
Guy Caire
St. James Parish
Martha Taft
Robert A
Franklin Roosevelt
Battle Creek
Mich
United States
Adams Johnson urges Republicans amid Roosevelt doubt
General Hugh S. Johnson offers unsolicited advice to Republicans as Roosevelt looms in opposition. Harold Stassen, Minnesota governor, named keynote speaker for the June Philadelphia convention, with Joseph W. Martin Jr. as permanent chairman. Stassen, 33, is too young for a presidential bid, while Martin provides House leadership experience.
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Johnson
Roosevelt
Mr. Dewey
Raymond Clapper
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Stassen
Joe Martin
House
Congress
US stance on Netherlands Indies keeps Pacific stable
Secretary of State Hull declared the United States would not intervene in the Netherlands Indies if the Dutch join Europe’s war. He warned intervention would jeopardize stability, peace and security across the entire Pacific, where Japan sources rubber and tin for America.
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Hull
Dutch East Indies
Far East
Japan
Netherlands
Germany
Hitler
The
Hague
Netherlands East Indies
South Pacific
Europe
United States
America
Netherlands Indies
Pacific
Mother of 1940 Selected as American Mother of the Year
Edith Graham Mayo of Rochester Minnesota widow of Charles H Mayo is named American Mother of 1940. She represents mothers in New York on Mother's Day May 12. The selection was made by the Golden Rule foundation's American Mothers' National committee.
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Edith Graham Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Charles H. Mayo
Hurja the Political Miner Joins Garner’s Forces
Em Hurja a noted political statistician famed for charting public drift in the early New Deal era becomes an ally of Is Gold Mine Garner Forces. His career spans Michigan Washington Seattle and Alaska with stops in Texas oil fields Wall Street and the Democratic committee.
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EM. Hurja
Garner
Emil Hurja
Michigan Peninsula
Seattle
Yakima
Post-Intelligencer
University of Washington
Henry Suzallo
Suzallo
Henry Ford
Texas
Alaska
Ben Smith
Wall Street
James Farley
National Democratic Committee
Philippine leader rethinks independence amid Pacific crisis
Eighteen years ago Manuel Quezon declared he would prefer a hellish Filipino-run government to a heaven-sent American one. Now with the Nippon threat widening in the Pacific he questions timing and is negotiating a re‑examination of the Philippine problem as 1946 nears.
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Wheeler
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Commonwealth
Tavern Keeper's Horse Is Greedy Beer Drinker
Caesar the brown and white horse owned by Bill Boyer, a Columbus tavern operator, drinks from a basin at the bar but only two glasses per sitting. A Dallas note reports a thief breaking into a Methodist church and taking only a Bible.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bill Boyer
Atlanta Woman Finds Pearl in Oyster Fry
Miss Edith Cole man bought oysters from a grocer supplied by an Atlanta firm. She fried them and found a hard object in her meal. A jeweler valued the pearl at $300, though it remained untried.
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Atlanta
Newnan
Edith Coleman
Border Town Pupils Enjoy Holidays in Calexico
Pupils in Calexico California on the international border observe American and state holidays as well as Mexican civil and religious celebrations, creating a cross cultural school life.
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Calexico
Calif
Gasoline in Water Well From Mysterious Source
W F Wade has drawn gasoline from his water well for months but locating the leak remains unsolved. Tests show a tetra ethyl lead gasoline film in the water, likely from a nearby pump. Investigations of storage tanks and pipes near the well found no leak after air pressure tests.
Device Warns of Danger From Radium Exposure
The national bureau of standards has developed a device that flashes a warning and buzzes when radium exposure reaches the safe limit. Hospitals using large amounts of radium should shield technicians from overexposure.
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Washington
National Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Artificial Leg Reveals $816 in Savings for Deceased Tenant
In Tulsa, crumpled postal savings certificates totaling $816 were found in an artificial leg used by R. Kerenes, 70, who died. Mrs. M Brandon, owner of the rooming house where he resided, said little about Kerenes beyond a modest regular income.
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Tulsa
R. Kerenes
Buffalo Bull Hitler Trapped by Truck After Police Standoff
In Pittsburgh a 2000 pound buffalo named Hitler defied 20 police for hours escaping into South Park. After cajolery, snowball barrage and car horns failed, officers used a truck with a snow plow to prod him back to captivity. Napoleon remained at large with two other bulls.
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Pittsburgh
Hitler
South Park
Napoleon
Baron Convicted as Spy in Zurich Espionage Case
A Moravian baron, name withheld, on payrolls of both British and German intelligence, was sentenced in Zurich to six months for turning Switzerland into an espionage hub. The case ties to cross border intelligence activity and a hidden aristocrat accused of foreign spying.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Towns Name Revisions Trace Sniptown Legacy
WPA survey uncovers that Gardener Massachusetts once named Sniptown after being carved from five neighboring towns. The 21 000 resident community adopted a new designation in a process reflecting early colonial town formation.
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Gardener
Mass
Sniptown
WPA Historical Records Survey
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