Willkie Addresses, Navy Leaders Highlight Turbulent Era
Wendell Willkie shows tireless pace with over two thousand invitation requests and wide range of interests from TVA to securities regulation. Navy Admiral Harold Stark, buttressed by a large force, argues for an autonomous air fleet and rapid response. Mediterranean shifts in World War II, Italian neutrality signals, and Italy’s Rex voyage frame a tense regional picture as Britain reroutes ships around Africa.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Patterson
Maine
Lieut. Stark
Roosevelt
Harold R. Stark
Admiral Stark
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
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Wilkes-Barre
Philippines
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France
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Germany
Ened
Italy
Brenner Pass
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
William Phillips
U. S
Mussolini
Rex
Naples
New York
Spring Month Drives Delegates to Party Conventions
May year is pivotal as Roosevelt leads Democrats with 305 pledged delegates while Dewey heads Republicans with 477 of 1 000. Democrats have 374 of 1 094 delegates and plan to select about 400 more in May. Burton Wheeler hints at a run if Roosevelt declines. Stassen coordinates with Rep Joe Martin as Republicans shape their platform and face unity over a war stance.
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Thomas Dewey
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Washington
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Stassen
U S Shipping Hits Ten Year High Despite Neutrality Act
Attorney General Jackson forms a special justice department unit to probe neutrality act violations amid increased ship departures. Federal figures show 18 percent private employment rise. WPA workers tally 1.25 million leaving to join industry and farms, with many returning later. Chamber of Commerce at 28th session pins low mood on New Deal, implying Roosevelt’s role without naming him.
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U. S
Jackson
Justice Department
Paul McNutt
WPA
Harrington
Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
W. Gibson Carey
Roosevelt
Carey
Political row over federal power and defense supplies
A Washington column critiques Ickes and federal overreach, arguing states lose autonomy under direct federal funding and urging prudent stockpiling of tin and rubber for defense. It contrasts wartime needs with gold storage and notes policy debates on aid to Europe.
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Kentucky
West Point
Berle
State Department
Europe
Nazis Gain Ground in Norway Amid Allied Sail Watch
Editorial analysis notes Nazi progress in Norway as Allied naval forces monitor. Italy and Balkan states remain unsettled as strategic tensions persist across Europe.
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Norway
Italy
Balkan
Censor Warns Against Idle Talk as War Fears Spread
Canada warns citizens through posters to avoid idle talk about military matters fearing enemy agents. France tightens gossip controls and warns of prosecution for even small remarks. Paris restaurants fear summer outdoor dining may shrink due to blackouts and managers seek permission to use limited lighting.
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Canada
Department of National Defense
France
Paris
Hard Hitting Buffs to Be Honored by Boosters in Houston
The Houston Buffs host Dallas Rebels on Buff Booster Night at Buffalo Stadium with an Opening Night program including fireworks and bands. Fans in Dallas will compete for a charity prize as Booster Nights return across cities, while Houston hosts Tulsa and Fort Worth in upcoming games as the Buffs, led by Nick Cullop Tom Winsett and Johnny Antonelli, top the Texas League with strong hitting.
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Buffalo Stadium
Buffs
Dallas Rebels
Fred Ankenman
Buff Booster Committee
Dallas
Houston
Tulsa
Fort Worth
Johnny Antonelli
Nick Cullop
Danny Murtaugh
Tom Winsett
John Wyrostek
Eskimos Embrace White Man's Ways in Odd Tales
A Mackenzie Delta Eskimo carved an ivory tooth after losing one to a harpoon, while another set up a portable dentist drill on Herschel Island offering gold teeth for fox pelts and charts promising cures. The Eskimo grasp of modern tech is mixed with comic and poignant adaptation as a medicine man lights his driftwood igloo with electric power.
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New York
Philip H. Godsell
Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
Godsell
Pokiak
Bird in Hand Not Worth Two in Bush
In Oroville California Harry Harper learned a pheasant can turn the tables. He grabbed a tail sticking from a rice shock mistaken for a dead bird. The pheasant fought back kicking him in the face and escaped with its tail while Harper lost his gun.
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Oroville
Calif
Harry Harper
Mother of 24 children in Cadiz Ohio keeps family intact
Mrs Clyde Dunlap 44 mother of 24 living children says she wouldn’t give up any of them. Her husband, a coal miner in poor health, earns little and works part time at a hillside mine. The latest additions are twin boys and a four year old joined the mine routine to help at home.
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Cadiz
Ohio
Clyde Dunlap
Mississippi River Low Water Stems From Drought and Supreme Court Ruling
In St. Louis the Mississippi runs at its lowest level in memory with sections below the Missouri junction only half normal width. Drought drives the low flow while engineers cite a Supreme Court order reducing water diversion from Lake Michigan effective January 1 as a contributing factor.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi River
United States Supreme Court
Mississippi
Missouri
Supreme Court
Lake Michigan
Retired Officer Carries Buckshot for 23 Years
BAY CITY MICH 80 year old Harry Cap Anderson recalls gunfire from 1916 when Norman Stanley shot him after killing Stanley’s wife. Stanley died by suicide that night. Pellets from the chest wound remain as living memory.
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Bay City
Mich
Harry
Cap”) Anderson
Norman Stanley
Anderson
Stanley
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