Hobby aids women in defense effort and journalism
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby of Houston leads the women’s division of the army defense effort, running the Houston Post and KPRC radio while holding multiple directorships. Her career spans law, parliamentary work, and publishing, earning national recognition as a strong advocate for women in public service. Rep. Mansfield, at 80, remains a driving force for river and harbor projects, arguing these are essential defense undertakings and pushing federal support for a sea level Panama canal and Texas oil transport.
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Consolidated Features
WNN
New York
Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston
Texas
Army
Tocanta
Houston Post
The
Post
William Pettus Hobby
KPRC
National Bank
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Texas State Teachers’ College
Junior League
Houston Symphonic Society
National Association of Parliamentarians
Hobby
National Federation of Women’s Press Clubs
Temple
Russian Pretender Kyrillovitch Eyes Romanoff Comeback
Before the war Vladmir Kyrillovitch son of the late Grand Duke Cyril worked in a diesel engine plant in England. He claimed he would teach 2,000,000 White Russians the skills to reclaim their homeland. He returned to his Brittany estate and reports say Nazis press him to imagine a Romanoff restoration.
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Ust
Vladimir Kyrillovitch
Cyril
Russia
England
Brittany
Paris
U S Destroyer Sunk in Iceland Convoy Action
The column reports a U S destroyer torpedoed and sunk while on convoy duty west of Iceland. It also notes a strike in captive coal mines ended and 34 people billed as two airliners crashed, per the editor’s note.
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U. S
Iceland
Showdown in the Lewis Roosevelt Mining Strike
The 53,000 coal miners paused their four day shutdown in a closed shop dispute. A White House conference with John L. Lewis Myron Taylor and William H. Davis led to a 15 day truce and mediation toward a settlement. The conflict split over labor policy rather than wages or hours.
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Myron C. Taylor
U. S. Steel
William H. Davis
National Mediation Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
Roosevelt
Lewis
Myron Taylor
Tragedies Strike Airliners In 24 Hours Attracts Attention
In a single day two commercial airliners crashed killing 34 aboard. One near Fargo North Dakota as it neared landing in fog with 14 dead and the pilot surviving. The second crash near St Thomas Ontario killed 20 aboard from New York to Chicago. Conditions were foggy and under investigation. The report notes a separate wartime update on Moscow with rain slowing German advances and public warnings from Goebbels.
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Fargo
N. D
New York
Chicago
St. Thomas
Ontario
Moscow
Goebbels
South America
Western Hemisphere
Hitler
Koenigsberg
Central America
Axis
Italy
Japan
Argentina
Uruguay
Il Duce
Peru
Chile
Paraguay
Brazil
Panama Canal
Sinking of the U S S Reuben James Ends Naval Losses
The destroyer Reuben James was torpedoed west of Iceland during convoy duty, the first U S warship sunk in the current European war. Commanded by Lieut. Comdr. H. L. Edwards, the 1929 flush deck ship marked a turning point after the Kearny incident. The piece also covers Roosevelt's Navy Day address,South American map theories, and sharp isolationist rebuttals led by Wheeler Taft and Pepper.
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U. S
Reuben James
Iceland
President Roosevelt
Kearny
H. L. Edwards
Wheeler
Taft
Senate
Pepper
Florida
Walsh
Massachusetts
Congress
Roosevelt
Life in Germany Under Bombing and Wartime Struggles
Goebbels declares Germans endure hardship with rationing and hard work as air raids force nights in cellars and days to shovel coal. Japan grows restless amid Allied aid toChina and Chungking, while U S labor fronts face strikes and union disputes in Detroit and Seattle. Washington fears rising labor tensions.
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Paul Joseph Goebbels
Royal Air Force
Germany
Reich
Roosevelt plans for Albermarle island defence fail
The Galapagos Albermarle project intended to host a U S naval base off Panama faced cancellation after German propaganda stirred fears of Yankee aggression. President Roosevelt backed a private company to develop fishing and cattle while naval plans shifted, ending the Panama defense base dream. OPM probes target auto makers and steel firms for priority order violations amid defense material shortages. Marlene Dietrich offers public support for patriotic use of her image and Sam Rayburn discusses his Texas ranch ambitions.
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Washington, D. C
South America
U. S
Panama Canal
Ecuador
Jesse Jones
Albermarle
Galapagos Group
Panama
Pacific
Canal
Roosevelt
U. S. S. Houston
Galapagos
Amasa Delano
Islands
China
Pacific Development Company
Delaware
RFC
Jesse
Jones
Navy Department
Merry-Go-Round
Marlene Dietrich
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Executions Halted as Hitler Grants France Chance to Cooperate
A sudden halt in French reprisals was ordered after attacks on German officers. A leaked report claimed two German officers were killed in the Lille sector, with Hitler ordering a pause to offer France a last chance to cooperate.
Bulbs Bloom All Winter If You Start Them Now
A home gardening notice promotes winter blooming by potting bulbs now. It highlights white callas in January, amaryllis and daffodils in sequence, and narcissus for fragrance. The 32 page booklet promises guidance on potting and growing bulbs, vines, water culture, and related plants.
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By Lemuel F. Parton
Texas Assembly
Louisiana
Mansfield
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield
Virginia
Commonwealth
Eagle Lake
Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
U.S. Navy
Nippon
Yomiuri
Chungking
Soviets
Britain
United States
Shanghai
Wang Ching-Wei
Kukiang
LABOR
Detroit
OPM
Seattle
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Washington
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Auto
Steel
Naval
Anthony L. Danis
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Peggles
Sixth Avenue
New York City
Department
Yotz Farm Hatchery
Shawnee
Kansas
Disraeli
Ovid
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
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