Semyon Timoshenko a Hard Bargain Boss in Moscow
In Moscow after 20 years the fate of commissars shifts from veto power to paychecks as Semyon Timoshenko rises to defense leadership and returns to political command roles. Harriet Elliott, first woman drafted for national defense advisory, becomes consumer adviser coordinating living standards and price watch amid mobilization and new laws.
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Moscow
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Pane
Warsaw
Semyon
Russia
Finland
National Defense Advisory Commission
Harriet Elliott
Miss Elliott
Woman's College
University of North Carolina
Mill
Adam Smith
Senate approves men and property draft bill in defense program
Editor notes opinions reflect columnists. article claims U S Senate passed a draft measure linking people and property to national defense. Sports and international items include a retarded blitzkrieg credited to France and Mussolini fomenting anti Greece sentiment.
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France
Duce
Greece
Senate approves Burke-Wadsworth conscription bill
After 14 days of debate a coalition of administrationists and Republicans overrode anti-conscription opposition to pass the Burke Wadsworth draft measure. The bill would enroll 12 million men ages 21 to 31 for a year of training and allow drafting private industry if needed for defense production.
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Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Wendell Willkie
National Guard
Betsy Ross sets light airplane altitude record in Lebanon
Betsy Ross, a 20 year old flyer from Lebanon Pennsylvania, soars to 18 200 feet in a light plane powered by a 65 horsepower engine setting a new altitude record. The report also mentions Lady Haw Haw broadcasting from Berlin and Constance Drexel’s associates recognizing her voice. Crown Princess Martha and Mrs J Borden Harriman arrive in New York aboard the American Legion transport, after the ship navigated mined waters and Berlin threats. Washington warns Berlin to answer for ship security.
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Lebanon
Lady Haw Haw
U. S
Berlin
Lord Haw Haw
England
Constance Drexel
Philadelphia
Germany
Elizabeth
J. Borden Harriman
Oslo
Martha
Norway
New York
U. S. Army
American Legion
Washington
Congress approves mercy ship plan for child refugees
Congress passes a bill authorizing use of American vessels to bring child war refugees to the United States. Before trips are approved, all warring parties must guarantee the ships will not be attacked. American foster parents must guarantee the children will not become public charges. Admission totals follow the immigration quota.
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America
Detour Delays Invasion Plan With Franco In Madrid
The report notes Hitler delayed reaching England with Spain blamed and Franco weighing a Gibraltar strike to trap British ships. Franco pressed a pro Gibraltar campaign while a British mission offered immediate aid and postwar control, prompting a Berlin counter offer. Franco plays both ends as Hitler's blitzkrieg stalls.
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England
Washington
Spain
Franco
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Madrid
Berlin
Hitler
Shell Games And World War II Attacks Across Europe
The piece links German coastal guns to long range shells on Dover and Berlin air raids by Goering's Luftwaffe. It notes Trotsky's murder in Mexico by Frank Jackson with Sylvia Ageloff present, claiming an inside job tied to the Fourth International.
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Marshal Goering
Luftwaffe
London
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Coyoacan
Mexico
Leon Trotsky
Frank Jackson
Fourth Internationale
Trotsky
Nicolai Lenin
Czar Nicholas
Lenin
Stalin
OGPU
Syria
Brooklyn
Sylvia Ageloff
Jackson
Joyless Mudville Poet Thayer Dies at 77 in California
Ernest L. Thayer, author of Casey at the Bat, died in Santa Barbara at age 77. His farewell note arrives as Dan Casey reflects on the poem's fame, and national election winners have all accepted, with Wallace and McNary confirming in their home towns.
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Casey
Santa Barbara
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Ivy
New England
DeWolf Hopper
Hopper
Thayer
Silver Springs
Dan Casey
Henry A. Wallace
Charles L. McNary
McNary
Salem, Ore
Wallace
Des Moines
Iowa
Cabinet-Jesse Jones invited to join Roosevelt's cabinet
NAMES in the news lists that Jesse Jones of Texas received an invitation to join the cabinet as Harry Hopkins resigns as secretary of commerce. Jones may keep his federal loan administrator post, thus two jobs for one pay. Myron C. Taylor returns home from Vatican duty due to ill health and is not expected back. Alec Templeton, 30, marries Juliette Viani, 38, in Hollywood. FBI probes Sir George Paish amid Wheeler bid to draw US into war. John W. McConnell donates 1 million dollars to Lord Beaverbrook for Britain's war effort.
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Texas
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Alec Templeton
Juliette Viani
Hollywood
FBI
George Paish
Wheeler
Mont
U. S
John W. McConnell
Montreal
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Empire
War Chest
Schoolchildren Back On Streets Risking Traffic
After Labor Day, over 21.75 million elementary students will cross streets daily. Ten year old Nancy Carroll and seven year old Dominic Morris of Chicago remind drivers to heed signs. Last year traffic crashes killed 2,350 children aged 5 to 14 and injured 156,000.
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Nancy Carroll
Dominic Morris
Chicago
Oil and Greece: a hotspot as Axis eyes shift east
Axis strategy pins oil and transit routes on Persia and Turkish ports. Metaxas weighs Mussolini influence while Greece blames Italy for incursions and an attack on its fleet. If Turkey and Russia back Greece, war looms. Britain pledges support but bears heavy tasks ahead.
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Greece
Persia
Rome
John” Metaxas
Germany
Mussolini
Albania
Turkey
Russia
Britain
Longest Gas Pipeline Proposal Sparks Miner Arousal
The Federal Power Commission considers a Dallas to Atlantic seaboard gas pipeline stretching 1,500 miles sparking coal miners in Pennsylvania. Lewis B Barringer of New Jersey sets a 14,000 foot glide height in Sun Valley Idaho.
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Federal Power Commission
Dallas
Texas
North Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Sun Valley
Idaho
Lewis B. Barringer
New Jersey
Johnson on Hitler and Britain's Survival and Universal Registration
General Hugh S Johnson argues Hitler will not seize England this year and warns against overreliance on war bulletins. He urges universal registration of men 18 to 60 to enable scientific manpower quotas and defense planning ahead of elections.
Household tips on cleaning and cooking methods
Ammonia and water remove varnish from furniture. Bake apples with little sugar to preserve flavor. add honey to a baked apple for extra taste. Use leftover fruit juice in gelatin for richer desserts. For iron scorch on whites use hydrogen peroxide. it lightens colors on colored fabrics. Punches improve after standing. refrigerate in jars at least 24 hours. Lemon juice brightens apple pie layers.
Base Slander Meets No Regard From Noble Minds
The line notes that slander fails to gain respect from noble minds while baser people propagate it. It emphasizes discernment and disdain for petty falsehoods in a reflective moral tone.
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