Peace Allies Likely to Impose on Germany If Hitler Falls
Editor notes discuss Allied plans for postwar Germany should Hitler be defeated. The column weighs Britain's stance under Chamberlain and Churchill, France and Poland’s position, and the American view on neutrality and potential peace terms. It questions if Versailles repeats and whether a Hitler No 2 could rise.
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U. S
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Roosevelt
Britain
France
Roosevelt and Congress Clash Over Neutrality Policy
In wartime tensions of 1939, Franklin Roosevelt faced a hollow Senate majority as he pressed for neutrality changes. Public polls showed growing doubt about his approach while he pursued embargoes, passport seizures, and a possible free hand for wartime policy amid mounting international hostilities. Tokyo nervously weighed shifting alliances as European conflict escalated.
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Hull
Messrs
Roosevelt
Sen
Key Pittman
Senate Committee
U. S
Congress
Gallup
Mr. Roosevelt
Europe
State Department
Navy Department
Frank Murphy
Polish Leader Smigly-Rydz Seen Ready to Fight Without Russia
A 1930s profile notes General Edward Smigly-Rydz as Poland's strongman, esteemed for military skill but limited in political power. It highlights his history against Bolsheviks, hesitance over Russia alliance, and potential stance if conflict with Germany arises. Also mentions Michigan Governor Loren Dickinson’s stand against sin and its political impact.
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York
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Poland
Germany
Russia
Polish Academy of Letters
Joseph Pilsudski
Josef Beck
Michigan
Loren D. Dickinson
Albany
Chicago
Detroit
Belshazzar
Dickinson
Dr. Parkhurst
New York
Settlers move to sagebrush soil in Yakima project
In central Washington hundreds of settlers will claim 40 acre tracts on the Roza unit of the Yakima valley project. Water is not expected until spring 1941, but settlers may clear land and lay ditch networks now. The 72 000 acre Roza system will serve 1 800 families and tie into Tieton Sunnyside and Kittitas divisions.
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Yakima
Wash
Washington
C. E. Crownover
U. S. Reclamation Bureau
Crownover
Yakima Valley
Tieton
Sunnyside
Kittitas
Roza
Reclamation Bureau
Civilian Conservation Corps
J. S. Moore
Yakima Valley Project
Moore
Timeline of key events leading to World War II in 1939
The chronology lists events from August 21 1939 when the German Soviet non aggression pact was announced to September 3 1939 as Britain and France declare war following Germany invasion of Poland. It notes German demands on Poland August 23 and Hitler's talks with French Premier Daladier August 27 along with Britain’s firmness August 28 and 29 30 notes exchanged, culminating in Britain’s 11 AM September 3 declaration of war and France’s 5 PM follow.
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Hitler
Britain
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Chamberlain
Nuremberg
Maginot Line
France
Poland
Germany
West Wall
Baltic
Gdynia
Russia
Mediterranean
Spain
Italy
Francisco Franco
Benito Mussolini
Black Seas
Rumania
Constanta
Warsaw
Balkan Countries
Adolf Hitler
Japan
U. S
Orient
Tokyo
Reich
Stalin
Chungking
Daladier
Soviet Army Maintains Massive Arts Programs
Over 300,000 Soviet troops serve as dancers, musicians, singers, actors, and poets. Every unit and warship hosts choirs, orchestras, and dramatic groups. Noted soloist Vassilii Drovyannikov, a former Red Army member, trained in the arts there. Daytime duties include fields and ranges. evenings feature performances for soldiers and sailors.
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Moscow
Moscow Grand Theater of Opera and Ballet
Vassilii Drovyannikov
Red Army
Engineer Invents Baby Trailer for Bicycles
ASHTABULA OHIO an engineering works employee has devised a baby trailer to be attached to bicycles. Mike Zalimeni seeks a patent for his device saying it will allow people to take a baby along on bicycle trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Ohio
Mike Zalimeni
Time Change Ignored By Traveling Rooster
A rooster that did not adjust to new sunrise times arrived in Montreal on the liner Ascania to join a shipment of rare fowl for C. G. May the British delegate. He noted the bird crowed at its English schedule each night despite time zone differences on the voyage to Cleveland for the World Poultry congress.
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John McGovern
Independent
Labor Party
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
France
British Empire
Barbara Hutton Reventlow
Isle of Capri
CBS
NBC News
London
Montreal
Canada
England
C. G. May
Cleveland
May
Strange Facts Air to Float Wood and Lily Custom on Easter
A collection of curious notes notes on air density in deep mines could float wood and water, Easter lily restrictions in Northern Ireland punishable by fine, a legal quirk about Associate Justice Baldwin's tenure on the US Supreme Court, and Italian Riviera balconies with painted substitutes including the family wash.
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Northern Ireland
Dublin
Henry Baldwin
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States
Riviera
Collier’s
Camel cigarettes burn longer and hold ash in tests
A leading lab tested 16 top selling brands and found Camels contain more tobacco by weight, burn 25 percent slower than the average of rivals, and hold ash longer. The report claims Camels deliver more smoke per pack and a cooler milder taste, offering better value per penny.
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Cordell
Asia
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