Yardley and Yardley Era Recalled in American Espionage Notes
A column recalls Maj Herbert Yardley and the Black Chamber, noting government interest in foreign broadcasts and cryptography. It also traces Thomas A. Morgan of Sperry, from a North Carolina farm to navy service and later the Sperry corporation presidency, linking wartime tech to postwar solvency efforts.
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York
Sybil
Washington
Herbert O. Yardley
Black Chamber
Major Yardley
State Department
North Carolina
Thomas A. Morgan
Sperry Corporation
Lincoln
Roosevelt Decrees Navy Must Shoot First At Axis Submarines
President Roosevelt in a global radio address denounced German attacks on American ships as piracy and ordered U S navy fire first on Axis submarines or raiders in the western Atlantic To protect ships of any flag plying peaceful trade the President said the sea lanes are not in a war zone He blamed Hitler for a plan to control seas and land and urged unity against obstructionists outlining losses including the Sessna and Steel Seafarer and outlining lend lease aid and US casualties He noted the Red Sea incident and cited spurious German claims of targeting all ships while lifting some travel restrictions for belligerent ships.
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Roosevelt
U. S
Atlantic
Hitler
Steel Seafarer
Middle East
Sessna
Nazi Germany
Iceland
Germany
State Department
Washington
Britain
United States
Red Sea
Spitzbergen Operation Shapes Arctic War Front
The article describes the British occupation of Spitzbergen as a strategic coup with military and economic value. It highlights new bases near Norway, coal mines, and French officers joining Free French forces, while noting Arctic ports as vital in Britain’s wartime vision. It also covers a political clash in Congress over film industry pro war propaganda with Nye and Willkie.
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Spitzbergen
Arctic Circle
Norway
England
France
Britain
Canada
de Gaulle
Iceland
Greenland
Vladivostok
Siberian
Petsamo
Murmansk
Narvik
Nye
Wendell Willkie
U S Builds Atlantic Bases To Guard Against Nazi Move
The national drive to preempt a Dakar to South America Nazi air threat focuses on air dromes in Freetown Sierra Leone and a Liberian facility. A Liberian airstrip and submarine base, built with Firestone, would replace some U S Navy presence in the South Atlantic, boosting bombing reach from Africa to deter Vichy forces.
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United States
Africa
Dakar
South America
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Pan American Airways
Egypt
Liberia
Firestone Rubber Company
U. S
South Atlantic
Hawaii
California
Pacific
Atlantic
Attacks on U S Ships Declared Piracy by President
In a weekly analysis Edward C Wayne says the president has labeled West Atlantic assaults on U S ships as piracy and has ordered the Navy to shoot any Axis raiders found in waters deemed outside the war zone. The piece reflects the editor’s opinion.
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U. S
West Atlantic
Tokyo and Paris Briefs on Policy and Rations
The press notes a softening stance toward U S foreign policy in Japan. In Paris the new cigarette ration falls to 120 per month while many American smokers use 20 to 40 daily. Another limit caps Jewish doctors and lawyers at 2 percent.
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Tokyo
United States
Paris
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Consolidated Features
WIN
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Yardley
Henry L. Stimson
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Japan
Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Service
Sperry
Navy
Elmer A. Sperry
Mr. Morgan
America
Chariot of Progress
Moroe
Russia
FBI
G-men
Long Island
F.D.R
Willkie
Senate
Leningrad
Battle Technic
Washington, D. C
U.S
Wilbur Wrenn
Arthur Bott
Minnie Wray
John J. Applegate
Nell
Joe
Greta
Johnson
Will
Wallace Wright
Claridge’s
London
John H. Perry
Western Newspaper Union
Owen County
Kentucky
Royal Canadian Air Force
Perry
Sam
Louisiana
Georgia
Florida
Virginia
Mississippi
WPA
Hattie Caraway
Senate Commerce Committee
Arkansas
Caraway
Luther
Gas Shack
Wottaman
Barnett
Puggy
Harold Ickes
Uncle Sam
Ima Dodo
Churchill
Mr. Roosevelt
Merrill Chilcote
United States Golf Association
Edward C. Wayne
Rose McCade
Jersey City
Alexander McCade
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Spitzbergen Islands
Svalbard
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