Crowell named defense consultant by Secretary Stimson
Benedict Crowell, 71, veteran industrialist and former assistant secretary of war, is cited as a defense consultant by Secretary Stimson. The piece recalls his war munitions organization work, his vast writings on industry in war, and parallels to Margueritte’s Franco‑French prophecies.
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York
Benedict Crowell
Crowell
Defense
Stimson
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
South
North
East
Cleveland
Army High Command
Yale University
Mr. Crowell
Otis Steel Company
America
Robert Forrest Wilson
Draft on conscription frets over 60-day delay and scope
November prospects suggest no US youth will be drafted before elections. House action set 21 to 35 age range with a broad registration 21 to 45 and plant seizure amendments. Conferees settled on 21 to 35, removed 60-day volunteer delay, while Hershey leads draft planning. Willkie opposes the delay amid munitions disaster and Italian Egyptian offensives unfold.
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House
Wadsworth
N. Y
Fish
Senate
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Miss America 1941 and Henry Street founder dies at 73
Lillian D. Ward founder of the Henry Street Settlement and a founder of the federal children's bureau died at age 73 in Westport Connecticut. In Atlantic City Frances Marie Burke, 19, of Philadelphia was chosen Miss America 1941 at 5 feet 9 inches and 120 pounds.
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Henry Street
Lillian D. Ward
Westport
Conn
Federal Children's Bureau
Atlantic City
Frances Marie Burke
Philadelphia
Nightly Luftwaffe Bombs Hit London as War Intensifies
In week fifty three of the war, Nazi air raids batter London with hundreds of bombers. Goering directs operations from France while British reports recount fires, wrecked hospitals, and disrupted gas mains. Buckingham Palace struck but no injuries. British morale remains defiant as raids reach Berlin.
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Reichmarshal
Hermann W. Goering
France
Luftwaffe
Channel
London
British Empire
Fleet Street
Buckingham Palace
Berlin
Churchill
Labor Board appoints Charles Fahy as assistant solicitor general
Charles Fahy, a soft spoken council of the National Labor Relations Board, is promoted by President Roosevelt to assistant solicitor general. He led the NLRB through five years of injunction battles and Supreme Court tests, moving to the office that prepares the government's side in hearings before the Supreme Court.
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Charles Fahy
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
NLRB
Supreme Court
Trend survey and world event highlights outline wartime shifts
A digest notes a congressional recess before October, Vatican peace hopes fading, and Allied and Axis moves. Reports cover Bausch and Lomb eye lens tests, rayon industry shifts, AFL unemployment near 1929 lows, and education growth to 32 million. Also details Weygand’s rapid cabinet changes, arrests in Vichy France, Rothschild fortunes seized, and Henry Haye’s U.S. arrival. The Boston Legion convention and notable deaths and political changes across Paraguay conclude the briefing.
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Congress
Washington
Vatican
Reich
Bausch and Lomb
Japan
U. S
American Federation of Labor
Federal Office of Education
Britain and Russia in talks seek smoother wartime ties
Behind the scenes discussions among the state department and Russian envoy Dumansky aim to align U S Soviet relations and cooperation against Japan. Sir Stafford Cripps presses Moscow toward the British side as Stalin weighs moves in Europe and toward Germany.
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Britain
U. S
Russia
Washington
D. C
State Department
Dumansky
Japan
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Stalin
Red
Hitler
Balkans
England
Sir Stafford
West
East
Poland
Berlin
Berlin Foreign Office
War Ministry
Germany
Europe
France
Spain
Italy
Western
Commandeering Power Debate and Draft History
The piece argues the notion of commandeering private property is a legal and political device, comparing it to eminent domain and condemning it as electioneering. It notes wartime needs, favors the President's control, recalls Wilson 1918 reforms, and outlines the Civil War draft lottery method and the 1917 serial registration system.
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Secretaries of War
Navy
War
Wilson
War Industries Board
Smith
Senate
Buncombe
War Department
House and Senate Age Limit Draft Bill and Air War Blasts
Lawmakers propose 21 to 35 age cap for draft and drop volunteer forces. London area rocked by heavy air raids. A munitions plant explosion claims 32 lives as war news dominates.
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House
Senate
London
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Poincare
Lewis B. Hershey
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Denmark
Norway
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General Weygand
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Huntziger
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Paul Reynaud
Maurice Gamelin
Riom
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Pierre Cot
Guy la Chambre
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New York
M. Henry Haye
Jose Estigarribia
Paraguay
Chaco
Higinio Morinigo
Coughlin
Father Coughlin
National Association of Broadcasters
Network
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
U. S. Army
Annapolis
West Point
Army
Bill Green
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Johnson JG Ays
Unites
Wiu Serve
Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
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