Molotov Speech Strains Soviet U S Ties Amid Italian Neutrality
In a tense Europe overview, Molotov signals possible Soviet moves as Rome keeps neutrality. Mussolini reshuffles key officials, shifting toward moderate leadership while Italy avoids an alliance with Britain and France. Allied reactions mix relief and concern over Finland Poland and broader neutrality policy.
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France
Alberto Pariani
Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Giuseppe Valle
Hermann Goering
Rodolfo Graziani
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Dino Grandi
Paris
Berlin
London
Italy
Giuseppe Bastianini
Balkans
Russia
Il Duce
Molotov
Reich
Britain
Sian
United States
Philippines
Soviet Union
Finland
Massachusetts
John McCormack
Laurence Steinhardt
Moscow
Michael Kalinin
Kalinin
Roosevelt
U. S
White House
Steve Early
German shock troops push from frontier as Belgium and Netherlands fears rise
Murky weather cleared as German assault forces struck along the French frontier. Netherlands imposes eight-province siege and flood tactics to stall Nazi advances while Belgium braces. U S ships detained as City of Flint moves toward Germany with a Nazi prize crew aboard. Britain names Lord Nuffield to bolster North Sea blockade amid persistent U boat raids.
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Belgium
Netherlands
Flint
Germany
U. S
The
Reich
Britain
Washington
Coulmore
New England
Lord Nuffield
Henry Ford
Air Ministry
North Sea
Aviation News Question Set From Historic Column
A reader quiz lists five items on aviation and wartime trivia including who Clyde Schlieper and Wes Carroll are, the intended nonstop flight destination and its success, a cancer treatment case, a treaty question about oil lands, and a treasury loan proposal for small firms or groups.
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Clyde Schlieper
Wes Carroll
New York
Homer Stout
Oklahoma
Mexican Revolutionary Party
Sen
James Mead
The
Treasury
Britain
Roosevelt third-term talk roils San Francisco politics
In the wartime scramble Henry Wallace and other liberal figures reignite debate over a third term for Franklin Roosevelt. Senator Wheeler seeks liberal backing while McNary and Olson respond, with Lewis warning that Wheeler must be consulted in future liberal discussions as Stanley Lewis backs the A F L and has friends in the Senate.
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Henry Wallace
Oregon
Charles McNary
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
la Follette
California
Cuthbert Olson
Salt Lake City
John Lewis
Wheeler
West
Lewis
Washington
A. F. of L
Senate
Telephone firms bar Moses Annenberg race info service
Following an ultimatum from Chicago District Attorney Thomas J. Courtney and U S District Attorney William J Campbell American Telephone and Telegraph barred Moses Annenberg s race betting information service from its facilities The Illinois Bell Telephone Company followed suit.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Courtney
U. S
William J. Campbell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Moses Annenberg
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Star Dust Highlights from Bette Davis and Film News
Bette Davis presses to star in a stage-originated drama after Warner Brothers purchased the property. James Stewart may contend for an acting award for Mr Smith Goes to Washington. Mutiny in the Big House premiered at a Pennsylvania penitentiary, with the warden noting viewers learned from it. Tailspin Tommy filming incidents with ten model planes caused delays and property damage. Buck Benny Rides Again features Jack Benny's radio troupe with Don Wilson in a straight role. Nelson Eddy’s salary crisis prompts cast and sponsors to reassess his pay at six thousand five hundred dollars weekly.
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Jack Benny
Mary Livingstone
Paramount
Buck Benny
Andy Devine
Don Wilson
Benny
Nelson Eddy
Question Card Style Trivia Quiz
A set of ten concise queries covering contest versus tournament old age for George Eliot time zones trade dollars common Latin abbreviations and live in Rome versus Italian demonyms Star Spangled Banner title Alaska Indian population extemporaneous meaning and rubber tree tapping frequency.
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George Eliot
Chicago
San Francisco
Rome
Alaska
A Quiz With Answers 1885 Trade in the Orient
The text lists varied items from language notes to trivia about the Star-Spangled Banner and demographics in Alaska. It mentions the anthem’s 1931 status, Key as composer, and population figures for Indians Eskimos Aleuts and Alaska’s total by territory. It notes unpremeditated and rubber tree tapping intervals of 5 to 10 years.
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Orient
United States
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Alaska
Definition of contest and tournament terms noting time zones
A contest is a battle for supremacy while a tournament usually tests athletics or card skill. George Eliot is identified as a woman. Time zone tally: two votes for mountain time and one for Pacific time. A U S coin has not been minted since a prior date.
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George Eliot
U.S
Endurance flyers over Long Beach misroute to Peru
The report notes Schlieper and Carroll flew six hours beyond 30 days over Long Beach and ended in Ecuador after aiming for Lima. They are tired from the mission.
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Schlieper
Carroll
Long Beach
Calif
Lima
Peru
Ecuador
Odds and Ends on Dinah Shore Benny and Rodeo Scoop
Dinah Shore gets a Sunday night time slot opposite Jack Benny with her quip about bucking Benny. A friend in India asked Benny Venuta to mug and she nearly accepted before learning a muckna is a tuskless male elephant. Mervyn LeRoy attended a New York rodeo where he saw and signed sixteen year old Texan Lydia Yoakley for an early production.
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Dinah Shore
Jack Benny
Benny
India
Bennay Venuta
Mervyn Leroy
New York
Lydna Yoakley
Union
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Fuehrer
Rudolf Hess
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Stockholm
Chamberlain
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Stalin
Western Front
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Virginia Vale
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Warner Brothers
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Mr. Smith
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John Trent
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