Political Battle Enters Final Weeks and Draft Plans
Weekly News Analysis notes near final draft registration for ages 21 to 35, with six month deferments for farm states under Battley. October 16 registration near. delays and penalties outlined. Army peacetime peak hit 332,142 with target 375,000. rapid promotions shift officers to higher ranks to fill larger units. Army to run own recreation facilities, no aid from YMCAs or similar groups. Congress funds recreation. beer not allowed on posts.
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Hitler
Mussolini
England
Washington
Joseph F. Battley
Joint
Army-Navy
Battley
Knights of Columbus
Red Cross
Congress
House
Willkie Campaign Attacks Clerks and Protests Rise in East
Wendell Willkie camps in the East after six days of campaigning arguing that the administration moves the nation toward war. He faces hostility in several cities with eggs and other objects thrown. a five pound waste basket injures a girl in Detroit. Roosevelt condemns the conduct and calls for removal and possible prosecution. Henry Wallace tours the Southwest and California stressing the Good Neighbor policy. Robert La Follette backs the Democratic side for a third term.
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Wendell L. Willkie
New York
East
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Maryland
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Henry A. Wallace
Southwest
California
Latin America
Albuquerque
N. M
Robert M. LaFollette
Wis
LaFollette
Willkie
Pontiac
Detroit
Mich
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
War council at Brenner Pass signals new fronts in World War II
The text notes a Hitler Mussolini meeting at Brenner Pass to plan future military and diplomatic moves. Berlin predicted sustained German bombing of British targets and general hunger as the war drags into winter. Britain conducts its own raids, including a lengthy attack on Berlin. Channel ports remain high risk amid combined air and sea bombardment, with potential moves toward Greece Turkey and Suez if campaigns shift.
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England
Brenner Pass
Berlin
Germany
London
Britain
Channel
Hitler
New Axis Alliance Seen Linking Hitler Mussolini and Japan
In a grand ceremony at the German chancellery Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini formed a 10 year pact with Japan to divide spheres of influence Europe for Germany and Italy Asia for Japan and act together if attacked. The arrangement aims at the United States and Soviet Russia with secret provisions for Latin America. Washington insists the move reflects long standing ties and the embargo on scrap iron and oil to non‑western nations hints at U S involvement. The Worlds Fair and Golden Gate Expo figures loom as context for wartime momentum.
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Japan
Europe
Germany
Italy
Asia
United States
Soviet Russia
Russia
Latin America
Pacific
von Ribbentrop
Moscow
America
Britain
San Francisco Harbor
Five Hundred Six Chicago Pedestrians Remembered in Procession
A Chicago safety pageant marched five hundred six schoolchildren through main streets with muffled drums to honor pedestrians killed by automobiles last year. A funeral file led by a truck bearing two caskets and a hearse illustrated the grim reminder produced by the Greater Chicago Safety Council.
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Chicago
Greater
Willkie kits spark club drive and oil worries across parties
Ohio representative George Bender ordered 100 Willkie club kits after a Chicago request, receiving a box of kites branded with Willkie and McNary. Durbin, a Lima lawyer, seeks Congress, praising McNary’s New Deal jab after sending a cordial note. Naval experts assess Japan's oil supply and Dutch Indies defenses, noting four months for potential Dutch resistance. The army shifts land deals to a public gold fish bowl approach to curb profiteering, while whiskey trade shows Britain exported 26 million in whisky as planes worth 23 million were sold to Britain.
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George Bender
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Bender
National Committee
Chicago
John Hamilton
Willkie
McNary
Francis W. Durbin
Bascom Timmons
Washington
Lima
Durbin
Congress
Charles McNary
Britain
U. S
England
Great Britain
Inflation’s cost and the call for price ceilings
The column cites Leon Henderson and the Brookings Institution warning producers not to raise prices amid war-time inflation. It argues major evils include doubled costs, wage realignment, and morale damage, urging a nationwide price ceiling and fiat controls to prevent further inflation and its political risks. It also warns against premature armament and heightened propaganda toward war preparation.
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Leon Henderson
Brooking
Napoleon
War Industries Board
Time of Your Life revival draws mixed critic notices
The revival of Saroyan Time of Your Life garners mixed praise from critics while others praise or pan related films and radio programs. New York reviewers split on value and hokum, with snatches of humor about Cantor and industry trends peppering the chatter.
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Wm. Saroyan
Atkinson
John
Eddie Cantor
Jolson
Wynn
Deaths of F C Harrington and F W Honeycutt Reported
Loss Col F C Harrington 53 WPA administrator died in New London Connecticut. In 1935 Colonel Harrington was loaned to the WPA by the army when the agency faced criticism. Brig Gen Francis W Honeycutt killed when plane crashed in a southeast Georgia swamp.
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F. C. Harrington
Works Progress Administrator
New London
Conn
Harrington
WPA
Army
Francis W. Honeycutt
Georgia
Spain’s last Republican leader dies in Seville prison
Julian Besterio, 70, the final president of the Spanish Republic toppled by General Franco, died in a Seville prison. Marguerite Clark, a screen star early in motion picture history alongside Mary Pickford, died in New York at 54.
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Spain
Julian Besterio
Spanish Republic
Franco
Seville
Marguerite Clark
Mary Pickford
New York
Hollywood Stars Speak Their Minds In Mixed Celebrities Comments
The Headliners quote Bob Taylor saying he sleeps on hands after dinner and Frances Farmer blames press agents for praise. Ann Sothern calls exhibitionists distasteful while clowns cheer the world. Joan Crawford jokes about loving to eat. Marlene Dietrich admits knitting is silly.
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Bob Taylor
Frances Farmer
Ann Sothern
Joan Crawford
Marlene Dietrich
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