Carol II Abdicates as Romania Faces Far-Reaching Shifts
The Romanian crisis ends with King Carol II's abdication and his son Michael takes the throne amid a fascist coup led by the Iron Guard. In the United States the Burke-Wadsworth plan paves a peacetime draft with a 60-day voluntary enlistment window, large mobilization, and rapid buildup of bases and camps. The Roosevelt administration expands defense by exchanging bases with Britain in a historic, contested deal, signaling a strengthened, one-ocean American military posture.
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Carol II
Romania
Iron Guard
Carol of
Ion Antonescu
Carol
Michael
U. S
National Guard
Senate
House of Representatives
Trend: Wind Blows Over Global Diamond Market Shift
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, chairman of two corporations controlling 95 percent of world diamond production, says New York will inherit Amsterdam as the world diamond market. Canada: if London falls, Britain may move capital to Toronto with quarters set for the royal family. Banks: Treasury officials urge prohibiting large withdrawals due to rising hoarding.
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New York
Amsterdam
Ernest Oppenheimer
Canada
Britain
London
Toronto
Ottawa
Treasury
Industrial draft sparks split in wartime politics
Senate debate over a Russell amendment to seize industries for national defense fuels campaign battleground. Willkie denounces the measure as socializing industry, while Republicans urge a national defense coordinator with broad powers to run the arms program. Senate notes 69 backing industrial draft with 10 Republicans.
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Russell
Senate
Wendell L. Willkie
National Resources Board
Willkie
Wheat Acres Steady for 1941 Harvest Across Nation
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates similar wheat acreage for 1941 as 1940, with 62 million acres seeded and projected production around 750 million bushels. Carryover seen near 300 million. world stocks may shrink by 100 to 150 million compared with last year. Des Moines reports Sharon Ray Conn named Iowa’s healthiest baby with a 99.4 score. South Carolina Dems favor prohibition in a primary, and a West Virginia crash kills 25 after 16 months without an airline fatality. Dominican leaders ban war discussions as July highway deaths fall 3 percent nationwide.
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Russia
China
Soviet
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Des Moines
South Carolina
Central Pennsylvania
West Virginia
U. S
Dominican Republic
Raphael Leonidas Trujillio Molina
National Safety Council
Britons Weigh Appeasement and U S War Talk
The piece reports on British naval fears of invasion and doubts about U S aid after a potential peace with Hitler. It notes Churchill’s stance for long term cooperation with the United States and widespread British resolve to continue the war. It also covers Willkie’s media interactions and a surge in government stenographer hiring with high civil service salaries.
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Great Britain
U. S
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
St. Lucia
Trinidad
Antigua
British Guiana
Britain
Germany
United States
Leeward Islands
Caribbean
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America
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Atlantic
Pacific
Spain
Turkey
Russia
Japan
Latin America
Havana
Joseph Patrick Kennedy
St. James’s
Joe
Kennedy
War and Navy Departments
Admiralty
England
Holland
Wall Street
Hitler
Churchill
Hemisphere
Roosevelt
France
Civil Service Commission
Roosevelt policies under fire in fourth New Deal critique
The document argues against Roosevelt and Willkie in the campaign, detailing perceived failures across agriculture, labor, finance, foreign policy, and defense. It condemns New Deal expansion, debt growth, high taxes, and a drift toward war dictatorship, warning labor to beware unintended consequences of wartime boom.
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Washington
Willkie
Roosevelt
Republic
Mr. Roosevelt
Hoover
Great Britain
Britain
Henry Wallace
Hitler
Summer travel woes highlight modern and grim travel scene
A jaunty survey of summer travel faults catalogs dismal road trips. It lampoons crowded highways, bad meals, noisy motels, and overstuffed cars while noting jokes about hotels and oublic amusements.
Notable Losses and Visits Highlight Postwar News
Dr. Robert Grieve and his wife were killed in an Italian air raid at a Sudan outpost near the Ethiopian border. Gen. Juan Andreu Almazan arrived in Baltimore amid silence on election returns. Queen Wilhelmina marked her 60th birthday abroad in London as exiled subjects faced muted celebrations. A Amsterdam theater flew the British and American flags despite a Dutch ban and remained closed by Nazi authorities.
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Sudan
Juan Andreu Almazan
Baltimore
Wilhelmina of Holland
London
Amsterdam
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