Overplaying The Hand In Latin America Ends Berlin Pressures
The piece argues Nazi pressure on Latin American nations backfired as Bolivia halted a military coup plan revealed by a Bolivian attache in Berlin and Mexico rejected Berlin's attempt to dictate trade policy, signaling Latin American independence and restraint toward European totalitarianism.
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Germany
United States
Bolivia
Berlin
la Paz
Latin Countries
Mexico
American Southwest
Our Town Pity the Poor Pedestrian and Bridges
Our Town notes a missing bridge board on Beach Drive Bridge No 70 posing a hazard to pedestrians. It suggests replacing the entire bridge, cites Massalina Bayou repair overruns, and mentions a group from the 80th air base fishing in Alabama waters after a rough voyage.
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Beach Drive
Massalina Bayou
80Th Air Base
Montgomery
Alabama
Man About Manhattan by George Tucker recounts Rossi anecdotes
The column recalls Count Rossi, Italian speed boat ace now in reserve near Turin, linked to the Alagi and Aradam names and a Fascist blacklist. It also notes actor Burgess Meredith building a pool at Stony Point, a Great Dane grave marked Hamlet, and Lou Gehrig’s dog Kim slated to star in a film about his life.
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New York
Count Rossi
America
Red Sea
Turin
Duke of Aosta
Alagi
Africa
Rossi
Aradam
Europe
Balbo
Italy
Chicago
Burgess Meredith
Camp Hill Road
Stony Point
Meredith
Lou Gehrig
Gehrig
Lou
Kim
Kipling
Barbs and Bits: Quotations and Quips from the Era
A collage of wry proverbs and jokes touches on road missteps, gunnery training at a western girls college, Ford's view of patient success, cautious shopping by butchers, modern romance with cars, a Chicago widow who married her recovering victim, safety rules and world travel ironies.
Hollywood Notes on Garson Kanin and Bob Hope Feud
Hollywood Notes reports RKO paying Garson Kanin $1000 weekly to train with a rifle as he joins the Army training camp, a contract dispute over pay if inducted, and notes on Bob Hope's charity work despite a magazine piece painting him stingy. Crosby quips about Hope and taxes as the duo’s locker room jokes fuel gossip.
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Hollywood
RKO
Holywood
United States
Kanin
Bob Hope
Hope
Toronto
England
Bing Crosby
Lakeside Country Club
Crosby
Mind Your Manners Mind Your Manners
A vintage etiquette quiz asks four questions about proper streetcar seating child fares car etiquette in homes and hosting in restaurants. It covers spreading bundles on empty seats holding an unpaid child on a lap in crowds suggesting routes in another’s car and hostess duties during dinner entertainments.
War games test Army readiness amid equipment shortages
Washington wartime drill to end November involves nearly a million troops across Beauregard and the Carolines with $24 million cost. The largest U S maneuvers since the Civil War will use limited aircraft, blank ammunition, dummy guns, and improvised gear to simulate blitzkrieg while exposing shortages in tanks, artillery, anti tank guns, and trucks.
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Carolines
MTP
Army
Hitler
Europe
Asia
Jolt Tosses Battery on Rural Mail Route
Pete Haas on a 52 mile Nebraska rural mail route hit a bad rut in sandhills and was jolted hard enough to eject the battery. He walked to the nearest ranch to fetch a replacement so the mail could continue.
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Gordon
Pete Haas
Sandhills
Pete
Serial Story Lessons in Love at Briar Hill Dance
Barbara is swept into a tense romance with Dugan Dinake amid Midwest Oil intrigue and a polo world. Uncle Hank explains Dugan’s binding to a corrupt deal, while Barbara questions her attraction to Dugan and longs for Larry Grover. The chapter ends with Barbara and Larry sharing a kiss as Dugan watches.
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Larry Grover
Barboara
Dugan Dinake
Dugan
Barbara
Moda Heraelf
Hank
Larry
Briar Hill
New York
Uncle Hank
Bert Lipscomb
Bert
Midwest
Old Man Lipscomb
Grover
Rod Porter
Rod
Porter
Spring Mountain
Oklahoma
Broan
Ry Ang
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Florida
Our Town
Georgia
Manhattan
George Tucker
Conrad Thibault
Thibault
Wales
Gossec
Paris
Western Girls’ College
Henry Ford
Paul Harrison
NEA
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Washington
Peter Edson
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Jerry Brondfield
Arbara
Dugan Blake
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