Front Pages and Political Gossip Across The Balkans and Hollywood
Notes by era recount a mix of wartime Balkan diplomacy and gossip column scoops. References include Lingys war college views on Moscow Bulgaria and Ratzi opposition, Arthur Krock’s cautions, Stalin’s Berlin posture, and a downbeat look at Comrade Minor as Browder’s replacement. It also covers Tropical Park opening day and Hollywood splashy sightings of Honeychile Wilder with Rags Ragland and Bob Ritchie.
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Lingy
War College
Moscow
Bulgaria
Balkans
Arthur Krock
Washington
Stalin
Berlin
Krock
Hob
Minor
Browder
Comrade Big
Daily Worker
Oace
Angie
George
Ryall
Tropical Park
Biggles
Hialeah
Irving Hoffman
The
Hollywood Reporter
Honeychile Wilder
Stork
Bob Ritchie
Ritchie
The Story Tellers and Hollywood Headlines in Flux
A collage of 1930s cultural notes cites William L. Shirer in Atlantic Monthly on Nazified Germany, Jan Waltin’s record at Book of the Month Club, Phyllis Brooks in Screen Guide, Goodman’s radio interview on democracy and swing, and Fortune’s Eddie Rickenbacker piece. It mentions LaGuardis, Winant, and Kennedy family chatter, plus public figures and media quirks in snippets from Scribner’s, Illinois State Journal, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Shirer
Germany
Atlantic ‘Monthly
Jan Waltin
Hemingway
Phyllix Brooks
Hollywood
Scribner's
Goodman
Maestro
America
Fortune
Eddie Rickenbacker
Margaret Case Harriman
New York Wits
Margaret
Seven Billion to Aid Britain Under Lease-Lend Act
Edward C Wayne analyzes the first step of the United States aid under the lease lend act as Britain confirms seven billion dollars. England warns that a spring blitz is underway following devastating raids on London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
England
London
Britain Vows Aid Bill Amid World War II Strains
President Roosevelt pressed for a seven billion dollar aid package to Britain as Congress sped toward action. The House backed changes 317 to 7 after a brief rally by minority leader Martin of Massachusetts. The plan aims to fund Britain and other nations fighting Nazi aggression, with early outlays linked to existing military equipment and later contracts for more aid. Meanwhile German and Italian air and naval actions held up London and Portsmouth, while U.S. labor unrest and strikes pressed production chiefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Eader
Congress
Supper House
Wallace
Sam Rayburn
Empire State
Triborough
Aso
U. S
Sid
Britain
Greece
Air Ministry
Germany
London
U.S
U. S Navy
British
Buckingham Palace
Portsmouth
Alarm clocks boom as soldiers rush to camp for reveille
In Philadelphia observers blame draft pressure for a surge in alarm clock cases among soldiers en route to camp. Many take clocks to beat the bugler to reveille, a sign of wartime readiness and routine disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Angeles
Fred B. Cody
Boston-born Rathbone becomes British MP after husband dies
Parliament approves Mes. B C Rathbone a 29 year old American-born woman to take seat in the British House of Commons reflecting her late husband Flight Lieutenant John Rathbone who was killed in December on a mission over Germany. She has two children in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
William 8. Kaudéen
Allis-Chalmers
Midwest
Aif
Miss Perking
John R. Steelman
Conciliaton Servicer
International Harvester Company
Vita Coal and Steel Industries
Brill
Philadelphia
Oakland
Janary
B.C. Rathbone
House of Continians
John Rathbone
Germany
Boston
Mass
U.S
Amerie
Bombing in Istanbul targets British envoy Rendel
Chaos at the Pera Palace Istanbul follows a bombing blamed on a deliberate assassination attempt. George W Hendel, his staff, and a Turkish guard suffer injuries amid smoke and wreckage. A wounded crowd, including two women killed, scene linked to Turkey's looming Greece invasion and Axis pressure. Additional details report a thwarted train blast and Nazi agency connections as FBI probes Transocean News Service agents in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
England
George W. Hendel
Sofia
Atenel
Pera Palate Hotel
Rendel
Womien
Munich
Hitler
Greece
Istanbul
Sebby
Hendel
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York
Manfred Zapp
Guenther Tann
Zapp
Guenther
Transocean News Service
Nostalgia and the Napoleonic lesson on empire power
Washington column discusses Napoleon and Hitler in a comparative view of imperial strategy. It notes Napoleonic failures, warns against overreliance on unified European control, and analyzes U S mobilization paths and nostalgia for World War II era defense and industry plans.
Banana oil and its chemical makeup hinted in notes
A fragmented note discusses banana oil as isoamyl acetate formed from acetyl and amyl groups. It highlights its banana scent and mentions a dubious “tee parent” with unclear connections. The text reads like an informal chemistry observation with tangled phrasing.
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Fiorello LaGuardis
Cal Tineney
John Winant Ge
Joe Kennedy
Ilinois State Journal
Robert Quillen
Python
Anon
Gger
Norway
Londen
Messerschmitt
Taylor
Steaths
Yorkville Grills
Navy
Thomas G. Corcoran
Mr. Warner
Yice
Pere Oil
Frank Knox
Jack Alexander
Alce
Federal Communications Commish
Yamanaka & Co
Fifth Avenue
Japan
By Edward ¢. Wayne
cemtTon
Vichy
Neubronn von Eisenburg
Hitlard
Londoui
Leopold Stokoweki
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Etland Editior
Canadan Citizen
Mews
Far East
Thailong
Siam
Saigon
Thailand
Minsister
Matsuoka
Arip
Europe
Vor Wiegand
Shanghai
FBI
Hugh S. Johnson
JAYS
Napoleon
Prussia
Scharmhorst
Steliv
Elba
Waterloo
St. Helena
United States of America
Sister
Winston Churchill
Alexander
Ghengis Khan
Charlemagne
Baghdad
Cordova
San Juan de Bac Bac
War Department
War Industries Pond
Istarba
Don El-Tabakh
Asta
Walter Front
Deana Pitte
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