New Yorkers Discuss Willkie Bias and Axis War Talk
Man About Town notes a 400 percent tilt toward Willkie after his mother’s piece on Lindbergh. Rumors swirl of Adolf Hitler’s nephew William Patrick Hitler being summoned by the New York draft board and planning to enlist in Canada. The column mentions Liberty magazine debacle, Shep Fields’ isolationist stance, and talks of Italian exile influence on U.S. policy. Naval conferences in London discuss joint command of Allied fleets.
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Willkie
Lindbergh
Heile Selassie
Fe Haying
Adolf Hitler
Patrick Hitler
N. Y
Canada
St. Ethical BeXelway
Pegier
Liberty Mag
Suniong
J. Woll
Ped. of Labor
Shep Fields
Hitdler
Europe
Biter
Government of the Republic of Italytiitet
Rollin Kirby
K. ¥. Post
Berlin
Washington
Will- Ade
Kirby
Hitler
Mel
Notes of a Newspaperman and Opinion Fragments
A miscellany of editorials and columns notes from Fortune and other outlets. Mentions Raymond Leslie Buell, PDR, and alleged labels of dictators and warmongers. Highlights include reviews of Cosmopolitan pieces, SEP cartoons, Time Front Pages, and praise for journalism amid wartime debates. Mentions Ruth Nichols Anne Lindbergh Amelia Earhart and Pulitzer jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ruth Nichols
Miguel Otero
Anne Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
Pulitzer Prize Committee
Pulitzer
St. Louis
Western Newspaper Union Debarred by Hearing Authority
A disrupted OCR snippet references the Western Newspaper Union and a hearing or debarment process. Details are unclear but the item centers on a regulatory action affecting the organization and its operations. The readable text suggests involvement of a hearing body and a decision impacting the union.
Hess insanity theories spread after crash in Scottish moors
The Hess case sparked a flood of theories in Britain and abroad as commentators debated why Rudolf Hess flew to Britain, parachuted to earth, and vanished. Explanations ranged from personal safety motives to a fractured Nazi party, with headlines calling it the biggest story in centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Hitler
House of Commons
Hess
Germany
Caesar
Hannibal
Anthony
Cleopstra
Cassius
Brutus
Helen of Troy
Cordell Hall
Barenel
Anthony Eden
Ingic
England
Jess
Priorities and Strikes Shape U S War Industry News
Reports show Willam S Knudsen warning that moving production priorities to a separate agency could cripple defense output and jeopardize contracts. Labor tensions rise with a $36 million Browning order at Colt and possible GM and coal strikes threatening defense work and 400,000 coal miners. Britain aims for 2 990 000 tons of merchant ships by mid June while convoy policy and naval losses dominate debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Willam S. Knudsen
OPM
Army
Navy
Knudsen
United States
Colt
Hertford
Conn
General Motors
Tobn L. Lewis
Southern
Thomas
New Jersey
Britain
Housevelt
Ice
Senate
House
Tobey
Rudolf Hess
Brit
Draft lifting bars on army size and draft age
The decision to lift all bans on army size and to exempt 10,000,000 young men from the first draft call marks a shift toward earlier conscription and targeted defense work. It signals potential use of draftees in shipyards and munitions while Germany seeks to redefine Europe and pressure Vichy France into cooperation. Europe now sees France moving toward collaboration with Germany amid talks of prisoner exchanges and Mediterranean aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Ull
United States
Germany
Daddy Evers
European
Gibraltar
Gerany
Britain
France
Vichy
Mediterranean
Darlan
Europe
Billion debt reality for average Americans
An interview with Joseph W. Martin explains the national debt in personal terms, detailing per person and per family shares and annual interest. The piece argues for clearer communication of fiscal facts to maintain public philosophy and highlights the value of wealth creators and university research in boosting national prosperity while warning that strikes reduce national income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
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Londo
Atlantic
Pacific
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Fortune
PDR
Chamberajy
Cosmopolitan
SEP
Stanley High
Eader
du Daladier
Daladier
Gemelin
Benjamin Franklin
Anou
Evans
Jack Warwick
Aketon Beacon-Jornal
Edward C. Wayne
Eapre
Ny Western Hewepaper Union
Lis
William
Glenslate
California
Meldana Burnbrock
John Jacob Aster
Commodore Vanderbilt
Cyrus McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
James J. Hill
Marshall Field
P. D. Armour
America
Organic Chemistry
Lawrence Sullivan
Ford
Mexles
United Statens
Baukhage
Natl Farm&Home Heap
Mesiday Veut Fildey IT
Huta He
Kido
Boiss
NBC
Freedman's
Jentown
Philadelphia
Salt Lake Hotels
Reno
Nevada
Golden
HEB
Norch Aisin
Salt Lake City
Teaple
Berauhl Itor
Haire
Ate
Belt Lake
Los Angeles
Fis
Barber College
Harder College
Barberieg
HOTEL
Ben Lono
Ogden, Utah
Bae
Neena
Pasnily Moreet
Air Coa
Porenerd
Ec Hotel
Ben Lomo
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