Labor and production critique during wartime drives
The piece argues for fair labor shares and warns against sabotaging defense work. It cites the South Dakota launch and a strike at San Francisco shipyards, condemns wage and profit dynamics, and calls for private industry operating without excessive profits while stressing the need to prevent war-time saboteurs. It also notes Illinois experiments in work participation versus relief.
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South Dakota
Delaware River
San Francisco Bay
Camden
France
Wavell's Mediterranean Plans and Transfer to India
A Washington analysis reviews General Wavell's push for withdrawing British forces from the Mediterranean. U S strategists favored a defense line across Africa from Port Sudan to Freetown, while Churchill opposed the move amid political risks. The piece notes Wavell's shift to India to focus on defense of the empire edge as the Mediterranean stance collapses.
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Mediterranean
Wavell
India
Churchill
Greece
Crete
Solum
U. S
Britain
Near East
Libya
Bulgaria
Rumania
Russia
Syria
Iraq
Atlantic
United States
Africa
Dakar
Brazil
Port Sudan
Red Sea
Freetown
Atlantic Ocean
Equatorial Africa
Suez
Landing in Iceland Signals Hemisphere Defense Shift
Edward C. Wayne argues that U S forces' arrival in Iceland marks a new strategic move in hemispheric defense. He notes Germany's campaign against Russia creates opportunities for British air offensives and stresses the column reflects an editorial interpretation rather than the newspaper’s official stance.
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U. S
Iceland
Hemisphere
Germany
Russia
Iceland Occupation by U S Forces Aims to Foil German Move
President Roosevelt announced that American naval forces have occupied Iceland to supplement and eventually replace British troops. The action, taken with the consent of Iceland's new republic, aims to forestall a German pincers move against the Western hemisphere following Iceland's May declaration of independence.
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Iceland
Congress
Roosevelt
Germany
Iceland Republic
Denmark
Questions Shaping The Russo German War Front
The article weighs whether the Nazi advance on Russia will be swift or bogged by logistics and winter. It cites reports from Vichy and Rome, civilian evacuations, Stalin’s scorched earth stance, and hints that Russians may trade space for time. It notes German hopes for swift victory versus signs of a longer war. It mentions a shift toward dive bombers as the navy adapts to target fast ships.
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Norway
Belgium
Holland
France
Vichy
Rome
Leningrad
Moscow
Kiev
Stalin
Hitler
Louis Ferdinand
Army
Navy
Britain and War Plans Face Shifting Fronts
The article notes Allied air superiority claims and persistent daylight raids on occupied Europe while German sources stay silent. It discusses U S General Marshall urging removal of 12 month draft limits to meld forces into a single army, facing Senate opposition led by Senator McNary as he resists expanding deployment rules.
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Marshall
U. S. Army
United States
Congress
War Department
McNary
Oregon
British Push in Africa and Middle East Seen Upgrading War Effort
Reports say Britain plans renewed advances in Cyrenaica and a possible peace accord in Syria as Tobruk holds and Wavell is replaced by Auchinleck. The warfront sees Italian resistance fading in Ethiopia while the Maas and other ships face torpedoes. The America will shuttle diplomats between New York and Lisbon as German and Italian consuls depart.
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Britain
Syria
Ethiopia
North Africa
Archibald Wavell
Auchinleck
England
Middle Eastern
Red Sea
Suez
Africa
Tobruk
U. S
Cyrenaica
Beirut
London
America
State Department
Atlantic
New York
Lisbon
Italy
Germany
Ottawa draft outcry spurs talk of compulsory service
Ottawa witnesses growing pressure for a new form of national service to replace voluntary enlistment. In Washington, officials stated Colonel Donovan, after two unofficial tours at European war centers, would receive a post of importance in the defense setup.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
White House
Donovan
Europe
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Key Pittman
Wallace
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Harry Katz
Department of Agriculture
Edward C. Wayne
Baghdad
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R.A.F
Ope
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U.S
Robin Moor
Red Cross
Wilhelm
Kyra
Kyril
Prince Louis
Czardom
Mo. Steel & Wire Co
N. Broadway
St. Louie
ST. Louis Iron & Supply CO
S. E. Corner
16Th & Clark
St. Louis
Phaed
J. Fuller
By Jerry Link
Fuller
Willie
Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
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