Cal Coolidge Childhood Tale and War Memoir Remnant
A serialized reminiscence presents Cal Coolidge’s reticent reply to attending a Peace Bridge opening and contrasts it with a Park Avenue era tale of Colonel House and President Wilson. It recalls personal ties between Turgeon and Coolidge, plus a vignette on wartime diplomacy and class distinction amid rural American goodwill.
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Cal Coolidge
Newton E. Turgeon
Buffalo
Calvin Coolidge
Vermont
Peace Bridge
Niagara River
Black Rock
Ont
General Turgeon
Washington
Cal
Ontario
Newt
All Canada
England
Prince of Wales
John
Turgeon
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Europe
Wilson
Col
Edward M. House
Colonel House
East Fifty-second Street
New York City
Germany
France
Lloyd George
House
America
President Wilson
Wilson and House Association
Defense Price Watchdog Faces Frills in Housing Bill
The article reports Leon Henderson and Donald Nelson pressing to curb price increases for defense materials and housing costs. It notes objections in Congress over luxury items like refrigerators and bricks in defense housing, delays in passing the bill, and plans for large low cost housing projects once enacted. It also covers Allied wartime updates and political debates shaping U S defense policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Henderson
Donald Nelson
OPM
Nelson
Leon
Keeramet
Bill OF Frills Press Gallery
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Bob Taft
Ohio
Capitol Hill
Defense Housing
Palmer
Army Training Progress in World War II War Effort
Army figures show training moving beyond basic drills as more than 1.2 million troops, including 27 infantry divisions, advance to modern warfare programs. Issues cited include equipment shortages and gaps in flame thrower and chemical warfare instruction.
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Senator Tobey
New Hampshire
United States
Britain
Atlantic
Hull
Admiral Stark
Tobey
Nye
Wheeler
Gallup
America
Army Journal
War Department
Cavalry Journal
British Greek retreat inflicts heavy Nazi losses
Editor Edward C. Wayne notes a retreat by British and Greek forces causing significant Nazi casualties while convoys to the British Isles undergo careful congressional study. The column presents the analyst's opinion as commentary, not the newspaper's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Olympus
der Fueher
Athens
Pericles
British Isles
Congress
Western Newspaper Union
Venezuela president resigns to clear path for successor
President Contreras steps down voluntarily becoming the first leader in 40 years to resign. He follows the late General Gomez as ruler and will oversee an interim period before elections to choose his successor while continuing as acting president.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Contreras
General Gomez
Jugoslav Army Surrenders After Nine Days of Fighting
The sudden capitulation of the entire Jugoslavian army after nine days of brave fighting under impossible conditions drew mixed reactions. Maj George Fielding Eliot praised the sacrifice for Greece’s strategic gain while ordinary citizens saw only a noble gesture and questioned the value of the resistance. The piece notes confusion over why Jugoslavia persisted in defense of autonomy and homes.
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Atlantic
George Fielding Eliot
Greece
Jugoslav
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Fragmentary quote from Quintilian on prudence and virtue. No readable news item to summarize into a title and summary.
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Wright A Patterson
Brazil
Washington, D. C
Sheridan Downey
California
Stanley Reed
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Republican
Republican Party
Morris Shepard
Texas
John Biggers
Edward R. Stettinius
J.S. Steel
Nirest
Defense Organization
Wall Street
Joe Winer
3EC
Mans
Thrace
Macedonia
Thessalian
Poland
Warsaw
Churchill
Alexandros Korizis
Korizis
George II
Kostas Kotzias
Mr. Tobey
Ws S. Navy
Charles W. Tobey
U.S. Army
Census Bureau
London
Hitler
Africa
Balkans
Lord
Lady Stamp
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Edward C. Wayne
Jugoslavia
Harold Sims
William S. Sims
U. S. Navy
Buckingham Palace
George
Ctesibius
Keulogg's
Man of Destruction
Quintilian
Milton
At All Good Grocers
American Lady Or Topmost Foods
General Grocer Co
Cobcut Corne Manhattan Coffee
Phaedrus
0. M. Coe
University of Ttinete East
Pine St
St. Louis
WNU
Bureau OF Standards
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