Roosevelt’s Albermarle plan derailed by German propaganda
The article discusses U S plans to develop Albermarle Island in the Galapagos as a base near Panama. German short wave and press reports stirred fears of Yankee imperialism, prompting cancellation. Roosevelt never publicly disclosed the scheme and ensuing defense priorities sweep through OPM actions and investigations.
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Washington, D. C
South America
U. S
Panama Canal
Ecuador
Jesse Jones
Albermarle
Galapagos Group
Panama
Pacific
Canal
Roosevelt
U. S. S. Houston
Galapagos
Amasa Delano
Islands
China
Navy
Pacific Development Company
Delaware
RFC
Jesse
Jones
Navy Department
Roosevelt Pledges Destruction of Hitlerism in Navy Day Address
On Navy Day the President framed U S foreign policy as delivering the goods to democracies and vowed to destroy the Hitler menace. He warned that shooting had started despite efforts to avoid it and urged sacrifices to defend the American way of life. The remarks tie to the Senate debate on loosened neutrality rules and reflect the administration’s push toward war aims.
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U. S
Friends of Democracy
Foreign Policy Association
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Hitler
United States
Soviet Defense Stands Against German Offense in Major Fronts
Reports describe a dramatic halt to the Nazi push on all three Soviet fronts with Stalin allegedly taking direct command and Timoshenko directing defense of Moscow. Germany claims Khar kov fall and the Donets basin as strategic blows amid rumors of a possible broader crisis in the Pacific and a looming U.S. work or fight order.
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Berlin
Germany
Kharkov
Donets Basin
Pittsburgh
Russia
Moscow
Stalin
Budenny
Voroshilov
Timoshenko
Churchill Roosevelt and De Gaulle condemn Nazi butcheries abroad
The three leaders denounce the Nazi butcheries of hostages across occupied Europe. As resentful locals strike at high Nazi officers, those tied only incidentally to the crimes are executed in retaliation.
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Churchill
Roosevelt
de Gaulle
Occupied
Europe
Parachute: A New Hero
Arthur H. Starnes leaped from 31 500 feet with 25 pounds of gear and opened his chute at 1 500 feet after a 1 minute 56 second free fall traveling 190 mph. He survived landing safely two minutes after the first chute opened, opening a new escape method for pilots.
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Arthur H. Starnes
Senate Debates Ship Armament Amendment and War News
Senate Foreign Relations panel approves an amendment to the ship-arming bill allowing American ships to travel with lease lead cargoes. Willkie hails GOP reaction but most Republicans oppose, predicting a close vote and protracted debate. Separately, a training accident claims several lives as P-40 and Spitfire pilots vanish in fog near Tehachapi. Emergency crews extend a runway to aid bombers searching for the missing pilots. The exiled Czech leader predicts Germany may fall after a harsh Russian winter, and Hitler’s regime could fracture under internal strife.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Wendell Willkie
G.O.P
Senator White
Tehachapi
Calif
Mixed notes on witnesses and nurses in wartime case
San Francisco witness James O Neil was convicted of perjury in the Bridges deportation case. In Crete Joan Stavridi earned worldwide praise for nursing wounded British and German soldiers in a cave hospital while refusing to flee to safety.
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Bridges
James O'Neil
London
Florence Nightingale
Crete
Joan Stavridi
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