Nazi-Russ Thrust Into Balkans Feared Next Move in Europe
Analysis warns of looming upheaval as Nazi moves in Norway and Denmark trigger Allied responses. Western front shifts seen in Oslo, Bergen, Narvik with 20,000 Nazis landing in Oslo and growing pressure on Sweden, Russia, and the Balkans as nations brace for broader conflict.
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Balkans
Europe
Reich
North Sea
Jutland
Davey Jones’ Locker
Bergen
Norwegian Atlantic
Oslofjord
Skagerrak
Oslo
London
Paul Reynaud
No. 10
Downing Street
Paris
Britain
Neville Champerlain
Commons
Germany
France
Adolf Hitler
Scandinavia
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Italy
Joseph Goebbels
Danube
Rumania
Bessarabian
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Bulgaria
Romania
Russia
Moscow
Hitler
Norway
Sweden
US agriculture forecast warns of drought hit winter wheat
A periodic forecast shows about 29 percent of last fall's 45,014,000 acres abandoned due to moisture shortages. Total winter wheat output near 426,215,000, with spring crop and carryover keeping U S granary in good shape. Separate notes recount U S Mexico oil land talks and the Republic Steel labor dispute with NLRB rulings upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Europe
U S
Agriculture Department
Sam
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
NLRB
U. S. Supreme Court
Mrs J Borden Harriman Shapes U S War Role in Norway
Echoes U S and the War notes U S diplomatic handling in Norway led by Mrs J Borden Harriman the past three years the second woman envoy in U S history. She broke silence with first official news of war in Norway while a British officer's daughter by marriage to a wealthy banker who died in 1914. The piece also covers pork price rises due to disrupted Danish supply and state department worries over 3300 Americans in Scandinavia.
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U. S
Norway
J. Borden Harriman
Great Britain
Denmark
Department of Agriculture
State Department
Scandinavia
Sweden
Warren Lee Pierson
Trend and Trade and Tire Breakthrough Noted
The Commerce Department reports U S exports to Latin America rise 48 percent first half of Europe’s war. Mexico and Argentina show 55.7 and 54 percent gains. Du Pont unveils rayon cord tire claiming 3000 percent strength over cotton and higher tensile strength than structural steel with 30 000 mile endurance. Braniff Airways seeks to extend routes eastward from Kansas City to Washington.
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Commerce Department
U S
Latin America
Europe
Mexico
Argentina
du Pont
Braniff Airways
Kansasity
Washington
Socialist ticket fields Norman Thomas for president
Norman Thomas runs again on the Socialist ticket with Maynard C Krueger as running mate and a $100000 fund. They promote isolation from war and socialization of major US industries. Meanwhile Illinois politics see Lieut Gov Stelle declare himself governor, firing the finance director, as Hershey takes the Democratic nomination. Dewey gains big primary votes in Nebraska and Illinois. Roosevelt supporters secure convention delegates. Burke suffers a Nebraska upset.
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Norman Thomas
Thomas
Washington
University of Chicago
Maynard C. Krueger
Kreeger
Krueger
Minos
John Stelle
Kelly-Nash- Horner
Henry Horner
Stelle
Samuel L. Nudelman
Horner
Harry Hershey
Machine
Ilinois
Nebraska
G. O
Tom Dewey
Franklin D Roosevelt
Sen
Edward R. Burke
Founding Fathers Shaped Term Limits Debate in Early Republic
The article traces how the Founding Fathers debated presidential tenure from 1787 through late 1920s. It covers seven year terms, ineligibility, and repeated proposals for one or two terms, plus eventual focus on a two-term precedent and later third-term attempts. It notes key figures and votes shaping the term limits issue across eras.
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Democratic Party
Founding Fathers
Congresshall
United States
Philadelphia
New Republic
Edmund Randolph
Virginia
Charles Pinckney
South Carolina
Alexander Hamilton
Senate
House
Congress
Jackson
van Buren
Andrew Johnson
Grant
William M Springer
Iinois
Washington
Perll
Hayes
Springer
Grover Cleveland
House Committee On the Judiciary
Calvin Coolidge
Beck
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Fairchild
New York
la Follette
Union
Tanks Replace Horse Troops on Battlefield
An early 20th century view details tanks evolving from novelty to key war machines. It notes tank features armor, armament, crew roles, and combat roles from cavalry flanking to frontal assaults and river crossings. The piece highlights tanks as ships on land, their protective barriers, and risks to crews during assaults.
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The
Somme
Germany
Poland
France
Switzerland
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Henrik de Kauffmann
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Kauffmann
North Carolina
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