Willkie Acceptance Speech Prompts Campaign Debate Call
Willkie outlines policy on labor pensions regulation and defense while Ickes retorts that Roosevelt must stay focused on Britain and that Willkie should debate his running mate McNary. The piece notes a Canada U S defense board formation and ongoing Nazi bombings.
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Ickes
Willkie
U. S. Defense Board
Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes
Britain
Harold
McNary
Roosevelt
England Faces Invasion Threat as Nazi Air Raids Intensify
The article warns England may face invasion if German daylight raids succeed in breaking air defenses. Maj Alexander P. deServersky, an American plane designer, says air superiority decides the outcome. RAF conducts nightly sorties over Germany and occupied areas while British Somaliland evacuations showcase military strains.
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England
William the Conqueror
London
Alexander P. deServersky
Germany
Washington cabinet reshuffle and looming military mobilization
President Roosevelt reshuffled the cabinet with Henry A. Wallace leaving as farm secretary to run for vice president and Claude R. Wickard promoted to head the department. Jim Farley resigns as postmaster general with rumors of Harry Hopkins possibly stepping aside. Congress debates conscription as mobilization plans scale to 900000 in service by January, with U S forces set to include regulars, guards, and specialized troops amid global comparisons.
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Henry A. Wallace
Indiana
Claude R. Wickard
Paul H. Appleby
Wallace
Jim Farley
Harry Hopkings
Commerce
Roosevelt Library
Hyde Park
Navy
Knox
House
Patterson
National Guard
Continental
U. S
Congress
Germany
Japan
War Department
Hawaii
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Canal Zone
Air
Names in the News Highlight Political Shifts
Louis Johnson may join the White House as national defense co ordinator after resigning as assistant secretary of war. Edward J. Noble resigns to focus on national defense and joins the Willkie camp. Walter P. Chrysler Sr. dies. he built an automotive empire from a mechanic’s start and held $12 million life insurance. The Dionne Quintuplets receive their first Communion. Pope Pius cabled a message.
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Elwood
Ind
Wendell Lewis Willkie
America
Hitler
Louis Johnson
Henry Stimson
White House
Edward J. Noble
Connecticut
Walter P. Chrysler Sr
Pius
Wind Trends and War Talks Across 1941 View
Power for the week of August 3 reached a new peak with a 12 percent year over year rise. Federal defense orders push construction contracts to a decade high as farm land sales rise to investors and tenants. Goering urges American defense build up, while Roosevelt discusses naval and air bases with Britain. Churchill offers 99 year leases in Newfoundland and the West Indies. Canada and the United States form a joint military defense board to coordinate air land and sea problems. In Elizabeth New Jersey the assessor notes higher personal estate valuation for Philip Woolf Jeweler. Patrolman Moran arrests a burglar after 25 years on the force. Cy Williams bikes 1000 envelopes to World’s Fair, ushering a new air mail route.
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Federal Reserve Board
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Hermann Goering
German Library of Information
Battery Place
New York
America
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
United States
Newfoundland
West Indies
England
Mackenzie King
Canada
Elizabeth
N. J
Philip Woolf
Woolf
Thomas Moran
Cleveland
Moran
Cy Williams
Miami
Fla
Massive Gold Shipment Moves From New York to Fort Knox
A secure convoy of armored trucks escorted by machine guns and motorcycle police carries a $5 billion gold shipment from the U S treasury assay office in New York to the Fort Knox vaults in Kentucky. Dozens of federal agents and police are deployed for the transfer and transit, with weekly shipments planned until the entire reserve is relocated.
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New York
U. S. Treasury Assay Office
Pennsylvania
Treasury
Fort Knox
Assay Office
Europe
Coast Guardsmren
Old Slip
Secret Service
Post Office
British Store Dry Blood For Use in Emergencies
London reports a new system by the British ministry of health to dry and store blood plasma for transfusion. White powder capsules hold dried plasma that reconstitutes with water to aid shock cases, addressing shortages from donor dependence during wartime.
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London
Ministry of Health
Malcolm MacDonald
Great Britain
MacDonald
Slip of Tongue Convicts Two of Murder in Brazil
Patos Brazil district attorney gains fame after solving a murder on a fishing trip. He finds a fresh grave and overhears two locals plotting to conceal the body. He questions them and they confess the motive stems from a love affair.
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Patos
Brazil
D. A
Americans Drink 42 Bottles Per Person Daily Study
As the Eighteenth Amendment repeal debate continues, figures from a major manufacturer show Americans consume about 15 million carbonated beverage bottles daily. This amounts to roughly 5.475 billion bottles per year, or 42 bottles per person nationwide.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Values and shopping power shift among society figures
The piece argues that women dominate buying decisions, with surveys showing women do about 85 percent of purchases. It cites figures and anecdotes from figures like Tibbett, Lauritz Melchior, Lily Pons, and Henry Ford, noting wives guide costumes, furniture, and even gags for husbands.
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Wall Street
Wilfred Funk
Kleinchen
Andre Kostelanekz
Henry Ford
Mrs. Ford
The Pink Invitation to Saving and Love
Maisy Fern discovers a six dollar overdraft from the bank and faces humiliation. Berton, the kind young cashier, helps balance her account and sparks romance as he offers to teach saving, joking that both families save. Their flirtation grows into a mutual plan to save together.
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Maisy Fern
Maisy
Pansy
Granger
Berton
Matsy
Maiisy
Mr Berton
Mr. Berton
Drunken Man Fined Over Parking Space Claim
In Cleveland a man who paid to use a parking meter space slept in the curb space beside it. He was arrested and arraigned the next day. He insisted he had paid for the space, but the judge ruled parking regs apply to cars, not people, and fined him.
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Cleveland
Ohio
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John Leech
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Henry Youngman
Bob Knight
Harry Gilburt
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