Greeks Push Back Italians and British Seize New Bases
Analysts report Allied forces pressing Italian advances in Africa and Greece as Britain secures additional African bases. Laval ousted as French premier amid shifting war leadership while Knudsen advocates defense industry laws. The Italian front shows retreat and evacuation with unrest at home as Mussolini’s regime tightens control.
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Laval
Knudsen
Italy
Britain
Greece
Egypt
France
Mediterranean
Libya
Sidi Barrani
Athens
Vari
Ous
Turin
Milan
Mussolini
Dodecanese
Tirana
Unrest in France Deepens as Laval Is Arrested
British sources question France's internal turmoil amid Laval’s ouster from the Petain cabinet and the rise of pro Nazi and GPU type forces in Vichy. Rumors swirl of Petain removing Laval or Laval attempting a dictatorship as defense leaders push for rapid U.S. war production and a 1000 aircraft monthly target. Knudsen urges manufacturers to expand shifts and train more workers to speed defense output.
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Britain
France
Pierre Laval
Petain
Flandin
Hitler
Vichy
Paris
Gestapo
GPU
Italy
Groupe de Protection
Knudsen
New Martin B-26 Bomber Tests Impress U S Airmen
The Martin B-26 medium bomber completed test flights reaching around 400 miles per hour with a 125 mile landing and praised as a bomber's dream by Army pilots. One compare noted it could roll over two miles if brakes failed.
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Baltimore
O. K
Royal trip and Typhoid scare Dominate Anxious Year
Roosevelt and Duke of Windsor on a secret naval tour near the Antilles end with talk of Mayaguana base. Rochester residents rush to inoculations after a contaminated water supply prompts typhoid shots for 300,000. The Marquess of Lothian dies as his war prediction echoes through headlines.
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Roosevelt
White House
U S. S. Tuscaloosa
Antilles
Duke of Windsor
Duchess Wallis
Miami
Goering’s
Lord Lothian
Biscayne
Tuscaloosa
Duke
Mayaguana Island
Rochester
N. Y
Genesee River
Marquess of Lothian
Britain
United States
Washington
Baltimore
Europe
Lothian
America
McGrady Chosen to Advise War Dept on Labor Ties
General Hugh S Johnson warns against appeasement and urges strong American rearmament. He praises BEF McGrady’s RCA role as labor liaison, noting his balance of public service and need for income while keeping U.S. defense insulated from contractor disputes.
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Washington, D. C
McGrady
Bef McGrady
War Department
RCA
Sarnoff
Army
Horn
Sidney Hillman
Labor Organization
Perkins Conciliation Service
Donovan’s Greek aim and Europe trip revealed
The article notes Col. William Donovan’s planned trip to Europe with a Greek destination, stopping in North Africa to meet Marshal Weygand. It discusses potential strategic effects on British naval focus, Italian setbacks in Greece, and implications for Japan in the Far East. It also covers related political notes on a Panama junket and Dewey’s Lincoln Day invitation, plus WPA findings on reading in wartime Britain.
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Washington, D. C
Donovan
Greece
Col
William Donovan
Europe
North
Africa
Marshal Weygand
Attantic
Far East
Dutch East Indies
Indo- China
Mediterranean
Japan
England
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
US Army
Air Corps
Navy
Knox
Tom Dewey
Capitol
Joe Martin
House
John M. Robsion
Kentucky
Congress
Robsion
Jack
Memos and Rumors Circulate in Washington and Media
Admiral Leahy complains over new ambassador duties to France as vague guidance and possible resignation loom. Wheeler Norris probe foreign connections with American industry. FBI scrutiny risks labeling critics as warmongers. Kennedy rumor swirls about RKO leadership. Adela Rogers St Johns’ son and bride split. A national radio boycott planned over a music dispute. Francesca Sims to wed doctor in February. Nazis open eighth New York movie house amid low prewar profits. Two Chicago theaters also debut. FDR to publish The Next Four as his forthcoming book.
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Adela Rogers
St. John’s
Bill
Francisca Sims
Jolson
New York
Goebbels
Chicago
FDR
Gossip Column Snippets From The Capital to Europe
Quotation filled notes recount Reynolds not returning to London and high-profile editors at Reader’s Digest. Mentions Dies linking a Columbia professor to Italian propaganda data in the US. Ed Pola praises Italy’s army head. Greek democracy claim disputed. Henry Wallace flexes over Forest Service control. Ickes threatened to quit. Virgin Islands tiff with Gov. Cramer noted. Navy recruiting Captain J Cary Jones reports rising accepted applicants nationwide.
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Quentin Reynolds
London
Stanley High
Reader's Digest
Dies
Columbia
Eddie Pola
Henry Wallace
Q. T
Harold Ickes
Forest Service
Wallace
Mrs. Ickes
Maryland
Ickes
Gov. Cramer
Virgin Islands
J. Cary Jones
Navy
New Yorkers Talk of Celebrities and Security on the Town
Jimmy Roosevelt’s pulse taker draws curiosity while Roma Aldrich and nurse Romelle Schneider charm the scene. Franchot Tone and Alice Faye blaze, Dolly De Milo eyed as a Hollywood bride choice. Secret Service guards lock cars against saboteurs. Joan Crawford greets backstage in Louisiana Purchase. Reconciling Hal Roach rumors, Felix Frankfurter adopts Murray children, Fred Allen seeks agency remedy. Tallulah Bankhead, Tamara Geva, Emery, Baker and Tucker gossip swirl. Elmer Davis recovers from surgery as Bonnie Baker links with Orrin Tucker.
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Jimmy Roosevelt
Roma Aldrich
Photog
Romelle Schneider
Franchot Tone
Alice Faye
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Dolly de Milo
Hollywood
FDR
Secret Service
Joan Crawford
Louisiana Purchase
Hal Roacs
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurters
Gilbert Murray
Fred Allen
Fred
Allen
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Champ
North America
Elaine Basset
Uncle Sam
Hugh S. Johnson
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Czechoslovakia
Germany
Munich
Panama
S. S. Panama
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Kipling
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Camille Williams
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Amb Kennedy
RKO
Leopold
Laeken
Belgium
Tallulah Bankhead
John Emery
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Tallulah
Permish
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Stock Exchange
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Suydenham Hosp
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