Hitler's Marches Across Europe and Asia
A summary of Hitler's actions from 1933 to 1941, detailing the annexations of the Saar Valley Rhineland Austria and Czechoslovakia and the March 1940 plans for Norway and Denmark. The piece notes Greece Bulgaria Romania and Yugoslavia's positions, Soviet-German tensions, and Japan's moves toward Southeast Asia and the Pacific. It contrasts Britain and the United States responses including troop dispositions and evacuation of civilians.
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Adolf Hitler
Saar Valley
Reich
Rhineland
Austria
Munich
der Fuehrer
Moravia
Bohemia
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Denmark
Hitler
Balkans
Romania
Josef Stalin
Bulgaria
Rumania
Turkey
Russia
Jugoslavia
Greece
Germany
Japan
Australia
Philippines
Britain
United States
Singapore
Far East
U.S
U S Defense Plans to Expand Army to 3 Millionmen
Surveys underway across the war department aim to expand the Army beyond 3,000,000 in emergencies. The plan envisions 55 divisions in the field, with National Guard units kept in federal service and selectees retained. President Roosevelt may push a 3 billion dollar program to fund the expansion. Goods shipments begin arriving, including Bell P-39 fighters with a 37 mm cannon and new bombers, with many to the canal zone and Puerto Rico.
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War Department
Congress
Army
National Guard
Roosevelt
Panama Canal Zone
Puerto Rico
Spies and Oil in Latin America Revealed in Nazi Ring Claims
Report from Mexico City describes a alleged Nazi Fifth Column ring spanning from the Canadian border to the Cape of Good Hope, said to be directed from Philadelphia and aiming to disrupt U S aid to Britain and Latin American defenses. It notes pro Axis activity in Mexico and a oil resources bill to reopen private exploitation with government participation.
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Mexico City
Cape of Good Hope
Philadelphia
Western Hemisphere
U. S
Britain
United States
Mexico
Japan
Manuel Avila Camacho
Mexican Congress
Travelers: Willkie and Hopkins Return to Report to President
Wendell L Willkie and Harry Hopkins arrive home amid war news to brief the President and Congress. Hopkins data are secret and Willkie urges Britain aid of 5 to 10 destroyers monthly, opposed by Naval Secretary Knox. Harriman and Winant await flight to Britain as plan coordinates with lend lease.
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Wendell L Willkie
Harry Hopkins
Commerce
Britain
Congress Hopkins
Willkie
Congress
United States
Naval
Knox
Asia
Chiang Kai-shek
China
John C Winant
C. Arrell Harriman
Harriman
E H Harriman
Unemployment Nears Record High as Labor Market Shifts
The United States reports near 50.9 million employed, a record high, with about 1.669 million jobless. AFL officials warn defense mobilization may push workers far from home and raise local housing and food strain. Harry Bridges is arrested again on a deportation order labeling him a Communist. Des Moines couple reunites after 33 years. Gov Winant’s family makes headlines with ambassadorship and a dog show blue ribbon.
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United States
William T Livingston
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Livingston
American Federation of Labor
Harry R. Bridges
West Coast CI
Australia
Jackson
Bridges
Perkins
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
George IL. Searle
Des Moines
Iowa
John G. Winant
New Hampshire
U. S
London
Constance
U S Firms Aid Axis Tapped For Royalty Payments
US firms pay about 500000 dollars monthly to Germany and Italy through royalties on patents trademarks and copyrights. Funds stored in New York accounts finance Axis propaganda and military information leaks while authorities probe the secret flows and the use of blocked marks and export lira.
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U. S
Washington
Senate
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
United States
Britain
New York
Justice Department
U.S
France
South America
Johnson on Lease Lend and World Naval Shifts
The article argues the administration may swap ships with Britain to strengthen naval power, trading lighter craft for a British battleship to challenge Japan while expanding a British American pool of fighting ships. It also discusses labor’s reduced political role and the shift toward labor management in war production under Hillman and Knudsen.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
British Empire
Britain
West Pacific
Japan
Atlantic
Pacific
Senate
Samuel Gompers
Labor
Sidney Hillman
Mr. Knudsen
Front Pages Spoofs and War Talk From London to Detroit
A chorus of foreign and domestic papers mock and analyze wartime talks and figures. Weygand’s French army, Willkie and How ard feuds, Oleg Hoeffding’s Free Europe critique, and Irwin Shaw clashing with Kronenberger headline this brisk media round.
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Benito Pop-Eye
England
Telegrafo
Leghorn
Bengazi
Weygand
Wendell Willkie
Nation
Roy Howard
Wendell
Howards
Europe
Willkie
FDR
Detroit
Harry V. Wade
Republican Party
Chicago Tribune
Berlin
Oleg Hoeffding
Free Europe
London
Moscow
Soviet Union
Hitler
Kremlin
Carl Olsson
Illustrated
France
Naziland
Irwin Shaw
Kronenberger Shaw
Shaw
Kronenberger
Jerome Frank coins brutalitarian label for Nazi term
The Wireless notes SEC commissioner Jerome Frank coined brutalitarian as a Nazi synonym. It contrasts with Churchill who uses a sharp inflection in the word Nazi, delivering intense vitriol in his recent broadcast, shaping the public’s reaction to the term.
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Jerome Frank
SEC
Winston Churchill
Jack Benny
N. Y
Charley
Joe Penner
Benny
Wm. Rhodes Davis
Senator Wheeler
Verne Marshall
U. S
New York Jeered Rumors and Names Roil Political Arena
In a bustling gossip sweep, New Yorkers discuss Congress investigations in Ham Fish’s district, FDR Caribbean plans cited by Sumner Welles, and J D Thompson’s job status. chatter links Clare Boothe’s Women revival to Arsenic and Old Lace, Krivitsky’s U S return, Knudsen and Hillman’s draft ideas, and Lockheed’s delayed planes due to aluminum and engine shortages.
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Ham Fish
FDR
Sumner Welles
J D. Thompson
London
Clare Boothe
Gen Krivitsky
U S
Canada
Knudsen
Hillman
Baruch
Lockheed
LaGuardia
City College
Controversy Over Hemingways For Whom the Bell Tolls
The story notes clashes near the pulpit over Hemingways novel for its Loyalist portrayal and a character plot point where Marie never receives a wedding ring. It also cites Konrad Bercovici’s autobio due in April with a front-page emphasis.
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Hemingway
Marie
Konrad Bercovici
Autoblog
New York Scene Men Read Times Flashes in Alley
Jerry Cooper and a friend joked about Mussolini as Venetian blinds. Milton Berle quipped money is not everything and is the last thing he thinks of before bed. Joe E. Lewis nicknames his girl Headache Lamarr in a light exchange.
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New York
Jerry Cooper
Times
Jerry
Milton Berle
Berle
Joe E. Lewis
Lamarr
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