Powerful Nazi Drive Forces Allied Retreat From Belgium
The article reports a major German offensive in Flanders driving British and French forces toward the English Channel after King Leopold III ordered Belgian troops to lay down arms. It notes German gains, disrupted supply lines, aerial bombardment, and debates over Paris and Britain, with Germany poised for further actions. The piece reflects Allied morale and strategic concerns as the war widened.
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Flanders
Leopold III
Adolf Hitler
Belgium
France
English Channel
Strait of Dover
England
Somme
Aisne
Berlin
Channel
Congress
Senate
House
U. S
Roosevelt Fireside Chat Signals Broad Defense Drive
The fourteenth fireside chat marks a national defense push to harden Western Hemisphere security. The plan seeks public and private funding, with talk of a 10 percent tax rise. a presidential commission will coordinate resources across industry, labor, finance, and agriculture to speed armament production. Henry Ford predicts rapid plane output if needed.
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Roosevelt
National Defense
Uncle Sam
Paris
London
Washington
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
U. S. Steel Company
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Board
AAA
Ralph Budd
C. B. & Q. Railroad
Leon Henderson
Securities Commission
Miss Harriet Elliott
University of North Carolina
Good Neighbors to the South and Security Risks Rise
Trotsky in Mexico faces assassination threats as some officials urge his departure. In Panama a thwarted plot to block the 1940 presidential election is reported. Moore-McCormack lines announce new Atlantic and Pacific shipping routes to boost U. S. trade after a $27 million export drop. Jay P. Moffat nominated as U. S. minister to Canada. National Conference of Social Workers meets in Grand Rapids to address unemployment and relief. Six airmen die in a Mojave bomber crash. Civil authorities claim 50,000 civilian pilots can be trained safely. Chicago milk strike ends in a wage dispute truce. U. S. banks reach record assets and deposits. Civil Service rules bar Communist and Nazi-affiliated applicants from federal jobs.
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Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Panama
U S
Moore-McCormack Lines
North
South America
Atlantic
Pacific
Albert W. Moore
U. S
Commerce Department
Army
Mojave
Calif
Desert
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Chicago
The
U. 5S
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Communist Party
German Bund
Japan Shaping War Tools With U S Shipments
Washington reports U S factories are sending machine tools to Japan delaying munitions production for the army and navy. The War Department cites a confidential survey showing most plants work on orders for Japan while Japan stores new tool shipments and scrap iron imports. Roosevelt seeks power to embargo critical materials.
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Washington, D. C
U. S
Army
Navy
Japan
War Department
United States
U S
Roosevelt
Congress
Lewhe on Trial in Mail Fraud Case Post-Governorship
Eleven months after resigning as Louisiana governor Richard W Lewhe stands trial on mail fraud charges tied to a truck deal that allegedly yielded 113370 for him and two others. Walter Connolly, noted character actor, dies at his Hollywood home. Who's Who in America 1940 41 lists 31 452 sketches with Brig Gen William Henry Bisbee 100 retired Civil War veteran as oldest and Shirley Temple as youngest.
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Louisiana
Richard W. Lewhe
Huey P. Long
Walter Connolly
Hollywood
America
William Henry Bisbee
Shirley Temple
Columbia University
Nicholas Murray Butler
Lauriston Taylor Directs Corona Cap On Large X Ray Machine
Lauriston Taylor of the U S Bureau of Standards directs placing the corona cap atop the world’s largest X ray machine. The device, generating up to 1 500 000 volts, was assembled in Washington DC to set a standard for hospitals and cancer clinics nationwide.
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Lauriston Taylor
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Bureau
Washington, D.C
Hollywood gossip and fashion notes from the era
Hollywood figures and social chatter cover speedboat star Count Theo Rossi and Tyrone Power as the era’s two eligible bachelors. Square glasses trend with Dolores Del Rio and Hedy Lamarr among early adopters. Bets on radio stars, Eleanor Roosevelt talks, and Mary Martin shopping for a house amid TV and film buzz.
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Virginia Vale
Theo Rossi
Vermouth
South America
Tyrone Power
Annabella
Mrs. Power
J. Edgar Hoover
Shirley Temple
Dolores del Rio
Hedy la Marr
Joan Bennett
Rudy Vallee
Peggy Moran
Pete Westmore
Hollywood
Methods Vary In Treatment Of Hay Fever
Dr. James W. Barton explains hay fever varies in severity and that ragweed pollen injections prevent many attacks. He cites inherited allergy and gland balance as factors and notes adrenaline as a front line aid to ease asthma and hay fever symptoms.
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James W. Barton
Western Newspaper Union
Gland System May Be at Fault in Hay Fever
Dr S Bucher of Champaign Illinois reports pituitary gland extracts giving dramatic relief in 50 hay fever cases. Hypodermic injections started two months before pollen season followed a decreasing schedule over several weeks totaling about 24 injections.
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S. Bucher
Champaign
Medical World
Bucher
Lumbago and Sciatica Not Natural Ailments
OU residents may suffer lumbago and sciatica but these are caused by injury or infection not fate. Past attacks followed by tonsil and dental infections, with relief after removal or treatment, show how posture, injury, and infection trigger pain. Poor posture and weak muscles can predispose, with symptoms spreading from lower back to legs and worsening with cold, strain, or new injuries.
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W. M. Steel
American Journal of Surgery
Causes and sources of belching and vitamin B1
Belching mainly stems from a sluggish liver and gall bladder. Certain foods like cabbage onions lettuce and cauliflower can trigger it. Citrus fruits and tomato juice provide vitamin B1 but are not as rich as liver milk eggs whole wheat grains yeast and peanuts.
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Farnham F. Dudgeon
U.S. Defense Board
British Isles
Prise Blitzkrieg
Johnny Bull
Leopold II
Commission
Chester Davis
Defense
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Knudsen
Jay P. Moffat
James H. Cromwell
Canada
Moffat
State Department
Cromwell
Hitler
Social Service
National Conference of Social Workers
Grand Rapids
Mich
Pershing
Frances Warren Pershing
Inlaw
New York
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Hoover
William Castle
Iceland
Greenland
Maine
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
Tom Dewey
New Mexico
Simms
Dewey
Rep
Gene Cox
Georgia
Cox
Senator Nye
Benito
Sen
Gerald Nye
North Dakota
Mussolini
Ann Dvorak
Helen Mack
Lola Lane
Columbia
Mary Booth
Edwin Booth
Gary Crosby
Bing
Iadio
Kathleen Burke
Eleanor Roosevelt
NBC
Mary Martin
Mrs. Martin
Greta , Garbo
Mary
Richard Halliday
Parks Johnson
Parks
Dr. Barton
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