Neville Chamberlain resigns after war debate
Chronicle of the early Nazi invasion of Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands with Britain’s political crisis. Neville Chamberlain resigns after a two day Commons clash as Churchill assumes blame for the failed Norwegian campaign and the cabinet remains intact.
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England
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
House of Commons
Norway
Chamberlain
Narvik
Britain
North Sea
Churchill
House
Hitler
Germany
David Lloyd George
Names in the News Across Nations and Politics
The article highlights Joan of Arc honored on France’s national day, Stalin’s prominence in Soviet literary readership, and the Squalus submarine’s recommissioning as Sailfish. It also notes Senate actions with Senator Downey urging productive use of savings and Schwellenbach’s Senate-confirmed federal judgeship.
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France
Joan of Arc
Russia
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Senate Banking and Currency Subcommittee
Sheridan Downey
Dem
Calif
U. S
Lewis D. Schwellenbach
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Peace time war games test modern U S army in South
Thousands of trained soldiers from 33 states join the annual war games in the Deep South. Sixty six thousand professionals in Red and Blue factions engage in large scale maneuvers to test new mechanized equipment and streamlined infantry divisions through May 25.
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United States
Deep South
U. S
Advance Men In Washington Plan Early Platform Draft
John D Hamilton, chairman of the Republican national committee, said the resolutions committee members designate will meet a week before the convention to begin framing the party platform. Senator Wheeler of Montana urged Democrats to adopt a similar timetable in Philadelphia starting June 24.
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Washington
John D Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Resolutions Committee
Philadelphia
Wheeler
Dem
Mont
American Letters No Sour Grapes Winners of 1939
Critics complain but Pulitzer selections are announced. John Steinbeck wins for Grapes of Wrath followed by William Saroyan for The Time of Your Life Carl Sandburg Lincoln the War Years Ray Stannard Baker Woodrow Wilson Life and Letters and Mark Van Doren Collected Poems receive $1000 prizes.
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John Steinbeck
William Saroyan
Carl Sandburg
Lincoln
Ray Stannard Baker
U S Rail Credit Plan Affects Long Distance Travel
A nationwide rail credit plan lets any buyer with decent credit secure transportation, Pullman accommodations, and all tour expenses on time payments for trips $50 or more. Sixty six major rail firms participate, with a 24 hour credit inquiry and no down payment required, just signature. Red Cross reports large European relief efforts and fundraising. Alcatraz modernized. doors open July. US exports to Latin America rise 64 percent in first half of Europe’s war. US Steel notes export gains not tied to war orders. no expansion planned.
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Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
England
France
Belgian
Adolf Hitler
Low Countries
Luxembourg
Berlin
Norway
Denmark
Paris
London
Exchange Telegraph
Brussels
Washington
United States
State Department
Roosevelt
Hitler
America
U. S
Alcatraz
James V. Bennett
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Europe
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States Steel Corporation
Hoboken
N. J
U. S. Steel
Phillips
Mussolini
Italy
Sumner Welles
Rome
Phillips Jl Duce
Mediterranean
Hitler plans summer push to end war by October
Washington reports suggest Hitler will strike Europe in rapid succession this summer as Mussolini shifts toward war. U S observers note ample munitions through fall, with a question mark over US elections and potential lifting of the Johnson act to aid allies. Taft Dewey debate grows with concrete delegate claims across states.
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Washington
D. C
Hitler
U. S
Europe
Holland
Romania
Hungary
Greece
United States
Italy
Mussolini
TAFT
Dewey
New Yorker
California
Delaware
Indiana
Iowa
Hanford McNider
Canada
Hoover
Missouri
New York
New
Mexico
Simms
North Carolina
Ohio
South
Gannett
Philadelphia
General Hugh S. Johnson Jays Dillinger Tactics
The piece critiques a proposed $1 million plan by Samuel Harden Church to capture Adolf Hitler alive for trial and condemns kidnapping tactics. It compares such ideas to Napoleonic actions and mocks current political leadership, noting policy shifts on civilian aviation and criticizing J Monroe Johnson and the administrative reshuffle affecting airways oversight.
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Washington, D. C
Dillinger
Samuel Harden Church
Carnegie Institute
Adolf Hitler
League of Nations
Congress
Department of Commerce
J. Monroe
Johnson
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