Trouble Looms in Balkans as Russia Masses Troops on Romanian Border
Analysis notes Berlin claims Soviet troops move toward Romania while Germany strengthens positions. Eyeing Romanian oil, motives include diverting Britain and opening a path to the eastern Mediterranean. The Balkans loom large as Hitler’s plans remain secret and tensions rise.
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Russia
Romanian
London
Balkan
Adolf Hitler
Romania
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Rumania
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Moscow
Danube
Hitler
British Isles
England
Germany
Mediterranean
Campaign: Home Stretch in the 1940 Presidential Race
The final campaign phase features Willkie speaking for the Republicans and Wallace leading Democratic rhetoric. Roosevelt maintains patterned appearances as polls swing between favorable Gallup readings and Dunn survey claims of Willkie leading. Discussions of a four power axis and U S Soviet Britain China alignments underscore wartime strategic anxieties.
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Willkie
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
Gallup
Registration Drives In Wartime Europe And Draft Lottery
The article notes a mass U S registration of about 16.5 million men aged 21 to 36 across over 120 000 polling places awaiting lottery results to determine order of call into service. It contrasts British war estimates on German losses of 6500 planes and 13 500 pilots with concerns over bomber and fighter totals and Mercedes powered aircraft. London evacuations extend to 29 areas affecting 65 and older residents and the infirm under Health Minister Malcolm MacDonald.
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Washington
Messerschmitts
Heinkels
Junkers
Dorniers
Germany
London County Council
Toto
Malcolm MacDonald
Ramsay
Sticks
Clare Booth Luce Uses War Lead Claim In Public Speech
Clare Booth Luce wife of Henry Luce and playwright spoke in the presence of Mrs Willkie asserting Willkie would be quicker to lead in war as people grow less suspicious. The Luce periodicals have backed Willkie. Jan Paderewski nearly eighty reached Lisbon with his sister en route to America amid illness expressing relief his hands remain strong though he cannot walk unaided.
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Wendell Willkie
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Jan Paderewski
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America
Poland
Italy Indifferent on Axis and Roosevelt Interference
Rome reports Mussolini friendly but cool about Axis plans while Italy grows touchy over U S election interference claims. Herber Matthews, NYT correspondent, was expelled amid asserted misstatements about Axis involvement and relations with Italy and the United States.
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Mussolini
Stooge
Rome
Axis
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Italy
Herbert Matthews
New York Times
United States
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Italia
Columbia
Spain
Ethiopia
Papal cautions on fashion and morality stir Italian youth
Pope addressed 10 000 Italian young women urging conscience before wearing frocks and judging fashions. He condemned modern novels plays and movies while advocating peace and renewal. The piece ties Vatican anxiety over atheist Russia and broader wartime currents with notes on Highland regiments and a Bermuda bicycle appeal for injured veterans.
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England
America
Russia
Stalin
Earl Browder
General Hugh S Johnson on Far Eastern crisis debate
The article critiques a perceived Far Eastern crisis and triple alliance among Japan Germany and Italy. It argues that fear of war 12000 miles from the U S lacks justification weighing economic interests and Philippines policy while contrasting with Churchill and Lippmann on naval balance. It also defends Roosevelt and comments on Elliott Roosevelt's draft assignment affair.
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France
England
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Philippines
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Winston Churchill
Opposition cools Japanese and German civilian rule feared
Washington reports indicate Hull’s sharp rebuke of Horinouchi after recalls from China cooled Japanese aggression and doubts rise about a war with the United States due to fuel limits and internal splits. German civilians in France grip industry as Gestapo complicates occupation while Britain must push out invaders. Absentee Senate woes, TVA Tennessee leadership, Hoover’s cactus clerks, Knudsen on defense, and U S arms export surge noted.
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State Department
Jolson custody plan and Hollywood gossip swirl in New York
A flurry of sensational showbiz items midweek covers Jolson seeking custody of a child from Ruby Keeler and a wide range of rumors about stars, marriages, romances, and industry tensions. It notes Nina dynamic between Babs Hutton and Bob Sweeney, Du Barry and Graham spots, and other high‑society skirmishes.
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Errol Flynn
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New York Nightscape Portrait of City Street Life
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