Conscription bill prompts rapid military plan and deaths
Congress passed the Burke Wadsworth bill for universal registration of men aged 26 for possible service, signed into law two days later. Drafts to begin October 16, 1840 with 400,000 trainees planned by year end. The Fish amendment was dropped. The Russell amendment to keep national defense plants under owners’ cooperation was proposed. Speaker Willem Barkhest dies from internal hemorrhage. Glenn Frank and son Glenn Ir killed in a Greenleaf auto crash. William Busk head, speaker since 1336, dies. Frank, 52, Republican adviser and author, was killed aged 62.
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Congress
Willem B. Barkhest
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
United States Senate
Greenleaf
Wis
Dr. Frenk
Glenn Ir
Sihar
William Buskhead
Roosevelt
Frank
The War and the Anvil Of Britons Resolve
The piece uses war imagery to describe Britain under air raids in 1940. It contrasts a hammer striking an anvil and questions how England can strike back, noting heavy bombardment on London and the threat of invasion while civilians adjust to wartime life. It also mentions Goebbels and Jewish property damage, and a political moment with Wendell Willkie in Chicago.
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Thor
Hitler
England
Burt
Germany
Churchill
London
Buckingham Pelace
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Joseph Goebbels
Nazidem
Peredot
Horrors in Jersey details Kenvil blast and aftermath
A Jersey munitions plant explosion at Kenvil left close to 50 dead and about 200 injured. The Hercules Powder works detonated 66 000 tons of smokeless powder, disrupting 2 000 000 dollars worth of U S government work. Nazi sympathy claims and a raid on an Andover camp colored the chaotic scene.
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Kenvil
N. J
PBI
U.S
Hercules Power Company
Dies Committee
Andover
Keavil
London
Berlin
World leaders react as war unfolds in Europe and colonies
The Duke of Windsor now governor of the Bahama Islands sends congrats to his brother George on escaping German bombs. Mackenzie King also sends best wishes. Goering is reported flying over London in a Junkers during raids. Vichy trials target Gamelin Daladier Reynaud Mandel amid a purge linked to the Dreyfus era.
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Duke of Windsor
Bahama Islands
Florida
Brother George
Mackenzie King
Canada
Reichsmarshal
Hermano Goering
London
Junkers
Vichy
Gamelin
Daladier
Reynaud
Georges Mandel
Lberais
France
Dreyfus
Johnsons Preparedness Plans Recall Nutured by Washington
National Affairs reports Gen. Hugh S. Johnson and Louis Johnson influenced U S defense policy in the 1930s. Gen Johnson warned Roosevelt might trigger war for reelection. Louis Johnson pressed for mechanized army tools, risking his career to fund powder making machinery amid budget constraints.
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Hugh Johnson
N.R.A
Washington
Louis Johnson
Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
Johnson
Hugh &. Johnson
Louis
Army
Baruch
Congress
Navy
House
Senate
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Budget Bureau
Capitol Hill
School Daze and Fraternities in a War-Torn World
A fragmented column laments school reform debates and calls for a return to traditional values while noting France’s critique of its public schools and a shift toward family based voting. It references veterans’ parades, fraternity brothers, opera figures, and social trends amid wartime uncertainty.
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France
Marshal Petain
Paolo Revere the Italian patriot revealed in uproarious spoof
The piece mocks American historians by claiming Paul Revere was really Paolo of Italian birth in 1735. It absurdly suggests his father Apollos de Revoire came from Guernsey, now German-occupied, and that the family adopted an anglicized name to ease pronunciation.
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Canada
Ontario
England
Toronto
Paolo” Revere
Revere
Paul Revere
Paolo
Paolo Revere
Simng Italia
Paul
Boston
Mass
Apollos de Revoire
Guernsey
Shaw Speaks on Russia and Churchill
George Bernard Shaw urged Britons to warn the Russians promptly. He noted Winston Churchill long opposed Russia and red-baiting, but said Churchill had shifted. Shaw cited Churchill’s remark that Lenin was a very great man.
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George Bernard Shaw
Shakespeare
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Lenin
Pleasing Motifs for Pan and Pot Holder
A fragment describes fall needlework ideas for pan and pot holders including flower faces a hen and rooster Toby jugs and a parrot handle holder. It notes bazaars and gifts offering inexpensive tel ch eny supplies and scraps suitable for piecing.
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Kansas City, Mo
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