U S Extends Neutrality Patrol Amid Britain Aid Push
The article notes the U S expanding its naval neutrality patrol 1000 miles from the coast to protect aid to Britain. It covers Lindbergh’s resignation as a colonel amid administration ire and renewed emphasis on aiding Britain, with debate on convoy policy and Tobey resolution. It also narrates the Greek campaign’s closing actions and British Greek stand at Thermopylae and Mount Geraneia, and Greece’s government flight to Crete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Britain
Greece
Lindbergh
Air Corps
U.S
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Roosevelt
Hull
Knox
Copperhead
Atlantic
Wessels
Seven Seas
Congroys
Greenland
United States
Senate
Congress
Thermopylae Pass
Leonidas
Mount Geraneia
New Zealand
Piraeus
Crete
Athens
Churchill
England
Australia
Germany
George
Epirus
Roosevelt Threads the Global Labor Storm and War Base Moves
President Roosevelt personally pushed labor talks in the General Motors auto strike amid defense orders, while the navy bought Floyd Bennett airfield for a major base near New York. The Haras was sunk near Piraeus, and Japan’s Matsuoka extolled Germany’s worker system. Violinist Fritz Kreisler suffered a skull fracture in a New York traffic crash.
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Piraeus
Haras
Harold Vanderbilt
Greece
Tokyo
Matsuoka
Japan
Germany
New York
Fritz Kreisler
Rural Boys Rise in White House Advisers
In a crisis shaping U S policy, Harry Hopkins and Leon Henderson, two self made rural boys, join President Roosevelt as key advisers. Hopkins leads lend lease supply and Henderson controls price policy, signaling a shift in wartime governance and unity at the top.
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Leon Henderson
Price Administration
Fifth Avenue
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Hitler
Europe
White House
Hopkins
Harry
Grinnell
Iowa
Association For the Improvement of the
New York
General Johnson
NRA
Henderson
Trade and Commerce
America
Hyde Park
Defenders Work to Stabilize Prices and Currency
Administrator Henderson urged farm implement makers to hold prices amid the steel price schedule. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced a joint fund of 50 million dollars from the U.S. and 20 million from Chinese banks to stabilize the Chinese currency in a cooperative international effort with Dr. T. V. Soong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Treasury
Morgenthau
U. S
T. V. Soong
Central Bank of China
We the People Arm for Defense Poster Urges Public
A Defense Commission poster issued by the Office for Production Management in Washington calls on the public to support the rearmament drive. The slogan WE THE PEOPLE AR M FOR DEFENSE is emphasized for use in streetcars buses and subway trains.
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Office For Production Management
The
Defense Commission
Washington
Public opinion key to settling a strike says Davis
William H. Davis of the National Defense Mediation board says public opinion fuels settlement momentum as both sides see backing from the people. The piece notes heightened federal activity with more workers in Washington and two new federal buildings rising in Maryland and Virginia to add a million square feet of office space.
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Washington
Moscow
William H. Davis
National Defense Mediation Board
City Symphony
District of Columbia
Federal
Maryland
Virginia
Bombers Target Oil Stores in Far East
Bombers in Singapore and Manila threaten Japan’s vital oil stores as Hopkins is chosen to head the Office of Emergency Management. The report notes the strategic concern and the new emergency leadership appointment.
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Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Britain
Wall
Manila
U.S. A
Sam
Japan
Germany
Uncle Sam
Secret Service
U. S
Nippon
Hopkins
Office of Emergency Management
Bell Syndicate
WNU
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Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
Tion
U. S. Army Air Corps Reserve
Reserve Air Corps
Paris
Tobey
Navy
House
Secretary OF Navy
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Perkins
Miss Perkins
Mediation Board
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
Department of Labor
Floyd Bennett Airfield
Naval Air Base
LaGuardia Field
Naval Aviation
North Atlantic
Pensacola
Fla
San Diego
Calif
Anacostia
Washington, D. C
New York City
Long Island Sound
FDR
Baukhage
National Farm
Home Hour
H. Street
N. W
WPA
New Deal Palace Guard
Blue Eagle
Donald Richberg
Raymond Moley
State Department
Scorner
Rexford Guy Tugwell
House of Representatives
John Taber
Taber
Louis Howe
Howe
U. S. Defense News
Puma
Bankhage
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