Seversky and Lake Seek New Frontiers in Aviation and Submarines
Two profiles highlight Maj. Alexander P. de Seversky, his 1930s aviation feats, and inventor IMON LAKE, age 72, pursuing submarine innovations. Seversky recalls wartime dogfights, a Baltic crash, and a record transcontinental flight while Lake envisions Atlantis exploration and marine adaptations from a New York hotel.
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York
Alexander P. de Seversky
America
New York
Los Angeles
Imperial Russia
Baltic
Imon Lake
Atlantis
Jules Verne
Toms River
New Jersey
Argonaut, Jr
Chesapeake Bay
Wright Brothers
Washington
Russia
Four-Power Treaty Talks Rise Over Czech Crisis
The article surveys Hitler's Sudeten plan provoking Czech unrest and Western responses. Chamberlain flies to Berchtesgaden for talks with Hitler as Prague braces for possible conflict. Roosevelt watches Europe from Minnesota and pressures policy and markets while Georgia voters purge the New Deal.
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Nuremburg
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Germany
France
Russia
Great Britain
Berlin
London
Neville Chamberlain
Berchtes-gaden
Munich
Berchtesgaden
der Fuehrer
Britain
Hitler
Paris
Italy
Chamberlain
Edouard Daladier
Konrad Henlein
Fuehrer Henlein
Moscow
Franklin Roosevelt
Rochester
Minn
San James
Minnesota
Europe
Maryland
Maine
Roosevelt
Walter F. George
South Carolina
Ellison D. Smith
Millard E. Tydings
Georgia
Edgar B. Dunlap
George Machine
Dunlap
RFC
Eugene Talmadge
Lawrence S. Camp
William G. McRae
George
E. D. Rivers
Dewey Favored for Gubernatorial Nomination After Mistrial
The article details Thomas E. Dewey seen as a strong GOP gubernatorial candidate following a mistrial in the Hines case tied to Tammany Hall. It notes Pecora's ruling, potential new trials, and political maneuvering to keep Dewey from a judge, plus broader commentary on social security reforms and international affairs including Japan, Italy, and China.
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James J. Hines
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Tom Dewey
Tammanyman Hines
Manhattan
Ferdinand Pecora
Pecora
New York Times
Hines
Arthur
Flegen
Heimer
Justice Pecora
Lloyd P. Stryker
Herbert Lehman
League of Nations
Italy
League
Japan
China
Hankow
Great Britain
Far East
Spain
Europe
Ebro
Gandesa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Shanghai
Madrid
Germany
Mars Counts Noses in Naval Tonnage Report
United States total tonnage reaches 4 407 945 tons with 17 battleships listed. The combined figure includes 1 758 478 tons from other warships and auxiliary vessels across the fleet.
Europe Prepares for War Aims and Armies Analyzed
A wartime analysis contrasts Germany and Italy with Britain France and Russia, noting allied strength in manpower and airpower versus Axis tonnage and fleets. It covers navies, air forces, defense lines Maginot and Siegfried, and Europe's rising war readiness amid regional tensions.
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Germany
Italy
Rome
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
An Nancester
Great Britain
Russia
France
Japan
Far East
United States Army
Navy Departments
Tokyo
Siberia
America
United States
Jugo-Slavia
Rumania
Hungary
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Britain
England
Belgium
Letter Writing Rates by Nationalities
The article lists average letters written per year by nationality. English 78, American 67, New Zealander 66, Swiss 60, German 56, Dane 48, Austrian 38, Dutch 34, Swede 28, Frenchman 26, Norwegian 20, Italians Spaniards and Portuguese under 20.
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