Clash Between Russia and Germany Intensifies War
The weekly column analyzes the drift toward full-scale war as Germany and Russia pivot from partnership to confrontation. It notes U S reaction shifting toward supporting Britain and Russia, Britain’s Syria gains, and strategic questions about regional defense amid new German moves and Soviet caution. It also covers two mid Atlantic incidents a submarine sinking near Portsmouth and a Baltimore bomber crash. Damascus falls signaling shifts in the Syria front and British strategic options.
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Russia
Germany
Europe
Syria
Britain
Finland
Hitler
United States
England
China
France
Italy
Balkans
Turkey
Poland
Greece
Jugoslavia
Bulgaria
Churchill
Sir Stafford Cripps
Molotov
Dardanelles
Bosporus
von Ribbentrop
Portsmouth
N. H
Baltimore
Navy Department
Navy
Army
Damascus
Aleppo
Africa
Jerusalem
St. Paul
Egypt
Israel
Rome
Alexander the Great
Break in US Axis ties seen after Moor sinking and sanctions
The report sketches a near break with Germany and Italy after asset freezes and expulsion of consulates, with Roosevelt presenting a stern message and the State Department issuing a strong note. It notes ongoing British air raids and RAF training flights as the war widens its reach and discusses the U.S. Guard training extension and future draft questions.
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United States
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
Congress
State Department
National Guard
War Department
America
Department
Army
Wadsworth
New York
Patriotic profits during war era profits and sacrifice
In wartime supply talks a paper mill president refused profit, offering government price based on cost. A second executive admits billing fractions for higher prices, but a war ship Hood symbolized English devotion. Republicans push an incentive plan and Andersen bill for farmers. Treasury data show 1,274 earn over 150 thousand annually, 43 above a million.
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Germany
France
Navy
England
Greenland
Clyde
Glasgow
United States
Hood
House of Representatives
House
Senator Andrew Jackson Houston Turns Eighty Seven in Senate
Washington reports Senator Andrew Jackson Houston of Texas reached his eighty seventh birthday making him one of the oldest men to serve in the Senate. New York note says school janitors from fifteen states attended a five day course at Columbia University in rat catching insect control and plumbing repair and sweeping technique.
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Washington
Andrew Jackson Houston
Texas
Senate
New York
Columbia University
Water resistant artificial leather for outdoor cushions
Instructions suggest covering cushions with water resistant artificial leather and sewing like heavy fabric. The guide details needle sizes thread and machine settings, describes cord coverings, and notes colorful cushion options with burlap and silk stockings as an alternative. It promotes Mrs. Spears Home Makers booklets offering over two hundred ideas for homemakers at ten cents each.
Weekend enlistment plea boosts wartime drive from moms
A patriotic appeal urges families and neighbors nationwide to donate to the U.S.O. and allied wartime groups. The message asks readers to send contributions to their local U.S.O. committees or the National Headquarters at the Empire State Building in New York, highlighting a nationwide fundraising goal.
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U.S.O
U.S. O. National
Empire State Building
New York
N.Y
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Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
Near East
North Africa
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
R.A.F
RAF
Japan
WUE Wright A.ee Eee
United States Treasury
Ruta Wyetsh Spears
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Mom
U. S. Army
The
M.ca
National Catholic Community Service
Salvation Army
Y.w.ca
Jewish Welfare Board
National Travelers Aid Association
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