America liner’s brave captain rises to sea hero status
This feature profiles Captain Giles Stedman master of the luxury liner America, lauded for daring rescues and wartime service. It highlights his rise from Coast Guard recruit to MIT marin engineering student, his early command at age 42, and distinguished awards from Italy and Britain, plus notable救 rescue deeds in 1925 1930s.
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Newport News
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Admiralty
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Weekly News Analysis by Farnham F Dudgeon
An editor’s note accompanies a weekly analysis by Farnham F Dudgeon. The column signals opinion on current events and reflects the newspaper’s stance as a Western Newspaper Union release.
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Farnham F. Dudgeon
Western Newspaper Union
War Games and peacetime draft shape U.S. defense
United States defense moves tighten as 310000 troops join 21 day war games along the Canadian border. Roosevelt seeks year-long National Guard training and peacetime conscription authority. Burke-Wadsworth bill advances with 21 to 31 age registration. House and Senate clash over taxes and defense orders while trawler purchases and alien registration plans surface. Wire tapping bill for espionage and treason investigations passes House.
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Congress
National Guard
Senate
House
Senate Military Committee
Woodring
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Navy
U.S
Welles
Havana
Senator Johnson and McCarl Linked to Party Shifts in 1930s
The report notes Hiram Johnson running for re election to the U S Senate in California with critics labeling him no longer liberal and not a Progressive Democrat as President Roosevelt assigns the label. J A McCarl former comptroller general died in Washington. Lord Beaverbrook is mentioned as Canadian born.
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Hiram Johnson
California
Roosevelt
J. &. McCarl
Washington
Lord Beaverbrook
Battle of Britain Invasion Moves Toward Channel Ports
Reports from unoccupied France described large German troop movements toward the French channel ports and Germany shutting travel and communications with occupied areas. Britain, under Sir Alan Brooke, adopted an offensive defense, waging bombings on Germany while German raids hit England. Both sides claimed heavy damage, with Dover and Hamburg cited as targets. In Africa, Mussolini moved 250,000 Italian troops from Egypt and British Somaliland toward the Suez, signaling aims at India.
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India
Alan Brooke
Dover
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Mussolini
Egypt
British Somaliland
London
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Suez
Britain Japanese arrest row shocks world in Tokyo clash
Nine British trade leaders and journalists were arrested in Japan as Tokyo called it an espionage bust. A Japanese journalist reportedly died by jumping from a window after arrest. England demanded explanations as London papers urged retaliation while more British and Japanese arrests spread tension across the empire. Ambassador Namoru Shigemitsu protested to Viscount Halifax, urging immediate releases. officials avoided comment, calling arrests a coincidence. Tokyo accused Britain of retaliation.
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Tokyo
England
London
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Namoru Shigemitsu
Viscount Halifax
Britain
G Men Expand Force Against Fifth Columnists
Chief J Edgar Hoover Roosevelt oversees a growing FBI effort against espionage amid rising cases. Before 1988 investigations averaged 35 annually. by 1936 the count surged to 16,088, reflecting intensified national security actions.
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Roosevelt
FBI
Britain Faces Naval Losses and U S Arms Debate
German claims of heavy British destroyer losses stir alarm as Britain ’ s fleet shrinks to fewer than 100 ships in operation. Nazis claim merchant shipping losses exceed World War totals. United States holds 238 destroyers, driving calls to sell 60 over‑age ships to Britain. Pershing and Lindbergh spur antiwar rhetoric amid senate dispute.
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Chicago
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Windsor dukes skip America for Bermuda port visit
The duke and duchess of Windsor canceled plans to travel to America as the former king takes a new post as governor general of the Bahamas. Instead they disembarked at Bermuda amid rumors that the duchess, born in Pennsylvania and raised in Baltimore, could visit America for an unannounced plastic operation. The note mentions French court observers backing General Charles de Gaulle after the armistice.
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Duchess of Windsor
America
Bahamas
Bermuda
Charles de Galle
England
Havana conference seals new inter American defense pact
Brackart notes time tests the Havana meeting where the United States and 20 American republics form a Pan American defense framework. It expands the Monroe Doctrine, pledges protection for Western hemisphere shores, and creates machinery to counter foreign subversion while leaving questions about sovereignty and future troop deployments.
Efficient Linen Closet That's a Step-Saver
Efficient linen closet idea turns wasted kitchen pantry space into a practical storage area. A high plywood door above shelves and a curtain on a shade roller create a compact system for table linens with a smart laundry bag for soiled items. A scalloped framing board and jig saw cuts finish the look and hint at a forthcoming DIY guide and booklet offer.
Boomerangs Attract Attention In Washington Exhibition
Henry Wallace the Democratic vice presidential nominee is shown giving instruction in boomerang throwing to Attorney General Robert Jackson. A curved throwing stick went out of bounds, striking a photographer and requiring four stitches.
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Australia
Washington
Henry Wallace
Willkie Hearses Midwestern Farm Concerns in Iowa Visit
Republican candidate Wendell Willkie, finishing a Colorado vacation, met Iowa and other midwestern governors and their representatives in Des Moines to hear agricultural concerns. He plans no change to the current farm program and says further views will come in his acceptance speech. Senator Wheeler sought Willkie’s stance on conscription but failed to learn them. Wallace, Democratic candidate for VP, said he will resign as Farm Secretary upon nomination and noted campaign tensions with a campaignBoowania boom erang.
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Wendell Willkie
Colorado
Des Moines
Iowa
Wheeler
Henry A. Wallace
Problem of Colonies at Pan American Conference
Washington correspondent William Bruckart analyzes the Pan American Conference on Colonies. The meeting broadens the Monroe Doctrine to create virtual protectorates over European possessions in the Americas. He says the government’s true value will be known only with time.
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Hitler
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Stalin
Mexico
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Canada
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Washington
New World
Wiliam Bruckart
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