Full Strength German Army Strikes Through France On Paris
Weekly News Analysis reports Hitler’s drive through central France targeting Paris. The 200 mile Somme Aisne line is bolstered as Wey’s troops face German bombers tanks and heavy artillery. Britain’s help wanes after Dunkirk losses. Paris air raids kill and injure hundreds as France retaliates. Marshall warns manpower shortage limits mobilization and contemplates three to four month training reserves. Tax funded defense costs rise to about five billion dollars with potential 1 billion yearly ongoing.
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Scandinavia
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Netherlands
Belgium
Adolf Hitler
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Paris
Somme
Aisne
Maxime Wey
Dunkirk
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London
George C. Marshall
Army
Congress
House Appropriations
Salute or Starve: Supreme Court Upholds Flag Salute
The Supreme Court upheld state laws requiring flag salutes, backing a Pennsylvania school board that expelled two children for religious refusal. In Illinois four Jehovah's Witnesses were rescued from angry locals, and in Texas ninety pacifist literature distributors were jailed after widespread objections.
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Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Moneaqua
Ill
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Waxahachie
Texas
Dies to extend probe to all 21 republics in Americas
Rep. Martin Dies announces the House committee investigating un-American activities will broaden its scope to include all 21 American republics amid concerns of German influence in South America. Investigators are already gathering information along the Mexican border and seek closer Western Hemisphere cooperation. Panama voters elect Arnulfo Arias as president, amid accusations of attempts to disrupt the vote and measures to prevent repeaters.
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Martin Dies
House
Washington
South America
Dies
Republic of
Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Ricardo Alfaro
Popular Front
Roosevelt welcomes fourth child amid tax fraud indictment
Pree Roosevelt becomes a four g father as Amne Clark Roosevelt gives birth to his youngest son. Joseph Schenck, movie executive, indicted in New York by a federal grand jury on 29 counts of income tax fraud related to a $400,000 tax evasion scheme.
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Wi Amne
Clark) Roosevelt
Debe
Joseph Schenck
New York
Cenient
Byrnes Quoted as Favored Running Mate for Roosevelt
Reports indicate Senator James F Byrnes of South Carolina is the prime favorite for Roosevelt's vice presidential running mate if he seeks a second term. It is said the President made overtures to Byrnes during a recent Potomac cruise conference.
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Sen
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Sherman Was Right Yet Soldiers Find War Fun
War is cruelty as Sherman warned yet soldiers from many nations still seek humor amid ruins of World War I. A French woman serves tea to Welsh guards near the front, while East York’s regiment entertains comrades with tunes. An unusual sign marks the way to the front lines reading Entrance to the Chicago Slaughter-House.
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William Tecumseh Sherman
France
Chicago Slaughter-House
Calm leadership urged by Women Leaders in 1930s clubs
Mrs Sadie Orr Dunbar president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs and Miss Juliet M Bartlett newly elected president of New York Women's City Club urge calmness amid national tensions. Dunbar, speaking at Milwaukee, stresses clear understanding and measured action, describing community organization as the nation’s current endeavor. Dunbar, elected in 1938 for a three year term, represents about 2 million club women and aims to align women with modern life.
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Suen Eave
Sadie Orr Dunbar
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Juliet M. Bartlett
New York
Federation
Dunbar
Ganger
Chanute
Kan
Fresno
Calif
Oregon
The
State University
Oregon Tuberculosis Association
Experts Promise Swift Prep Work Amid Industry Push
Inquiries with experts reveal reassurance and complexity about rapid industrial and military preparedness. Authorities agree productivity in a free state outpaces a slave state once underway as Treasury Secretary Morgenthau meets machine tool leaders to boost tooling and standardization for mass plane production. Dr. George Jackson Mead, newly named to a $10,000 annual post, aids type decisions and parts standardization. Mead, MIT alumnus, aircraft designer with a storied career, heads toward shaping aviation’s future. Walter S. Tower becomes president of the America Iron and Steel Institute, linking metallurgy to national defense strategy.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Free
Secretary of the Treasury
Moorgenthau
Washington
George Jackson Mead
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
James Barrie
Walter S. Tower
America Iron and Steel Institute
Tower
Spinach washing plans and odd quips emerge
Dialogue fragments feature a child named Johnny and an aunt, with jokes about washing spinach to remove sand, a playful plan to tie it to a fishing pole, and a quip about a plane crash and an air pocket. The snippets mix humor and mischief in a casual conversational tone.
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Niagara Falls
What Love Will Do and Wordly Wise Lovers
A humorous dialogue exchanges about meals, marriage and learning. Mrs Newlywed jokes that bread and cheese suffice after chops catch fire. A tale contrasts a man becoming educated for love with another becoming foolish for love. The mother guides a girl reading about names and outcomes, noting George should mean business.
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Mrs. Newlywed
Panto Mime Echoes Laughing Crowd Tale
A brief exchange recalls a past pantomime mime act where laughter carried far. The speaker remarks on the strong audience response, prompting curiosity about the events that drew such reaction.
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