Hitler May Have to Enter Italian Picture
The piece analyzes Italian demoralization in North Africa and Albania, with Rome in confusion and Mussolini under pressure. It suggests Hitler will not let Mussolini fall and may take over command or occupy Italy to keep Axis unity, while Italian reaction remains uncertain.
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Badoglio
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George Fielding Elliot
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China
TD Duce
Manufacturers Pledge Team Work for Nation's Defense
The Congress of American Industry presents a program endorsed by 8,000 members of the American Association of Manufacturers. It urges labor capital and management to unite for production, protect free enterprise, and balance prices with non defense costs while avoiding government production of private goods. It asserts profits motivate productive effort and pledges defense cooperation.
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New Restrictions On Japanese Supplies
The United States moves to curb exports of iron ore, pig iron and ferro alloys to Japan, expanding license controls to cover most iron and steel production and enforcing a moral embargo on airplanes and aviation fuel processes. Tokyo’s access to supplies used in its war effort faces tighter limits as Axis pressures mount.
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Japan
Nippon
Berlin-Rome
United States
Orient
Singapore
China
Tokyo
Actions and Labor Must Shape the Nation's Destiny
A call to action over words, urging labor and government to commit to the tasks ahead and determine the country's future through deeds and shared effort.
Britain and France Face New War Complications
The piece notes Britain and France struggle over aligning with the Vichy regime and the risk of French ships aiding the enemy. It cites the Oran attack on the French fleet, supply convoys through Gibraltar, and Churchill’s cautious stance while considering bringing France into the war.
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France
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Strait of Gibraltar
Winston Churchill
Congress Ends in Do-Nothing Style on Capitol Hill
Washington's oldest residents recall a time when Congress closed with little activity. The 76th Congress appears quiescent as the Senate debates executive papers and postal records while the House schedules only adjournment efforts and extensions of remarks.
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Defending Mr Dies to The Dies Committee
A reader defends the Dies Committee as essential to combat crime and subversive elements, arguing it investigates un American activities and should be strengthened. The letter cites PM and the FBI, condemns alleged liberalism communism confusion, and urges continued congressional scrutiny. FRANK L HALEY Madrid NY.
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Remembering a Thinker Daniel De Leon born in 1852 noted
The piece reflects on Daniel De Leon born December 14 1860s era. contrasts with 1852 turmoil. recalls contemporaries Gogol Froebel Booth Moore Clay Webster Wellington and others. honors De Leon's path of revolutionary socialist action and industrial unionism. Syracuse, Mortimer De Witt.
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Tom Moore
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Daniel Webster
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Syracuse
Mortimer DE Witt
Letter from Central Square reader criticizes wartime knocker Frank Nolan
A reader disputes Frank Nolan's letter asserting wartime positions. The writer argues Nolan mocks the country and allies, questions his support for Hitler, notes Nolan’s car and radio as signs of luxury, and calls for work and fair treatment without persistent criticism.
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Central Square
Germany
Satan -Hitler
Liberty of the press as true measure of freedom
A quoted maxim guards press liberty as essential to real freedom, stating that without such liberty all freedom risks remaining only nominal. The remark frames a principle where a free press underpins democratic rights and informed public discourse.
Defense delays tied to labor union concerns and war plant friction
Washington reports that Sidney Hillman favors union labor over immediate production, delaying defense work. Congress faces threats of harsh anti-subversive measures, while Attorney General Jackson links the Vultee strike to communist influence. The War Department awarded Ford a plane engine contract omitting a labor-law clause, provoking Hillman’s office.
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Robert H. Jackson
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Ford Company
Defense contracts and labor laws clash over union pressure
The War Department seeks prompt weapon production while avoiding labor-law coercion. Critics urge removing union leverage and propose a neutral labor board or panel of Federal judges to resolve disputes without harming defense output.
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Hhasen
Defense Council
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Defense Commission
Defense Program
America
Defense Commission urges wartime production surge
William S. Knudsen told the National Association of Manufacturers that the United States must speed defense output. Secretary Hull presses urgency for Britain’s needs in the next 90 days as Hitler looms in the spring. Officials move from secrecy to public effort to spur industry and labor.
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Hitler
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White House While the Crews Were Changing. While Mr. Roosevelt
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Chicago
Donald Nelson
Defense chiefs press for faster defense output and sales
Knudsen urges full time operation and a wartime pace for production and says January output projections must be cut by 30 percent. Nelson warns bankers and industrials that the public remains complacent about defense and stresses urgent, continuous effort.
The General Says War Must Be Prepared
Hugh S. Johnson declares in York that avoidance of war is a cruel illusion. He warns that the United States must maintain a mobilized, well armed force and organize its resources to deter rivals and remain impregnable in the hemisphere.
We Must Be Strong to Keep Peace
The article argues the United States must confine defense to its strategic areas and aid Britain without entering war. It criticizes slow mobilization and planning, urges full rearmament, centralized authority, and stronger manpower training to become the most competent military nation.
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Hitler
Europe
Versailles
Vienna
Hemisphere
Britain
Washington
Press accuracy questioned as officials slip in reporting
Paul Mallon notes growing government inaccuracies in Washington coverage. He cites Roosevelt statements about time from Washington, third terms, and defense publicity, arguing some press errors stem from over tolerance and past contract-derived expectations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Inquirers
National Defense Commission
Tate
Morgenthau slacker charge draws press to defend bonds
An editorial critique accuses Treasury Secretary Morgenthau of inflaming bias by labeling bond holders as slackers. It argues many holders are Federal agencies and others, with bonds largely tax free, and notes refunding from World War I. It cites Treasury figures as of June 30, 1939, and urges accuracy over political framing.
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Mary
Pickford
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