Germany's next move and Allied fears in wartime speculation
A wartime column warns that Germany may strike on a new front after Russia and Libya reverses, with rumors of actions in Spain, the Caucasus via Turkey, Greece bases, and a potential invasion of Great Britain. It notes US attention could turn to Dakar and urges readiness after Pearl Harbor, urging an Axis counterplay and a home front surprise.
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Germany
United States
Europe
Russia
Libya
Spain
Near East
Caucasus
Turkey
Greece
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Dakar
Africa
Japan
Italy
Pearl Harbor
Marconi
Izzard
America
P. S
Transition from Millionitis to Billionitis in Government Finances
The article notes a shift in public financial reporting from millions to billions. It explains treasury budgets are rounded in dollars to billion figures, reducing character count and potential transmission errors. Newspapers follow suit, using $61 billion instead of long strings like $61,027,200,000, reflecting growing realism in fiscal storytelling.
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U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Red Cross Aims High For War Relief Drive
The American Red Cross seeks 50 million dollars to fund domestic relief of war suffering in the United States, following a 20 million dollar European war relief drive in 1940. Chapters nationwide report overwhelming demand for aid, and the organization remains a focal point of humanitarian effort and American generosity in wartime.
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Red Cross
United States
727 Miles To Hong Kong
727 miles from Manila, Hong Kong had been a British outpost like Gibraltar and Singapore. The Japanese attack turned Hong Kong into an immediate American concern as a barrier to Japan seizing Southeast Asian resources, linking it to the U S rubber supply and defense strategy.
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Hong Kong
South China Sea
Gibraltar
Singapore
United States
Great Britain
Manila
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
Enemy Aliens and the US War Wariness in 1917 18
A reflection on non-citizens from Germany Italy and Japan in the United States during World War I and the evolving policy toward enemy aliens. It notes naturalization trends, differing loyalties among refugees and naturalized citizens, and Roosevelt era rules. It contrasts past mob violence with 1917 18 restraint and calls for disciplined national conduct.
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Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
Panama Canal Zone
Kaiser
Congress
Popar
Wilson
Corcoran's $100000-a-year defense counsel career examined
Peter Edson profiles Barrister Corcoran who earned vast fees advising on national defense matters after leaving public service. He defended his independence before the Truman committee, noting years of private work with Savannah Shipyards China Defense Supplies the British purchasing commission and a magnesium plant syndicate.
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Ens G. Corcoran
The
Cork
United States
Corcoran
Sen. Truman
National Defense
RFC
Roosevelt
Sawyer Corcoran
Savannah Shipyards
China Defense Supplies
British Purchasing Commission
San Jose
Calif
Sen
Hatch
Reoran
Tommy
Sen. Brewster
Mr. Corcoran
Justice Holmes
Eugene Meyer
Harvey Couch
Jesse Jones
NEA, Inc
They Say Bevin Speech Aimed at Unity and Victory
A Bevin quotation emphasizes that interest, poverty, persons, and prejudices must not block victory. The British labor minister asserts resolve and collective effort as the path to success during wartime.
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Ernest Bevin
No League Survival Hinges On U S Membership Quote
Dr Frank Aydelotte of the Institute for Advanced Study warns that the League of Nations cannot survive without United States membership. The remark recalls wartime sentiment as Pearl Harbor looms over 133 million Americans.
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League (of Nations
United States
Frank Aydelotte
Institute For Advanced Study
Radio Monkeys and Herzian Waves Shape a War Era
Darrel L. Mansell extols radio as the war’s true force, praising its reach and mystery. He notes radio guides submarines and aircraft, spreads both truth and propaganda, and could end the conflict if given time, while privacy remains its Achilles heel.
Century update highlights a century of news
A capsule of past events from up through a century ago to ten years ago. German books sold at J Saxton store included Bibles priced 1.50 to 28. West End Crucible Steel plant explosion and Black Diamond Steel Co boiler blasts. Canton egg prices rose. Weather record: six below. Twenty five years ago President Wilson peace terms and Wall Street selloff. State Bar admissions for Thom and Corbett. Ten years ago anti bandit campaign in Manchuria and Hitler speeches about reparation payments and rise to power. Webb Miller report notes 200000 men pledged to obey Hitler.
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West End
Crucible Steel Co
Black Diamond Steel Co
Canton
Wilson
Wall Street
Lansing
United States
William R. Thom
Clyde H. Corbett
State Bar
Japan
Manchuria
Chinchow
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Germany
Hitler
Webb Miller
United Press
Miller
Beleaguered Isles Prompt Hawaii Bureau Note
An eccentric Honolulu letter from December 6 to the Hawaii Tourist Bureau notes the islands’ busy travel and rising air links just as a looming hurricane threat forms. The column then wades through pop culture blurbs, moral musings on Santa, jokes about showbiz names, plus a cheeky Cable from London dispatch.
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Hawaii Tourist Bureau
Honolulu
George T. Armitage
Bureau
Hawaii
Mr. Armitage
Armitage
Bundles For Britain Society
Slaps For Japs Federation
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