Full Strength of German Army Hits New French Defense Line
The article reports Nazi pressure through central France aimed at Paris, with bombings near the capital, and Allied responses. It notes German air raids on outskirts, French retaliation on Munich and near Frankfurt, and quotes Gen. Marshall on manpower shortages and proposed training programs to bolster reserves. It also discusses funding and tax base considerations for defense spending and earlier farm income prospects.
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Paris
Poland
Scandinavia
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Belgium
Adolf Hitler
Flanders
France
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Aisne
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Flanders Weeld
Dunkirk
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London
Germany
George C. Marshall
Army
Congress
House Appropriations
Supreme Court Upheld Flag Salute Objection Rulings
The Supreme Court upheld a Pennsylvania school board’s action expelling two children for refusing to salute the flag on religious grounds. Reports also describe other religious dissent incidents and growing political chatter as Europe’s conflict intensifies and Roosevelt factions maneuver ahead of the 1940 convention.
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Pennsylvania
Moneaqua
Ill
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Waxahachie
Texas
National Defense Drive Faces Political Bickering in Washington
Washington editor William Bruckart decries war hysteria and political infighting undermining the national defense program. He cites Roosevelt Hoover clashes, Democratic responses, and propaganda while warning about racketeering labor leaders and a rising donor-financed defense plan costing up to ten billion dollars. The piece notes civil service stance on communists and fascists amid calls for unity.
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Hoover
Johnson
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Roosevelt
Congress
Leopold
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Navy
NAMES in the news recap of wartime figures and events
President Roosevelt becomes a grandfather again as a boy is born to Anne Clark Roosevelt wife of John Roosevelt youngest son. Joseph Schenck indicted in New York on 24 counts of income tax fraud involving 400000 dollars. Mrs Dwight W Morrow urges immediate aid to the allies and William C Bullitt recounts a Nazi raid near Paris, a luncheon building rocked by bombs.
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Anne
Clark) Roosevelt
John
Joseph Schenck
New York
Smith College
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
Germany
William C. Bullitt
Cordell Hull
Paris
Defense and Politics Clash Over U S Defense Drive
William Bruckart warns that political bickering could derail the national defense push. He urges leaders to set aside selfish interests and focus on building a secure America.
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U. S. Defense
William Bruckart
America
Slip Cover Screen From Four Boards And Hinge
Instructions describe making a portable room screen from four boards one foot wide and one inch thick with nine 1 inch butt hinges. It suggests choosing chintz, calculating fabric by height times three plus four yards, and following sketch directions to assemble. Also promotes Sewing Book No 2 and four other books with doll and rug projects and quilt patterns.
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