Paris Falls to German Advance as Allies Rally Aid
Editor notes US aid unlikely before Paris collapse as Bullitt reports German forces inside gates. Britain pours men and airpower to defend France while Reynaud pleads for US planes. Alarming gaps in air power boost Germanys advantage and spur industrial mobilization in the United States.
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Reynaud
France
Roosevelt
Paris
Bullitt
Britain
Channel
U. S
England
Germany
Italy
Rome-Berlin
Record Reserve Department reports reach record granary supplies
Agriculture notes indicate ever normal granary reserves held by the Commodity Credit Corporation exceed one billion dollars with major holdings in cotton, corn, wheat and tobacco. Loans on 1940 crops are authorized to many farm producers as prices remain low due to wartime market losses.
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Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Americas
After World War II the United States faces rising taxes
Washington writer William Bruckart argues the postwar era will bring a new global low mood, constant war threats, and a costly rearmament. He warns against hasty, uncontrolled wartime prep and urges balanced policy, tax hikes, and careful economic planning to avoid repeating 1917–18 mistakes. He predicts a large standing army, risk of military influence on policy, and serious losses in scientific progress if resources are misallocated.
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Philadelphia
Republican Party
Democratic Party
U. S
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
Europe
Wm. Bruckart Math
Hitler
United States
Congress
Mexico
South America
Germany
Bases in South America threaten U S defense policy
The piece argues that reliance on the British navy and the Latin American goodwill is risky. It criticizes regional democracies as military oligarchies and warns that treaties are fragile. It urges securing naval and air bases in the hemisphere for U S defense. It also critiques a New York Times call for universal compulsory military training as impractical.
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Washington, D
South America
Latin Americas
Hokum
Santo Domingo
Hitler
Rome
Roosevelt
Ballyhoo
Rio Grande
New York Times
Governor removes Wayne County sheriff over payoffs
Gov. Loren Dickinson of Michigan dismissed Thomas C. Wilcox as sheriff of Wayne County after charges that he took a cut in a vice and gambling payoff. The action follows an investigation into corruption allegations and shifts in local law enforcement leadership.
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Loren Dickinson
Michigan
Thomas C. Wilcox
Wayne
Detroit
Norway
Haakon VII
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
Canada
Juliana
Netherlands
Dominion
Kentucky
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McReynolds
Adolf Hitler
Ernest Lundeen
F. L
Minn
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Ales
Bruckart Forecasts Postwar Mood Across World
Washington correspondent William Bruckart sees a tough peace ahead with a global mood trough after World War II. He warns that a low mood will spread as nations rebuild and adjust to peacetime realities.
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Ford
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