Hitler's Drive to the East Expands in Balkans
The piece notes German occupation pressure in Bulgaria with rapid troop movements and the collapse of local resistance, while fascist influence spreads within Bulgaria. It describes Berlin's projected expansion toward Greece, Turkey, and Yugoslavia as Britain debates expeditionary options and Moscow rebukes Bulgaria.
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Hitler
East
Balkans
Bulgaria
Berlin
Turkey
Greece
Munich
Boris
Austria
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Spain
France
Germany
Britain
Mediterranean
Jugo
Russia
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Jugoslavia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Asia
Egypt
Persia
Syria
India
Africa
New Labor Plan By Executive Order Sparks Board Debate
A proposed 11 member non salaried labor board would act as a supreme court for defense industry disputes after conciliation efforts fail. President Roosevelt would create it by White House order with three public members and four from labor and industry. The move follows the Buffalo Bethlehem Steel 14 000 worker strike and OPM mediation proposals.
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Supreme Court
Roosevelt
White House
Labor Department
Buffalo
Bethlehem Steel Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
C.S.O
Office of Production Management
Washington
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
OPM
NLRB
Michigan
United Automobile Workers
C.I.O
Ford Company
Knudsen
Sumners
Texas
House Judiciary Committee
Defense
U. S. Labor Department
OMP
Hillman
Wilson
A. F
Samuel Gompers
Industry
Congress
General Marshall
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Hawaii
Insurance supervision debate and Fort Knox gold pile noted
Discussion in Washington before the joint Senate-House committee on monopolies addresses federal vs state control of life insurance. Sumner Pike argues for strengthening state systems. Senator O Mahoney and Rep Sumner oppose. Thurman Arnold warns of possible postwar drastic action if states fail. Fort Knox vaults now hold 14 billion in gold after 8.5 billion moved from New York. Alec Templeton seeks accounting of earnings alleging parents and attorney mismanaged funds since 1930 after earning 200 thousand while only 100 monthly provided.
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Senate-House
Sumner T. Pike
Securities and Exchange Commission
O'Mahoney
Wyo
Sumner
Texas
Thurman Arnold
Fort Knox
New York
Alec Templeton
Illinois
Andrew Bryson
Sarah May Templeton
Banting dies in Newfoundland plane crash amid aviation medicine promise
Sir Frederick Banting, renowned for insulin, perishes when a flight to England crashes in Newfoundland. He was near applying a new aviation medicine discovery. The report also notes Hollywood shields awarded by the Academy, with James Stewart and Ginger Rogers earning top honors for The Philadelphia Story and Kitty Foyle.
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Sir Frederick Banting
England
Newfoundland
Sir Frederick
Hollywood
Academy of Motion Picture Arts
James Stewart
Ginger Rogers
Virginia McMath
Kitty Foyle
Envoys and Leaders Welcome New U S Ambassador
Lord Halifax arrived in Annapolis where President Roosevelt greeted him aboard his ship. King George VI met the train that brought John C. Winant to London as U S ambassador. Leighton G. McCarthy, 71, named Canadian minister to the United States and is a familiar figure to Roosevelt and Ambassador McCarthy who has served Warm Springs foundation.
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Lord Halifax
United States
Annapolis
Roosevelt
George VI
U. S
John C. Winant
London
Leighton G. McCarthy
Toronto
Ambassador McCarthy
Warm Springs Foundation
Government faces air route subsidy clash in Washington
General Hugh S. Johnson discusses whether the government should subsidize another trans Atlantic air service to Lisbon, challenging Pan American’s existing New York to Lisbon route. He warns subsidies risk repeating railroad monopoly errors and calls for frank, decisive action amid labor unrest and defense industry tensions.
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Washington
D. C
New York
Lisbon
Europe
England May Get Food Under Lease-Lend Bill
The article reports on Secretary Wickard and White House discussions over using lend-lease to ship farm products to Britain, focusing on proteins like meat and dairy, with some cotton and wheat, while noting domestic demand aims and ethics of publishing defense-related information.
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England
WNU
National Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
White House
Wickard
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
New York
Department of Agriculture
United States
Pot Holders to Make For Spring Bazaar
Moody portraits on pot holders guide readers through simple steps to craft cheerful faces. Directions describe basting tan face fabric to cotton flannel, positioning bandanna and facial features, with button eyes and stitched mouths. Related booklets offered by Ruth Wyeth Spears.
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Capitol security tightened as guards replaced by police
On the same day President Roosevelt endorsed wire tapping to curb sabotage, Capitol guards were replaced by police and all packages are barred from entry. Cameras are checked at entrance stands. A Defense Commission notes soldiers eat about 40 percent more than civilians, with meat intake higher. many draftees are rejected for military service due to poor diet.
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Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Capitol
National Defense Advisory Commission
What If Maryland Had Won All 1632 Land Grants
Colliers estimates that if Maryland settlers had claimed all land granted to Lord Baltimore in 1632 the state would cover about 17 000 square miles. It now spans 10 000 square miles having ceded 7 000 square miles to Delaware Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia worth about 12 billion dollars.
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Lord Baltimore
Collier’s
Delaware
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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