Weekly Mews Analysis on War Time Campaigns and Mobilization
Edward C. Wayne surveys campaign moves and deferment plans. drafts and registration rules face six month delays. Willkie and Roosevelt tour defense sites as Army expands to 375000. Nazi Mussolini meet at Brenner Pass while Britain intensifies channel bombing and Balkan options loom.
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New Axis Pact Signals World War II Power Alignments
Washington reports the Nazi German and Italian leaders signed a 10 year pact with Japan creating a new world order. Europe falls to Germany Italy Asia to Japan, with a pact to act together if attacked. questions rise about U S and Soviet Russia, secret provisions imply Latin America activity.
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Chicago Safety Council memory pageant honors 506 pedestrians
In Chicago a partial funeral procession with two caskets and a hearse marched slowly through main streets to the beat of muffled drums. The grim pageant, organized by the Greater Chicago Safety Council, marked 506 pedestrians killed by automobiles last year.
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President Roosevelt Benefits From Power in Publicity
In a Western Newspaper Union dispatch Carter Field notes that President Roosevelt's busy prep program boosts his publicity across newspapers radio and newsreels. The piece compares officeholders advantage over challengers highlighting press agents publicity and the Willkie candidacy versus third term debates and independent voters.
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Booklets in Loose Leaf Ring Binders
Reader shares a method to bind booklets in loose leaf rings using gummed tape towels and tabs on the rings. The note highlights homemaking booklets by Mrs Spears, including five titles with new issues every other month and a request for 10 cents to cover mailing costs.
Notable Obituaries And National Figures In Brief
NAMES in the news include F. C. Harrington 53 WPA administrator who died in New London Conn. Colonel Harrington once loaned to WPA by the army during criticism. Brig. Gen. Francis Wyckutt killed when an air crash over a southeast Georgia swamp. Spain's Julián Besterio 70 last president of the Spanish republic died in a Seville prison. Marguerite Clark 54 an early motion picture star who shared top billing with Mary Pickford died in New York.
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Pierson Arrives in Buenos Aires On South American Tour
Warren Lee Pierson manager of the U S Export Import Bank is photographed on arrival in Buenos Aires during a tour of South American capitals. In an official capacity he works to consolidate Pan American ties for the anticipated economic trade war among western hemisphere powers and the Axis.
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Volunteers Likely to Fill First WW2 Draft Quota
Reports from across the country indicate the initial 400000 man quota to be mustered into the army by January 1 1941 will be filled by volunteers without a nationwide draft. Old timers note World War I enlistment figures as a guide, with October 16 as a reference point.
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Presidential advantage defined by Field in political journalism
Carter Field argues the President has a news advantage over opponents because sensational actions become news while opponents' moves are mere politics in reporters eyes. He analyzes how this bias shapes the pnt election and its impact on coverage.
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