Allies Buy 8000 American Planes For Britain And France
More than 8000 American built aircraft were ordered for Great Britain and France since the European war began, with at least a quarter delivered. Many Army and Navy planes are being returned to manufacturers to supply new Allied models, concentrated at Buffalo and New England ports for transatlantic flight. About 530 fighters and dive bombers, including Helidivers, were surrendered and will be sold to the Allies for 26.6 million dollars after overhauls. Floyd Bennett Field Naval Reserve will be reequipped with newer ships and safety features in a few days.
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Great Britain
France
Europe
Allied
New York
Army
Navy
Buffalo
New England
Atlantic
Flanders
Naval Reserve Air Base
Floyd Bennett Field
Washington
Germany’s Peace Suggestions and the France Dilemma
Opinion notes that Germany seeks a peace with France through total defeat and control, warning that a humiliating settlement mirroring Versailles would embolden more war. It cautions against surrendering French governance to Berlin and predicts renewed conflict if such terms prevail.
Provincetown Shelling Recalled by 15 Year Old Leader
Henry James then a 15 year old Provincetown resident and later Simsbury Connecticut schools chief recalls the 1918 coast bombardment. He notes ships lacked range, submarines mined off New England, and argues that in two years defense could be adequate. He cites German submarine advances and reflects on today’s risks.
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Provincetown
Mass
United States
France
Cantigny
Chateau Thierry
Henry James
Simsbury
Conn
Mr. James
New England
Atlantic Ocean
Germany
Secret Diplomacy and the Delay of Public Disclosure
The piece argues that State Department diplomatic notes should cool for 15 years before publication to prevent public reaction to heated exchanges. It cites Poland's division as a past example and laments a decline in global diplomacy with governments breaking pledges and mocking Wilson's open agreement policy.
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State Department
Poland
Germany
Russia
Wilson
Prometheus Bound and America’s Unused Fire
Dorothy Thompson compares America to Prometheus bound and argues that the nation’s energy is stifled by bureaucracy and war mindsets. She urges decentralizing power to unleash work, invest in social good, and admit vulnerable youths and foreigners to strengthen the country.
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Prometheus
America
Jove
Locust Plague Expands in South Africa
South Africa faces its severest locust test as red locust invasion and brown locust hatchings spread. The department of agriculture and forestry in Pretoria says over 12,000 tons of poison bait are needed for two campaigns. Red locust swarms grew from 30 in 15 districts to 60 swarms in 40 districts.
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South Africa
Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Pretoria
Union
Medicine in the News on Gonorrhea Treatments and Fever Therapy
The article reviews how gonorrhea may develop tolerance to sulfanilamide and that cures should be judged only after examining organisms in prostate tissues. It reports on the dangers of freezing cancer treatment, brain sugar use linked to nervous symptoms, and early data from fever plus sulfanilamide trials for subacute bacterial endocarditis with eight patients showing temporary reductions in blood colonies.
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Chicago
A. A. Vaughan
Travel guides and foldboat essays receive renewed attention
The piece reviews Federal Writers' Project guides for Virginia and Georgia as well as Arizona and Mount Hood, praising their compression and accuracy. It notes J Kissner's Foldboat Holidays for modern kayakers and Cornelius Weygandt's Down Jersey, reflecting a varied slate of travel essays and practical guides.
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Federal Writers’ Project
Virginia
Oxford
Douglas Southall Freeman
Robert B. Lee
Ellen Glasgow
Commonwealth
Georgia
South
Writers’ Project
Arizona
Hastings House
Mount Hood
Duell, Sloan & Pearce
America
J. Kissner
Greystone
Kissner
Cornelius Weygandt
Mills to Fight Famine in Dutch Indies Industries
The government plans new industries in the Netherlands Indies to aid famine areas. Batavia officials say a chemical factory will be built between Rembang and Surabaya, with a cement plant in the lime and clay region and a glass plant in the ond dune area under consideration.
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Netherlands Indies
Batavia
Rembang
Surabaya
Ons
Considera
Fires devastate bottling works and threaten South Butte homes
Fire destroyed most of the Nevin-Frank bottling works this afternoon injuring one firefighter and causing about $60,000 in losses. Embers and grass fires damaged four nearby homes while several other area houses faced risk from spreading flames. Temperatures rose to 89 degrees on the hot test day of the year.
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Nevin-Frank Bottling
South Butte
W. B. Daly
Butte Auxiliary
American Legion
Santiago Zorilla
Dixie Lahood
Gemini Horoscope May 21 to June 21
The Gemini forecast notes dual natures and talent with reason and sensation. It cites favorable influence for women at home and mothers in military training appeal, plus shifts in business production and food logistics due to war. International affairs foresee coups and anxiety with a democratic victory eventual.
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United States
Canada
Nazi censor card fooled Geneva resident
A postcard from Germany passed by a Nazi censor reached a Geneva resident. It claimed food conditions were not worse than the Hotel St Antoine in Geneva, which does not exist. St Antoine is the name of Geneva's jail, making the boast false.
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Germany
Geneva
Switzerland
T. Antoine
St. Antoine
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