Axis Ships Seized Under Protective Custody in Ports
Federal officials announced the seizure of about 69 German Italian and Danish merchant ships docked in U S ports placed under protective custody amid evidence of sabotage. The action, approved by President Roosevelt, followed navy intelligence findings and protests from German Italian embassies. The Danish government did not file a protest.
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United States
Navy
Roosevelt
Coast Guard
Herbert Gaston
the Treasury
Washington
State Department
Rome
Berlin
Roosevelt Broadcast From Port Everglades Defies European Dictators
President Roosevelt left his Florida fishing trip to deliver the Jackson Day address from the Potomac wardroom. He warned of Nazi and Communist threats, urged national unity, and contrasted American resolve with a Nazi freighter beside Port Everglades. He cited Willkie as a bipartisan example in defending democracy.
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Roosevelt
Florida
Freedom
Port Everglades
Fila
Stephen Early
America
Jackson Gay
Europe
National Defense
Port Everglades Harbor
Jugoslavian government overthrown amid Axis pressure
The rapid Jugoslav coup against the Vienna Axis pact toppled Regent Prince Paul and seized power, drawing cautious Western relief while skeptics questioned sincerity. Croats Serbs and Slovenes showed initial division, but later reports suggested national unity against the Axis amid uncertain Allied support and shifting Russian stances.
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United States
Britain
Russia
Belgrade
Jugoslav
Germany
Tilsit
Jugoslavis
RAF Rampage Over Germany Continues Amid Heavy Luftwaffe Attacks
R A F undertakes repeated daylight raids and night bombings on Germany despite tougher Luftwaffe assaults. British pilots claim daring low flights over France and Belgium while targeting railways, roads, shipping, and enemy aircraft. German sources acknowledge serious bombings on Bremen and other key cities but downplay military damage.
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Rampagi
Royal Air Force
Luftwaffe
Germany
France
Belgium
RAF
Bremen
Strikes and warfare updates from a turbulent era
Reports detail the Allis-Chalmers strike impact and mediation efforts as 1,250 workers return, while 400 union members dispute balloting. Britain and Allies claim Mediterranean victories, Cheren and Harar falls reshape Africa war dynamics. Miscellany notes Silk Village plan near Hunan and a restaurateur’s death from a rubber Nazi mask incident in Pittsburgh.
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Allis-Chalmera
Dykstra-headed
Mediation Board
Allis Chalmers
Knox and
Knudsen
Plainfield
N. J
Bethlehem Steel
Dykstra
Frances Perkins
Secretary of the Navy
Nation
Defense
Allis- Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers
America
Europe
Cheren
Harar
Africa
Mussatin
London
Royal Air Force
Mediterranean
Eritrea
Mussolini
Graziani
Hongkong
Hunoan
Pittsburgh
Carlo Columba
Hitler
How British Morale Survives The Blitz in London
Dr. Thomas Parran reports from England on British civil defense. Immediate relief for bombed victims boosts morale with cash grants for clothing furniture and tools. Dummy factories, dispersed industry and balloon barrage deter raids while shelter usage drops from fall to January levels.
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Washington, D. C
FDR
Thomas Parran
Civil Defense
White House
Parran
England
Britain
Dr. Parran
Balkans Delay Nazi Move Seen From Lend Lease Aid
Roosevelt diplomacy and the lease lend bill delayed a Nazi attack on Greece by at least ten days. The lend lease act enabled immediate arrival of tanks anti tank guns and anti aircraft weapons to support the Greek front, letting Britain reallocate reserves from Suez and the Mediterranean. The Balkans thus gained needed anti tank and anti aircraft guns while Macedonia Yugoslavia and Turkey face modern mechanized forces. Final passage of the bill influenced Balkan opinion recalling America’s WWI entry.
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Balkans
Roosevelt
Greece
Salonika
Suez
Mediterranean
United States
Jugoslava
DNB
Private Papers of a Cub Reporter Irvin 8 Cobb
A critical take on Irvin Cobb by Harry Hansen exposes inaccuracy in Cobb s Belgium 1914 tale and other anecdotes. The dialogue covers Hollywood plans Elinson and jests about Goebbels Mussolini and Berlin Nazis in a brisk gossiping column.
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Irvin
Cobb
Dick Tracy
Karloff
Hansen
Joe Reichman
Goebbels
Berlin
Beagle Puss
Ozzie Nelson
United States
Roosevelt
Notes on bystander wit and wartime frames in media
The column riffs on labor and management restraint in national defense, lending its jabs to lend lease unity, and urges aviators to join the air force. It notes film titles, BBC and NBC curiosities, a crime novel motto, and a social rumor about Betts Compton pursuing an Arthur Murray franchise in White Plains, all in a sharp, period voice.
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Senate
America
Betts Compton
Jimmy Walker
Arthur Murray
White Plains
John Hubbard
Burning Hearts on the Emmaus Road Easter Lesson
A devotional study on Luke 24 15 17 25 35 and Revelation 1 18 highlighting certainty through the resurrection. It follows two disciples walking to Emmaus, their blindness, Jesus opening scripture, and the transformed witness of their quickened faith and bold sharing of good news.
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Paul
Christ
God
Jesus
Jerusalem
Emmaus
Molden
Lord
Morgan
Luke
John Wesley
Aldersgate
Dress pattern No 0436 for sizes 86 to 52 and 49
A fashion notice describes pattern No 0436 a dress and matching jacket with pleated belt waist and lathered bust fit. It notes Sinx print crepe or sheets as suitable fabrics and lists material quantities including 735 yards of 49 inch fabric and 1% yards for ruffles, with ordering instructions.
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Matea
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International Harvester Co
Richmond
Ind
Italy
Hainaa Vent
John L. Lewis
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Henry Wallace
Oswald Marshall
Paree
Carl
Fritz
Colyum
Elinson
Hollywood
Columbia
Churchill
Moscow
Kremlin
Stalin
Alexander Markey
Mebbe
London Palladium
NBC
Arold L. Ayelhi
West
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Nesiepaper Union
Edison
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
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Stanislaus
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