Weekly News Analysis On War and Politics
Roger Shaw surveys Allied air raids on German and British centers and the political shift as Ed Flynn succeeds Jim Farley as Democratic national chairman. He notes Willkie’s stance on conscription and foreign aid, GOP drift, and Roosevelt’s rebuttals as liberal Republicans waver. Aircraft actions loom large as bombing and defense reshape strategy.
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Ed Flynn
Bronx
Jim Farley
Democrats
Farley
Bods Flynn
Flynn
New York
Willkie
Congress
Roosevelt
Lewis
Douglas
Edmund Toland
House Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Toland
Names in the news brothers bail and war notes
The Musson brothers were discharged on bail amounts of $10,000 for George and $5,000 each for Arthur and Robert after short federal sentences in Lewisburg. The piece mentions Philip Musica and F Donald Coster, and covers wartime topics, anti-aircraft forces, and political figures like Lindsay Warren, while weaving in assorted global comments and humorous asides about Britain and Germany.
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Musson Brothers
George
Arthur
Robert
Lewisburg
Philip Musica
McKesson & Robbins
F. Donald Coster
Lindsay Warren
North Carolina
Roosevelt
House
Puerto Rico
Edwin Sennette
John Oliphant
Rockefeller Institute
United States Health Service
Congress Under Guard Washington
Congress is guarded by an elaborate police system with 250 officers, restricted access, and constant surveillance to prevent disruptions like the 1915 Capitol bombing. Willkie’s tough speech task includes foreign policy and universal military service, while LaFollette faces a hard reelection in Wisconsin amid isolationist and ethnic bloc dynamics.
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Willisie
Churchill
Church
Chamberlain
Daladier
Congress
Washington
Capitol
Senate
House
Washington Times
Mineola
L. I
Willkie
Wendell Willkie
West
Wall Street
Willide
Vandenberg
Lafollettes
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Bob
Phil
Bob Lafollette
Hitler
LeFotette
Hiller
Willkie Home Town Celebration At Elwood
A sanitized, humorous look at Willkie’s birth home tour in Elwood includes exhibits such as a broken bottle, a donkey sketch on a blackboard, and a Mother Goose page updated to cite The New Deal. It covers speeches by the mayor, a noon to two band concert, athletic events at Galloway Park, and mock sections lampooning Republicans.
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Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Elwood Green
Frank Gannett
Charlie McNary
Businessmen's Clubs of America
Who's News This Week Sees Stedman Sail New Liberty Liner
A feature on Captain Giles Chester Stedman commanding the 36,000 ton United States liner, praised for daring rescues from 1925 to 1927 and his ascent from Coast Guard service to command at age 34, highlighting his seafaring career and honors. Also profiles Col. De Witt Peck, U.S. Marines, noting his calm, bookish demeanor, World War I awards, Annapolis background, and reputation as a scholar and tough problem-solver in Latin America.
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York
Hner
America
Queen
Giles Chester Stedmen
Leviathan
Newport News
Stedman
United States
United States Navy Cross
Admiralty
Treasury Department
United States Coastguard
Mediterranean Sea
English Channel
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States Line
de Witt Peck
U. S
Shanghai
Colonel Peck
Lkely
Bergson
Meuse-Argonne
St. Michiel
Latin- America
Annapolis
Nicaragua
Cuba
Haiti
Peck
Do It Yourself Home Fixes From Chimneys To Brass
Reader asks about downdraft in a valley house chimney and is advised on a revolving metal cap with a vane. Other home issues cover brick frost damage, sawdust cement floors, rust stains on white cement, plaster lath with painter cloth, folding doors or portieres to separate rooms, leaking copper leaders, burst boiler repair, and brightening tarnished brass fittings with vinegar polish and lacquer.
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Extension Service Bureau
University of New Hampshire
Durham
N. H
Wisconsin beauty queen carries conscription scroll to Roosevelt
Miss Elane Summers, 19, of the University of Wisconsin, rides a white horse before Chicago City Hall toward Washington D C. to present a conscription bill. The event is sponsored by the Committee to Defend America by Keeping ti Que of War, arguing for universal military training while opponents cite alternate views on the draft.
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Pauline Revere
Elane Summers
University of Wisconsin
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Committee
America
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