Battle of Britain intensifies as Nazi air raids widen
Western Newspaper Union reports from London and Berlin describe a stepped up aerial campaign against Britain with as many as 500 Nazi planes targeting ports and airfields. The piece notes British and German claims of early successes, while detailing Japan's removal of the British from Shanghai and the broader imperial stakes in Asia. It also comments on Mosley’s imprisoned followers, India's independence tensions, and British plans to scuttle ships rather than surrender them.
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London
Berlin
British Isles
Britain
English Channel
Porte
Margate
Dover
Portsmouth
Ethiopia
England
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Copenhagen
Paris
AAA
United States
Agriculture Department
Dover P. Trent
Governors Plans for Local Home Guard Stir National Debate
Governor Stassen proposed a Minnesota local home guard of war veterans at Roosevelt’s suggestion. Senators Minton and Holt clashed over personal histories in a bitter congressional session centered on conscription. Morgenthau stationed guards before his Washington office as officials offered no explanation amid the mystery.
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Stassen
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Minton
Indiana
Holt
West Virginia
Morgenthan
Washington
Treasury
Finland under pressure amid Soviet advances and Nazi rhetoric
The piece sketches the Volunteers' era shifts as Russia expands into Finland and the Baltic states. It notes Kuusinen’s election in the Soviet parliament, the Nazi press attacks, Streicher’s fate, and Danish disarmament while detailing harsh anti Semitic aims and a French air force defeats reflected in wartime rhetoric.
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Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Russia
Stalin
Mannerheim
Viborg
Finland
Bessarabia
Rumania
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Red
Otto Kuusinen
Kuusinen
Society For Friendship and Peace
Pershing warns aid needed to stop a Hitler attack
General Pershing’s radio address urges U.S. aid to strengthen the British fleet against Hitler, noting he listened to Lindbergh but refrains from commenting on the rival broadcast. Tenant farmers face growing insecurity as mechanization and policy shifts limit tenancy benefits. calls for new lease protections. G O P troubles include campaign staffing strains, Hatch act impact, and Colorado Springs confab aimed at clearing intra party snags.
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Washington
Pershing
Hitler
United States
Lindbergh
Colorado Springs
Jim Cox Seeks Quiet Business Life After Baseball Politics
After years in national politics where ethics clash with sports slang, Jim Cox, once a first baseman for Haver straw nine, seeks a safer career. He longs for team play, limited pitchers, and no amateur coaches as he eyes a future away from political clashes. Cox backs Mr Farley in baseball, and Miami’s warmth may lure the Yanks for a winter pull.
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MR. Farley
Jim Farley
New York Yankees
Jim
Haverstraw Nine
Mar Eowle
Big Jim
James M. Cox
Miami
Yanks
Dimock named for NLRB post amid labor politics
Industry and government circles note Dimock, once a University of Chicago professor and later a key official over immigration and naturalization, may become an NLRB member. His career spans Labor, Interior, Justice departments. public retirement awaits final appointment.
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University of Chicago
Dimock
National Resources Commission
Frances Perking
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Department of Justice
Labor Department
NLRB
Cox
Big Jim Farley
Strange Facts From Panara Canal To Whale Sprays
A Collier's piece notes the US fleet can pass through the Panara canal rapidly with 110 ships moving in 48 hours. It mentions whales exhaling powerfully after surfacing, heard over a mile away, and cites retail sales tax totals around 450 million dollars yearly. It also mentions state token interoperability and rust shipments to steel firms for pig iron.
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United States
Panara Canal
Eastern
Collier's
Director Demands Absolute Quiet On Studio Set
The director screams for quiet during a scene when a floor-board squeak and a lipstick thud disrupt filming. As the camera rolls, two submachine guns unleash a volley into a kitchen strewn with crockery, ending the shot abruptly.
No man should give advice without first giving count to himself
Seneca warns that a true adviser must reflect on his own actions and virtues before offering guidance to others. The maxim emphasizes self-scrutiny, humility, and personal reform as prerequisites to influencing or mentoring others.
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Seneca
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