Stormy Island and Monroe Doctrine in Chicago Convention
The Chicago Democratic convention scene mixed with overseas tensions as Martinique and US airship dealings intersected with a British blockade. A Berlin speech echoed Europe for Europeans, America for Americans, prompting isolationist chatter and fears of a Fifth Column.
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Martinique
Chicago
France
Hull
Hitler Foreign Office
Europe
America
Berlin
Americas
U. S
U S Campaign Warmed Up As Conventions Open
The piece notes Democrats preparing for a heated campaign following their convention while Senator Wheeler of Montana contemplates seeking the Democratic nomination. Willkie emphasizes small contributions and shuns corporate cash, and Joseph W. Martin Jr. is named as Willkie's campaign manager amid talk of Jim Farley potentially leading a New York baseball team.
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Wheeler
Montana
Chicago
Roosevelt
John Lewis
Willkie
Borah
LaFo.yette
Wendell Willkie
Small D
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
House
Jim Farley
New York
Extraordinary English War reopens old fault lines and fractured loyalties
A sweeping, period voice surveys World War II era shifts among Britain, France, Italy, and the Vichy alignment. It notes the Oran and Alexan-dria naval attacks, Petain Churchill rift, and long running pro and anti British factions in French politics from 1890s onward, ending with France divided and wary of both neighbors.
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Russia
Italy
Roosevelt
New York
France
Hitler
Marshal Petain
Winston Churchill
Oran
Algeria
Alexandria
Egypt
Petain
England
Germany
Edward VII
Clemenceau
Caillaux
Notable Names In Print Amid War Time Rumors And Deaths
A jumble of brief notes mentions George Bernard Shaw’s views on Hitler, actor Ben Turpin’s death in Hollywood at 71, Pat McKenna the former White House door keeper, Max Aitken Beaverbrook’s son winning the DFC, British airmen claiming 107 German planes shot down, kings Leopold and Haakon fleeing, and Earl Harrison’s appointment to educate and register aliens under a new federal law with a stance against witch-hunting.
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George Bernard Shaw
Hitler
England
Ben Turpin
Hollywood
Pat McKenna
White House
Roosevelt
Max Aitken
Hearst
Lord Beaverbrook
British Isles
Germany
Haakon VH
Belgium
Leopold
Earl Harrison
Philadelphia
Harrison
Party Frat Rivalries Echo Across Decades Across Indiana
The piece recalls 1910 Indiana University tensions between Wendell Willkie and Paul McNutt as rival factions in opposing political camps. It notes Willkie joined McNutt’s Beta fraternity later, then contrasts 1940 conflicts between the same fraternal peers as they pursue differing political paths.
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Suny
Wendell Willkle
Paul McNutt
Indiana University
Willkie
McNutt
The
Betas
Frat Brothers
Paris Today No Glamour Amid German Occupation
Report from Paris depicts a subdued city under German control with two thirds of residents scattered, curfews at 10 p.m., and three German colonels heading police. Cafes echo with Lieder as troops purchase tobacco and chocolate. daily life continues with limited press and anti-British sentiment in new papers.
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Paris
France
Parisiorum
Plattsburg revival trains 800 civilians for defense study
In Plattsburg New York about 800 civilians aged 26 to 50 paid 43.50 to join a month long defense training similar to the 1915 16 program. Notables like Winthrop Rockefeller and Newbold Morris attended while preparations included a navy expansion and rising national debt amid global tensions.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Winthrop Rockefeller
John D
John D. Jr
Nazis in South America Threaten U S Security
Washington reports Germany offers Brazil up to 60 million dollars in tanks artillery and planes with fast delivery via Italian ships as part of a bid to undermine the United States in Latin America. State Department and General Marshall push countermeasures, while Brazil notes cheaper Nazi wages. debates barter versus cash.
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National Economy League
Washington
Navy Department
United States
Japan
England
Italy
Russia
France
Germany
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
South America
Latin America
Hitler
Brazil
Brasail
State Department
George Marshall
Dynamic U. 8
Marshall
Goes Monteiro
Self-Examination for Modern Americans in 1930s tone
A collage of social critique questions probes Americans on patriotism work ethic and culture contrasting Star Spangled Banner with party tunes and laments over politics corruption and media. The piece features reflections on Lexing ton Lincoln Liberty and modern life plus a sidebar vignette on fire safety.
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Lexington
Lincoln
Liberty
Chafee's Legacy Shapes Modern Armored Forces
Brigadier General Chalee, born 1884 in Junction City Kansas and West Point graduate 1906, links his father's frontier fighting to a mechanized army concept. He is praised as an organizer and fighter with a Distinguished Service Medal, steering armored divisions akin to German panzer units to meet a long-sought service need.
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Sierra Madre
New Mexico
Chalee
Junction City
Kan
West Point
Europe
Household tips for stains and preservation from AR
Practical advice on removing mustard stains with boiling water and washing soda. Lemon water whitens clothes. spread cake with peanut butter before frosting. store bread in a cool ventilated container. Ammonia can restore color on perspiration stained dresses. onion rub removes scorch marks and odor from linen.
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Roger Shaw
West Indies
Action
Weslern Newspaper Union
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DE Juadeloupe
French Guyana
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Ist
Pierre P
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Panama Canal
Plattsburg, N. Y
Mexico
Rumania
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Cayo
Subhar Chandra Bose
Calcutta
Panama
Pacific
Canal
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Chile
Galapagos Islands
Chilean
Federal Reserve
Constitution Avenue
Federal Reserve Building
Louis B. Ward
Father Coughlin
Social Justice
Ward
Janetle Johnson
Tve
Jed John
Oklahoma
Jed Jr
Pi Hi Phillips
NLRB
Molly Fitcher
Betsy Ross
John Davenport
Nathan Hale
Captain Prescott
Green Mountain Boys
al Capone
Dutch Schultz
Tommy Manville
Reno Girls
Gamebody
Jefferson
Jackson
John Paul Jones
Farragut
Perry
Ethan Allen
Sousa
Cole Porter
Fiorello LaGuardia
DuPonts
Portio
Grace S. Stevens
Gene King
EW York
Howard Lindsay
Charles Phillips Cooper
New York Evening
C. P. Cooper
Enule
Aghe
Columbia University
Clarence Day
Mr. Lindsay
Russell Crouse
Charles A. Dana
Cooper
Dr. Cooper
Park Row
Arthur Brisbane
Richard Harding Davis
Woodford Patterson
Cornell University
Nelson Lloyd
O'Neil Sevier
George Cartaret
Stephen French Whitman
Homer St. Gaudens
Adna R. Chafee
Army Corps
Manson
Castile
Pero
Aie
Kage
United Stine Ruder
Sera i
Montrose Ova
Montrose i
Cedar Rapid
Cedar Rapids Avio Club
PPLEY
Cc Eppley
Cedar Rapids
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