Refugees Flee as Battle of England Opens in 1940
Weekly analysis notes massive German air raids on eastern England with heavy losses, Churchill rumored injured but later seen safe. British fighters hold their own as battles extend to France, Belgium, Holland, and the Rhine. Haile Selassie named Ethiopian emperor in exile, while a comedic London air shelter exchange pits a Johore sultan against a Canadian reporter amid war news.
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King George
Winston Churchill
Churchill
France
Belgium
Holland
Rhineland
Goering
Haile Selassie
Italia
London
Exile
Ethiopia
Lion of Judah
Mussolini
Selassie
Italy
Italian East Africa
Haile
Sultan
Johore
Singapore
Malay Peninsula
London’s Polish daily Herald Opens Amid Angers Legacy
London launches a Polish daily paper, tracing back to Angers France as the first morning Polonian journal. The Renault plant near Paris reopens under Nazi control, employing 15,000 workers amid revived car fame. Sweden seeks a role in united Europe with barter trade links to Germany and neighbors. US liners bring refugees to Lisbon Galway and beyond in emergency voyages.
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London
Angers
France
Renault Automotive
Paris
Renault
Sweden
Europe
Germany
Norway
Russia
Denmark
Italy
Hungary
U.S
Manhattan
Lisbon
Portugal
Exeter
Phases and Phrases in the 1940 Campaign
The season of straw polls opens as conventions fade. Democrats held the limelight recently while Willkie received scattered publicity. Willkie bases his campaign in Chicago with John Hamilton directing the Loop headquarters, and New York serves as eastern HQ. He visits Colorado for friendly greetings.
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Willkie
Battling Willie
Chicago
Loop
John Hamilton
National Committee
New York
Colorado
Enigma and Europe Stir Rumors Highlight Molotov Mystery
The article surveys Molotov’s elusive status amid Berlin’s shifts with Hungary and Romania, suggesting Russia’s stance remains unclear as experts speculate on alliances and potential war. It notes Martinique’s blockade threat, Monroe Doctrine twists, and Latin American politics with four horsemen of the apocalypse—Hitler, Stalin, John Bull, and Uncle Sam—looming over regional affairs.
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Molotov
Russia
Rudéia
Migstanty
Germany
Rumania
Berlin
Hungary
Martinique
Uncle Sam
Hitler
John Bull
Uruguay
Chile
Italy bans necking and petting during wartime era
Italian authorities led by the prefect of police at Milan halted frivolous romance amid wartime blackout rules. The piece notes buggy rides during blackouts and questions the price of romance and birth rates. It mentions Lithuania equating Zionists and reactionaries, with reactionaries labeled as non or anti-communists.
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Italy
Mian
Lithuania
Burma Road Moves Arms To Chiang Kai-shek Amid UK Japan Tensions
Nippon complains as Chiang Kai-shek holds out under heavy military aid via Burma and Indo-China. Britain agrees to curb transport of arms through Hong Kong, while US lawmakers urge fortifying Atlantic coast bases in Nova Scotia and Bermuda. Three congressmen push for 18,000 mechanized troops in the northeast, citing weak Yankee coast defenses.
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Nippon
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Burma
Indo-China
France
Europe
Chungking
China
Hongkong
Far East
Chiang Kaishek
England
House Military Affairs Committee
Smith
Connecticut
Paddis
Pennsylvania
Burns
Tennessee
United States
Nova Scotia
Bermuda
Newfoundland
Trinidad
Cromwells and Dukes Consider Refugee Adoption Pact
The Cromwells plan to adopt 500 British refugee children amid Britain debate on a tobacco heiress and her husband James Cromwell taking charge of the same number. Doris Duke and the Cromwell family would cover the largest private adoption tally. Also noted are seven American ambulance men in France decorated by the Gallic government for bravery. Jump of Nantucket captured then released in Stuttgart. King George VI gains Brigadier J. C. Wickham as new aide de camp. President Lebrun resigns. Petain forms a new triad with Laval Weygand Marquet. George Marshall urges compulsory military training and National Guard mobilization as defense programs fray.
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Cromwells
Doris Duke
Britain
James Cromwell
U. S
Canada
France
Thomas Esten
Massachusetts
Charles Willen
New York City
Jack Calhoun
Paris
Laurence Jump
Nantucket
Lloyd Moore
Washington
Edwin de Nevu
Draper Kauffmann
California
Jump
Stuttgart
Germany
George VI
J. C. Wickham
Wickham
Albert Lebrun
Marshal Philip Petain
Petain
Pierre Laval
Max Weygand
Adrien Marquet
George Marshall
United States Army
National Guard
Marshall
Roosevelt
Col
Frank Knox
Henry L. Stimson
Navy
War Departments
Harry Woodring
Claude Swanson
Muness
War Department
Charles Edison
Swanson
New Jersey
Europe
Mr. Roosevelt
Knox
Willkie
Congress
Stimson
United States
Hitler
Kansas City
West Virginia
Compulsory Military Training in Campaign Promise Debate
Brackart analyzes the Roosevelt universal training proposal as a campaign issue. He warns that rushing to train all youths under government control risks military discredit, nationwide dictatorship, and poor logistics. He questions appointments and urges gradual army expansion with solid foundations and prudent funding.
Military policy shifts spark debate on compulsory training
The draft of a national policy prompts vigorous talk on compulsory training and army morale. Critics warn that forcing civilian training can pave the way for dictatorship, citing recent political trials and wartime context that influenced Roosevelt’s recent appointments.
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Knox
Stimson
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Secret Third Term Tale Shapes 1940 Platform
Washington reports hint at Franklin D Roosevelt’s possible third term without revealing plans. Commonsense remarks from Willkie, Hull, and Minton hint at political maneuvering as Democratic and Republican factions clash over isolationist versus antiwar planks. Chicago convention buzz centers on vice presidential selections amid a crowded field led by Senator Herring.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Nove
Jin Farley
Farley
Roosevelt
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Morgenthau
Hopkins
Sherman Minton
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Burt Wheeler
John L. Lewis
Iowa
Herring
Washington
Hitler and Napoleon in a comic tomb interview
A satirical exchange frames Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte as rival conquerors arguing over France, England, and world domination. The sketch blends imagined banter with wartime bravado as each boasts of conquests and plans, set amid a broader section of holiday-era miscellany and cartoonish items.
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