U S moves to speed defense and roads plan
In response to Hitler's Reichstag speech Washington accelerates defense measures. Army seeks younger officers and a new plan to expand highways while navy and industrial shifts streamline production and reorganize departments. European diplomacy hardens as Britain, France and Russia move toward a broader entente and Poland aligns with neighbors to counter Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Adolf Hitler
Washington
Nevada
Key Pittman
Japan
Germany
Italy
Congress
Army
Harry Woodring
Malin Craig
George Catlett Marshall
Navy
Maritime Commission
Emory S. Land
Naval Air Research Station
Marchfield
Calif
Roosevelt
Britain
Russia
der Fuehrer
France
Poland
Rumania
Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Baltics
Danzig
Finland
Esthenia
Latvia
Lithuania
Europe
Belgium
Switzerland
Holland
Denmark
Reich
Hitler
Relief Election Coming Up
An economy minded congress seeks to return relief to the states by ending WPA and cutting federal funding. President Roosevelt, until late April, limited his remarks to a politics in relief ban but then asked Congress for a 1 723 000 000 appropriation to meet relief needs for 1939 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
U. S
Roosevelt
South Carolina
James J. Byrnes
Virginia
Clifton Woodrum
WPA Relief and Budget Battles Across Parties
The chart tracks appropriations since 1935 with pending requests reflecting only the original budget. It notes $1,477,000,000 for 1939 40 WPA relief and argues for keeping the program intact, opposing decentralization. Also mentions Anthony Eden’s rise in Britain and his military role as context.
Philippines Problem Child and Bolivian Dictatorship
The article surveys looming shifts in Asia and the Pacific. It notes U S pressure on Philippines independence plans, tariff changes, and fears of Japanese move into Manila. It also profiles Bolivia's President German Busch, newly declared dictator amid war threats, promising a future election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
German Busch
Busches
Gran Chaco
Paraguay
Busch
Col
David Toro
Chaco
Liberal
Republican
Socialist Republican
German Ruagh
Colonel Busch
Admirals Life of Claude Bloch and Millikan Peace Outlook
In Woodbury Kentucky a youth admired for drawing ships grows into Admiral Claude Charles Bloch, commander of a 300-ship fleet. The piece also profiles Dr. Robert Millikan, Nobel laureate and CIT leader, arguing science offers hope and warns against demagogues amid war fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Woodbury
New Sea
United States
Pacific
Claude Charles Bloch
Robert A. Millikan
Merchants ‘Association
New York
Behind the Scenes Workmen Smooth Path for Sovereigns
A detailed look at the preparations for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth’s June to July North American tour. Scotland Yard chief Albert Canning and George Summerlin coordinate security and etiquette from Niagara Falls border arrival to Washington and the White House banquet. Royal barber Monsieur Paul Emile Tasse and White House staffers set seating, meals, and appearances, with emphasis on discreet protection and ceremonial protocol.
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John Q
King George
Queen Elizabeth
North America
London
Vancouver
Toronto
Washington
Britain
Quebec
Halifax
White House
Canada
United States
Scotland Yard
Albert Canning
George Summerlin
State Department
Niagara Falls
George
Elizabeth
Canning
Secret Service
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
OGPU
Gestapo
Mrs. Hull
Niaagara Falls
Henrietta Nesbitt
James Helm
Paul Emile Tasse
Chateau Laurier
Ottawa
Lascelles
England
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Mrs. Helm
Mr. Tolley
Mrs. Nesbitt
Monsieur Paul Emile Tasse
Canadian National Railways
Prince Chichibu
Japan
Joe Doakes
M. Tasse
K. B
Burke
Mackenzie King
Western Newspaper Union
Marquess of Lothian to Head British Diplomacy
Philip Kerr the Marquess of Lothian, born 57 years ago, is named Britain’s next ambassador to the United States. A veteran adviser linked to Lloyd George and later administrations, he championed treaty politics and appeasement ideas while urging minimal wartime debt moves for Britain.
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Philip Henry Kerr
Lord Lothian
Britain
U. S
Lady Astor
Cliveden
Hitler
David Lloyd George
House
McDonald
Chamberlain
Bachelor
Aviation: Jack Frye’s rise from clerk to airline magnate
The narrative traces Jack Frye’s rise from a drug-store clerk earning 25 a week to cofound Aero Corporation of California, merge into Western Air Lines, and by 1984 lead a fleet of 33 twin-motor aircraft on 6,236 route miles between New York and Los Angeles. With Paul Richter, Frye accumulated approximately 45,000 shares of TWA stock from Lehman Brothers and John Hertz, becoming a major airline owner alongside Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker’s Eastern Airlines.
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Jack Frye
Paul Richter
Aero Corporation of California
Fone Can
Western Airlines
Air
New York
Los Angeles
TWA
Lehman Brothers
Chicago
John D. Hertz
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines
Daladier Tough Guy Dictator Style Shapes France
Edouard Daladier, the veteran French leader, governs with a hard machine-like approach. He expanded the 4 hour work week to 60 hours and pressed relief workers to join the defense program while munitions factories run secretly as France arms for potential conflict.
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Europe
Edouard Daladier
Stavisky
France
Daladier
Provence
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Herriot
Italy
Germany
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Joseph W. Labine
Boomeran
War
Anthony Eden
Neville Chamberlain
London Rangers Regiment
Eden
Philippines
Manuel Quezon
China
Asiatic
Manila
U. S. Pacific
U. S. Agriculture
Quezon
Senate Committee On Agrritories
Maryland
Millard E. Tydings
Dewey
Who’s News
By Lemuel F. Parton
Norfolk
Annapolis
Iowa
Cervera
Santiago Harbor
Sampson
Plattsburg
Louisville
Paris
Millikan
Achilles
Dr. Millikan
Einstein
Planck
Heisenberg
California Institute of Technology
Consolidated News
William Masterson
Rome
Roosevelts
Marquess OF Lothian
Edouard
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