Weekly News Analysis on Norway Exit and Italy Spotlight
Roger Shaw outlines Allied Norway withdrawal and a shifting strategic focus to Italy. German air bases, Italian sea power, and diplomatic pressure frame a tense European balance as Britain, France, and the U S weigh naval routes, submarines, and possible Tunisian gambits in a war of nerves.
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Norway
Italy
Europe
Roosevelt
Rome
William Phillips
Mussolini
Moscow
Finland
Aegean
Tunis
Sicily
France
U. S
Mediterranean
Nomination Notes From the 1940 Election Buildup
A sweeping early report outlines Dewey’s campaign stumble out west and delegate losses. Massachusetts voters favor unpledged, Florida pivots against Dewey. Elliott Roosevelt hints his father may skip a third term while rumors swirl about LaGuardia and possible third-term or ticket configurations. Roosevelt family health concerns surface as the president’s mother falls ill.
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Tom Dewey
C. S O
New York
LaGuardia
Farley-Garner
Garner-Farley
Roosevelt
Rep.Tinkham
Massachusetts
Hull
United States
Notable NAMES in the news and divorce case snippets
Alfred Duff Cooper called German leaders a money making murderers by a former wartime official. Lady Diana Manners linked to past American fame. Knut Hamsun criticizes Britain. In Newark, Allan MacFee cites 27 relocations in six years as grounds for divorce, wife granted desertion claim. he did not contest.
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Alfred Duff Cooper
England
Navy
Newark
N. J
Allan MacFee
Seeing Red Protection in Trial of Clarence Hathaway
Clarence Hathaway editor of New York's Daily Worker was convicted of criminal libel after a three week trial. He faced up to one year in prison, like his party chief Earl Browder who tangled with phony passports, and Fritz Kuhn whose Americo-Nazi followers were cited as protected by the United States. Hathaway, 46, is younger than Browder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hathaway
New York
Community Daily Worker
Earl Browder
Fritz Kuhn
Sam
Hathaway
Browder
Call the G Men Kidnap Note Sparks War Talk
Sam Church of the Carnegie Institute announced that fifty Pittsburgers offered a million dollars to kidnap Adolf Hitler alive by the end of May. Pacific New Yorkers were astonished, others offered rewards to kidnap Churchill or Chamberlain. Meanwhile 7,200 Americans died in auto crashes in the first three months of 1940.
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Carnegie Institute
Sam Church
Old England
Potomac Pickings Laboritis and the Labor Board
A Potomac column reports the Dies committee and a Smith committee probe the labor relations board and its ties to the CIO. It notes Harry Bridges consulting with the board, board members aiding steel industry organization in 1936, and a Supreme Court ruling that seven Little Steel corporations had no standing, with Justice Black writing and Justice McReynolds dissenting.
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Dies
Smith
Labor Relations Board
Smithsonians
Harry Bridges
Australia
International Longshoresman’s Union
Labor Board
Supreme Court
Black
McReynolds
Chamber program urges pay as you go defense
U S Commerce Chamber leaders warned the next president must confront a vast army of spenders and padding politicians to avert chaos. The annual meeting endorsed a pay as you go plan to arm the nation and avoid war while 22 other business driven points were voiced. General Arnold outlined European lessons including leak proof gas tanks armored aircraft guns and tail guns as essential for defense. American Legionnaires heard the briefing with rapt attention.
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Charlie Pawes
Chamber
America
Arnold
U.S. Army Air Corps
American Legionnaires
Notable Yet Smaller Fry and Global Hopes
The piece notes a 500-per-nationality immigration cap rejected by the Philippines National Assembly amid Japanese criticism. It highlights Maj. Gen. Bernard Paget praised for a Norway retreat under German radar, detailing his arm injury and hero status. It also mentions Italian writer Ansaldo predicting a German Britain invasion and Harvard’s plan for a Colorado observatory to study the sun.
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National Assembly of the
Philippines
Bernard Paget
Oxford
Frime
Chamberlain
Norway
Giovanni Ansaldo
Count Ciano
Mussolini
Old
Harvard
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Stassen urged to drift left in liberal tone for reform
Washington report notes G O P leaders advised Governor Stassen to adopt a liberal tone, attack the New Deal’s unemployment record, and push a Glenn Frank strategy. Emphasis on a states‑run unemployment reset, AAA endorsement, and linking jobless figures to the national debt. Also covers Norway naval actions and Taussig omission, Kennedy resignation hints.
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Byassen
Washington
Harold Stassbn
Glenn Frank
AAA
WPA
Stassen
U. S
James Cromwell
Canada
Joseph K. Taussig
Japan
Great “Peace Party
Jim Farley dreams and derides a Yanks bid in politics
The piece links Jim Farley chairing the Democratic National Committee and postmaster general with rumors of buying the New York Yankees. It imagines Farley as a presidential candidate backed by baseball symbolism, contrasts political shifts with game rules, and blends mock scenarios of him in the White House with sports figures and cabinet roles.
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Jim Farley
IM Farley
Democratic National Committee
New York
Jim
White House
Bill Dickey
Ickes
Frank Crosett
Harry Hopkins
Charlie Ruffing
Madam Perkins
Bambino
Babe
Supreme Court
NLRB
Items of Interest for the Housewife
Around the house tips cover saving time with a large mixed spice shaker on the shelf. Advice includes proper spice mix ratios, ladder safety with emery on steps, repurposing stove lids as hotplates, drying towels to prevent mildew, stain removal with cold water and soap, keeping bathroom supplies, and pantry storage for dates. Practical kitchen and cleaning hacks include non-slip jar lids, tomato soup in gravies, and reheating roast slices in tomato soup.
Wise and Otherwise on fame and fashion ages
A statistician says an average film star stays popular five years while relatives return to work afterward. Rueful Rupert notes economy means spending little and getting no fun. A hat expert observes men’s heads are two sizes larger than 20 years ago, questioning what caused the swell.
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Rupert
Joyous Day Quote From Beecher on Sabbath
A short quotation celebrates the Sabbath as essential to happiness, comparing a world without rest to a man without a smile a summer without flowers and a homestead without a garden. The line frames Sunday as the joyous day of the week attributed to H. W. Beecher.
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H. W. Beecher
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Eye
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U.S.S.R
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Iran
Germany
Suez Canal
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Tinkham
Potomac
U.S. Commerce Chamber
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Narvik
Sweden
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Vtaussig
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Taussig
Kennedy
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Court of St. James
Joe
Valentine
Broadway Association of
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Wiese
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Harding
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