Dutch Belgian frontier near invasion threats loom
In a roundup by Joseph Labine the Netherlands and Belgium face Nazi pressure as Britain warns of European war. Churchill denounces peace hopes while German raids, blockades, and aerial news shift fear. Finland rejects a Soviet naval base amid tense border talks. Army and Navy defenses expand with new budgets and reorganizations.
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Britain
Hitler
Europe
Winston Churchill
the Admiralty
Herr Hitler
Holland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Austria
George
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Reich
Bund leader on trial for alleged Bund funds theft
In New York Fritz Kuln, head of the German American Bund, stood trial charged with stealing 5641 dollars from Bund funds. In St Louis Marriner Eccles urged higher taxes on big corporations and top salaries to fund armament and balance the budget. Washington steelmen Weir and Hook argued before the monopoly committee that steel remains competitive. Interior Secretary Ickes pressed for passage of the Cole bill to control all production.
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New York
Fritz Kuln
St. Louis
Federal Reserve
Marriner
Eccles
Washington
Ernest T. Weir
Charles Kt. Hook
Interior
Harold Ickes
Know Your News Questions Pulse Six Through Five
A reader quiz item asks six questions about recent events. It notes a famous criminal in Chicago planning bloody outside preparations before release, a false/true question about Morgenthau asking Congress to raise the debt limit, a 1939 corn production shortfall prompting a 10 percent acreage cut, a multiple choice about Eamon de Valera, and a claim that Pope Pius XII praised American education. The piece invites readers to check answers at column bottom.
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Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
U.S
Eire
Eamon de Valera
Britain
Irish Republican Army
U. S
Pius XII
Neutrality woes curb wartime trade hopes and jobs
The article notes disappointing reaction to embargo removal for belligerents, with modest rises in motor and aircraft orders but limited overall export volume. It cites 600,000 possible naval jobs from wartime pickup, crowded New York ports with unemployed sailors, and three White House proposed remedies: seamen social security, maritime training, and reallocation of nonbelligerent port vessels under a $10 million program.
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U. S
New York
Federal Works
John Carraody
C. TL. O
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Joe Curran
Maritime Commission
Emory Land
A. F. of L
Joseph Ryan
Matthew Dushane
White House
Spanish ouster hints at Franco purge of bishops
In Madrid reports indicate Francisco Franco seeks removal of Cardinal Vicar y Barraquer and other bishops deemed hostile to his regime. In Mexico City a mysterious German radio station reportedly feeds ship movement data from a mountain stronghold likely in Chiapas state.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Vicar Y Barraquer
Mexico City
Chiapas
Assassination and political clashes shadow Capone era
In a blurred excerpt, Be O Hara overseeing Capone’s gambling ring is slain as Capone nears release. Statements suggest Morgenthau and the President must act, with debt cited at over 41.0 billion. The text also notes government loan carries, a versal threat to de Valera, and a stance against secular trends in U S schools.
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al Capone
Chicago
BE. O'Hare
Capone
Morgenthau
Congress
de Valera
U. S
Color of Death: Irish Inn Keeper’s Daughter Fights Off Tan
Elizabeth Murphy of Queens recounts a 1921 Dingle barroom attack during the Black and Tans uprising. A drunken Tan grabbed her by the throat as he threatened with a revolver, but a second Tan intervened and the revolver misfired, sparking a chaotic escape through neighboring yards and a workshop. Elizabeth credits the intervening Tan for saving her life and reflects on khaki as the color of danger and memory.
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Elso
Elizabeth Murphy
Queens
N. Y
Elizabeth
Ireland
Emerald Isle
Dingle
County Kerry
Murphy
Mother
Bucko
Tan
Western Newspaper Union
Tom Thumb and Keep Fit subsidies headline
Tom Thumb Charles Stratton born in Bridgeport Connecticut January 4 1838 grew to 28 inches and 15 pounds before Barnum brought him to fame He married Lavinia Warren and died July 15 1883 Keep Fit program notes US subsidies of 5000 annually for physical education lectureships at six Australian universities requiring diplomas in the subject
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Tom Thumb
Charles Sherwood Stratton
Bridgeport
Conn
P. T. Barnum
England
Barnum
Lavinia Warren
Middleborough
Mass
Australia
Noted Composer Friml Credits Ethereal Collaborators
In a week of reminiscence, composer Rudolf Friml credits his collaborators and an ethereal “spooksman” for guiding his career. From Prague to Broadway, his hits include Glorianna, The Firefly, Katinka, High Jinks, Music Hath Charms, and The Vagabond King, while Hollywood keeps him busy and successful.
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York
Rudolf Frim
Oulil
Prague
Rudolf
Musical Conservatory of Prague
Antonin Byorak
Jan Kubelik
Daniel Frohman
United States
Mr. Friml
Hollywood
Ask Me Another A Genera Quiz
The questions and answers cover Aurora Australis as the Southern Lights, Michelangelo praised by Emerson, ambrosia as food of the gods, seven deadly sins, and the distinction between a vote and a ballot. Also includes a motto and a quotation about man proposing and God disposing, plus a note on Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
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Emerson
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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