Bombing of London and European realignments in 1940s view
A wartime roundup notes German bombing over London and British resistance, claims about civilian impact, and Germany's stated aims. It also surveys Romanian political shifts under Carol and Antonescu, shifts in Russian and Hungarian borders, and diverging US opinions on aiding Britain with destroyers and military aid amid Roosevelt Knox lines and Western defense plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. We
M. Maginot
Roosevelt
Knox
Labrador
Brazil
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
Uttle Islands
Trinidad
British Guiana
Ta Rica
Ecuador
Italy
Finland
Rumania
England
Anti-Conscript Demonstration and Wartime Anecdotes
A 1500 strong anti conscription group planned a Capitol overnight sit in Washington before police moved in, with clergy among the detained. The piece also recalls Jimmie Walker’s career and LaGuardia’s puzzling appointment, then shifts to wartime odds and a Spitfire aid fund dubbed David and Goliath as Britain notes chivalry in a grim era. It closes with Russia’s mobilization and Germany shifting troops east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Steps
Washington
Washingtonian
Owen Knox
Detroit
Civil Rights Federation
Capitol
Capitol Grounds
Pepper
Florida
Rustle Pepper
Jimmie
Walker Jimmie Walker
New York
al Smith
Babylon
France
LaGuardis
LaGuardia
Jimmie Walker
Cloak and Salt
Names in the News and Naval Gigantics
John Cripps, son of Sir Stafford Cripps, is a conscientious objector opposed to war, drafted to garden work two days weekly. The U S navy eyes Edward Mannville’s yacht Hi Esmaro, a 287 foot luxury craft worth about a million plus, launched 1928, could serve as a training ship. J P Morgan reportedly lent his super yacht to Britain. Ex King Carol of Romania, once powerful, is described as shrinking in his ex-kingdom after rapid weight loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cripps
Stafford Cripps
England
Russia
John
Young Cripps
U. S. Navy
H. Edward Manville
J. P. Morgan
Morgan’s
Carol
Romania
Appeasement Talk and War Skepticism in Britain
The article surveys alleged appeasement moves within British financial circles and the Admiralty, noting Kennedy’s influence and anxieties over U S aid, British factory damage, and the risk of strategic concessions to Hitler. It contrasts Churchill’s stance of long term cooperation with public sentiment favoring continued resistance.
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Washington, D. C
Joseph Patrick Kennedy
U.S
Court
St. James‘s
Kennedy
War and Navy Departments
Admiralty
United States
Britain
England
Holland
Wall Street
Hitler
Churchill
Western Hemisphere
Willkie
Roosevelt
France
Crowell named defense consultant amid war note filings
By LEMUEL F PARTON. Benedict Crowell, former assistant secretary of war, named special defense consultant by Secretary Stimson. In a Virginia Institute talk he warned that U S manufacturers must supply munition s without waste and defend national security. Crowell, 71, Cleveland business leader, renowned for cutting red tape, authored several books on industrial war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Benedict Crowell
Crowell
Stimson
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
South
North
East
Cleveland
Ordnance Reserve
Army High Command
Yale University
Otis Steel Company
America
Robert Forrest Wilson
Mr. Crowell
Ruby Bob Fitzsimmons
New Yorker Rumors From New York Society Pages
Gossip notes about the Lindberghs expecting in November and Vincent Astor’s marriage to Mary Cushing, with Orson Welles accompanying Dolores Del Rio and Clare Boothe’s Europa in the Spring critiquing Paris’s “Special Americans.” Mention of Sen. Rush Holt and Mrs. C. Vanderbilt Jr.’s divorce, plus prewar European tensions and invasion chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Vincent Astor
Mary Cushing
Roosevelt Slater
Orson Welles
Dolores del Rio
Beauty Partor
Sen
Rush Holt
C. Vanderbilt Jr
Clare Boothe
Europa
Paris
Bombs and Guarded Threats Stir War Era News
A chaotic jumble reports bombs in the A T and T Building under guard, plans of American Boeing bombers, Hughes mystery flights to Canada, and Nazi links tied to Dr Carl Eggers. It notes Hitler’s influence in France and Stalin readying a new strike, with other items on Howard Hughes and European politics.
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London
Rome
Berlin
United States Army
Hitler
Willie
Eugene Howard
Washington, D. C
San Diego
Howard Hughes
Canada
England
Town Hall
Carl Eggers
Dr. Eggers
Blum
Sevilla
Havana
France
Red Army
Stalin
Westrick's Alleged Successor and Daily Mail Scoop
City desk asked to verify Westrick successor with two Mirror reporters tailing him. Inquiry about present address. secretary reportedly checks mail daily. Also notes Jackie Coogan not yet set, Cap't Rieber reconciled with his son, Roosevelt 1928 governor bid, Swastika name change to Brilliant, artists' politics at Horseshoe, Carl Brisson kidnapping claim, Murray Levine child refugee work, and Zanuck Jaggers' Brigham Young performance praised.
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R. B
Westrick
MacDonald
The
Mirror
Sec’y
Jackie Coogan
Coogan
Honolulu
Cap't Rieber
Texaco
Cap't
Roosevelt
Carl Brisson
Berlin
U. S
Murray Levine
Westchester
Levine
Bodyguard Stafford Put to Work by Joe McNazi
The Bronx district attorney’s office releases background on Stafford, a former pugilist nicknamed bird named Stafford, hired by Joe McNazi as a bodyguard. Stafford guarded McNazi through nights and mornings, ending up in Manhattan Hospital for the whacky. Peter Greig, wine importer, raised $2300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford
Joe McNazi
Joe
Manhattan
Bronx
Local Treasure Hunters Suffer Rude Awakening
Three times Rawlinson dreamed of hidden silver in his flat. He and Mrs Rawlinson pried loose bricks in a wall and found the silver behind them. Their celebration ended when the neighbor burst in, furious at the disturbance to his dining room cupboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlinson
Mrs. Rawlinson
By the Will ’Tis the will that makes the action good or ill
A compact reflection on how intention shapes morality. The line suggests character depends on resolve rather than circumstance. It frames will as the key determinant of ethical outcomes and personal responsibility.
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By Roger Shaw
Michael
Western Newspaper Union
English Channel
Germany
Royal Air Force
Magda
Magda Wolff-Lupescu
Ven
John Antonescu
Rumanian
Bessarabia
Bukoving
Rudi Graziani
Italo Balbo
Italo-North Africa
Bukovina
Transylvania
Dobrudja
Hungary
Choice
Oliver Twist
Mr. Churchill
East Prussia
Poland
Mediterranean
Sam
West
Jacob Mark Lashley
St. Louis
American Bar Association
Philadelphia
Spitfire
David
Davies
Davidson
Chamberlain
Allance
Wendell Willkie
Otene
Stenogs
Gome
Civil Service Commission
Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WNU
Victor Marguerritte
General de Gaulte
M. Marguerritte
League of Nations
Legion of Honor
French Society of Men of Letters
Poincare
Allan Jones
N. M
Brilliant
Billy Rose
Buddy Desylva
Billy
Panama
Billie
Fashion
John Gunther
Gunther
Kelly
Brooklyn Dodgers
Zanuck
Dean Jaggers
Brigham Young
Bwig & Hague
Ua Des Moines Stove Repair Company
Rostetter's
Rydta E. Weise
Ieee
Pinkhem
Pinkham
Emerson
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
WELLE
Doan
Alah
Jone
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