Petain Seen Symbol of Old France
The article portrays Philippe Petain as a symbol of old French glory coerced into collaboration with Nazi Germany under Laval. It describes him as a largely honest but lonely figure, once a Verdun hero, now leading a semi Fascist regime under German occupation, with advisers purged by Laval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Henry
New York
Phillipe Petain
France
Pierre Laval
Petain
Germany
Laval
Verdun
Laval Reasserts Power as Petain Aides Fall Away
Laval moves to tighten control as trusted Petain advisers are ousted or sidelined. The shift follows arrest of Dr. Martins and the exit of Du Moulin de la Barbette, De Saivre, Barthelemy, and Ramier as Laval solidifies pro German ties and strains Petain’s anti collaboration stance.
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France
Wen
Laval
Vichy
Dr. Martins
Martins
Petain
Henri du Moulin de la Barbete
Marshal
du Moulin de la Barthete
Berne
Legation
Marshal Went de Gaulist
Baron Roger de Saivre
du Moulin de Sal Barthete
de Saivre
North Africa
Pyreenes
Spain
Prince Napoleon
Lavals
Joseph Barthelemy
Lucien Ramier J
Medal for Merit to honor White House clerk Rudolph Forster
The first Medal for Merit will be conferred posthumously on Rudolph Forster, longtime White House chief clerk and confidante of eight presidents, honoring exceptionally meritorious civilian service since the 1939 national emergency. A Gestapo hunt for John Steinbeck in Nazi-occupied Europe ends with the claim he is in America.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rudolph Forster
White House
Congress
Forster
HMNT
Steinbeck
Stockholm
INS
Gestapo
John Steinbeck
America
Petain’s Isolation Mirrors Laval’s Axis Deals
The article portrays Petain as a powerless symbol of a France bent by Laval’s collaboration with the Axis. It argues French trust in Petain blinds them to Laval’s underhand deals and the regime’s compromised leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petain
France
Laval
Marshal
Axis
Dairy Herd Associations Elect Staffs in Rensselaer County
Officers for two Dairy Herd Improvement Associations in Rensselaer County were reelected at a joint meeting at the West Sand Lake Grange Hall. Dellar City group named Lemka, Reed, and Hoyt to chair, vice chair, and treasurer posts, while the North Greenbush group kept Phillips, Woodling, and Sherman in key roles. Sherman announced Heald’s resignation as tester, tied to a NY State cooperative office in Syracuse. A Cornell speaker, Raymond Albrechsen, urged optimism for dairying and outlined dairy research and hay preservation aims. Motion pictures of Mt. Marcy were shown by Fred Becker.
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Rensselaer County
West Sand Lake
Dellar City Association
Alton Lemka
Castleton
Harvey Reed
Speigletown
Willard Hoyt
David Phillips
North Greenbush
George Woodling
Valley Falls
Earl Sherman
Buskirk
Sherman
Kenneth Heald
Heald
New York
Mt. Marcy
Fred Becker
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Denby
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