Westbrook Pegler Prognostications On War Entry
A San Francisco dispatch quotes Senator Hiram Johnson declaring the United States will enter the war. The piece views the election as a clear pro war result with Roosevelt’s belligerent stance approved by the voters and notes Willkie’s tough war posture in his acceptance speech. It argues Hitler would exploit the destroyer deal and broader arms support as pretexts for conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Doe
San Francisco
Hiram Johnson
United States
Britain
Willkie
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Will kKie
Hitler
Diplomat’s Relative Hid $2 Million in Mexico and Lies
Washington gossip links Count Roberti, Italian envoy attaché, to $2,000,000 seized in Mexico amid inquiries into Fascist ties and U S political financing. Ogden Hammond’s family connections and roles in New Jersey business and banks appear amid broader probe into campaign contributions and party funding across multiple states.
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Washington
Ogden
New Jersey
Mexico
Count Roberti
Mexico City
Roberti
Mary Stevens Hammond
Ogden Hammond
New Orleans
J. Edgar Oover
Maygey
Spain
Coolidge
Count Roberts
Hammond
Broadway Improvement Company
First National Bank of
Jersey City
Opening blast of Elsie Robinson crusade sparks youth debate
Harold Gorman denounces unemployment as a barrier to youth while urging jobs and homes for Young America. Respondent recalls pre 1914 hardship, pride in self reliance, and warns against blaming parents or government for today’s youth woes.
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Harold Gorman
Harold
Miss Robinson
America
Harold BR. Gorman
Kings Avenue
Middletown
Conn
Attlee's Stand on Sovereignty Amid War Supplies Debate
The columnist argues Attlee’s Commons statement that Britain will not barter sovereignty contradicts talk of imperial asset losses for war credits. It contrasts past maneuvers in Czechoslovakia and Ethiopia, warns against sacrificing Gibraltar, and suggests Britain prefers preserving empire over costly concessions to secure financing.
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Clement Attlee
House of Commons
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Hitler
Ethiopia
Samuel Hoare
M. Laval
France
Haile Selassie
Mussolini
Attlee
Gibraltar
Spain
Helgoland
Germany
War Monger No 1 Stalin as War Trader and Gambler
Analysis portrays Josef Stalin as a paradoxical figure who traffics in war by facilitating and betting on it rather than engaging directly. It argues his aim is to weaken opposing systems through calculated aid to Hitler while protecting his own position, viewing war as a tool for democratization or collapse of rivals.
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Milligan
Willkie
Joe Pew
Pennsylvania
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Hitler
Germany
Lindbergh
Defense Commission
State Department
Treasury
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Unlikely Allies: Dutch Indies Aid to Japan in War Era
An improbable chain of events sees the Dutch East Indies, ruling in absentia from London, supplying oil to Japan after the US embargo. Queen Wilhelmina remains in exile while her colonies aid the enemy, illustrating expediency’s irrational grip on global conflict.
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Dutch East Indies
Dutch Empire
Netherlands
London
Wilhelmina
United States
Japan
Britain
Europe
War credits and looming draft amid Britain’s needs
The piece argues Britain will obtain war material on credit from the United States, with repayment uncertain and likely financed by American production. It notes possible Bermuda concessions, warns of wartime disruption, and critiques political choices favoring belligerent rhetoric over detachment, highlighting Lindbergh and the 1940 election context.
Tucsoniana Birth Notice Request Seeks Local Dates
The Arizona Citizen asks readers to send birth marriage and death facts for publication. It notes exact data needed and cites Sam Boswick in Yuma who notified of his wife’s September 29 birth of a son, showing timely telegraph reporting.
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Sam Boswick
Tucson
Yuma
Sam
Solomon Warner’s mill race near Santa Cruz progress
Solomon Warner reports the carnal or mill race near Santa Cruz is nearly finished with water already covering the upper section. The race starts a short distance below the ford near James Lee’s water mill and runs seven-eights of a mile to the mill at the base of the butte opposite town by the old mission church. Alex McKay did an excellent job as Warner had anticipated.
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Solomon Warner
Santa Cruz
James Lee
Old Mission Church
Warner
Alex McKay
Martin Touhy Retires From Tucson Water Trade
Martin Touhy has left the water business in Tucson after selling his mule and cart to Adam Sanders who now serves the town with steady water delivery. Touhy, seen as diligent and respected, plans to stay in Tucson, having lived there ten years.
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Martin Touhy
Tucson
Adam Sanders
Martin
Jones Loan Stance Sparks Off Record Debate
Washington dispatch notes mixed official response to Jesse Jones’s claim that Britain is a good risk. Morgenthau and others deny a new large loan policy, while officials seek careful funding via loans, purchases, or gifts and reject unsecured grants.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Britain
Treasury
Morgenthau
Jones
Mr. Morgenthau
Week of Warmer Weather With Little Rain
The week brought higher temperatures than the prior period. Clouds appeared on several days but no rainfall was recorded this period.
Star In Your Sapphire Oh Yeah A Bugs Baer Piece
Arthur Baer humorously notes the elusive star in a sapphire as a haunted, private sight only its owner can perceive. He quips that buyers fall for the trick, Churchill’s blackout advice is invoked, and Damon Runyon is mentioned chasing the star while it stays unseen for most observers.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Not Like Sir Walter
A witty exchange portrays a young bride dismissing chivalry as bygone. She recalls Sir Walter Raleigh laying his cloak for Queen Elizabeth, contrasting a husband who dislikes his own mother crushing his hat, in a light humorous exchange.
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Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
Wouldn't you like to be famous on a thousand-dollar bill
A witty exchange appears in Christian Advocate with the line about fame and fortune, framing the idea of wealth and luck through a playful remark about the dollar bill’s face. The brief item captures a humorous contrast between fame and fortune.
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Christian Advocate
Bugs Baer for Twenty Years
Fragmentary notes reference Bugs Baer over two decades with dated lines from 1935 1930 1925 and 1920. The items mention mumps Standard Oil in Ethiopia a Congress backing and filling war and peace a married man and a gold plated memorial dumbbell donation by diplomats to mark a European conference.
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Bugs Baer
Mumps
Standard Oil
Ethiopia
Telephone Etiquette In A Prewar Household
A New Yorker anecdote depicts a Negro maid Clarice who is told to answer the telephone after her mistress complains she often ignores calls. The maid replies obediently though she finds the task trivial since most calls are for her mistress.
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Epfort
Clarice
The
New Yorker
Husband Plans Chess Tourney Practice
Mrs Raggers explains her husband sits on the doorstep brooding, while Mrs Ragglesson insists he is not brooding but practicing for the local chess tournament. The snippet captures a humorous domestic exchange noted in Tit-Bits.
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