Defense Budget Tops 171 Billion as Food Blockade Ends
Weekly analysis notes the 171 billion national budget with defense as the largest item, lifting the food blockade on France, and British gains over Italian forces. President Roosevelt addressed congress urging rapid weapons funding, warning against subversive elements, and stressing defense and national security. The 1942 fiscal year budget totals 17.49 billion, with over 10 billion for defense and calls for higher taxes to cover deficits. Senator Adams commented on the debt and agricultural aid remains near current levels while WPA funding is slashed.
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Hoosevelt
Congress
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England
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America
Wtree
Ite
Agaresaor
UB Defense
Anzacs Battle at Bardia Shatters Italian Myth of Invincibility
Propaganda failed to steady public morale as Germans breached the Maginot Line and British and Anzac forces pressed on. Australian troops swept into Bardya, battering through to seize a fortified town in less than two days of fighting, while Italian losses were downplayed by state broadcasters. The Anzacs, famed for discipline quirks, eat together and fight as one, enduring long siege before the city finally fell.
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France
Bardya
Italion
Libya
Mancoliniould
Bardia
Zealand
England
Mingla
Utmist Freedom
Idalgaia
Rab
Britain resists American pressure over European food shipments
Britain keeps a tight grip on food aid policy despite U S efforts to reverse the blockade. American diplomats report London fears food reaching Germany through occupied territories and being diverted to German arms production. UK concessions grow after sustained American pressure, with aid to Spain and other areas under consideration.
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London
Spain
France
Finland
Europe
Germany
Judge Warren Madden Leads From Labor to Claims Court
Roosevelt shifts judge Warren Madden from head of the labor board to the US Court of Claims amid Senate criticism and political maneuvering. Martha D. Weller, famed lion tamer known as the Lady of the Lions, dies at 78 in St. Louis after World’s Fair fame. Shirley Temple returns to Hollywood at 11 after retirement.
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Shirley Temple
Hollywood
History repeats as sea wolves roam Pacific trade
The article recounts Count Felix von Luckner and his German raider exploits during WWI. It notes his blockade running and sinking ships from Ireland to the South Seas, later touring the United States to disparage the Nazi regime, and details ongoing American views on shifting Pacific trade routes and neutrality.
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Washington
London
Legion Plan For New Draft Enrollment Debate
The American Legion proposes a permanent youth draft covering ages 10 to 71 to enforce compulsory military training as a national policy. Meanwhile Roosevelt is expected to announce a new selective draft enrollment targeting those who have turned 21 since October 1940 and adjusting age-based exemptions and top draw positions. A 1940s era policy shift and wartime preparation frame the report.
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Hollywood Stars and Roles Dominate Postwar Screen Talk
A long column surveys film industry chatter, noting Paramount screenings of One Night in Lisbon with Fredric March and Madeleine Carroll, Kennedy’s brief venture into acting, and star gossip about Eddie Bracken, Jack Benny, and Oscar Levant. It covers accidents, screen tests, and upcoming musical comedies, with comments on Irene, No No Nanette, and Edith Fellows.
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Oscar Levant
Radiva
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Fantasia
Artie Shaw
Beocund
Orrin Tucker
Las Vegas
Anna Neagle
Yesteryear
Irene
Population questions for Greece and census literacy rules
The text asks for Greece population figure and Census literacy standards. It notes a Greece population of 6,204,684 and asks about the Bureau of the Census rule that any person ten years old or older who cannot read or write is illiterate. It also asks about conditions for private in the U S Army and about panegyric writing that elaborately praises.
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Greece
Naming of trap shooting and wartime farming goals
A long fragment notes Mrs Gertrude Hurlbutt from Dayton Montana naming trap shooting as airec replacing Round the Clock Shooting with the winning term valued at 100 dollars from a National Sportsman contest. It also mentions Wheeler McMillen of Farm Journal advocating domestic production of two billion tons of vegetable oil, jute, coarse wool, and long staple cotton to replace imports amid European war impacts.
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Farm Journal and Farmers
America
Inscription om Napoleon’s Tomb at Paris Hotel Dome
The burial place of Napoleon rests under the Hotel des Invalides dome in Paris by will’s note that his ashes should lie on the banks of the Seine among the French people he loved.
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Would Be Noticed If Earth Axis Went Vertical
If Earth’s axis stood vertical to its orbit the days and nights would be equal year round. There would be no seasons and the sun would pass directly overhead at the equator, changing how heat is distributed across the planet.
Women outperform men in toe dexterity tests study
A university psychologist reports women scored higher than men in toe tasks across graded sandpapers, while men showed more left-hand errors. The report also notes infant mortality in Wisconsin dropped to 1 in 14 deaths last year, down from 1 in five three decades ago, attributing gains to rural health programs. The Northwest Passage achievement recounts Roald Amundsen navigating from Asia to North America, entering the passage via the Bering Strait on July 11, 1906, being the first ship to travel ocean to ocean north of Patagonia.
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Typios
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Cleaning Suede Bag Cleaning Tip
A suede bag should be cleaned with a dry rubber sponge rubbed across its surface to restore color and lift stains. The method also helps remove surface color to prevent transferring dirt to clothing.
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