One Year of Blitzkrieg Timeline Highlights
A compact overview of the first year of World War II covering Germany’s invasions of Poland Denmark Norway and France the Soviet invasion of Poland the fall of Warsaw the German-Russian partition of Poland and key Allied moves including Britain France and Italy actions plus the shift in leadership in Britain and France and major battles and armistice events.
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Germany
Poland
Danzig
France
England
Athenia
Warsaw
Russia
United States
Munich
Hitler
Finland
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Mannerheim
Reynaud
Denmark
Norway
Chamberlain
Churchill
General Weygand
Gamelin
Channel
Abbeville
Leopold
Paris
Italy
Petain
Rumania
Bessarabia
Britain
Mediterranean
League of Nations
Europe
Africa
Insurance row over replacement versus cash payout
A citizen confronts an insurer, asking how much money will be paid after a wreck. The adjuster replies that the car will be replaced, sparking a plan to cancel the policy for the wife if this is the company’s practice.
London Children Arrive in Boston for War Duration Stay
Four young English guests from near London stepped ashore at Boston aboard the Yar mouth with Mrs. J. W. Farley. Faith Coghill Egerton Gerald and Michael Henderson travel with a nurse and expect to enjoy America during their stay with host families. They described their world travel as a lark and joked about the ship Early August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Yarmouth
America
J. W. Farley
Needham
Faith Coghill
Egerton
Gerald
Michael Henderson
London
Army
Navy
Oxfordshire
Faith
Wagner Would Add 10 000 000 to Age Pension Rolls
Senator Wagner proposes amendments to extend social security old age benefits to agricultural and domestic workers and state and local government staff. The plan would cover non Civil Service federal employees and workers at non profit religious charitable and educational institutions. Unemployment insurance would reach small firms with under eight workers and non Civil Service government workers and charitable institution staff. Farm workers would be excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Wagner
New York
Grapes Questioned for Poison in Drugstore Exchange
A customer asks if grapes are poisoned and is told she must obtain them from a druggist. The exchange neighbors concern for a sick husband and directs to a pharmacist for purchase.
Land Taxes Deplores Oregon Study Emphasizes Delinquency
Corvallis Ore The State College Agricultural Experimental Station bulletin Rural Tax Delinquency Study in the State of Oregon covers 1928 to 1935. It notes rural tax delinquency burdens property tax reliance by local governments and cites 46 million dollars in state delinquency in 1935 and 1 78 million acres of tax reverted lands plus 154 000 city and suburban lots held by counties. Dr W H Dreesen warns the general property tax risks breakdown under stress and rural low farm incomes magnify burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corvallis
Ore
State College Agricultural Experimental Station
Oregon
Cascades
W. H. Dreesen
Dr. Dreesen
Protecting Peas From Weevil Damage
Texas extension entomologist Cameron Siddall offers methods to protect peas and beans from weevil damage. Treat shelled or threshes seeds with carbon disulphide at specified quantities, then store in jars, buckets, or cans and ventilate after 36 hours. For eating, heat open containers to 180 degrees F for 10 minutes before storage. A note on Chinese demographics appears at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Texas
Cameron Siddall
A. and M. College Extension Service
Cardui promotes relief from menstrual discomfort claims
An old health ad describes Cardui as a remedy for functional dysmenorrhea caused by malnutrition. It asserts benefits such as reduced headaches nervousness cramps and improved digestion. The copy urges taking Cardui before and during the menstrual period and notes the remedy has been popular for fifty years.
Youth Crime Under Twenty-One Dominates FBI Report
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warns that juveniles form a large, serious part of crime in the United States. Six month fingerprint data show 17.6 percent of arrests were youths under 21, with underage offenders prominent in robbery burglary and auto theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
G-man
Bureau
Trick Soldier Drill Mishap Featured in Army Tale
A drill sergeant berates a rookie for a misstep in a spoof scene where one recruit lifts the wrong leg and ends up with legs side by side. The sergeant calls out the offender as the squad tries to straighten formations.
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Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Texas State College For Women
C. Horton Talley
Sun Office
China
Shanghai
Fall Grocery
Luther Gordon
FBI
Planters Gin Co
J.S. Blanton
Ellery
Ellery Queen
Mercury
American Mercury
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