Nazis Offered Peace To US In 1940 With Plan To Oust Hitler
Former Ambassador Joseph Davies said Nazi spokesmen approached him in 1940 with a peace plan to remove Hitler and let Germany keep its conquests. Davies described the meeting in New York and warned of Nazi efforts to divide the United States with a negotiated peace.
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Hitler
Los Angeles
Calif
Joseph &. Davies
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Davies
Hull
Department of State
Europe
Libery
New York
England
Britain
Germany
United States
Governor Critical of Bureaucracy in Inaugural Speech
Coke Stevenson was sworn in as Texas governor and John Lee Smith as lieutenant governor. Both criticized bureaucracy and urged reforms to keep government fundamental, stressing democracy's voice, courage, and gradual progress amid wartime postures and potential resource strain.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
John Lee Smith
House of Representatives
Kimble County
Travis County
Washington
Draft Cases Being Cleared By G Men
Dallas report says substantial progress in clearing draft delinquency cases in northern Texas since an FBI drive began last month. Special Agent in Charge R G Danner notes many delinquents are being located and contacting boards or arranging compliance. District Attorney Clyde O Eastus says the government will be firm with holdouts.
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Dallas
Texas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
R. G. Danner
Danner
Clyde O. Eastus
United States
Willie Faces Temptation In Pantry Exchange
Quote-driven exchange shows a mother and son in a household moment. The son replies he is fighting temptation in the pantry as the mother questions his purpose. The dialogue implies moral testing within a family setting.
Service Station Hours Fixed by Ickes
The Office of Petroleum Administrator orders stations to limit to 72 hours per week and 12 hours daily, with an exception for 24/7 operation. If 72 hours is chosen, all customers must be served within a 12 hour daily window. 24 hour stations can serve all customers 6 days, then only T card holders remain served.
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Washington
Office of Petroleum Administrator
Ralph K. Davis
Davies
Conversation Reveals Marital Finances Gone Awry
Husband admits past wealth confusion after wife accuses him of deception before their wedding. He confesses he once was well off but didn’t realize it. The exchange highlights financial tensions within the marriage.
Want Ads from Whitewright area listings including rentals and sale
Classifieds note a 52 acreage farm for rent seven miles southwest of Whitewright with house and barn on rock road and a 81 acre farm four miles east of Whitewright for sale at 45 dollars per acre. Also notes a hatchery operating with baby chicks, an auto loan service in Sherman, a typewriter ribbon notice, and a thanks card for condolences from the Raley family.
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Whitewright
Rock Road
Tom Barbee
Kansas wives desert families to take defense jobs
Kansas Attorney General Jay Parker says WAACs WAVES and other high salary defense posts are driving wives to leave families for work in other states. He reports complaints from husbands fearing unemployment due to absent spouses though the law at that time does not prosecute errant wives.
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Peka
Kan
Waacs
Kansas
Jay Parker
Parker
Ideal Christmas Gift First Bachelor Girl
A comic exchange about Christmas gifts features two young women. The first asks if a single stocking could hold all she desires, while the second quips that a pair of socks would suffice.
Aggie Seniors Get Induction Orders
War Department orders Texas A. and M. College seniors with commission contracts to report to local draft boards for induction. After training they will return to campus for graduation then proceed to officers training camps and enter as corporals, becoming Army officers after completion.
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College Station
War Department
Texas A. & M
Army
Aged 45 at Wallik Hotel Lift Test
Young reporter notes J. Smith inspecting the shaft at the Wallik Hotel this morning to check the lift's descent. The lift indeed moved downward.
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J. Smith
Wallik Hotel
Drug stores and hospitals urged to supply quinine
The American Pharmaceutical Association acting for the Government asked drug stores and hospitals to contribute cinchona alkaloids including quinine for anti malaria use by the armed forces. Government officials Jones and Nelson endorsed the appeal. More than 100000 ounces are held in retail prescription rooms and dispensaries. The Netherlands East Indies occupation has cut off nearly all quinine supplies.
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Washington
American Pharmaceutical Association
Commerce
Jones
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Netherlands East Indies
Moscow Schoolchildren Produce War Materials
Moscow school children aged 12 to 15 run voluntary "children's workshops" producing gun parts clothing packing cases electrical equipment and other war materials for the Red Army. Thousands work in hundreds of shops with more applicants than space. Output includes 40 percent war material the rest non essential items. Work does not interfere with studies and shops may adjoin classrooms. Children are paid at the full adult rate and receive adult ration cards for wartime production.
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Red Army
Moscow
Education Department
Russia
Asking for Trouble at the Hairdressing Shop
A meek man enters a ladies hairdressing shop requesting a blonde hair to place on his shoulder to tease his wife. An assistant responds with polite questions as he explains his plan to provoke jealousy.
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Victory For Democracy
Batle Royal
T. W. Ayres & Son Gossard
C.-Amri
Tunis
First Army
Kenneth Anderson
Tebourba
Ella D. Cauthen
Route One
Denison
Whitewright Hatchery
G. W. Ford
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Calvin Raley
Aggie
Community Public Service Co
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