Argentina rebuked by Secretary Hull for assisting Axis
U.S. rejects plea for munitions, indicates supremacy in South America will be shifted to Brazil
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Mrs. Roosevelt in Sydney
Sydney, Australia –
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt began the second day of her visit to Sydney with an inspection of representatives of women in Australia’s fighting services today. Later she planned to visit the U.S. General Hospital here and an Australian military hospital.
Senators in Australia
Sydney, Australia –
Five U.S. Senators arrived in Australia by bomber today on a tour of war theaters where U.S. troops are engaged. They are Richard B. Russell (D-GA), James M. Mead (D-NY), Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA), Ralph O. Brewster (R-ME) and Albert B. Chandler (D-KY).
U.S. Lightnings join forces of Gen. Chennault
Swift fighters shoot down Zero on second day at China base
By Darrell Berrigan, United Press staff writer
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Plea of French tried on U.S. by Churchill
British failed to heed it in 1934 and Second World War followed
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Poll: Public favors military pact with Britain
Opponents fear U.S. will be dragged into foreign wars
By George Gallup, Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
Although scores of post-war world organizations have been proposed, there is one specific proposal which both Republican and Democratic leaders can endorse with assurance of support from a majority of voters.
That is the idea of a permanent military alliance after this war between the United States and Great Britain.
After the last war when Britain ceased paying on her war debt to the United States, there was a section of American opinion which felt suspicious of Britain and hostile toward her.
Today, although a sizable number of voters oppose the idea of an Anglo-American military alliance, an Institute survey finds that the majority are willing to see such an alliance formed.
Question asked
The survey results follow:
After the war, should the United States and Great Britain make a permanent military alliance, that is, agree to come to each other’s defense immediately if the other is attacked at any future time?
| Yes | 61% |
| No | 25% |
| Undecided | 14% |
In conducting the survey, interviewers for the Institute talked with a full complement of laborers, housewives, farmers, businessmen, people of all income groups and racial backgrounds from Maine to California.
Coraopolis sampled
The sampling areas included Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.
Members of the Republican Party’s Post-War Advisory Council which met this week at Mackinac Island, Michigan, will be interested to know that the rank and file of Republican voters interviewed in this survey are on the same side as the Democrats so far as an Anglo-American alliance is concerned.
However, the Democrats are for it by a larger vote than the Republicans, as the following table indicates:
| Republicans | Democrats | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 57% | 67% |
| No | 29% | 19% |
| Undecided | 14% | 14% |
The voters who oppose such an alliance argue principally that it would only serve to drag the United States into wars that she might not want to enter.
Many wars feared
They declared that England, because of her proximity to Europe, gets into too many wars, and that a military alliance would pull us into European squabbles just to help England out.
Voters who favor the alliance argue, on the other hand, that if the two large countries stick closely together, they can do a great deal to prevent future wars, and that the best interests of the two countries lie in presenting a solid front to the world.
Biggest coal buyers must ‘stand in line’
New Ickes’ order intended to spread fuel supply where most needed
By Robert Taylor, Press Washington correspondent
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‘We’re down’ –
Petrillo: Broadcasters knifing union
Big men of radio using U.S. agencies, head of musicians says
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Orson fumbles and Rita weeps while marriage knot is tied
Welles forgets to take box off ring; mature blames ‘magic;’ producer and actress then take 30-second honeymoon
By Frederick C. Othman, United Press staff writer
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New Army data from Marshall
Yanks now in more than 50 foreign countries; Nazi breakthrough at Kasserine explained
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Officer Candidate Schools train 206,000 for Army
High standard of leadership maintained in all branches, Marshall says
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Gen. Marshall: Midway battle reversed tide
With Coral Sea victory, it removed threat to U.S. possessions
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Report given on Aleutians
Shortages caused delay, Marshall says
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