1941
| SORT DATE |
CONTENTS |
| 2/19/41 |
HAILE SELASSIE RETURNS TO ETHIOPIA! (HNR Vol.12-No.246) |
| 3/4/41 |
SOUTH AMERICAN GROUP RECEIVED IN WASHINGTON. Senator George, Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Vice President Wallace, Senator Pepper, Senator Chavez and Senator Capper, who is conducting tour. Pepper greeting A. Miro Queseda, Professor of the University of Peru. (Unreleased) |
| 4/15/41 |
Complete Newsreel. THE FRONT PAGE. STRIKE ON LABOR FRONT! -- STRIKES PERIL DEFENSE! Police and CIO pickets clash at Allis-Chalmers near Milwaukee. Governor Heil's plea fails and disorders increase - three ton riot car is bombarded with bottles, eggs and stones - tear gas and fire house rout mob rushing factory gate. CALIFORNIA LABOR SIGNS MODEL PACT! -- At Solar Aircraft company of San Diego, management and workers agree to industrial peace for defense - no strikes, no lockout. UNCLE SAM TESTS ARMY'S NEW MECHANIZED MIGHT! -- America's first armored division at Fort Knox, Kentucky, takes field for intensive training - assault boats and barges move troops and tanks across stream - charging 4-man juggernauts - crash through all obstacles in their path in spectacular cross-country charge. ROOSEVELT SEES STREAMLINED FORCES! -- President looks over mass demonstration of modern military training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. BRITISH MOP UP Il DUCE'S DWINDLING AFRICAN EMPIRE! -- First films of occupation of Benghazi! Union Jack is hoisted in triumph - Greeks, released from internment, celebrate Allies' victory - harbor is dotted with sunken Italian ships. THE WOMAN'S PAGE. Edited by Adelaide Hawley. LACE TAKES EASTER STYLE SPOTLIGHT! -- Gossamer glamour is displayed at preview in New York Museum of Modern Art - ultra-modern creations that are All-American products. THE SPORTING PAGE. JUMPERS TOPPLE IN MEXICAN STEEPLECHASE! -- Barriers take heavy toll as Napoleon survives 2-mile dash to win Agua Caliente classic before record throng of turf fans. (HNR Vol.12-No.258) |
| 6/30/41 |
UNCLE SAM'S BIGGEST ROUNDUP OF SPIES! FBI Agents crack down on 32 suspected of transmitting military secrets to foreign governments. Twenty-five arraigned in New York where seven confess, including former artists' model. All others held. Round-up climaxes two years of counter espionage. Berge, FBI Criminal Division Chief, promises swift justice. (HNR Vol.12-No.283) |
| 10/1/41 |
Complete Newsreel. WASHINGTON D.C. - FIRST LADY TAKES UP DEFENSE JOB! [Eleanor Roosevelt; Fiorello La Guardia] (HNR Vol.13-No.206) |
| 11/30/41 |
Complete Newsreel. ROOSEVELT WARNS NATION SHOOTING HAS STARTED! Rallying Americans to "battle stations," in an address to the Navy League in Washington, D.C., and broadcast to all the world, the President reveals possession of a secret, official German map disclosing Nazi plans for remaking South and Central America and taking over the Panama Canal! WAR TENSION IN ASIA! SINGAPORE GETS AID! Japan establishes air and naval bases at Saigon, Indo-China, as new Pro-Axis Cabinet takes over in Tokyo. US Ambassador Grew reaffirms policy of "no appeasement," as British rush troops to reinforce garrison in Straits Settlement. THE SPORTING PAGE. GRIDIRON THRILLERS FROM COAST TO COAST! NORTHWESTERN TRIPS OHIO STATE, 14-7! 72,000 fans at Columbus see Waldorf's Wildcats dim Buckeye hopes in classic of season. ALABAMA BEATS GEORGIA, 27-14! MINNESOTA DOWNS MICHIGAN, 7-0! CALIFORNIA TRIMS TROJANS, 14-0! MISSISSIPPI UPSETS TULANE, 20-13! (HNR Vol.13-No.213) |
| 12/8/41 |
Complete Newsreel. THE FRONT PAGE. WAR EXTRA! JAPS' TREACHEROUS ATTACK UNITES ALL AMERICA! -- Vivid highlights of situation in Far Easts Nippon strikes without warning - Scenes at nation's capital in final critical hours, films from Honolulu, Singapore and the Pacific! JAPANESE ROUND UP, BATTERY, NEW YORK CITY --Japanese Nationals arriving at ferry for Ellis Island - a group of new selectees and enlisted men waiting at the Governors Island Ferry. PRESIDENT'S EPOCHAL WAR CALL TO THE NATION -- Dramatic scenes in joint session of Congress as Mr. Roosevelt denounces Nippon perfidy and defies Yellow Terror - Congress acts quickly to place U.S. officially in the war. Roosevelt asks for declaration of war on Japan. Congress declares war on Japan, Washington D.C.. Vote being taken - Speaker Rayburn announces final vote. (HNR Vol.13-No.225) |
| 12/16/41 |
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN ENLIST IN CIVILIAN DEFENSE RANKS! The Voluntary Services, a vital factor in the nationwide program. New Yorkers enrolling for first aid, fire fighting, all emergency duties and learning fast. (HNR Vol.13-No.228) |
