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Died. Henry W. Antheil Jr., 27, attaché of the U. S. Legation at Helsinki, younger brother of noted Composer George Antheil; when the Finnish airliner in which he was flying from Tallinn, Estonia to Helsinki mysteriously exploded in mid-air and plunged into the Gulf of Finland...
Nazis. Employing all the tricks of propaganda and intrigue, Germany has set up a machine that functions like a well-oiled Messerschmitt plane. The Nazi Führer is Arthur Dietrich, brother of Dr. Goebbels' right-hand man and press chief. Officially listed as Press Attaché to the German Legation, he employs a large staff of writers, translators and agents, operates his own printing plant, subsidizes Mexican papers, sponsors magazines such as the blatantly pro-Nazi Timón, and finances local Nazi organizations such as the Vanguardia Nacional. A number of smooth young Nazis arrived from...
...Sweden accepted with wry docility. Stockholm newspapers interpreted them as a polite way of saying that Sweden had entered "the German sphere of interest." Next day Stockholm police walked into the British Legation and seized a propaganda weekly called News From Great Britain which had been issued by Press Attaché Peter Tennant. The Swedes continued to arm-King Gustaf led his countrymen in subscribing $59,250 to a $118,500,000 defense loan-and to promise to defend their neutrality. But as long as Germany held most of Norway and made no aggressive move, Sweden had no choice...
Furthermore, Editor Nerman took pains to point out, the wives of many naval officers are German, including the wife of Rear Admiral Claes Lindsström, commander of the Eastern District. Admiral Lindsström served in the German Navy from 1910 to 1912, was naval attaché at Berlin and Copenhagen...
Where To Go? Any foreign attaché looking at the new U. S. Army this spring will recognize it for what it is: a standing expeditionary force, designed for prompt, conscript expansion into an expeditionary Army of 750,000 active troops, 250,000 reserves. When Congressmen, scared by World War II, scream for underground bombing shelters in the interior U. S., for permanent anti-aircraft installations at Kansas City and points west, the General Staff in Washington shudders. Remembering that the U. S. Army has fought in China, Siberia, Central America, France, the General Staff has planned an outfit ready...