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Events soon outpaced the 90 Navy bombers, the 173 Army attack planes which were assembled for dispatch to Canada and thence to Europe. Mr. Roosevelt had had to go through the devious farce of "trading in" the planes. 600,000 World War I rifles, 68.000 old machine guns, 875 French and British 755, other munitions to private manufacturers, who in turn sold them to the Allies...
...Whoa, Mr. President," cried the Detroit News, sensing in Franklin Roosevelt's nonbelligerent intervention a pull toward war. Hundreds of letters approved (8-to-1) the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's, bitter declaration that the President, unless checked, would take the U. S. over the brink...
...last month, Cortesi sent the Times a long, brilliantly documented dispatch telling in detail of Nazi-Communist preparations in Mexico. For months Cortesi had gathered evidence of German infiltration in Mexico, German and Russian influence over labor and the press...
...complex belief, expressed by Newshawk Marquis W. Childs, St. Louis Post-Dispatch correspondent, that "in his heart of hearts he is a sad man, having seen through the illusions and futilities of his time. Nevertheless, he has the courage to be cheerful and to do good in the sight of God. This theory endows Mr. Roosevelt with the humility of true greatness...
...York Times's Tokyo Correspondent Hugh Byas is genial, red-faced, slow-moving, and his Scottish burr is thick as haggis. He is besides generally considered the most reliable foreign correspondent in Japan. Last week he cabled home an extraordinary dispatch. His subject was Japanese alertness with regard to The Netherlands East Indies. He concluded the cable with the following words, which he said Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita had probably sent to Japanese envoys everywhere, had certainly addressed to the Foreign Office staff in Tokyo...