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The article provides world news briefs for the week ending May 19, 1941. Germany's third top Nazi, Rudolph Hess, is reported to have flown alone in a Messerschmitt fighter and landed in Scotland with identification papers and heart medicine. Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover stated the U.S. shouldn't enter the war because the country is disunited and instead should supply England with tools of war. Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka Yosuke has come to the U.S. for diplomatic talks.

Presents socio-political and economic news from the world. Report that the visit of French Premier Pierre Laval to Berlin, Germany, was important because it symbolized the desideratum of European recovery and stability--Franco-German rapprochement; Report that the Scandinavian countries which have followed Great Britain off the gold standard have done so primarily because they were in a similar situation; Report that the principal loss which Great Britain suffers as a result of the abandonment of the gold standard arises, not from the fall, but from the fluctuation in the exchange value of the pound; Efforts to bring peace and conciliation between Japan and China in the wake of the war in Manchuria, China; Cancellation of the biennial meeting of the Institute of Pacific Relations due to the Manchurian episode; Profiles U.S. educator and ichthyologist, David Starr Jordan; Speculation on Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Lancashire, England; Report that for many weeks, the civil authorities of Harlan, Kentucky, who are openly allied with the coals mine owners against the striking miners, have exercised a press censorship; Economic situation of Detroit, Michigan and its consequences on public; Criticism of Governor of California for putting the district attorney Charles M. Fickert, on the state pay roll; Criticism of the cutting of trees in the U.S. for constructions on land.

The article reports on developments in shipping in the U.S. and in other countries as of May 1951, based on data from the National Federation of American Shipping. The U.S. runs nearly one-fifth of the world fleet total, and the U.S. share is expected to increase with military buildup. Total number of ships, total shipping capacity, U.S. share in world shipping, share in global shipping by Great Britain, Japan and Germany, and the roles of the U.S. Maritime Administration are discussed.

Reports on socio-political and economic developments around the world. Role of the League of Nations on the seizure of Corfu Island, Greece; Pressure on Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini by France and England to accept the terms of the League; Information on the negotiations between Jugoslavia and Italy on the domination of Fiume, West Croatia; Speculation on the attitude of the U.S. political parties on foreign policy in the wake of 1924 elections; Information on the currency question in Germany; View of Governor Gifford Pinchot on the added cost of anthracite as per the settlement of the coal strike; Speculation on the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake; Information on the activities of the League of Nations; Information on issues related to the politics and government in the U.S.; Report that the organization Ku Klux Klan, victim of outraged public sentiment at Carnegie, Pennsylvania, invoked the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union in making good its right to peaceable assembly, free speech and free movement; Information on the golden jubilee of the invention of the typewriter; Statement of Secretary John W. Weeks in reply to criticism of U.S. military expenditures; Information on the new Intra-Wall Correspondence Schools in Columbus, Ohio, for the uplift of the inmates of every penitentiary in the U.S.; Clash between Ku Klux Klan and John C. Walton, Governor of Oklahoma; Criticism of the fine imposed by the American government on the steamships which crossed the line a few minutes before midnight on August 31, 1923; Information on the practice of commandeering personal property belonging to citizens of enemy countries; Information on the brutality of the British government in penalizing many luckless individuals who happen to be enemy aliens; Victory of the Ku Klux Klan in the municipal election at Portland, Maine; Statement of Lady Eleanor Smith in support of her father Earl of Birkenhead, F.E. Smith.

The article discusses the buildup to World War II. There is little doubt that Japan is planning the construction of battleships larger than the 35,000 tons allowed under the London Naval Treaty of 1930, if it has not already started to build them. The sharp request for information on this point, amounting to an ultimatum, from the United States, Great Britain, and France would therefore superficially seem destined only to irritate the Japanese. Actually, this joint action of the powers has two purposes. It serves notice that the three democracies intend scrupulously to observe the forms of international law-in itself no mean-purpose in a world increasingly given to lawlessness-and that they include Japan in the company of those countries whose word is not to be taken seriously.

Focuses on political developments in the world, with emphasis on political conditions in the U.S. Information on the U.S. Navy's proposal for peace and weapon disarmaments; Discussion of the Pearl Harbor investigation and theory set up by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to warn the Americans of the dangers of fascist aggression; Information on the U.S. Government's encouragement of reconversion policy; Discussion of the Anglo-American talks on the Lend-Lease between Great Britain and the U.S.; Discussion of the unemployment-compensation legislation and the Kilgore unemployment bill which is considered by Senator Walter George of Georgia to reveal his opposition in the U.S. Congress; Opinion of Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada on the Administration bill that the main purpose of reorganization should be to return to the states the powers which, the federal government usurped during the war; Discussion of the demands of the steelworkers for a wage increase; Information on the U.S. state referenda which states that since there is ceiling on the price of cotton, one must have a low price on the cost of picking and poor sharecroppers must pay their hired hands, and cannot afford decent wages; Information on U.S. General Douglas MacArthur's announcement that he will be the boss of the Japanese Emperor, and stay in Japan until the Potsdam terms are carried out; Discussion of the responsibility of the U.S. in deciding how to control the atomic bomb and cooperation of British and Russian scientists; Information on the Economic Stabilization Act that authorizes the U.S. President to set farm wages and State Wage Board in each state, which holds hearings and then sets a tentative figure for farm wages.

Focuses on political developments in the world with emphasis on political condition in the U.S. Announcement by U.S. President Harry S. Truman that his country will not seek monetary payment for Lend-Lease deficits on the books; Effects of the sudden and unilateral termination of Land-Lease agreement by President Truman; Need for cooperation between Great Britain and the U.S. for future expansion of world trade; Details of democratic election scenario in Japan; Views of James C. Dunn, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European, African and Near and Far Eastern Affairs on former African colonies of Italy; Issues related to the passage of the Murray-Patman full-employment bill; Criticism of the political regimes, which under the Soviet auspices have come to power in the Balkans; Comments by W. Stuart Symington, chairman of the Surplus Property Board, on limiting provisions of the Surplus Property Act; Views of Republicans and Southern Democrats on the Kilgore unemployment bill; Strike and lockout by newspapers "Post Dispatch," "Star-Times" and "Globe-Democrat" in Saint Louis; Suspension of loyal employees of these newspapers without pay until publication resumed.

This section offers news briefs on business and politics in countries other than the U.S. as of March 1938. The Japanese government announced that China is establishing an autonomous state in Central China with Nanking as capital. The signing of a new trade pact between Great Britain and Italy signals the possibility of a more significant agreement between the two countries. Great Britain bought Soviet goods worth 113 million U.S. dollars and sold goods worth 40 million U.S. dollars to Russia in 1937.

Offers a look at the importance of a peace agreement between Great Britain, the US. and Japan to achieve world peace. Ineffectivity of the League of Nations in maintaining peace between countries; Details on the vital decisions for preserving peace; Accounts on the political reason for the U.S. to fight the war for principle of universal application.

Comments of United States Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes' disarmament proposals. Proposed naval holiday for 10 years; Proposed tonnages of ships to be abandoned by the three major naval powers of the U.S., Japan and Great Britain; Observation that this would leave Japan wholly secure against an attack from the other two; Inability to Japan, on the other hand, to attack the other two because the combined forces of the two is much larger.

The article provides world news briefs for the week ending August 25, 1941. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the measure to keep drafted men beyond their first year by one vote. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with English Prime Minister Winston Churchill where the U.S. and Britain prepared a set of peace terms called the Atlantic Charter. Japan is reportedly moving closer to the threat of hostilities with both Great Britain and the United States.

Analyses the military policy being adopted by Allied powers in Asia during the World War II. Refusal of French Indo-China to continue negotiations with Thailand under Japan's mediation unless Japanese warships were withdrawn from their waters; Denouncement of Occidental opponents as disturbers of peace by Japanese statesmen; Information that the U.S., Great Britain and the Netherlands have a combined naval force in the Pacific 15 to 20 percent stronger than Japanese navy; Request of the U.S. naval forces from the Congress to appropriate money for the fortification of Guam; Dependence of Japan on the U.S. for a large share of her gasoline, iron and steel scrap, copper and other metals and machine tools; Contention that situations in Asia looks on the surface like a contest of naked imperialisms which ignores the welfare of the native populations involved.

The basic fact that must now govern every decision made by the anti-fascist countries with reference to the Far East is that Japan is leading from weakness, not from strength. The change in the Tokyo Cabinet two weeks ago signified that Japan was threshing about in the hole it had dug for itself. By joining the Axis Japan mounted the tiger of European war diplomacy. Then it found itself afraid to stay on and afraid to get off. The Great Britain would not collapse. The United States would not conveniently move into the Atlantic, leaving the Pacific free for Japanese adventuring.

Focuses on the situations that initiated the second world war based on information from the summary chapter in the book "The History of the Nineteen-thirties." Information about peace treaties that established unjust settlements and initiated more wars; Effect of the industrial depression on various countries; Loss that accompanied the boycott of Japanese goods by China; Economic condition in Japan; Military assistance provided by Great Britain and the U.S. to Japan.

The article offers information on the increased foreign investment in the U.S. Several nations including Germany, Italy, and Great Britain have their subsidiaries running in U.S., and now, Japan also has entered its market with Seiko Corp. A large number of products are being manufactured by foreign companies in U.S., which include, textile machineries, ceramic tiles, and slide fasteners.

Focuses on the condition of the U.S. and British forces during the World War II. Loss of Libya and Toburk by Great Britain to German field marshal Erwin Rommel; Efforts of the Nazis to take control of Sevastopol in Ukraine; Information on the Japanese attacks on China; Effect of bombing of German cities on German ruler Adolf Hitler; Description of the strategies of the Nazis in North Africa; Consequences of Japanese movement towards India; Differences between the effectiveness of war equipment of Great Britain and that of Rommel; Effects of the sinking of several submarines of the United Nations; Role of Vichy, France in getting military supplies to Rommel.

The article presents world news briefs. The impasse in the negotiations on Great Britain joining the six-nation European Economic Community (EEC) is having adverse effect on the U.S. trade bill. The Argentina government is trying to float a loan inside the country as part of an economic austerity program. Japan, faced by trade deficit, has started promoting trade with Red China.

The article focuses on the embargo program of the U.S. and Great Britain to restrain the war industries in Japan. It mentions that the U.S. has completely stop all the scrap iron exports to Japan while Great Britain reopened the Burma road to deal with Chinese government. Moreover, it adds that though the embargo would result for an annual trade loss of nearly 250,000,000 to the U.S., Japan would not be able to purchase machines and raw materials necessary for its war industries.

Focuses on the criticism of the work of the American delegation at the London Conference in England who failed to reduce naval armament of several countries. Statement of a journalist that Washington should not discourage all discussion of the war aims of the Allies and the United States; Need for the maintenance of parity in the naval strength of all the nations; Statement that the reduction in the naval armament depends on tenor and power of public opinion in the United States on specific issues before the conference; Requirement for the reduction of battleships; Attitudes of the U.S., Japan and Great Britain on the abolition of capital ships; Willingness of France to reduce her cruise building program to maintain parity with Great Britain and the U.S.; Role of public opinion to check the natural tendency of national armaments to keep on growing without limit.

The article reports on the large number of foreign tourists who are flocking into the U.S. as of June 1973 due to lower air fares, the solid value of foreign currencies against the dollar, and other travel promotions. Based on the projection by the U.S. Travel Service, around 580,000 Japanese tourists are expected to visit the U.S. in 1973 compared to 417,000 in 1972. The other countries that are expected as source of tourist arrivals to the U.S. include Great Britain, Germany and France.

The article presents an outlook for the Kennedy Round, a session of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) trade negotiations being held in Geneva, Switzerland in 1966. The trade negotiations face several challenges, including the growing sense of economic nationalism. Demands and threats were exchange between the world's major trading nations, including the U.S., Great Britain, and Japan.

Presents information regarding the foreign policy of the U.S. in the wake of impending War. Viewpoint of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding the establishment of peace; Allegation by the President that his statement that he is devoted to the cause of peace has been twisted to mean that he will support Great Britain in the event of war; Earlier speech of Roosevelt regarding the quarantining aggressor nations; Plan for a combined action by the U.S. and Great Britain for an economic blockade of Japan.

The author reflects on the proposal to block and prevent an aggressor nation such as Japan from sending goods abroad or borrowing money from other League Powers. He believes that the force of the U.S. and Great Britain is needed to make the proposal effective. The plan of the League Power, the U.S. and Great Britain to stop the supply of arms and ammunition to Japan is discussed.