The Globe News Opinion on Defense Contracts Concentration
The piece argues that three quarters of defense supply contracts go to 54 firms, with Bethlehem Steel near a billion dollars in contracts. It questions whether large firms should subcontract to small plants to speed production and better use all of America’s capacity. Judge Welsh’s bicycle trip echoes The People Yes sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Bethlehem Steel
America
U.S
George A. Welsh
Philadelphia
Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
Judge Welsh
Not Good Enough For Democracy Say Loyal Americans Of German Descent
A collection of quotes argues indifference to democracy is deadly and urges Americans of German origin to take a positive stand for the American free life. Notable voices include U S District Judge George A Welsh, H G Wells, Simonee, and Jo Davidson praising unity, effort for freedom, and opposition to Nazism.
Wheeler postal card plan stirs wartime mail surge
Henry McLemore lauds Senator Burton K Wheeler for sending one million franking postal cards to soldiers, praising his public gesture and joking about its impact on military life. He mocks critics, notes cost savings, and imagines a new military culture of postal consultation with officials and troops.
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Henry McLemore
New York
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Wheeler
Postal Board
Smith
Jones
Upshaw
Senator Wheeler
Washington
Senator
Stimson
Weaving Romance and Bank Scandal in Barriston
Parke Gerritt pursues Katherine Mowrer in Barriston while Founders Bank hides precarious conditions fed by Solon Cullahane’s stock power in Intercity Utilities. Parke slips with Sue Lawson, whose charm masks a stubborn temper and potential romance. Amid night talk, a kiss tests loyalties as secrets about finances and love collide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parke Gerritt
Barriston
Founders Bank
Katherine Mowrer
Katherine
Lawson
del Brackett
Parke
Solon Culhane
Entangled Hearts and a Bartered Plan in Street Drama
Sue and Parke Gerritt drift through a tense night of romance and risk as Sue contemplates marriage amid family pressures and a shady bank plot led by Sole Culhane. Dr. Lionel Bardo uncovers Intercity stock schemes while Parke weighs authority, loyalty, and a hurried elopement that may collapse at the inn's doorstep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel Bardo
Parke Gerritt
Parke
Far East
Sole Culhane
Culhane
Founders Bank
Intercity Loans
Sue
Leah the Forsaken
Father Lynch Seismology and Paprika Return to Public Life
The article profiles Rev. Joseph L. Lynch of Fordham University seismology, highlighting his easygoing persona and knack for translating complex quakes for the public. It then shifts to postwar paprika pioneer Arthur Denes, who fled Hungary with paprika seed and built a thriving U S crop in Louisiana and Florida, predicting a comeback to reclaim Hungarys former crown in spices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Lynch
Fordham University Seismological Laboratory
Father Lynch
Fordham
Arthur Denes
Hungary
Hitler
Denes
Yugoslavia
U. S
Louisiana
Opelousas
St. Landry Parish
America
Florida
War Geography Quiz: Prut Rivers Minsk Dnieser Dnieper
A reader’s geography prompt asks locations for Prut Drut Dnieper and Dniester rivers in Europe. It seeks where Minsk Pinsk Dvinsk and Omsk lie in Russia and requests Bucharest Budapest as well as Brest Litovsk with three WWI and current war-news angles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Poland
Russia
Prut
Drut
Dnieper
Dniester
Minsk
Pinsk
Dvinsk
Omsk
Bucharest
Budapest
Brest- Litovsk
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Amarillo
Texas
Globe-News Publishing Co
Sixth
Fillmore
A Gene Howe
John McCarty
News and Business Department
Esse
the Globe 18
Simonee
Frederick E. Hasler
Pan-American Socabn
H. G. Wells
Jo Davidson
Michael Burley
Darby
Joan
Sue — Lawson
Japan
Kadekura
Kasino
Haghijo
Secretary of Navy
Knox
NSE
United
Great States
Britain
STAIN
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Big Brother
Ronnie
Ronald Lawson
Gerritt
River Road
Del
Harmansburg
O.K
The
Kansas City Star
Gladwin Hill
Mother Earth
City
Bronx
Australia
Paprika
Formosa
Hongkong
Lingayen
Indo-China
China
Vigan
Ees
Palawan
Mindoro
Tuguegarao
San Fernando
Luzon
PANAY
Manila Bay
Miles
Masbate
Pacific
Ithe
Philippines
Spain
Philip II
Sulu Sea
Negros
Cebu
Leyte
Bohol
Mindanao
Daveo
Mt. Apo
Philippine Islands
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