Murder plots and island intrigue on the Blue Petrel
Bill Talcott and companions confront a web of murder and smuggling amid Abas Island operations. Jackson’s name looms as a suspected killer while Sebastien’s death hints at a larger scheme. Talcott edges toward New York as danger tightens around Halsey and Constantine aboard the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Talcott
Abas Island
New York
oYps
Sebastien
Piya
San Juan
Jackson
Abas
Miss Paterson
Miss Swenson
Cantante
Captain Jackson
Abias Island
Halsey
Bill Talcott
June Paterson
Bill
Struthers
Talcott
MacDowell
West India Wharf
Anegada
Destroyers
Saint Thomas
Man Winters
Harlsey
Whispering campaign aims to undermine Gandhi in America
A correspondent reports Britain seeks to erode Gandhi's prestige in the United States, arguing his influence could aid Japan and totalitarian powers. The piece urges rejecting gossip and stresses unity in wartime, noting air freight debates and wartime economic controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Britain
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Mahatma
Japan
India
Books Review Shows Daily Life in Mexico and War Front Reads
Gertrude Diamant’s The Days of Ofelia offers a humane portrait of a Mexican family, while Robert L. Baker’s Oil, Blood and Sand analyzes Middle East conflicts for readers heading to the front. QO. D. Gallagher’s Action in the East provides a stark Far East war panorama and Lifelines of Victory argues for integrated power and supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Diamant
Mexico
Ofelia
Houghton Mifflin
Ofelia Escoto
Escoto
Robert L. Baker
D. Appleton-Century Co
Middle East
Middle Eastern
Baker
National Industrial Conference Board
United Nations
QO. D. Gallagher
Malaya
Cecil Brown
Doubleday
Doran
Gallagher
Far East
Ethiopia
Spain
East
Singapore
Burma
Japan
P. Putnam's Sons
Murray Morris
Major Seversky
Harris
Arthur T. Harris
RAF Bomber Command
Britain
Alpower
Farris
Germany Still Fighting War of Nerves
Column examines Axis propaganda efforts aimed at peace feelers and distrust among Allies. It argues Stalin would not seek a separate peace with Hitler and outlines potential Russian concessions the Germans would demand, including Ukraine and disarmament, while noting Allied masses remain pro-Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Thompson
Russia
Stalin
France
Marshal Petain
Hitler
Ukraine
Baltic
Europe
Munich
Tsar
Britain
United States
Burma
China
Vichy
Ceremany
Rwan Wold
Silie
Lst
America
One Day Cure for Syphilis Heralded by War Era Research
Wartime urgency and a Miami Valley Hospital team claim a one day cure for syphilis using a fever cabinet and Ehrlichs bullets. Led by doctors Simpson Kislig Kendell and engineers Kettering Sittler the method treats patients in eight hours, followed by five days observation, with 47 already cured. The report envisions rapid rehabilitation and a campaign to eradicate the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Ohio
Charles F. Kettering
Edwin Sittler
General Motors Corporation
Walter M. Simpson
Fred K. Kislig
H. Worley Kendell
Dayton Hospital
Ehrlich
Guerrilla Broadcasters and Anti Nazi Radio Stations
A survey of early anti Nazi radio efforts across Europe. It notes stations from Germany including Gustav Siegfried-Eins and the Chief, fringe efforts in Denmark Norway Finland and Italy, and French outlets like Radio Travial and Radio France Libre, detailing operators, slogans, and political aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Reich
Baltic
Otto Strasser
Nazi Party
Black Front
Czecho-Slovakia
Ernst Winkler
Cologne
Gustav-Siegfried-Eins
Nagai
Berlin
Gustav Siegfried - Eins
Gustav Siegfried-Hins
Russia
England
United States
Italy
Gestapo
Himmler
Ribbentrop
Goebbels
Goering
Fuehrer
Radio Danmark
Norske Frihus
Suomen Vanpas Asema
London
Moscow
Norway
Suomen Vaupin Ase
The Pain of Torture and Odd Toad Tales
Excerpts discuss brain perception of pain during torture as sensations shift from body to mind. A separate item profiles Lilligan Stewart of Waycross Georgia testing toads for pest control and a Washington interview about wartime science and public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gestapo
Lilligan Stuart
Waycross
Washington
Smithsonian
Stewart
Raleigh
Miss Stewart
Hitler
China
Frog Man
Merle Crowell
Rockefeller Center
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Tortola
Professor Constantine
Dreenks
Martha Swenson
Land of America
Patrick MacDowell
Taleot
Amarillo
Texas
Amarillio Daily News
Globe-News Publishing Co
Gene Howf
John McCarty
Telephone News and Business Department
Fon
Dorothy Thompson
Axis
Reynolds
Senate
He A E
Rad
NEA Serv
Paul Kruff
Reader's Digest
Rundt
NBC
Mussolini
Fascist Party
Radio Italia
Vittoria
Roosevelt
Churchill
I Garibaldi
Africa
Libyan
Bruno Mussolini
Il Duce
pre-de-Gaulile
Vrchy
Fran Catholique
Petain
Radio ‘Travail
Labor Party
Radio France Libre
Maj
Erwin Leséenér
American Mercury
Talk of the Town
The
New Yorker
Daniel L. Marsh
Boston University
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