Truman study on gasoline rationing linked to rubber
Senator Truman announces a committee inquiry into national gasoline rationing amid fears the focus is really rubber conservation. The Baruch and Rubber Administrators say rationing west of the eastern seaboard aims to save rubber, not expand fuel supply, and an honest report is anticipated from the Missouri senator. Uruguay is cited as defiant against brute force in a separate editorial note.
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Truman
Baruch Committee
Jeffers
Seaboard
Missouri Solon
Uruguay
Alfredo Baldomir
The Food Problem by Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson argues Wickard’s appointment won’t fix food issues. production, waste, and labor shortages demand urgent action. She urges restaurant reform, rationed servings, separate bread and butter charges, and a national labor plan including a women’s land army and school-age labor to save farms and rural communities.
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America
Department of Education
Department of Agriculture
Desert Wounds and Ghosts From Libya to Rome
A desolate Western Desert scene follows a correspondent recollecting prewar Rome and Mussolini’s troops. He notes ruined Italian equipment, lone crosses, and the human cost, with pilots emerging from Khamsin dust to drink warm beer and seek relief.
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Western Desert
Flight Lieutenant Archie at Sidi Barrani in a Tomahawk
War correspondent recalls Flight Lieutenant Archie at the Sidi Barrani airfield a refueling stop near Sollum. Archie recounts a brief dogfight with a Me 109 Evette pilot and notes Italian Eyeties drifting through the sky as they float and look decorative. He shows laconic wit about the desert, flies out as dawn clears, and heads toward Cairo for a broadcast.
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Rome
Hitler
Mussolini
Piazza Venezia
Tr Duce
Via del ‘Impero
Archie
Marshal Goering
Yugoslavia
Cambridge
Sidi Barrani
Sollum
Jerry
Eve
Rawther
Fielding
Bagush
Cairo
New York
Singapore
Santa and the Skeptic in a Cold-Wood Quest
In a tale from Lucrece Hudgins, Michael Bartholomew Woffington, cursed to speak only smoke and hot air, meets woodsprite Humperdinck in the forest. The sprite reveals the curse stems from doubting Santa, and urges a journey to Santa Land to seek forgiveness, with Michael eager to prove belief. Tomorrow, Michael Goes to Santa Land.
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Michael Woffington Bartholomew
Humperdinck
Michael
Humphrey Humperdinck
Humphrey
Santa Claus
Santa
Santa Land
Thoughts on Covenant and Hope by Lewis J. Bates
The excerpt offers a biblical verse from Ezekiel 16 60 and a poetic meditation by Lewis J Bates about future claims of love justice truth and a promised day of fulfillment. It combines scriptural reflection with the author’s hopeful verse.
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Ezekiel
Lewis J. Bates
Civilian Defense Faces Organization Shortfalls
Eleanor Roosevelt warns that solitary economic efforts fail to resolve global troubles as civilian defense remains weak. James Landis notes persistent confusion and pockets of poor command structure across agencies.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
James Landis
Cigar Culture Through Ages In A Nation’s Frame
The piece traces how cigars symbolize leadership and grace from Churchill and Morgan to Churchill’s daily habit. It notes a decline in fine cigar use, rising cigarette popularity, and the social roles of smoking for hosts and hostesses, with anecdotes about Morgan’s Kohinoor and Churchill’s enduring habit.
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Britain
Winston Churchill
England
Neville Chamberlain
Lillian Russell
Uncle Sam
Segar
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Havana
Corsair
la Meridiana
Henry Clay and Bock
New York
Mr Morgan
Churchill
Dardanelles
Admiralty
Metropole
Northumberland Avenue
Ministry
Manners and etiquette quiz with sample answers
A reader quiz asks about hostess duties timing politeness and correcting pronunciation. It provides authorities answers: 1 Yes 2 Yes 3 Yes 4 Yes 5 No. It also poses a scenario about gifts and thanks, and a suggested real life solution.
Pictorial Puzzle Clue Grid from The Daily Ledger
A two column word puzzle from a historical newspaper presents horizontal and vertical clues. Readable entries reference common nouns adjectives and names, with incomplete phrases suggesting a standard crossword style for the era.
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Texas
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Fillmore
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Lader
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BY Dorothy Thompson
Mr. Wickard
Claude B. Wickard
Lippmann
Restaurateurs
Woman's Land Army
Congress
SUEZ
Libya
Signore
BY Cecil Brown
Random House, Inc
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Amarillo
Lucrece Hudgins
Michael Bartholomew Woffington
NER Service. Inc
Cigars
Isaac F. Marcoasson
Gourmet
Lodays
Puzzeer
U.S
House of Commons
Denmark
Chi
White House
Ireland
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