Scrap for the Scrap Prompts War Material Debate
Lowell Munday notes Amarillo's renewed scrap metal drive amid wartime talk of Japan and Pacific battles. The editorial urges citizens to inventory metal at home to supply Uncle Sam, reflecting postwar reclamation sentiments and military production.
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Japan
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Rabaul
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Uncle Sam
FDR'S RETURN and the Washington leadership critique
Lipmann argues Congress has been leaderless during wartime, risking inflation control and public spirit. He warns strong presidential leadership is essential to oppose pressure groups and guide national resolve through winter and spring trials. He cites past eras of weak presidents and urges restoration of national purpose. The piece includes quotes from Barbour Carey and Cutler on sea power and wartime labor.
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Walter Lippmann
Congress
Washington
New Deal
Willkie
Dewey
Old Guard
Lincoln
Harding
The Plot Against Santa
King Uttar hides a rabbit costume as a secret study plot unfolds. Charles, a rightful king, returns in disguise to claim his throne with help from Peter the boy. A pursuing guard and dramatic confrontations end with Uttar fleeing and Charles restored, framed by a mysterious ghoul.
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Charles
Aradoone
Peter
Peter En
Medic_ylabel Rounds and Wartime Wit From Italy
Medics visit gun pits in Italy offering bandages and a makeshift manicure while soldiers joke about lazy traits and rationed razor blades. The piece captures humor and camaraderie amid gunfire and uncertainty as a Russian inspection rumor stirs talk of fighting.
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Ernie Pyle
Italy
Statesville
N. CC
Clarence C
Is This All There Is To A Battle
Captain Ralph Ingersoll recalls El Guettar and a soldier’s first battle as long hours of waiting and marching punctuated by sudden bursts of action. He details mortars, a hill assault by Rangers, and the shift from surprise to coordinated artillery with a radio call signaling success.
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Graham
el Guettar
Superman
Cc. O
Rangers
Chittenden
Henry
Puzzler Across and Down Clues Mixed in Word Game
A compact listing of a newspaper puzzle with horizontally and vertically arranged clues. Puzzles include botanical terms, chemical symbols, animal names, and common words, paired with numbered prompts and cross references.
Mrs Roosevelt and hairpins in wartime steel lore
Look Magazine profiles Eleanor Roosevelt revealing an early life shaped by loss and restraint and a later push to independence. The piece links her defiance of tradition and care for the frail to her White House leadership and public role. A playful wartime essay then notes Mrs Jones and 18 billion hairpins as a symbol of steel use and resource saving.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Hall
Eleanor
Franklin
New York City
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
New York
United States
WPB
Pacific
Europe
Battlefront
Mrs. Jones
Polk Street Professor Forms Fender Scratchera Club
A narrator proposes a social club on Polk Street named the Fender Scratchera Club. Members would scratch a match on any car’s fender at red lights as pedestrians cross, with plans for meetups, telegrams to congressmen, and a point system for matches.
Quote by Dr Butler on defending liberty and democracy
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, asserts that liberty and democracy must be defended and maintained as the outstanding fact in the history of modern civilization, and that the answer is going to be yes.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia U
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