We Americans must fight to save our civilization
A condensed Kiwanis Magazine article argues Japan’s militarists rule the nation and threaten global liberty. It contrasts Japanese suffering under conquest with American resolve to defeat the fascist clique, urging Japan’s people to reject militarism for true freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Port Arthur
Commodore Perry
Korea
China
Russia
Tokyo
Takahashi
Admiral Saito
Prince Saionji
Diet
America
Arming Merchant Ships: Congress Action Yet Uncarried
A prewar measure to arm American merchant ships with anti submarine guns was decreed by Congress on November 17, but guns and armament have not yet been widely delivered. The piece notes the discrepancy between statutes and actual readiness and warns that what matters is what ships have on the line when danger comes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asey
Jennie
Freddy
Mrs. Doane
Whale Inn
Dad
Mrs. Hingham
Syl Mayo
Syl
United States
Columbus
England
John Cabot
North America
Menendez
St. Augustine
Plymouth Rock
John Adams
Congress
Arnold
Cornwallis
Yorke Lawn
Atlantic
Pacific
First Indian factory builds fighter and trainer planes
A short Delhi note proclaims Hindustan Aircraft Factory completing its first fighter and trainer planes. The piece discusses shifting world power as nations industrialize and Asia moves toward independence, with quoted hopes of a transformed postwar order and lasting peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindustan Aircraft Factory
Delhi
China
India
Little Things of War Life Hint at New American Living
A Washington preview fills in how war shortages will reshape daily life. Officials say metal items become scarce and many gadgets switch to glass wood or plastics while cookware and stoves use alternative materials. Some items like radios and essentials stay allowed for morale.
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Ieee
Lehman
New York
Hdén
Freddy
Mother
Mrs. Doane
Asey
Jennie
Hanson
Freeddy
Hingham
Sewin’ Circle
Syl
Provincetown
Four Corners
Whale Inn
Doanes
New Yorker
Horse and Mule Association
Bulls Head Horse Auction Company
East Twenty-fourth Street
Milton Helphstein
Connecticut
Sheffield Farms
Borden’s
Herman Alle
Washington
Pines
Far East
Japan
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Oer Ees
By Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Rome
Preddy
Maya
Chapter
Sam
Bradford Smith
The
Kiwanis Magazine
Alvin P. Harlow
Cororet
Aristophanes
White House
Admiral Yamamoto
Britain
Nicholas Roosevelt
East Indies
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