Alaska Threat to Whom Why the War Reaches North
A wartime column argues Alaska could threaten North America and Japan alike. It asks who Alaska defends or menaces, warning of Japan reaching the Alaskan front and noting bomber basing and bases near Dutch Harbor. It urges decisive action to end long rear-guard warfare and advance toward Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Tokyo
United States
Nippon
Mandated
South Pacific
Japan
North America
North Pacific
West Coast
Poland
Free Nations
Dutch Harbor
San Francisco
Hawaii
U.S
Sugar waste and Quisling compared with Judas prophesy
The piece criticizes sugar waste in New York and nationwide urging self discipline to avoid rationing. It cites Health Commissioner Rice estimating 2.5 million pounds wasted in NYC and 50 million nationally. It also likens Vidkun Quisling to Judas, calling for his self destruction and praising America's ongoing vitality quoted by Wheeley McMillen and Rabbi Joseph Zeitlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Rice
Wigged impostor at inn murder shocks small town
Dr. Cummings confirms the victim is not Miss Olive Beadle but a wigged imposter wrapped in her clothes and padded to resemble her. Asey and Hanson hasten to identify the suspect while Rankin, Doane, and others recount sightings as police assemble for the mounting case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin
Asey
Hanson
Porte Cochere
Dr. Cummings
Doc
Cummings
Bill
Jennie
Olive Beadle
Boston
Olive
Mr. Rankin
George
Miss Olive
Surprise Asey
Carey
Freddy
Storp
Freddy Doane
Doanes
Quisset
Syl
Olive” Cummings
Bil
Bilious
Bill Porter
Mayo
Asev
South Pocket
Land's Sakes
Navy Blimp Patrols Hunt Submarines Off the Coast
United Press reports on a wartime blimp sortie with Navy airship crews patrolling Atlantic waters. The crew tracked convoys, spotted surface ships, and prepared depth charges while maintaining watch for U boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Sandor S. Klein
Navy
Press Association
Navy Department
Naval Air
Nhayys
P Cort
Atr
Atlantic
Pacife
Lincoln in the White House A portrait through Duffus
R. L. Duffus portrays Abraham Lincoln as a humble man and hands on leader during the Civil War. The piece surveys his daily routine at the White House, his simple tastes, personal moments, and the human burden of leadership amid war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
White House
Gettysburg
Springfield
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Potomac
Stanton
Hooker
Chancellorsville
Hay
Crook
Congress
J. G. Nicolay
Department of the Interior
Republic
Blair
Arcturus
Navy
Admiral Dahlgren
War Department
Lincoln’s late life and a Nazi garb publicity stunt
The narrative recalls Lincoln’s humility and resolve during war as Hay admires his leadership and prophecy of death. It then shifts to a Philadelphia Sunday hoax where two men in Nazi uniforms roam city streets posing as sailors, evading guards, and filing a report for The Philadelphia Record, echoing a similar London hoax by Scotland Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asey
Cummings
Asev
Asevy
Foston
Hanson
Jennie
Cummines
Doc
Catmn
Philadelphia
Automat
Sunda
Rittenhouse Square
Notre Dame Academy
Cramp’s
Bendix Aviation
Marion
Navy
Philadelphia Record Office
Wiliam B. Mellor, Jr
Frank Toughill
London
Scotland Yard
RAF
Franco and Mussolini share complete identity of views
A United Press report notes Gen. Franco and Mussolini stating a complete identity of views. Zhukov is named chief of the secret general staff and vice commissar of defense as the world reads on. Women and children evacuate from Romanian oil regions amid the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Franco
Mussolini
Zhukoff
Defense
New American Heroes Named in War List
The article adds several new names to the war hero roster, including John D. Bulkeley James P. Devereaux Colin P. Kelly Thomas J. H. Trapnell and Douglas MacArthur joining veterans like Jor TM Paul Jones and Sergeant York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jor
Paul Jones
York
John D. Bulkeley
James P. Devereaux
Colin P. Kelly
Thomas J. H. Trapnell
Douglas MacArthur
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Sonesta Eet
Philippines
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Judas
Aker
Oslo
Quisling
America
Wheeley McMillen
National Farm Chemurgie Council
Rabbi Joseph Zeitlin
New York
Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Jonathan Rankin
Sandor
Klein
First Press Association
R. L. Duffus
New York Times Magazine
Illinois
Shakespeare
Richmond
Hood
Philadelphia Story
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