Christmas tree price shock and mule convoy tales from Italy
A 1948 Christmas tree price spike is contrasted with wartime logistics in Italy. The piece condemns inflated seller markets and highlights Ernie Pyle's frontline dispatch about mule packs, Italian mule skinners, American soldiers, and the brutal mountain supply routes that kept troops fed and warm.
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Italy
Sardinia
Berliners feign happiness after Munich speech says official
Berlin's mood appears upbeat after Der Fuehrer’s Munich address, with officials noting the man in the street shows happiness despite jitters. The report recalls promises of victory and threats of punishment for disbelief as Berliners go to great lengths to seem cheerful.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Hitler
Munich
der Fuehrer
Discipline by Paul Mallon urges discipline as remedy for juvenile delinquency
The piece argues that modern modernist instincts must be curbed by discipline starting at home and reinforced in schools and churches. It criticizes reliance on social programs and calls for stern measures, including questioning servicemen with underage companions and restoring authority in the home.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Mallon
Times Square
New York
Mr Walker Censors Esquire Art and Letters
Dorothy Thompson lambasts Postmaster General Frank Walker for ruling Esquire not literature and not art under mailing rules. She argues Webster and New Oxford definitions show the magazine's content as artistic and informative and warns the ruling sets a chilling precedent for American writers and artists.
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Dorothy Thompson
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Frank Walker
Esquire
Thompson
Popular Magazines of America
Walker
Public Culture
Webster
Newford
Grahpic
Academy of Arts and Letters
Mr. Varga
America
Mr. Walker
New Oxford
Ernest Hemingway
John Dos Passos
Theodore Dreiser
D. H. Lawrence
Sholem Asch
Maurice Maeterlinck
Thomas Wolfe
John Steinbeck
Ingrid Bergman and the truth about Hollywood charm
A portrait by 8 J Wolf notes Ingrid Bergman’s unpretentious Sweden roots and natural manner. Her career avoids publicity stunts and she resists cosmetic endorsements, showing glamour built on youth, health, and acting over dancing.
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Ingrid Bergman
Hollywood
Sweden
Miss Bergman
Pia
Chiang Kai-shek
Polk Street Professor Chooses Education Over Delay
Professor Sheffy of Canyon left farming to pursue college. He calculated he would be 36 before earning his first diploma, so he enrolled now. He argues legislators in Washington should fear the Japs more than home voters.
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Badoglio
I Ian
Sheffy
Canyon
Washington
el Guettar
Africa
Tunisia
States
The Battle Is the Payoff by Capt Ralph Ingersoll
The author argues public opinion will decide whether wartime policy grows more aggressive or cautious and warns Americans must embrace total commitment to a war to the death. He praises tough training, urging civilians to support rigorous discipline and preparedness to save lives and shorten the conflict.
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Ralph Ingersoll
Europe
London
Russia
Ukraine
Pearl Harbor
Chungking
Moscow
America
United States
Bible Quotes and Moral Verses in Poetic Form
A compilation of religious sayings and scriptural verses from Psalms Proverbs Timothy and Job plus Shakespeare and Eliot lines. The selections cover prayer faith endurance glory and moral admonitions in a devotional style.
Today's Puzzle Horizon Clues Across and Down
Word list style puzzle entry listing across clues and vertical clues with numbers and partial phrases. Reads like a crossword style horizon puzzle from a newspaper page.
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Amarillo
Texas
Globe News Publishing Co
Fillmore
Gene Howf
John McCarty
Wesley Izzard
Telephone
All
Ori
Ernie Pyle
Olive Grove
Varga
8. J. Wolf
New York Times Magazine
Christian Science Monitor
Wide Horizon
Gaetano Salvemini
Britain
Abraham Lincoln
Royal House
Polk Street
Tennessee
Johnny
Harcourt, Brace and Company
United Features Syndicate, Inc
Vaughan
Bryant
Eliot
Job
Shakespeare
Timothy
Tal
Seine
Harbor
Dreadful
Scotland
Great Lake
Circle
Alabama
Telegraph
Fiorello