The Globe News Highlights War Messages and Bold Romance
The issue blends wartime editorial urging unified action in the war effort with a serialized romance involving Stephen Curt Diana and Adela. Diana confronts Richard Thorpe, secrets bloom, and Stephen departs on a South American airways mission, leaving Diana to manage the household amid intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Curt
Diana
Stephen
Ellen Curt
Evalyn Thorpe
Richard Thorpe
Adela
Thorpe
Bill Jackson
Phil Bruce
Evalyn
Nester
Steve
Richard's Lodge
Essie
Richard
Green Street
United States
South America
Commerce Department
Europe
Cristobal
Ecuador
Colombia
Unemployment Shrinks As War Expands Industry
The National Industrial Conference Board estimates unemployment at about 1.6 million, the irreducible minimum, as wartime demand grows. With the Army and Navy expanding, more women enter industry and older men return to work, signaling a potential labor shortage and the need to mobilize four to five million more workers for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Army
Navy
Tolstoy Shrine at Yasnaya Polyana May Survive War
Indignation rises in Moscow over the destruction of a house in Yasnaya Polyana near Tula, Tolstoy's birthplace. The article argues War and Peace remains the enduring monument, transcending damage as Hitler is vanquished and history endures through Tolstoy’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Yasnaya Polyana
Tula
Leo Tolstoy
Napoleon-Hitler
Tolstoy
Hitler
Napoleon
America
Census Says Portable Fire Extinguishers Valued at Over Nine Million
The Census Bureau reports 23 factories produce portable chemical fire extinguishers valued at 9,228,000 dollars in the United States. The 1940 Census notes enough watermelons to form a patch 10 miles wide by 48 miles long across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adela
Diana
Stephen
United States
A Letter to Canada and the English Speaking World
Dorothy Thompson urges Canadian readers to adopt selective compulsory overseas service, praising Canada as a bridge in the English speaking world. She argues for absolute community of sacrifice with the United States, condemns denigrating Canadian efforts, and notes shared religious and cultural ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Thompson
United States
Canada
British Commonwealth
Australia
British Isles
Order of Free Cooperation
New World
Rio de Janeiro Stamp Honors 1937 South American Conference
Brazil issued a 1937 stamp depicting Rio de Janeiro to commemorate the second South American Radio Conference. The text highlights the harbor, Avenida Rio Branco, and city landmarks such as the national library, botanical garden, and the University of Rio de Janeiro opened in 1920. A bronze statue of Amicitia stands on Avenida Presidente Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
International Division
National Broadcasting Company
R.C.A
N.B.C
Buck Canel
Arthur Deter
Canel
Associated Press
Havas
Senor Roosevelt
Deter
Brazil
Mr. Deter
Nathalia Danesi
Italy
Guild Theatre
Columbia Broadcasting System
NBC
Stalin
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Avenida Rio Branco
Rios Fifth Avenue
Americas
National Library
Botanical Garden
Historical and Geographical Institute
Observatory
University of Rio de Janeiro
Avenida Presidente Wilson
Amicitia
Vocabulary Quiz and War Enlistment Note
A reader quiz asks meanings for caper ordnance refuse diffuse and related terms. A Japanese American newspaperman Clarke Kawakami says he will enlist to fight for the U S after Tojo became premier, signaling wartime resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tojo
Japan
Clarke Kawakami
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