London Dispatch From Ernie Pyle on Travel and War News
ERNIE PYLE reports his London arrival after 24 days from New York, detailing Atlantic crossing, Lisbon layover, and costs. He notes money controls at UK entry, menu language quirks, cleaner’s mislabeling, and describes 60 American reporters as a close-knit community. He praises Ben Robertson of PM and expects invasion news in March.
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Ernie Pyle
London
United States
New York
Atlantic
Lisbon
United Kingdom
England
Cairo
Africa
States
State Department
America
Europe
Ben Robertson
Ben
France
Dover
Seeds and personality turn a seed dealer into a millionaire
Dale Carnegie profiles Henry Field of Shenandoah Iowa who built wealth selling seeds by hand and via mail while teaching farmers through news letters and radio. Field's success rested on personality and service, not merely product quality, with millions of dollars in Leeds sales and a loyal customer base.
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Henry Field
Shenandoah
Iowa
Henry
Heel Radio Company
Mexico
Henry 2
Link
Middle West
Murder In The Country House Party Night
Sally hosts a tense weekend gathering at her country place as Aunt Maggie reveals a clue about a secret room. Eve crashes the party stirring intrigue with money, marriage plots and a threatened mood while Bob and Claire scheme amid revelations of kidnapping rumors and family ties.
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Eve
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Claire
Andrew
Cavalier Club
Kirk
Alice
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Brannens
Walter
Hugh
Effie Goodrum
Virginia Pierces
Virginia
Livi
Hugh Brannen
Atlanta
Paul Mitchell
The
Journal
Brannen
Miami
South Carolina
Wallace
Aunt Maggie
Bessie
Squire
Evelyn Pruitt
Graham
Jade
Jade and secret rooms in the Roswell house
Aunt Maggie recalls a colonial family tale of jade held in a secret room and a house once built with hidden spaces. The chat travels through lineage, the jade’s fate after the Civil War, and the house’s evolving layout as the family settles in Roswell.
Today's Puzzler Horizontal And Vertical Clues
A compact word puzzle list featuring horizontal clues 1 5 8 12 13 15 16 17 18 20 22 24 25 26 31 32 33 35 36 37 39 40 44 47 48 49 51 56 57 and vertical clues 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 13 14 16 19 21 23 27 28 29 30 31 34 38 39 41 42 43 45 46 50 52 53 54 55 with various animal, literary, and cultural terms to solve.
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North America
South America
Con Men Target Jobseekers in Aviation Racket
A Coronet piece exposes con schemes preying on the unemployed by selling bogus aviation training ads. Quick money schemes, high promises, and fake schools flood 1940s markets, with the Better Business Bureau advised as the reliable check. Dutch resistance under occupation shows steadfast signaling, signposts altered, and public defiance despite raids and shortages.
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U. S. Army Flying School
Randolph Field
Texas
Washington
Associated Adjusters
General Motors
Philadelphia Institute
Civil Service
Better Business Bureau
The Unbending Dutch Editorial on German Threats
An editorial warns that fresh German reprisals against individuals and communities in the Netherlands reflect difficulties in the occupation. It cites Nazi puppet rulers and the Seyss-Inquart regime as part of the coercive response to anti-German incidents in the Dutch territory.
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Netherlands
Seyss-In
Old horses must learn German
CBS correspondent Edwin Hatrich reports from Berlin on German war booty problems. Captured French Belgian and Dutch horses fail to understand German commands such as whoa and giddap, sometimes doing the opposite of what is asked.
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Boersen Zeitung
Germany
Edwin Hatrich
CBS News
Berlin
Public figures critique democracy and policy limits
Quotes from Brooks Emery, Arthur Garfield Hays, and Pitirim Sorokin criticize democratic ideals, censorship, and social reform. The speakers warn that aid policies risk war, punitive legal actions threaten civil liberties, and economists and sociologists warn of deteriorating governance and family structures.
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Brooks Emery
Council On Foreign Relations
U. S
Arthur Garfield Hays
American Civil Liberties Union
Pitirim A. Sorokin
Harvard
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