Elmer Albrecht’s Elmer Tune origin tale on Spotlight Bands
Chicago embalmer Elmer Albrecht, age 39, recounts the bizarre birth of Elmer's Tune. He explains the song's early cold reception in Lingering Tong Wars era Chicago and how it was eventually named after him by Dick Jurgens after a radio push.
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Albrecht
Chicago
Coca-Cola
Louie Cohen
Clark Street
Louie
Ile
Worsham
Ted Weems
Ted
Dick Jurgens
Aragon Ballroom
Jurgens
Praise Russia Week Victory Essay From McNaught Syndicate
A column advocates designating a Praise Russia Week highlighting Soviet resilience in World War II. The writer credits Russia for tenacity, unity, and turning wartime odds, arguing praise is due despite policy disagreements. Distributed by McNaught Syndicate.
Wallace vision for postwar world draws capital gaze
In The Capital column Paul Mallon surveys Henry Wallace’s postwar spending plan to fund a world living standard, industrialize non industrial nations, and stabilize prices with broad aid. He contrasts Wallace’s expansive aims with Harold Laski’s more cautious Anglo American reform and questions how such programs would be financed.
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Washington
Henry Wallace
Atlantic Monthly
Congressional Record
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United States
Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Harold J. Laski
New York Times
Laski
Capitol
War Time Reflections From Clergy Politicians And Sailors
A collection of wartime quotes from leaders including Federated Churches of Christ in America on mercy for war victims. Donald M. Nelson urges turning industry into a victory tool. President Roosevelt says the world is too small for Hitler and God. Captain Howard L. Vickery notes lack of alert at Pearl Harbor and among the public.
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America Today
Donald M. Nelson
SPAB
Hitler
God
President Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Howard L. Vickery
U. S. Navy
Picturing War Time Whites on Russian Front
In Dorothy Thompson's piece, January troops enter the war on the Russian front. The scene describes frigid air, engines iced, tanks looming, and horsemen in white wool with machine guns. White riders and hoods skitter across the snows, doors blown by red flame.
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Wiedersehen
Maria
The Sixth Column Typhus Lice
A stark first person account traces a German soldier’s brutal march through occupied Russia. The narrator recalls German crimes, the famine and disease of ghettos, and the blitzkrieg’s spreading terror as typhus and lice drive death in early 1940s winter.
Portland’s Civil Defense Led by Mayor Riley and Boatright
Rambling with Ernie Pyle notes Portland’s civil defense success rooted in long planning and active leadership. Mayor Earl Riley delegated to Edward Boatright, coordinating with Washington experts, training thousands and staging rehearsals. Despite scarce sirens, the city reported high blackout compliance and strong public trust in leadership.
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Washington
Civil Defense
Edward Boatright
Earl Riley
Portland
Seven Seas
San Francisco
Seattle
Red Cross
San Franciso
Answers to Crackers Questions on Editorial Page 1e
Susan means lily. Winifred means peace lover. Alice means princess. Gertrude means true. Dolores means sorrow. Barbara means strange. Anita means gracious. Maud means heroine.
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Lily
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Alice
Princess
Gertrude
Dolores
Barbara
Anita
Maud
World War II updates from Europe and Mediterranean fronts
A year ago the liner Empress of Australia torpedoed by a French news agency Havas taken over by Vichy government. Premier Antonescu establishes a new Romanian military regime. Hitler orders division of Silesia. Count Ciano serves at the front as Lt. Col. of the Italian air force. German troops concentrate in Sicily.
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Havas
Antonescu
Romania
Hitler
Silesia
Count Ciano
Sicily
Idea that becomes a life of service to orphans
In Georgia a boy named Craft kept a lifelong dream to help children who lost parents. From 1911 to care for 1,400 orphans he and his wife ran an orphanage without church or institutional support. As they aged, some children moved to private homes or state care, but the mission endured in memory and reunion plans.
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Georgia
Craft
A. C
Hisden
Anderson
South Carolina
Mr. Craft
Laval biography and other wartime notes in brief
Henry Torres's Laval biography portrays Laval as a power hungry war profiteer with no decency, blaming France's downfall on rotten politics and a Laval-led coalition. Also notes Sweden coal deposits, Spain unemployment, and tobacco revenue forecasts, plus cautions on propaganda tricks and prisoner name broadcasts.
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Laval
Torres
France
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