Christening a Used Car with Yacht Status in 1942 Tax Stunt
Henry McLemore mockingly sketches a plan to christen a five year old used car to mock a 1942 tax list that taxes autos as yachts. He features a Broadway corner launch, a Dr Pepper bottle christening, and a faux Commodore title with Wall Street cruising fantasies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLemore
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Russia
Ways and Means
Tory
Newport
Bath
Broadway
149Th Street
Commodore
Wall Street
Mama
Civil liberties guard against wartime overreach
The American Civil Liberties Union reports few intrusions on civil liberties during the current emergency. No federal prosecutions for opinion, five state prosecutions, record low labor injunctions, and appellate victories favoring civil liberties suggest the public remains vigilant to protect rights.
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United States
American Civil Liberties Union
Union
First Native West Texas Airplane in Production
Globe Aircraft Corporation unveils the Swift, the first airplane designed and built in West Texas. West Texan R. S. Johnson designed it, powered by an 80 horsepower engine, achieving 130 mph with 520 mile range and under five gallons per hour, priced at 2895 dollars, aiming at private sport use and training for defense. The Fort Worth plant, seven miles north, covers 35,000 square feet with a 300 by 50 foot main building and a 66 by 100 foot wing, ready to produce three Swifts daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Aircraft Corporation
Fort Worth
West Texas
Swift
Texas
R.S. Johnson
Weatherford
Johnson
Aeronautics
Globe
United States Army Air Corps
Parliament votes 39 to 5 on Icelandic cooperation plan
The Parliament of Iceland backed a plan to allow American and British forces to cooperate to deter Nazi seizure of Iceland. Three Icelanders opposed, all Communists, reflecting tensions between old line stances and wartime alignment. The piece suggests remote Teeland factors and telegraph gaps with the Kremlin influenced the dissent.
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Iceland
Russia
Hitler
Teeland
Kremlin
Airpower Twenty Years of Progress and Puzzling Politics
Major Williams argues that Billy Mitchell proved airpower against German ships off Virginia Capes, but Congress delays a separate air force. He traces airpower wins from Poland to Crete, notes Navy adaptation, and predicts Congress will drag its feet until a crisis forces realism and an independent Air Force.
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Far East
Europe
AS Williams
Billy Mitchell
America
United States
Virginia Capes
Congress
Mitchell
Army
Navy
United States Air Force
North Sea
Holland
Belgium
Dunkirk
Mediterranean
Taranto
Matapan
Crete
England
Fu- Tope
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Angustriders to a broken justice underworld ride
Angus is kidnapped by Spike Mudge and his gang who reveal Luigi Castaloni runs a broccoli racket and uses fear to collect protection money. In a tense escape, Angus overpowers the assailants, disposes of them, and drives away toward New York aiming to warn Adoreen as Castaloni plots his next move.
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Angus
Adoreen
Garvin Fitzwater
Spike Mudge
Spike
Fitzwater
Luigi Castaloni
Trigger Tim
Butch McGillicuddy
Hormon
Mr. Castaloni
Jersey
Butch
Tim
New Jersey
Park Avenue
Castaloni
New York
Manhattan
Angus MacPhillips
Hoimon the
Hoimon
MacPhillips
Dickens
Long Island
Broccoli King abducts Adoreen in Harlem tale
Castalonialias Fitzwater, known as the Broccoli King of Manhattan, forcibly abducts Adoreen after a tense confrontation. She resists as he coerces her into his car, threatening with a gun and warning she will be with him for weeks. A scream erupts as they pull away, drawing attention from passersby.
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Castaloni
Adoreen
MacPhillips
Mr. Fitzwater
Castalonialias Fitzwater
Anoreen
Mr. Castaloni
Manhattan
Kitten
Harlem
Bowery
Tis Better That Blisters Grow Than Weeds
Vance Johnson writes about Amarillo’s weed problem as the Garden Club pushes for removal. He details municipal limits, the constitutional due process issues of mowing vacant lots, and his own experience with weed work causing blisters and backache while endorsing the club’s plan. The piece blends humor with civic frustration and urges action against weeds.
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Vance Johnson
Amarillo
Garden Club
City Commission
Joe Jenkins
How to Bring Peace on Earth by H G Wells 1934
In Liberty 1934 Wells argues a new world order emerges from war weariness. A federal world state or World Pax must replace sovereign nations, combining political federation with a world money and credit system to end war and economic conflict. The Great War marks the start of abolishing fragmentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Wells
Liberty
Earth
Wilson
League of Nations
Europe
Trailers reshape housing near war plants and tax views
The Sunday Times notes improvised trailer camps near cantonment and defense plants provide a workable housing solution for nomadic workers. A Drury College study by Donald O. Cowgill finds little threat to American habits or the tax base, though sociological concerns arise from trailer life’s two main permanent groups and mobile work patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gi Committee of Congress
Donald O. Cowgill
Drury College
American Council On Public Affairs
Cowgill
Conscientious objectors begin civilian camps in New York
Nine young men boarded trains at Grand Central in Cooperstown for a year of unpaid service in a work camp system tied to the Selective Service Act. About 2,000 COs nationwide are in camps run by American Friends Service Committee, Brethren Service Committee, Mennonite Central Committee and Catholic groups, with 35 dollars per month per man, shelter, gear, and civilian work under church supervision.
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Grand Central Terminal
Cooperstown
New York
New York City
Jam Fenimore Cooper
Abner Doubleda
Selective Service Act
O's
C. O
American Friends Service Committee
Brethen Service Committe Mennonite Central Committee
Catholic Conscientious Objectors
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California
John Steinbeck
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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News and Business
Ene
Rma Im
Caliban
Caleb
Horman
Holman
Addie
Harmon
Butch MccGillicuddy
Fate
Hennessey’s
Buddy
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Polk
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