Rationing Talk and a Miami Beach Fashion Tale
A mixed page combining wartime rationing views and a serialized fiction plot. The editorial critiques panic buying as new commodities linger under rationing while a Canadian aircraft official notes the wage contrast with frontline production. The fiction follows Anne Foster a New York salesgirl sent to Miami Beach as a model, her romance with pilot Jim Brent, and social entanglements with Vince Ogden and Hank Bruger, leading to a casino outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Foster
Marks Park Avenue
New York City
Miami Beach
Julia
New York-Miami
Vince Ogden
Ann
Avery Willard
Jim Brent
Vince
Jim
Lotus Willard
Hank Bruger
Mrs. Willard
Hank
the Pelican
Bellevue
Air War Shifts as Britain Grows Air Power Edge
Washington dispatch says the Cologne raid signals a turning point in aerial warfare with Britain using night fighters and superior air power to hit German rail hubs. Rommel faces supply lines and Tobruk defense as Kharkov claims loom, while Rostov and future offensives hinge on evolving air superiority and attrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mailon
Washington
Cologne
Britain
Hitler
France
Germany
Rostock
Spain
Libya
Norway
Singapore
Malaya
Marshal Rommel
Tobruk
Suez
Rommel
Frantic Weekend Sparks Peggy Stage Ambition
In a tense hotel scene Peggy presses Baldy Brien for a chance on the New York stage. He offers a job as a stand in and a path to fame, while plotting to win Fay Ransom back and keep Peggy from Myra and family interference. Peggy, nineteen at heart though seventeen in age, longs for the thrill of stardom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldy
Fay
Peggy
Vivien Leigh
Fay Ransom
Baldy Brien
Pegey
Benny
New York
Nigel
Myra
Night Dreams and Intrigue Surround Peggy in To Be Continued
Peggy, a seventeen year old nearing stardom in New York and Hollywood dreams, sits dreaming as Nigel, Fay, and Michael mingle under moonlit suspense. Nigel feels a sudden, unexplainable shift while watching Peggy and Fay, leading to a haunting moment before the chapter ends with To Be Continued.
Hitler's generals and German strategy analyzed in 1942
The piece contrasts German and Russian military thought, noting Hitler’s generals as aggressive but reckless experts in tanks and speed. It praises Soviet leaders Zhukov and Timoshenko for modern, defensive to counteroffensive strategy and details Von Leeb’s earlier defensive plan contrasted with Hitler’s war aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Wehrmacht
United Nations
Haase
Berlin
Russia
Red Army
Timoshenko
Zhukov
Nomonhan
Mongolian
Stalin
MacArthur
von Bock
von Kleist
Guderian
Sedan
Ukraine
Brest- Litovsk
von Leeb
Northern Front
Leningrad Front
Abwehr
Germany
Soviet Union
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May Christie
Amarillo
Texas
Amarilla Daily News
Globe News Publishing Co
Gene 1 Howe
JOHN _McCARTY
News and Business Department
Leon Hen- Panic Derson
England
Ralph Bell
Bell
Chapter
Mr. Brent
Greenhorn
Kharkov
Rostov
Cafe de Paris
Edmund Fawcett
Hollywood
Ferdy
Michael
Max Werner
Redbook
THE
Timid Souls Club
Talk of the Town
New Yorker
Society of Timid Souls
Bernard Gabriel
Gabriel
Judith Cohen
William Hopkins
Jackson Heights
Mr. Gabriel
Miss Cantwell
Miss Simson
Bronx
Mr. Carr
Miss Cohen
Mr. Hopkins
Bach
Minsky Brothers
Minsk
C. Liebeslieds
Liebestods
Liebes
Minsky
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Blake Clark
Navy
Palm Grove
Waikiki
Harlan Reynolds
Hara Mae Oe
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