War talk and bold ideas in early 1940s columns
The piece mixes editorials and commentary on wartime issues. It discusses the Robin Moor sinking, U.S. rights on the seas, and a critique of using live ammunition in peacetime drills. It also lampoons a scenario of soldiers firing real bullets in mock battles and warns against civil war echoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bellevue
West Point
Holmes and
Brandeis
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Oscar
Brass Hat
Gott Im Himmel Gazette
Donner and Blitzen Blade
U. S
Empire
Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
0.S. Air Corps
Bethlehem Steel
Seattle
March
Grand Old Man of New York Society profile
United Press profiles Col. G. Creighton Webb Yale ’76 famed as track pioneer and social pillar. The 87 year old towering figure, son of Gen. James Watson Webb, recalls wartime warnings and a storied career from Yale to St Petersburg, Moscow, and royal audiences. He mixes brisk wit with decades of public service and old‑world tastes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
G. Creighton Webb
Yale
New York
France
Marshal Petain
Germany
James Watson Webb
New York Morning Courier
New York Enquirer
Washington
Creighton Webb
Yale Athletic Association
St. Petersburg
United States
Nicholas
Moscow
Presidente My
Bride-to-be Kay Allison waits as Barry Flynn vanishes
Kay Allison waits for her fiancé Barry Flynn at a church when he fails to appear. She learns from Jetta Dorne of possible trouble and, with Stan Gilbert, travels west to find Flynn. A rough road and a crashing car lead to a mountain town where Kay faces danger and uncertain loyalties while pursuing the missing groom.
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Kay Allison
Barry Flynn
Nevada
Kay
Jetta Dorney
Barry
Ching
Stanley Gilbert
Gilbert
Tormey
Reno
Mr. Gilbert
Stan
Stan Gilbert
Jetta Dorne
Multah
Miss Dorne
Miss Allison
Mr. Flynn
Muriah
Stan Gilbert Recruited At Falling Star Mine
Stan Gilbert disguises his identity as Bill Stanley to join the Falling Star Mine crew in Mul lah. He secures a gun, lands a night shift drill job, and moves into bunkhouse No. 5, with pay docked for store purchases, while planning his next moves. He notes the mine feeds well and hints at continued cover.
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Gilbert
Multah
Stan
Reno
Allison
Flynn
Miss Dorne
Mullah
Kay
Falling Star
Jack Henley
Henley
Swanson
Stanley
Stanley Gilbert
Bill Stanley
The
Register and Tribune Syndicate
Quotations on Faith Life and Virtue from Historic Authors
A compact collection of religious and literary maxims quotes from Trench Proverbs Job Milton and Cicero. It reflects on God satisfying the soul soft speech calming wrath care of life and justice as universal ideals.
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God
Richard Trench
Singer Folsom Jackson and the Soldier Who Forgot to Die
In early 1918 at Camp Funston Kansas a tired singer Folsom Jackson visited Fort Riley to entertain hospital patients. One dying soldier supposedly found new life after hearing Long Boy and later recovered, becoming a teacher at Warrensburg Missouri. Jackson became dean of music at Amarillo College and continues singing.
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Camp Funston
Kansas
Fort Riley
Long Boy
Ottawa University
Paul Utt
Teachers’ College
Warrensburg
Folsom Jackson
Amarillo College
Lindbergh at Work Amid Blizzard and Pigeon Rescue
A diary fragment recounts Charles A. Lindbergh in Minneapolis during a sharp blizzard. He aids hungry pigeons on a ledge with bread and breakfast provisions while continuing meeting with clients and plans for a home-grown insurance co operative alongside local farmers.
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Minneapolis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Money Trust
Minnesota
Grande
Farmers Union
Farm Bureau
Nonpartisan League
Chamber of Commerce
Colonel Lindbergh
St. James Hotel
Federated Churches of
Lone Star Shell Loading Plant planned near Texarkana
War Department officials are slated to visit Arkana this week to outline construction plans for a $44.5 million shell loading plant on a 24,300 acre tract along US 82, eight and a half miles west of Texarkana. The facility aims to produce 100000 shells daily and will employ about 4850 workers, including around 2000 women, with operation slated to begin early next year. The project will involve 100 miles of railroad, two dams for reservoirs, and displacing over 300 farm families.
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War Cement
Arkana
U. S. Highway 82
Texarkana
Leary
Hooks
Bowie County
Lone Star
War Department
Clarksville
Texas
Louisiana
Factory resolve and wartime leadership quotes
A collection of wartime and educational quotes spans industry discipline. Lieut Col Steinmetz pledges phased factory work at North American Aviation. Churchill urges safety and strength to Parliament. President Hutchins laments liberal arts decay at American universities.
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C. W. Steinmetz
North American Aviation
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
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Brazil
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Robin Moor
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Hitler
Italy
China
Wendell Willkie
Henry McLemore
Massachusetts
Jeffers
Davis
Tennessee
AAA
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Vivien Leigh
Scarlett O'Hara
Chapter
By Bob Eden
Job
Milton
Cicero
Walter Eli Quigley
Saturday Evening Oat
Meyer Berger
New York Times Magazine
British Empire
Mess Shack
Texas Digest
Winston Churchill
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