Public War Time Visit Ends With Guns Seized
In a wartime scene in a small town, Captain Bentick and a sergeant search Doctor Winter and Mayor Orden’s home for firearms. They confiscate a double barreled shotgun and a sporting rifle from Madame Orden, while Mayor Orden jokes about hunting, and Colonel Lanser is expected to arrive. The exchange reveals tensions between local authority and military regulations during the war effort.
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Elmer Davis
Washington
Hitler
Mr. Davis
Axis
Robert W. Horton
O. FE. M
Joseph
Madame
Doctor Winter
Mayor Orden
Captain Bentick
Orden
Bentick
Colonel Lanser
War Production Board presses can opener campaign
The War Production Board urges husbands to back a campaign to conserve tin by promoting seasonal fruits and vegetables, home canning, and cellar storage as supplements to canned goods. Husbands recalling the Woods mother’s canning instinct will find self denial easier in this effort.
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War Production Board
Husbands
WPB
Passionate Realism in Defense of Russia and Civilization
Dorothy Thompson quotes Mr. Hopkins on June 22 about defeating the Russian army and war duration. She argues defeat endangers civilization, praising Russia as the only true land force and urging renewed education and cultural resolve to mobilize mind and spirit for victory.
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Dorothy Thompson
Hopkins
Rebecca West
England
Miss West
Serbia
Latvinoff
Fough
Nan
Atlantic
First Air Force
Kir
Navy
Sporting Blood by Harry Harrison Kroll
Hunter Dent, farm manager for Strickland Ballard, is suspected in a bank messenger robbery and murder as suspicions mount over his protection of Ballard's son Junior. A tangled web of hidden money, a wrecked car, and shifting alibis deepens the mystery as Sheriff Anderson keeps a wary watch and Red questions loyalties.
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Harry Harrison Kroll
Hunter’ Dent
Strickland Ballard
Ballard
Junior
Hunter
Sheriff Anderson
Hunter Dent
Red
Hawkins Temple
Ghibarros
Neal
Bill
Nighttime bank robbery scheme threatens local mansion gathering
In a shadowy neighborhood near the riverfront, a bank messenger is found fatally shot after a robbery attempt as two suspects flee. Witness Sarah Kiker, keeper of a munitions plant job, is jailed. Hunter Dent faces a looming confrontation as a planned clandestine meeting unfolds at the estate with Hawkins Temple, the McDougal sisters, and other sportsmen.
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River Front
Sarah Kiker
Hunter
Rubberized streets may loom in postwar America
Wide World Features surveys a postwar rubber boom as shortages end and synthetic rubber could flood markets. Experts predict widespread use from floors to highways, with isoprene and buna terms entering daily speech. Production costs, limited natural supply, and price trends shape a future where synthetics complement rather than fully replace natural rubber.
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America
Tire Rusioning Board
Haynes
Return of Puthe children reveals Nazi influence on Egan
A LIFE condensed interview with Mr and Mrs Puthe of New York describes their three children’s return from Germany aboard the Drottningholm. Egan, 12, displays Nazi indoctrination and fear of police, while Kurt and Ingelore adapt to American life amid parental concern. The piece contrasts childhood experiences under Hitler with a reentry to U.S. culture.
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Drottningholm
Europe
Frank Puthe
New York
Eagan
Kurt
Ingelore
Germany
Hitler
Reich
Egan
LIFE
Pathe
Yorkville
Manhattan
Mrs. Puthe
Mr. Puthe
Puthe
Bavaria
Karlstadt-am-Main
Wurtzburg
Puthes
America
Papa
Verdammte Zeitungen
Jugendverein
Rudolf Hess
Goring
England
France
Italy
Sighs For A Sailor From The Wide World News Service
A Pearl Harbor sailor asks for a simple sigh from Carole Landis on a Hollywood service men broadcast. Do Ameche introduces Landis and she sighs, claiming the moment as the sigh heard round the world. The playful request highlights wartime morale efforts and fan appreciation from service members.
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Hollywood Service
H. F. Pennington, Jr
Pearl Harbor
Brother
Ameche
Carole Landis
H. F. Jr
Carole Law
Fellows
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John Steinbeck
Amarillo
Texas
Howe
News and Business Department
Corell
George Corell
The
Viking Press
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Thompson
Warwick
Mr. Dent
Bella
McDougal
By Clayton J. Irwin
Williams Haynes
Geo H. Copeland
New York Times
Wide World News Service
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