Sugar beet labor shortage prompts field fallout in West
Farmers in Sheridan County Wyoming fear plowing 1000 acres of sugar beets will be abandoned due to a 150 worker shortfall. Clearmont area seeks 250 workers to avoid similar crop danger as Montana negotiates with Washington to move Japanese Americans from California to sugar beet fields. WPA CCC and NYA programs still support over a million people nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan County
Wyoming
Nerby Clearmont
Montana
Washington
California
WPA
CCC
NYA
Invaders Arrive as Mayor and Doctor Confront Corell
On a Sunday morning the town is occupied after 12 local troops are away. Colonel Lanser meets Mayor Orden and Dr Winter as George Corell is pushed out of the room when he asserts his right to stay, setting the stage for further confrontation.
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George Corell
Orden
Doctor Winter
Colonel Lanser
Captain Bentick
Madame
Joseph
Annie
George Corelli
George
Corell
Corporal
Lanser
Mayor Orden
Winter
Mr. Corell
Secret talks on new European front spark Allied secrecy
Washington and London keep silent on what the Moscow accord means for a second European front this year. As a caution, the article notes that for every front-line soldier 20 tons of equipment must be moved from source to battleground, eight times the World War I demand.
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Washington
London
Moscow
Hitler
Hirohito
Nazi Successes and the Threat of a Blood Bath
Dorothy Thompson argues Nazi victories breed terror at home and in occupied lands. She cites Munich as turning point and warns that continued gains would deepen persecution of the Church, mass arrests, and a global bloodbath if Germany wins.
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Germany
Munich
Europe
Beck
France
Eastern Front
Vichy
Lidice
Czecho-Slovakia
Lezaky
Hindreds
Reinhard Heydrich
Hitler
Nazi Party
Quotations on treasure, heart, and vigilance
The collection frames moral excerpts from Matthew 6 21 Lessing and Mark 13 33 urging focus on inner values and constant watchfulness. It presents lines about where treasure lies and the heart's voice without extra commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew
Sporting Blood Chapter VII Hunter Dent Suspected
Hunter Dent becomes a suspect in the Hold-up and bank messenger killing case as Neal Frazier argues that Dent, not Junior Ballard, may be the man with access to the crime. Dent’s alibi weakens while Dent’s car and tire traces are scrutinized amid nightlong pursuit.
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Hunter Dent
Strickland Ballard
Hunter
Dent
Neal Frazier
Junior
Junior Ballard
Warwick Woul
Anderson
Red
Ghibartos
Frazier
Hunter Dent Faces Fallout From Ballard Affair
Hunter Dent wrestles with the missing money and a dangerous web of suspects after Junior Ballard’s involvement in a robbery. He hides the car, contends with Red and Tisdale’s triangle, and overhears threats as Frazier and others discuss turning him over to the sheriff in a perilous, unfolding drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Oliver Tisdale
Hunter
Junior Ballard
Junior
Ballard
Tisdale
Ballard-Tisdale
Hunter Dent
Warwick
Dent
Oliver
Red Ballard
Frazier
Hawkins Temple
Nimitz early feats and wartime dehydration rise in Fortunes
Condensed from Fortune Magazine, the piece recounts young Chester Nimitz at Annapolis proving leadership on a leaking torpedo boat and earning a command of Panay. It then shifts to wartime food logistics, noting Gail Borden's milk invention and the rise of dehydration for troops from Alaska to India, detailing historical production shifts and modern gains.
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Admiral Nimitz
Annapolis
Nimitz
Matty
Chester
Matty Strohm
Academy
Navy
U. S. S. Panay
Panay
Philippines
Germany
Belgium
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Gail Borden
U. S
Alaska
India
U. S. Army
Dehydration Adds Food Capacity For War Effort
The article details the rapid expansion of food dehydration for wartime use. It notes the U S Army demand for dehydrated vegetables and meats, the AMA buying volumes, and plans to scale production. It also mentions consumer acceptance challenges and a counter espionage incident at WNYC involving a schoolboy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
Agricultural Marketing Authority
AMA
U. S. Army
Department of Agriulture
U. S
Rapid news leads push announcers to higher speech speed
Hollywood CBS announcer Dick Joy says war news accelerates broadcasts and newsreels from about 130 words a minute to 180–185. He notes prewar reports filled time with less urgent stories, while today quick, clear diction is required to cram big headlines and foreign names into short slots.
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Ernest Foster Hollywood
A.P
Dick Joy
CBS
Hollywood
Ahe
Joy
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Mark
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He's
Talk of the Town
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