Victory campaign 1917 parallels modern malaria battle
The Globe News discusses a 10 year struggle against the Anopheles Gambiae in Brazil, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, with fumigation and spraying pushing the vector toward the coast and suggesting eventual victory. It contrasts this with 1917 Britain’s submarine and shipping crisis and notes convoy effectiveness began in May, offering hope for current emergencies.
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Brazil
Africa
Dakar
Rockefeller Foundation
Foundation
Atlantic
America
Britain
Jellicoe
Admiral Sims
Lloyds
Admiralty
Defense program to reshape everyday US life soon
The Lease-Lend and You bill signals a turning point in U S foreign policy and will soon affect daily life. Defense plant construction will surge this year, demanding raw materials and skilled labor, disrupting non-defense industries and creating shortages that may reach consumers by summer.
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Fenner & Beane
United States
Army
Navy
Cave Men of 1941 Describe Modern Shelter Life
In a reflective piece historians recall primitive cave living and compare it to wartime air raid shelters. The article notes English provincial children and the elderly remaining inside shelters for extended periods, urging readers to record these harsh conditions as World War II progresses.
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England
Bill
Ted
April Faces Quiet Crisis as Kent’s Blindness Emerges
In Ruth Ayers's chapter, April battles illness and isolation while awaiting news of Kent Carter. Ann returns home from New York, offers nursing, and reveals Kent’s eye surgery. Hal Parks remains a steadfast suitor as April contemplates her future and her waning circle of friends.
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Ann
April
Kent
Mother
New York
April confronts love choice amid war fallout
April rejects Hal's marriage proposal while fearing Kent Carter's fate after his operation. She contemplates loving Hal only if Kent is out of the darkness, as Ann grows radiant and keeps vigil, with Nip beside April.
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April
Darling
Hal
Kent Carter
Ann
Kent
Nip
Red Cross
Bill
Fillmore Street
Albert Harvey Box
A Tale of Two Nations German Children British Raiders
German nurseries tie into the Nazi youth plan with 2.5 million youngsters under state control while British RAF crews prepare missions to strike German ports. The article contrasts Cologne’s Humboldt Deutz plant nurseries with preparations of young pilots and crews heading to bomb the coast.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Helmut Stein
Humboldt-Deutz Diesel Works
Cologne
Stein
Germany
Humboldt-Deutz
New Order
Hitler Youth Movement
Voelkischer Beobachter
Hitler
Hitler Youth
Ministry of Education
Off the Record: Washington Trip as a Salesman Arrives
A salesman arrives in Washington to sell baseball bats for a recreation program. He encounters busy officials, crowded lobbies, and delayed rooms as he pursues a White House appointment and a War Department meeting. The day unfolds with bureaucracy and brief glimpses of sightseeing.
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Washington
Army
White House
War Department
Stamp program delayed as President reviews designs
U S 1941 stamp program awaits President Roosevelt's final approval as world affairs keep him busy. Artists collaborate with the post office to raise stamp art standards and discuss airmail and envelope issues.
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U. S
Roosevelt
Post Office Department
Navy planes fuse mythic emblem Bellerophon Pegasus
Bombing Squadron 2 adopts a mythic insignia with Bellerophon riding Pegasus. The symbol portrays three dives to slay the Chimera as the unit's dive bombing role. The Greek motto translates to First to attack.
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Bellerophon
Pegasus
Ideas for Amarillo inventors fair and safety measures
A reader suggests an annual Amarillo inventors and manufacturers exhibition to showcase local products and inventions, plus proposals for safer bike paths, affordable bus service to pools, beginner driver stickers, a widened Fillmore Street, and a commission based traffic patrol plan.
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Ewell W. Fowler
Amarillo
Ewen W. Fowler
Prospect Street
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