Kings Row characters face illness and war era duty
The piece blends fiction and World War II era prose, detailing Parris and Madame von Ein’s illness and travel plans, Dr. Tower’s view of Madame, and a looming Vienna assignment. It recalls merchant seamen and the wartime sea effort, interwoven with personal drama in Kings Row.
Dr Tower Meets Parris in Kings Row Talks Medicine
In Kings Row, Dr Tower discusses medieval histories, hysteria, and the mind with student Parris Mitchell. They debate poetry and psychology while Drake and Louise face family barriers to romance. Madame Gordon's illness hangs over a tense web of plans and loyalties.
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Tower
Kings Row
Benny Singer
Parris
Parris Mitchell
Vienna
Drake
Dr. Gordon
Louise Gordon
Louise
Mrs. Gordon
Gordons
Farmers Exchange Bank
Euerope
Dr. Tower
Cassie
Federal Street
Madame
Anna
Europe
Papa
Gordon
Editor's sharp reply to race bias in wartime America
An Ohio editor responds to questions about General MacArthur’s nationality and religion, insisting he is American first. The piece laments discrimination in the war effort and notes voices calling for fairness, while Chiang Kai-shek comments on restraint during wartime hardship.
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America
U. S.A
Committee On Fair Employment Practice
Ohio
General MacArthur
Goebbels
Victory Gardens Grow Many in Spring Planting
U S Department of Agriculture estimates 1 3 million new gardeners will start 20 by 40 foot plots this spring. Combined with the usual amateur crop, about 6 million Americans will dig for victory and vitamins to ease farmers quotas and shipping pressure. Hardy vegetables will survive and aid household food supplies amid wartime needs.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Victory Gardens
U. S
Wartime Garden Rewards and Simple Pleasures of Self Sufficient Veg
A family can grow vegetables for four or five months with $2.80 to start and $40 worth of produce in return. A hired worker spends seven to eight hours weekly on tending, with enjoyment in the soil and garden labor. The piece links gardening to wartime morale and the transformation of workers into poets.
Wonder who profits from wartime contracts in Cleveland
Civilian Salute traces origin to San Francisco and Neil Hitt after arrests for loose talk about military secrets. Navy issued warning notices and held bartender instruction classes, threatening to bar offending taverns from sailors.
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San Francisco
Neil Hitt
Navy
Planning Board Seeks United States of Central Europe
A quiet group at the Polish consulate in New York, the Central and Eastern European Planning Board, aims to draft a federation of 110 million for a peaceful postwar Eastern Europe. Led by Feliks Gross, with officials from Poland Czechoslovakia Greece and Yugoslavia, the plan envisions integrated rail, mail, currency, and no border controls, forming a bloc from the Baltic to the Aegean. The group stresses adherence to Atlantic Charter principles and envisions a blueprint ready before peace conferences.
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Europe
United States
Paul J. C. Friedlander
New York
Central and Eastern European Planning Board
United Nations
Feliks Gross
Planning Board
International Labor Office
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Austria
Hungary
Gross
Balkans
Sava N. Kosanovich
Greece
Bulgaria
Romania
Albania
Baltic
Aegean Sea
Russia
Germany
United States of Europe
Jan Stanczyk
Silwia Strakaca
League of Nations
London
Rumania
Balkan
Decoration of U S air heroes cross with propeller badge
In the image a bronze cross decoration honors United States air heroes. It features a four blade propeller and a moire ribbon in red white and blue with the recipient’s name and rank inscribed on the reverse. The piece is unique among government awards.
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United States Air Heroes
Royal Air Force
Ruhr
Germany
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