Magazine sales fuel college youths in wartime era
A columnist laments how politicians and officials now peddle information to magazines for high fees. He catalogs figures like Roosevelt Hopkins Ickes Knox Willkie LaGuardia and congress members as readers and contributors to the Washington pen and typewriter circle, urging readers to buy magazines for “the truth.”
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Stalin
Kremlin
Childe Harold Ickes
Clarence Budington Kelland
Kathleen Norris
Washington
Pelley
Frank Knox
Navy Department
Washington Pen and Typewriter Society
Wendell Willkie
LaFollette
Nye
Wheeler
Mayor LaGuardia
Police Gazette
Japan
Peggy Gibson’s Idea to Calm Pedestrians and Prune Trees
Peggy Gibson of 822 Carolina Street proposes a local idea to enforce a seven foot overhead clearance on sidewalks to protect pedestrians from overhanging branches. She urges pruning to improve trees and reduce pedestrian hazard and damage, noting related editorial notes on datelines and local traffic pamphlets.
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Peggy Gibson
Carolina Street
Sam Houston Junior High School
Hit and run war and the rise of airpower
Major Williams argues modern warfare centers on motion and collaboration among airpower, ships, and ground forces. He warns that unified internal coordination is essential, recovery of competent leadership is needed, and airpower has disrupted traditional naval and ground defenses.
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Williams
Maginot Line
Siegfried Line
Armistice Day News From Various Fronts
Roosevelt vows rebellion against tyrants in Armistice Day address. British planes shoot down 25 raiders including 13 Italians. Free French report Libreville surrender in Gabon. Syria halts arms shipments to Turkey. Jerzy Potocki resigns as Polish ambassador to the U S.
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United Press
Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
Libreville
Gabon
French Equatorial Africa
Syria
Turkey
Jerzy Potocki
United States
TODAY'S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CLUES LIST
A dense list of crossword clues covering Canada provinces actions and forms across horizontal and vertical entries. Includes hints for letters numbers and abbreviations with themes spanning geography language and common terms.
War talk of air power and land force in the Atlantic
Col Frederick Palmer argues that Russia holds the key to war decisions and that only a strong land force with heavy air power can force German capitulation. He urges priority for planes for the navy and army bases in the North Atlantic and Pacific, warning against diluting effort with secondary defenses. He notes the wide use of occupied-country labor by Germany and the need for massive production, pilots, and ground crews to sustain a long war.
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Col
Frederick Palmer
Washington
Russia
A. FE. F
Germany
Britain
Norway
Proximity
North Atlantic
Pacific
Nazi submarine tactics and U.S. war policy commentary
The column analyzes Nazi submarine formations called a pack and V-shaped wings, noting their spread and spacing to cover vast convoys. It also reflects on U.S. strategy shifts, opposition figures, and political clashes over wartime policy and energy issues in San Francisco and Washington.
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Atlantic
Iceland
Admiralty
London
Manners Quiz on Social Behavior in Shopping
A reader questions proper conduct in stores with five scenarios. Answers: do not let a child roam. keep him by your side. do not purchase carelessly hoping to return later. avoid flattering slang. share price limits with the salesperson. dresses must be handled carefully to avoid lipstick marks. if a dress is unavailable say so honestly.
The Man Who Saw Beyond the Tongs That Built Cold Finish
A Pittsburgh steelworker in 1900s era rolled hot iron bars in a Jones & Laughlin mill. Bernard Lauth urged management to test cold rolling, producing a shiny, strong finish. The result launched the cold finished steel industry and transformed U.S. manufacturing.
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Fighty
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Bernard Lauth
Lath
Murrill Becomes First National Auxiliary President
Mrs Mark W Murrill a Scituate Mass housewife and former chief petty officer in the Bureau of Naval Intelligence is elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary at Milwaukee creating a historic first for both groups Her family includes brother James A Whittaker a World War I medical corps member and her mother started Roxbury auxiliary posts in Boston.
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American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Mark W. Murrill
Bureau of Naval Intelligence
Massachusetts
Legion
James A. Whittaker
Legion Auxiliary
National Auxiliary
Milwaukee
Murrill
Scituate
Mass
Roxbury
Boston
James Whittaker
Mary
Marine Corps
The Hill of Doves and The Great Big Doorstep Review
Stuart Cloete's The Hill of Doves depicts Boer War era heroes Dirk van der Berg Lena Du Toit and their circle including Oupa Boeti and Reuter while exploring pride in land and duty amid war. E P O Connell's The Great Big Doorstep portrays Cajun life on the Louisiana delta with Commodore Crochet in a tale of economic crisis and small dramas.
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Stuart Cloete
South Africa
Houghton, Mifflin
Hill of Doves
Dirk van der Berg
Lena du Toit
Dirk
Blind Boeti
Old Oupa
Lena
Reuter
Oupa
Tania Martha
Brett
Cloete
Louisiana Delta
Houghton, Miffin
E. P O'Connell
O'Connell
Delta
Crochet
Charles Dickens
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