War Production Talk and Labor Sentiments Survive Amid Bombardment
The item notes Roosevelt and WPB officials discussing war production progress and the need to boost output next year. It cites opinions on labor strikes, tea shortages, and calls to entice workers back to farms and factories to aid war material production, reflecting home-front concerns.
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Roosevelt
Congress
U. S
WPB
Donald Nelson
Congressional
Paul Brown
Vatican Journey Signals Possible Peace Parleys
Washington reports Myron Taylor’s Vatican visit seen as a potential prelude to peace talks amid wartime diplomacy. Observers note limited scope, with Vatican handling Jewish refugees and war aims clarification, while labor unions discuss AFL CIO split on jurisdiction.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Myron Taylor
Vatican
Roosevelt
United Nations
Mussolini
Hitler
Mr. Taylor
Italy
Mustesolini
Vatican City
Laval
Taylor
Britain Face to Face with Offensive War Decisions
Lipppmann reports from Britain on the shift from defense to offense, the Allied need to choose battlefields and tactics, and the uncertain leadership questions. He notes Britain’s resolve, the strategic limits of island power, and pressures on Churchill’s government amid ongoing bombing and war production debates. He highlights internal and external political strains and the risk of scattered Allied efforts without decisive strategic clarity.
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Britain
United States
Foreign Office
State Department
Enid Finds Purpose in Art After a Locking Door Incident
Enid Sharon a stenographer on a secret vacation at a furnished apartment meets Dr Henry Holliday and his frightened son Sonny after a chow dog attack in a fashionable suburb. She bonds with the boy as the doctor treats his injury and remarks on fear being contagious while Enid sketches the ravine and considers pursuing her art.
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Enid Sharon
Tom Driscoll
Tom
Enid
Henry Holliday
Dr. Holliday
Sonny
Enid Steeps in the Doctor's Kitchen and Social Life
Enid accepts a casual supper with Dr. Henry Holliday who juggles chef work for the boy Sonny. She learns he is a bachelor with a three year old, sparking questions of divorce and status as they plan to ride out on a hot evening.
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Hitler
AlsOe & Moscow
Willkie
Stalin
Red Press
Mussolini
von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Pratrie
British Isles
France
Dunkirk
Lippmann
Great Britain
United Nations
England
Hank Holliday
Sonny
Enid
Henry Holliday
Dr. Holliday
Dr. Henry Holliday
Fort Jay
William C. White
New England Conservatory of Music
Juilliard School
Army Music School
White
Irving Berlin
Reveille
Joe
Berlin
Oaths and War Time Journeys Across Africa and India
Louis Fischer recalls travels by air across Africa and Asia during World War II, describing American camps in Liberia and Nigeria, native workers, morale mail, Gandhi's daily meals, and detours to Cairo, Khartoum, Delhi, and Belem. He notes long flights, heat comparisons, and encounters with diverse travelers in a rapidly expanding air war.
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New York
New Delhi
India
America
Globe
Khartoum
Cairo
T. F. Collins
San Angelo
Texas
Raymond Wise, Jr
Pennsylvania
Wise
Wadi Halta
Wadi Halfa
Constantinople
Vladivostok
Siberia
Moscow
Chungking
China
British East Africa
Persia
Egypt
Belem
Brazil
Africa
Nigeria
Liberia
Nevada
Dakota
Carolina
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Fragmented Verse and Scriptural Fragments
A jumble of quoted poetry and biblical verses appears, citing Southey Dryden Shakespeare and biblical lines from Numbers Deuteronomy and more. The text blends literary lines with religious references about murder law and blessings, without a clear single narrative.
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Till Green
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Harry Bates
Dan Tobin
Teamsters
Bill Hutcheson
Carpenters
John Lewis
R. J. Thomas
Auto Workers
Julius Emspak
Electrical Workers
Peace Committee
Airtraft
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Europe
Middle East
Mr. Churchill
Empire
John
Schickel
Gulliver
Rene Ryerson
Nesterd
Louis Fischer
Redbook Magazine
Fisherman's Lake
Heling
Affrica
Kansas
Southern Mills
Midwest
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Manhattan
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Palestine
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