Enid Finds Escape in a Sunny Picnic with Hank Holliday
Enid spends a Sunday with Hank Holliday and his son Sonny, sharing a picnic and sketches while navigating secrets about Hank’s family. Enid dreams of a future as a fashion artist and reels from the tension of her deception and the pull of Hank.
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Enid
Dr. Holliday
Hank
Tom
Phil
del Rio
Hank Holliday
Lilley’s
Chance
Sonny
Yank
Car of Tomorrow Explored in War Era Vision
Digest previews postwar autos with clear plastic roofs, air conditioning, wider seats, and lighter weight. Aircraft-inspired design emphasizes safety, speed, and economy with innovations like polarized windshields and low centers of gravity. Detroit’s Skycar is mentioned. materials include plastics and aluminum. War bonds linked to future car purchases and national hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Detroit
William Stout
America
Five Little Words and the Farm Labor Issue in Washington
The piece argues five words in FDR's Labor Day message tied farm price controls to labor shortages. It traces how Congressional fear of harvest manpower gaps spurred an anti inflation bill and lifted farm labor costs into price legislation. The article notes misinterpretation, political maneuvering, and the nationwide manpower crisis shaping policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Humphreys
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Armed Services
Defense Industries
Congressional
Mr. Roosevelt
House
Rep
Paul Brown
Georgia
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Mike Monroney
Charles Dewey
Illinois
House Banking Committee
Philadelphia
Detroit
Baltimore
Hershey
Anarchy and Tawdry Values in War Time Critique
Dorothy Thompson argues that senior military officials blame public complacency for wartime failures while criticizing a civilization she says is driven by ruthless competition and false promises. She contends this "business" mindset has shaped government, economy, and culture, urging Americans to confront and change these trends or face harsher moral consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Thompson
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
Brehon B. Somervell
Department of Supply
Armed Services
Navigators Train On Pan Am Flying Boat Flight
RAF and U S Army Air Forces navigation cadets train aboard a Pan American Airways flying boat at Miami for a simulated target attack on Berlin. Cadets log routes every 30 minutes using a navigator’s computer while instructors grade accuracy. The British class will graduate in October and join RAF squadrons.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Florida
Berlin
RAF
U. S. Army Air Forces
Aerial
Pan-American Airways
Army
University of Miami
H. E. Benham
Pan American
J. R. Gilmore
Navy
Pensacola
John Browne
London
Benham
United States
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
Rob Carruthers
Larchmont
N. Y
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Australia
War Bonds call for ten percent of income purchases
The ad stresses the compass as vital to ships and urges Americans to invest at least ten percent of their income in War Bonds every payday. It promotes buying through banks, loan associations, radio stations or retail outlets to support Uncle Sam’s record shipbuilding program.
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Sam
Building and Loan Association
U. S. Treasury Department
Gwynne Learns to Drive an Antique Car in Sun Town
Ae Anne Gwynne endures a comic boot camp as she learns to start, spark, and steer a 1910 automobile for Sun Town at Universal. Director Ray Enright guides her through crank, magneto, and throttle as the engine coughs, dies, then wheezes back to life amid amused onlookers.
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Anne Gwynne
Ray Enright
Huff-Huff
Enr
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Rene Ryerson
Samuel Thornton
Henry
Mr. Thornton
Lilley
Sam Thornton
Holliday Home
Arlington Bath Club
Beau
Walter Adams
Better Homes and Gardens
Bard
General Somervell
Mr. Bard
Milton L. Carr
Milton
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