Play and relaxation in hard times urged by editor
A Globe News column urges balanced life during tough times. It cites Dr. McCracken of Vassar and advocates a judicious mix of work and play, highlighting spontaneous leisure as essential for sanity and American vitality. It contrasts free recreation with oppressive regimes and notes the joy of choosing activities without coercion.
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Jack
McCracken
Vassar College
National Recreation Congress
Yanks
Dodgers
Heil Hitler
Women and Responsibilities Conference at Stephens College
A national leaders conference on The American Woman and Her Responsibilities will convene at Stephens College in Columbia Missouri. President James M Wood argues education has overemphasized women's opportunities and underemphasized responsibilities noting women will shape the future. A one man forum invites personal reflection on duties alongside rights and opportunities in a free society.
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Stephens College
Columbia
James M. Wood
Stephens
Forgotten Man Nomination: Aimone King of Croatia
Quote recounts Aimone, Duke of Spoleto and King of Croatia, installed by Italy in a puppet Croatian realm amid German advance. It notes Serb resistance, bomb attacks, and public fading support for the royal title. Francis E. McMahon of Notre Dame denounces anti-Semitism amid Jewish suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimone
Spoleto
Croatia
Italy
Europe
House of Savoy
Duke of
You
Francis E. McMahon
Notre Dame
Ever Normal Granary Seeks Price Control for Farms
Treasury Secretary Morgen argues the concept of an ever normal granary should extend from stabilizing falling farm prices to also restraining rising farm prices, advocating government price management as a equal measure.
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Treasury
Morgen
I Am Mad At Government And Russia War Talk
Henry McLemore vents at government rhetoric supporting Russia while fighting Hitler. He questions postwar planning talks by leaders and warns such plans could hurt civilian morale. He advocates aiding Russia for selfish reasons but distrusts praising their system.
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Henry McLemore
New York
Russia
Josef Stalin
Marshal Budeny
Hitler
Germany
The Sign of the Burning Ship A Love Triangle
Abel Brown, a boat builder, faces entanglement with Gaye Fontaine after the Orsina disaster. At a Seabright party in St Ives, Gaye promotes a staged drama to derail his life, while Crispin Dean watches and wonders about Abel’s past and loyalties. Abel resists, but Gaye uses theatre to provoke conflict and tests.
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Orsina
Brand Phare
St. Ives
Abel Brown
Crispin Dean
Bede Wallace
Crispin
Abel
Paul McEwen
McEwen
Gaye Fontaine
New York
Brown
Gage
Seabright
McEwen’s
Gaye
Paul Mewen
Roger Ballou
Brand
Cerutti
Brandon Phare
Gage Fountaine
The Hidden Truth Ends A Shipyard Party Night
Abel Brown confronts Crispin with a past he kept secret, triggering a dramatic revelation at a burn scene. Cerutti exposes the affair, shattering Crispin's trust and driving Abel to a fatal rift as Brand Phare seeks a darker dawn.
Grandfather Knight Gag From Danish Decoration Tale
The speaker recalls earning a Danish decoration after a king’s recognition and a Detroit Danish consul presenting it. His grandson, nicknamed Little Bill, jokes about which knight’s night he represents as the family shares the anecdote.
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Bill
Grandfather
Big Bill
Denmark
Detroit
Army slang explodes in new glossary of terms
Samuel T. Williamson surveys a War Department glossary adding 500 terms to everyday Army talk. He notes from deserters to chaplains and pilots, slang shifts from Civil War origins to modern Army life, with notes on jeep, battery acid coffee, and many colorful phrases shaping military speech.
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Blitz
Panzer
Appeaser
Quisling
New York State
Edward L. Thorndike
Columbia University
Teachers College
New York Times
War Department
A. FE. F
Sears Roebuck
West Point
Edgar Allen Poe
James McNeill Whistler
Army
Java
Coffe
St. Vitus Haven
Rachel
Air Corps
Air Corp
Signal Corps
Infantry Journal
Artille
U S German tensions rise as war erupts in Europe
A timeline tracks U S and German actions from 1939 to 1941 including invasions, embargos, ship losses, and policy shifts. Key events feature Roosevelt warnings, Britain and France war declaration, Suez and Arctic operations, and moves toward defense and neutrality repeal. Multiple ships and ports are named with dates and nations involved.
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Germany
Poland
Roosevelt
Britain
France
White House
Athenia
Atlantic
Congress
Hull
U. S
Europe
Scandinavia
White Sea
Murmansk
Archangel
Berlin
Americas
Ida May Adams
Los Angeles
San Francisco
State Department
Peter
Yugoslavia
Green
Zamzam
Robin Moo
Welles
FBI
Iceland
Brooklyn
Roosevelt-Churchill
Greer
U. S. Navy
Ownil
Axis
Montana
Greenland
S. S. Arkansas
Suez
Knockout Quiz on Ring Legends and Heavyweights
A quiz asks about Joe Louis height and fighting weight, Gene Tunney versus Jack Dempsey bouts, two James J champions and their bout, Jon Louis’s number of former heavyweight foes, and how many heavyweight champions have first names starting with J. Answers appear on the next page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Louis
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
James J
Jon Louis
Quotable Thoughts on Sin God and Self Reliance
A trio of aphorisms offers a modern take on sin belief in a watching God and the value of practical options. The quotes touch on conscience as mindset, divine awareness, and self-sufficiency as a guiding principle.
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