Humorous Tales of Musicians and Legends
Anecdotes about Verdi Wagner Liszt Paderewski and other musical greats reveal wit and vanity in salons and tours. Quotes show critics, impresarios and composers trading jests on fame money and talent across eras and venues.
When War Came to the United States
A reflective review of America’s undeclared and declared wars from the Revolutionary era through World War II, detailing key dates, battles, and peace treaties that defined the nation’s path to independence and global conflict. It traces Lexington and Concord, Yorktown, Barbary conflicts, the War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II beginnings, noting outcomes and peace conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Mars
America
England
United States of America
Leexington
Concord
Bunker Hill
Qutbec
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Great Britain
Paris
France
Talleyrand
John Adams
Constellation
Napoleon Bonaparte
Mediterranean
Algiers
Tripoli
Tanis
Thomas Jefferson
Edward Preble
Tangiers
Stephen Decatur
Willam Eaton
Derna
Jefferson
James Madison
Winie House
Ghent
Belgium
Texas
Mexico
Rio Grande
Pres. James
Polk
Congress
Taylor
Scott
Charleston
S. C
Fort Sumter
Lincoln
Lee
Gray
Sumter
Appomattox
Spain
Washington
Hawaii
Philippines
Pacific
Germany
Drive for 60 000 000 jobs shapes postwar price policy
Behind the scenes talks among top administrators focus on peacetime price levels for consumer goods as production resumes. Vinson and Byrnes press for prices based on 1942 levels, while industry allies push for 1941 bases plus wage and material cost hikes. They cite wage gains and labor-saving advances, noting 85 percent of goods come from 18 firms. The issue ties to Roosevelt’s promise of 60 million jobs, arguing low prices spur demand and employment. Also GOP plans for 1948 unfold with reshaping of party machinery and key figures, amid White House and senate friction over Surplus War Property board appointments. Biggest Pentagon scene is officers awaiting vending machine rests with cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
War Production Board
OPA
Judge Vinson
Jimmy Byrnes
Chester Bowles
James Brownlee
Frankfort Distilleries
Bowles
Vinson
General Electric
Charley Wilson
Byrnes
GOP
Dewey
Herbert Brownell
Arizona
National Committee
Stassen
GOF
Lee Chesley
Chesley
Washington
Paul Porter
Carlisle Bargeron
Pennsylvania
Treasury Department
OWI
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Harold Dixon Young
Wallace
White House
Senate
Jesse Jones
Ed Pauley
Murray
Montana
Pentagon
Wooden Toys That Are Easy to Make
A simple guide explains crafting a broomstick horse and a toddle bike from common odds and ends. No full workshop needed. a compass saw suffices, with a stencil and color guide for painting. Pattern 257 provides actual-size horse head, bike parts, assembly steps, and costs 15 cents plus name and address.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adelina Patti
Lisat
Hunder
Strauss
Onte Guered
Leonard Leibling
Piaho
Milan
Verdi
Alexander Woolleatt
Woolleatt
Peabody
Grant
Rossini
Wagner
Schumann
Albert Spaulding
West
Paderewski
London
Prince
Berrer
Tenace Paderewski
Pete
Paderews
Epee
Ignace
Grunfeld
Mowart
South
Mozart
Samuel Johnson
Rubinstein
Chapin
Columbia
Tiana
Chopin
Liszt
DePachman
Nellie Melta
Mascagni
Elmo Scott Watson
Bevenig
Rouria
City of
Wallac
United State
He Febertoche
Pres. Wondrow Wilson
Havana Harbor
U.S. S
Maine
Cuba
Manila
Santiago
Versailles
Harding
House
Berlin
German National Council
Gage
Lexington
Unite State of
Union States
L Representatives
Iamerican Hobby
HOR Mead
Rutw
Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Deaver
Grove
Rca