Army Relief Show Promotes Education and War Readiness
This Is the Army presented by Soldiers in Irving Hertin’s for Army Emergency Relief notes American privates valued at 167 Japs, while soldiers seek books on Germany Japan and Italy at the Fifth Ave Public Library. The Philadelphia Quartermasters asks medallion makers to produce 500000 plus decorations for troops in Germany after the war. The U S Army urges soldiers to aim to make enemies die for theirs, runs the world’s largest film chain, and solves dish breaking with a new shatterproof mess hall class. It also offers AEF members correspondence courses to pursue education.
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Uncle Sam
Fifth Ave
Germany
Japan
Italy
U. S
Philadelphia
U.S Army
GU. S. Army
Quartermaster Corps
Army
AEF
Army slang and anecdotes from World War II era notes
A collection of humorous and curious items about Army life during World War II. Includes slang for gear and people, such as glider pilots as "G-Men of the Air" and helmets as "hanresteer," quirks of training at Fort Sill and Miami Beach, jokes about censor captions, a song about U S troops to Australia, and a brief quip about a War Department sanitation film.
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War Department
Amy
Uncle Sam
Bertin
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Sill
U. S
Australia
Pvt
Johnny Nauer
Michigan
Army Air Force Training Center
Miami Beach
Florida
Fort Leavenworth
1943 Will Test America’s Production Strength
The piece outlines expected war production growth in 1943 across factories, ships, and armaments. It notes Secretary of Commerce Lesse Jones praising peak output and targets for planes, ships, and armor, plus soaring automobile conversion and farm production driving national effort.
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America
Notch by Notch Foresees Strong War Effort Ahead
Secretary of Commerce argues belt tightening will deepen if war expands. Despite austerity, wartime spending power persists. 1942 salaries and wages rose, 1943 expected higher. Farm income set records in 1919, surpassed in 1942. national output and industrial vigor anticipated to sustain a victorious effort.
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Walt Whitman
America
The General's Two Wives and Foreign War Policy
Washington coverage discusses Gen Hsiung Shih-fei's departure amid personal and strategic intrigue. It weighs Madame Chiang Kai-shek's stance on polygamy, US military leadership in China, and tensions with Stilwell over direct authority and Japan, Hitler, and China policy.
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Washington, D. C
Hsiung Shih-fei
Washington
Hsiung
China
Chiang Kaishek
United States
Chiang
U.S. A
Farm Production Program Faces Tough 1943 Goal
Secretary Wickard warns the 1943 farm production job will be hard as American farmers must boost milk meat eggs and feed grain to support increased livestock and supply the United Nations and armed forces. The plan includes point rationing next month to guide public demand and ensure nutrition.
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Farmers of America
U.S
United Nations
England
Claude R. Wickard
Agriculture
Axis
North Africa
CPA
Ammunition Workers Turn Out Vast War Production
In the first year of war American ammunition workers produced enough rifle and machine gun rounds to face every Axis soldier with 83 shots. At one arsenal, each employee averaged over 47,000 small rounds plus 5 artillery cases, 200 time fuzes and 400 shell bodies. Including all staff undercounts, per cap figures would rise 20 percent if only manufacturers are counted. In 1942 the facility shipped over a billion small arms cartridges and more than ten million artillery shell cases.
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America
Lesse Jones
Donald Nelson
National Association of Manufacturers
United States
Asis
United Nations
Farmers of America
Wickard
McNutt
Robert P. Patterson
How To Believe Bronchitis The Tobacco Tie In The Service
The article notes service men solve the problem of what to send by sending their preferred tobacco. Tobacco tops the list for those in Army Navy Marines and Coast Guard with pipe or roll your own. Prince Albert is highlighted as a popular choice and local dealers feature it in pound cans for the men in service.
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Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Prince Albert
Adv
Oak Deeded Land In Will To Tree Owner
A Georgia landowner bequeathed an oak tree in his will, granting possession of the tree and all land within eight feet of it to the tree itself. The unusual bequest centers on the tree as a legal heir and links to surrounding property rights.
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Georgia
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Walter Wenchell
U. 8
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Sebring
Fla
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Jimmy Boolittle
Amern
Inere
Secretary of Commerce
Land Grant Colleges
H.C
Congress
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
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Agriculture Department
Wallace
American Farm Bureau Federation
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Grange
National Co-operative Milk Producers
State Commissioners of Agriculture
Farm Extension Services
State Department
Manchuria
Hitler
Teddy Roosevelt
Pacific
Chiang Kai-shek
Stilwell
Joe Stilwell
See. Wickard
Arsenal
Dames Russell Lowell
M Feats
HOTEL
Ben Lowighd
Ogden, Utah
Gotby
Collee Shop
Rotary
Kiwanis
Opliminm
Chamber of Commercce
Ben Lomond Ogren
Utah
Bubertyg
Visick
Mer
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