FBI Men and Mob Crackdowns Highlight Turbulent Times
A vivid look at FBI actions against gangster rings, including Touhy's gang, and a series of capers from guarded hideouts to meat shop disguises. Reports of agents pursuing kidnappers, undercover chases, and a dramatic Hoover episode with a stray cat. plus fraud cases, counterfeit checks, and a fortune teller nabbed for draft swindles.
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Fbitenns
Stoger Touhy
Gov’s
Touhy
FBI
Sothe
Gelien
Touly
J. Edgar Hodver
Hoover
Texas
Federal
Healthier WACs Overseas Say They Thrive At War
Major Margaret Janeway reports Mediterranean WACs, 1800 deployed since January 1933, show exceptional health with only 12 sent home for medical reasons. She notes primitive conditions, strong morale, adequate Army food, and rare illnesses, while dismissing homefront worries and rumors.
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Gertrude Bacnman
Western
Washington, D.C
WAC
Mediterranean
Margaret Janeway
U. S. Army
Janeway
Washington
Fifth Army
Wacs
North Africa
Army
Navy
Marine Brothers
Alpiers
Algiers Barracks
Veterans Urged To Wear Uniform After Discharge
Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly proposes that ex servicemen be allowed to wear their uniforms for three to six months after discharge to aid reintegration. He notes 30 000 Chicago veterans and cites benefits from keeping uniforms and discharge buttons. The piece also covers Congress members serving in the war era and air conditioning in Capitol buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Chicago
Ed Kelly
Kelly
Margaret
Servicemen’s Aid Organization
FDR
Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Capitol
WPE
South
David Lytin
Morale and daily life improvements for women soldiers in Algiers
Major Jane Way notes lower sick rates for long-serving units in late 1943 and reports improved morale. She cites available facilities in Algiers including French hairdressers, Moroccan leather goods, laundry services, and relaxed curfew. Women soldiers receive 9 30 passes nightly and occasional late passes, with one dinner date per week in their mess halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janeway
Algiers
WAC Morale and Provisions Highlight North Africa Post
The passage praises the Woman's Army Corps in North Africa noting high morale, neat uniforms, and clean appearance. It mentions supply details including soap Kleenex spices up care packages as soldiers in Algiers and Italy receive powder lipstick and toilet essentials through Post exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Algiers
States
Italy
Mediterranean
Janeway
Fifth Army
Wacs
Naples
North Africa
Household hacks from a bygone guide for frugal repairs
A faded instruction fragment offers quirky tips for cleaning fabrics and vessels. It suggests brushing powder from satin, folding handkerchiefs into shapes for quick sorting, salt to clean a coffee pot, and repurposing worn brooms with old hats to polish floors. It also mentions storing zipper fragments and fabric scraps in a piece bag for wardrobe remodeling.
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Tonky
Jake the Barber
Horrow
Rosentbhalt
New York
Shell
Avent
Louisville
FHS
Saliier
Retary Len
Los Angeles
Walter Ray Carrol
Washington State
Major Janeway
Mer Crise
Oran
Algeria
Muay
Marion Degraux
Milwaukee
Wis
Betty Jane O'Leary
Winlsburgh
Congressional
Lyndon Johnson
South Pacific
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Gore
Wabur Mulls
Arkansas
Jamie Whitten
Mississippi
Lindley Beckworth
Pentagon
NBC
AFL
CIO
Mikalajczyk
Beck
Pilsudski
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Lwow
Harold Groves
McGraw-Hill
Committee On Economic Development
Hanehou On
Fmil
Garrett Drug Stores
Cheyenns
Wyoming
Lake Desk Exchange
West Broadway
Salt Lake City
Ute
Yoir
Armers Insurance Group
Continental Bank
Utah
Floyd Wam
Adako
Oakland
Calif
WNU
Doan
Ava
Doans
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