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Portrait of a Newspaper Reader and Wartime Sentiment
A vivid column riff on editorial fury over Nazi crimes at Lidice and Roosevelt’s military board. It questions Hitler’s propaganda, cites press critics, recalls Ruth, DiMaggio, Williams and Hollywood war films, and notes New Yorkers’ chatter about Lindbergh and Diana Barrymore while praising unity in the face of Axis aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lidice
Pres
Roosevelt
Hitler
Reich
Munich
Gestapo
Washington
Raymond Clapper
Time Magazine
N. ¥. Times
Herald Tribune
America
Ruth
DiMaggio
Red Sox
Ted Wiliams
Congress
Movietown
Variety
G. K. Chesterton
A. Woollcott
Chesterton
Pearl Harbor
Eagle Squadron
RAF
Diana Barrymore
Eddie Albert
Robert Stack