Measures of courage and looming war effort
The piece argues courage is vital for soldiers including parachute troopers and notes the U S forming a corps. It surveys demographic trends showing a shift toward female majority in future decades, analyzes mortality by cause and the excess male population, and reports on wartime logistics, aviation advances, influenza prevention, voter turnout, and Britain’s naval threat along with U S defense programs and Army expansion.
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Root Reveries and reflections from Joe Gandy of Winnsboro
Joe Gandy writes a reflective column from Winnsboro Texas musing on Christmas memories inflation of time and the new year 1941. He ponders happiness defense work farm life country sausage and the rising cost of war. He muses on politics marriage fears and a quirky patchwork boy named Crazy Quilt Cox.
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Crazy Quilt Cox
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