FOTO FACTS Memoir From a Train and a Guard Trip
John Reynolds chronicles travel from Chicago to Washington via the Capitol Limited, noting grim urban scenes and personal recollections. He recalls a February Chicago mood, detailed observations of station life, fellow travelers, and a failed hotel reservation tied to the National Guard assignment. He ends with a Grant Wood American Gothic print in his Statler room.
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Reynolds
Washington
Iowa National Guard
the Statler
Capitol
Chicago
Wells Streets
State Street
Atlantic Seaboard
India
New Castle
Camp Reynolds
Pennsylvania
Statler
Maersk
National Guard Bureau
War Department
NGB
War Assets Agency auctions lamps for home use
In Washington a War Assets Administration sale offered 5 315 field lamps for priority claimants by sealed bid. Cost during war was 395 563 dollars but they can be converted into general purpose floor lamps. Bids open March 10 to 31.
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Washington
War Assets Administration
WAA
Strike-Bound Springfield Daily News Returns After 144 Days
In Springfield Massachusetts non-union supervisors printed the strike bound Springfield Daily News ending a 144 day blackout. The eight page edition carried wire service stories and was distributed despite picket lines. Unions involved include the American Newspaper Guild and several AFL unions.
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Springfield Daily News
Daily News
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Frank Kelley
American Newspaper Guild
International Typographical Union
AFL
International Stereotypers Union
International Printing Pressmen’s Union
Lews
Tells Details Of Dickering Over Invasion
New York dispatch reports Harvard historian Samuel Eliot Morison says the United States abandoned plans for a 1942 or 1943 second front in France due to adamant British opposition. Morison details Churchill and Roosevelt discussions, Churchill’s doubts about 1943 frontal invasion, and shifts toward Nordic and North African options before 1942 actions pivoted.
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New York
United States
France
Samuel Eliot Morison
Harvard University
Naval Reserve
Winston Churchill
Morison
North African
Little, Brown and Company
Churchill
Roosevelt
Germany
London
George C. Marshall
Harry Hopkins
Normandy
V. M. Molotov
Washington
Pacific
Chiefs of Staff
Marshall
Hopkins
Admiral King Returns to London With Written Instructions
The historian reports Admiral Ernest J King returned to London carrying written instructions not to accept any substitute until all means of obtaining the cross-channel operation were exhausted. The discussion extended over several days with King, Marshall and Hopkins involved.
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Ernest J King
London
King
Marshall
Hopkins
Allied Leaders Pressed for 1943 North Africa Shift
The text notes British opposition to a limited 1942 French invasion and the reluctant U.S. decision by Admiral King and General Marshall to postpone the major cross channel invasion, with North Africa seen as a prerequisite for a successful 1943 occupation and likely pushing the invasion to 1944.
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King
Marshall
North Africa
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