Lend-lease bill prompts fears of dictatorship and Congress power loss
The piece argues the President would gain near dictatorial control under the lend-lease bill, with vast authority over aid to Britain, military secrets, and payments. It warns such power could erode democracy, urging thorough debate and Congress scrutiny before action.
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Congress
Peanut Gallery
Britain
England
Mr. Roosevelt
Europe
Huey Long
America
Washington
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids Reduces Bonded Indebtedness
Cedar Rapids reports a $186,000 drop in bonded debt as the city maintains a total of $2,176,600. The outstandings include projects for sewage disposal, police station, waterworks, coliseum, parks, fire equipment, and a swimming pool, highlighting prudent fiscal management.
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Cedar Rapids
AP in London Press Office Bombing Still Delivers News
The AP and other agencies kept dispatching London news after the bomb attack on the AP building. Editors and staff endured loss of workspaces yet maintained steady flow, with Webb Miller among those who died, while United Press and others continued reporting.
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Associated Press
London
Webb Miller
United Press
Press integrity amid war coverage and propaganda
The piece praises American journalism for objective judgment despite propaganda and censorship. It credits reporters from AP and INS and many papers for probing motives, exposing injustice, and chronicallyling the war's events in vivid detail, noting the public remains best informed worldwide.
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International News Service
INS
New England clothier urges non shrinkable suits
A New England clothier notes that in 1940 the average man bought only a third of a suit and says the remedy is to choose non shrinkable material. The remark reflects wartime thrift and garment quality considerations.
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New England
Rolling out the barrel tops Britain's hit poll
A British poll crowns Roll Out the Barrel as the nation's favorite song, praising its lively polka energy while noting fatigue from repeated American airings. The piece jokes about ASCAP BMI, Stephen Foster and the aging favorite Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair as potential banes.
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Britain
United States
America
ASCAP
BMI
Stephen Foster
Jeanie
Unified wartime drive urged to save England and freedom
A call for total national effort to accelerate defense production and arm Britain dominates the piece. The author cites Roosevelt Knudsen and a shift to concentrating power in defense across agencies, stressing urgency, discipline, and a losses-are-fatal mindset. The text mixes political commentary, war sentiment, and social observations of the era.
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IFE Magazine
America
Britain
Germany
England
Knudsen
Roosevelt
Defense Commission
War and Navy Departments
Walter Winchell on Broadway Broadside of 1941 gossip and plans
A dense collage of Broadway chatter notes Walter Winchell’s network. It mentions Axel Wenner-Gren’s harbor project at Nassau, possible government appointments, acting careers and marriages, plane crashes, and CBS executive shakeups. Many named figures appear in brief sketches with no clear single event.
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New York City
Calgary
Axel Wenner-Gren
Nassau
Biddle
Jackson
Fedbeach
Fed
Elopement Rumors Tie To Washington Personal Links
Hints of a high society intrigue surface in Washington with Tommy Manville linked to events and Kay Taylor the Waldorf-Astoria manicurist described as a new antidote for blondes. Sidonie of Culver City and Josette Daly are noted for recent public appearances and ventures.
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Ington
D. C
Tommy Manville
Gal
Kay Taylor
Waldorf-Astoria
NMME
Sidonie
Culvert City
Calif
Morrison Hotel
Chicago
Frank Reilly
Josette Daly
Washington Boys
Luise Rainer
Quackery in Medicine and Hernia Treatments Through Time
The author reflects on quackery in medicine and tracing evolving hernia treatments from radical surgery to injections. He recalls advocating radical operation as safest and most economical, notes a shift after 1930 as some doctors successfully used injections, and mentions industrial commissions permitting ambulant injections.
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Noah Webster
Webster
Unwritten law of freedom of choice in merchandising
The piece argues that while many laws regulate labeling and safety, the strongest rule in America is the unwritten law of freedom of choice. Consumers decide where to spend, and merchants rely on customer satisfaction to survive, with swift market punishment for poor service.
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America
Newspaper ethics and reader rights in a free press
An essay argues that press freedom ensures consumer choice and warns against government control of advertising and information. It notes the Newspaper Publishers Committee unites 356 major papers to deliver responsibilities to readers and preserve the right to hear all evidence from competing products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newspaper Publishers Committee
Treatment Choices For Hernia Cure Divide Doctors
The text contrasts radical surgery requiring hospitalization with weekly office injections that cure hernia without impairing work. It notes many old practitioners still favor operation, calls this quackery learned in medical school, and praises doctors who adopt better methods.
Stone crushing risks and health questions at Ontario picnic
A reader asks about dangers of crushing stones for gallbladder and urinary stones and notes limits of removal by surgery. Other letters discuss hair growth, iodine and vitamin deficiencies, lemon intake, fumes from oil burners and anemia safety. The piece ends with a note about a mile-long picnic table in Ontario, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Ontario
Calif
Notice of Appointment of Administratrix in Iowa
Notice is hereby given that on January 13, 1941, Ivan Holden was appointed and qualified as Administratrix of the estate of George Leathem of Linn County Iowa. All indebted persons must pay promptly. claims should be filed with the Clerk of Linn County Town District Court, G P Linville, Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Linn County
George Leathem
Anonymous Letters and Honesty Across Generations
A Q and A on anonymous criticism notes that such writers act from inferiority and a craving for secret power, not reform. It discusses how men defend wives and women react to marital criticism, then claims honesty has improved since the 19th century, citing Edward A. Filene on progress in a machine era.
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Edward A. Filene
John F
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