England's Women Are Truly Magnificent, McLemore Writes
Henry McLemore portrays English women as heroic wartime figures from a little old baggage handler to Red Cross drivers, noting their sacrifice and resolve. He observes women in uniforms and drab workwear filling roles left by men, with personal anecdotes of endurance and patriotism.
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England
American Red Cross
London
Dunkirk
Egypt
South
Louisiana
Texas
New York
Five Boroughs
By Robert Quillen Want of a Mirror 1% OUR TOWN
A reflective vignette contrasts two flawed men in a county with humor and moral observation. It notes self righteousness, costly vanity, and the gap between virtue and memory, then shifts to brief commentaries on war, economics, and social quirks with dated, conversational humor.
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Merchant Marine
America
Legion
The Flame by Roosevelt in Third Person
President Roosevelt recounts an 1918 Navy aid incident during a tour of US naval air stations in Brittany. His pilot's car injures an elderly priest who declines compensation. a requisition for funds is later made to relight stained glass. The tale links small acts of kindness to enduring light and service.
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Roosevelt
Newton
United States Navy
Navy leaders pledge global sea dominance and French wartime resolve
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox vows a navy capable of controlling all seas. President Roosevelt’s personal physician Admiral Ross T. McIntire praises the president’s pep and optimism. General Emile Bethouart, head of the French military mission, states France’s single mission to help defeat the common enemy.
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Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
White House
Ross T. McIntire
Roosevelt
Emile Bethouart
British Cut Off Pay to Push French Squadron
British authorities suspend funds to the French squadron off Alexandra to pressure Admiral Godfroy. A prior conference was delayed when Harold McMillan survived a crash en route, delaying decisive action and leaving the outcome uncertain as the admiral may attempt to scuttle his ships.
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Alexandra
Rene Godfros
Harold McMulan
Algier
Admiral Godfroy
Mc ™Millan
Admiral Godfrey
French naval officers face a web of loyalty and discipline
A distinguished authority explains why many French admirals remained loyal to Marshal Petain, clung to military discipline, and resisted fleet actions in Toulon. He notes Vichy propaganda, the De Gaulle influence, and recent defections by sailors, including 36 from the Richelieu seeking Fighting France.
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North
Africa
France
Henri Petain
Toulon
Jean Francois Darlan
Algiers
Marshal Petain
Jean de la Borde
Petain
Darian
Darlan
Axis
Vichy
de Gaullist
Richelieu
Sign in San Francisco Club Warns of Air Raid Drill
A nightclub in San Francisco displays a sign reading In case of an air raid crawl under the slot machine The jackpot hasn't been hit in five years indicating wartime era humor or civil defense humor from Signs of the Times in Santa Fe Magazine.
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Santa Fe Magazine
San Francisco
Depressing Sight at Noon Day Special
A World-Herald blurb laments wartime scarcity as a blue plate shows through a slice of rare roast beef on the noon day special, highlighting the drab realities diners faced during war.
Beveridge plan misdescribed as social security label says it all
The piece argues that Beveridge's plan offers only meager weekly payments and questions the rhetoric of social security. It contrasts British and American programs, critiques funding as debt to the treasury, and contends true security must come from stable prices and full employment rather than government handouts.
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Beveridge
William Beveridge
London
Views in Exchange The Yankee Tongue in Britain
American and Canadian soldiers in Britain influence the British way of talking says Geoffrey Whitworth director of the British Drama league The league is making phonograph records to save what it can of the traditional British accent There will be about 12 to 20 American variations added to British variations creating a richer mixture not a poorer one.
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Britain
Geoffrey Whitworth
British Drama League
Mr. Whitworth
Oxford
Cambridge
Rommel
Frank E. Lutz
American Museum of Natural History
Enemy Armored Insects Threaten Home Garden Battle
John Kieran urges households with garden plots to plant vegetables to ease farm labor and food shortages while detailing how insects threaten crops at every life stage. The piece cites Insect Invaders by Anthony Standen and notes beetle grain pests cost the U.S. hundreds of millions yearly, then warns against overzealous spraying and honors beneficial species.
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Anthony Standen
Christmas Problem Solved and Other Jokes from Bugs Baer
Comic quips on tomato juice pricing 47 points a can and saving for gifts. A playful riff on rationing and math, with sly notes about carrots as shortest paths and playful lines about babys and waitresses.
Personal Health questions and dietary notes from a reader
A reader shares health tips from Dr Brady emphasizing calisthenics, sun exposure, and a diet including plain wheat and dairy. The letter discusses tooth retention, vitamin B complex for deafness, digestion with partial dentition, and a pregnancy scare with reassurance about fetal safety.
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United Nations
Robert
Godfrey
Admiral Robert
Signs of the Times
Omaha World-Herald
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Michigan
New York Times
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Man
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Bugs" Baer
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