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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1941
Page
6
A reflective saying contrasts two men for life choices. One pursues what he wants with confidence, while the other patiently accepts what he attains after effort. The note hints at heights reached through desire versus contentment.
The article argues patience in World War II, predicting Japan will pursue hit and run actions, seize key Pacific islands, and threaten long campaigns. It credits Allied industrial capacity and production, notes Pearl Harbor boosted U.S. resolve, and urges steady effort, patience, and continued work while leaders make decisive moves.
Next year brings real prosperity but with shortages. Merchants must stock substitutes and offer new lines not reliant on scarce materials. Customers will find familiar items unavailable, placing responsibility on clerks to present workable alternatives and on sellers to innovate.
The piece notes a warm response in Latin American nations to the United States under the Good Neighbor policy. A Mexico City parade of workers promotes unity with the U S and Latin America, with Latin American leaders preparing to cooperate in future conferences. The text suggests hemispheric solidarity against barbarism and credits years of friendly policy for progress.
A critique of realism in literature, noting Roosevelt’s public persona and private storytelling style. The piece compares his detailed, concrete handling of issues to a stream of consciousness, highlighting his use of specific examples, anecdotes, and reporters’ private jokes. It contrasts his worldliness with a fictional, self-made reality.
In Los Angeles on December 19 Damon Runyon writes about the theater romance in Angel Street formerly Gaslight. He chronicles Shep Traube a New York University graduate and former movie director who leads the eastern production, with Hollywood friends funding the venture to secure the play and its film rights while noting the producer George Shafer and financier Leonard Spigelgass among those backing Traube as the show stirs in rehearsal.
A Pearl Harbor era-style profile notes the Nazi embassy in Washington has drifted toward war with the U S while remaining under close scrutiny by U S intelligence. It highlights figures such as Hans Thomsen the chargé, Frau Thomsen a fierce anti Nazi, Ulrich von Grenanach the SS observer, and others like Baron von Strempe and General von Boetticher. The piece portrays a complex mix of loyalty, anti Nazi sentiment, and diplomatic maneuvering within the German mission.
A December 20 1941 intercepted note from Adj Gen C C Pierce at the State House to Carleton asks how to keep new home guards from running off to wartime duties. The brief correspondence reflects wartime home front concerns and administration.
The essay argues that growing rubber in Brazil does not guarantee supply security due to Atlantic and Pacific distances. It notes Japan’s Singapore threat and Hawaii attack as clarifying lessons on global distances, sea lanes, and the need for total protection beyond a single fleet. It stresses that Brazil’s geographic distance does not shield the Western Hemisphere from invasion.
Raymond Clapper argues that full naval and air power must be under allied control to protect coasts and outposts from outlaw regimes. He urges international action and interallied cooperation, envisioning a police of the globe and a transition from war to peace under a reconstruction force. Security abroad is essential to preserve the American way of life.
Editors urge widening and straightening of Route 6 to boost military readiness, but warn of hazards in small towns like Caldwall lacking sidewalks. Recommend pedestrian safety studies with state road commission and sidewalk construction on at least one side to protect schoolchildren and pedestrians.
Pegler argues that American isolationists and a culture focused on liquor money and pleasure failed to prepare for war before Pearl Harbor. He cites politics corruption, anti religious bias, and a drift toward militarization only after signs from Europe and Hitler emerged. Page 3 note.
A 1941 humor piece by Arthus Bags Baer comments on Roosevelt's radio broadcasts and references Adolf Benito and personality traits with satirical jabber about Americans. It mentions asbestos costs and chimpanzee analogies amid wartime slang and political gossip.
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