Kanawha Valley Hospital Need Highlighted by Defense Growth
A Charleston editorial warns that rapid wartime industrial expansion in Kanawha Valley, including naval ordnance and Electro Metallurgical plants, strains local hospitals. It urges a unified push for a community hospital to handle injuries, epidemics, and increased medical demand from thousands of workers and defense-related facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
South Charleston
Boncar
Glen Ferris
Gaussy Bridge
Kanawha
Ily
Charleston
Kanawha Valley
Patriotism and Defense War Efforts in Modern Manufacturing
The article argues for improved war effort facilities and convoys, noting shipping vulnerabilities, evolving convoy and patrol strategies, and the superior spying capability of aerial observers. It predicts rapid wartime innovations from American ingenuity that could shift the war’s balance.
Dies Called to Lead Democratic Probe of War and Fascism
Editor urges Rep Martin Dies to lead a sweeping investigation into war causes and threats to democracy. He criticizes public focus on the Communist party and argues for uncovering profiteers warmongers and forces aiming to extinguish liberty, urging accountability for costly investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep
Martin Dies
America
Communist Party
Bud
Public Enemy No 1 Complacency and the War Mindset
A compilation of reflections on complacency as a threat to nations and individuals, citing Undersecretary of War Patterson and Winston Churchill, with notes on Orville Wright defending the airplane’s peaceful origins and warning against its weaponization, tied to 1930s concerns of war, progress, and public sentiment.
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Robert P. Patterson
France
Somerset Maugham
Bng
Magritt
England
Winston Churchill
Winston- Salem Journal
Orville Wright
Garth
Wright Brothers
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Roanoke Times
Sinking of the Rob in Moor Drives South Atlantic Policy Debate
Daily Washington Merry-Go-Round reports rising U S cooperation with Brazil and Argentina against Axis aims in the Atlantic. It notes Dakar's strategic importance, the Rob in Moor sinking, and debates over possible troop actions to secure West Africa while citing American isolationist tensions and FDR era political dynamics.
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Washington
U. S.s
Portugal
Roosevelt
Azores
U.S. State Department
Brazil
Caffrey
Rio de Janeiro
Aranha
U. S
Amoros
Argentina
Hitler
Dakar
Robin Moor
White House
West Africa
War
Navy
Ime
Navi Planes Aire
South Atlantic
North Atlantic
Robby Moor
South Arelantic
Bulge
Africa
French West Africa
Intercepter Message Dear Watt About Dr Waller
A fragmentary note indicates Dr C B Waller visiting to tend health denies any fear for Charleston. He mentions a slight attack of punctuated fever and conveys reassurance to Watt.
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Watt
C. B. Waller
Charleston
George Pree. W. B. Powell Charleston Senatora
George Pree and W. B. Powell are listed as Charleston Senators in Charleston, West Virginia, reflecting local political representation.
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W. B. Powell
Charleston
Charlesten
W. Va
One Man Show Shifts Supreme Court Balance
In Washington on June 18 the piece notes the court now largely reflects Roosevelt appointees with eight of nine justices appointed during his administration. It highlights how the court’s interpretation of federal power has changed without altering the constitution, following Chief Justice Hughes’s maneuver during court-packing battles.
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Supreme Court
Hughes
Ward
Roosevelt
Harlan Stone
Owen Roberts
Black
Reed
Douglas
Murphy
Frankfurter
Roosevelt Court Balance and the White House Power Shift
Raymond Clapper argues that New Deal allies dominate the court and that Roosevelt can rely on a favorable majority in critical cases. He notes Chief Justice Stone’s independence and hopes to preserve Hughes’s legacy, but asserts the White House now dominates government, with presidential discretion expanding beyond Congress and the court.
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Roosevelt
Justice Stone
Congress
Coolidge
Hoover
Llan
Charles E. Hughes
Free Lunch Lore Across Cities by Dion Runyon Runge
A retrospective vignette traces free lunch culture across Kansas City Chicago San Francisco and New York. It cites Murdock Pemberton Roy Giles and Archambauld's as notable spots with elaborate buffets and distinctive beer sizes while noting conflicting recollections and regional quirks from leaders like Charles H. Upton and various saloon legends.
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Ansas City
Murdock Pemberton
New York
Roy Giles
Pemberton
Giles
Pember
Mr. Pemberton
Kansas City
K. C. Clear
Archamibault
Nynd
Broadway
Mr. Giles
Millers
Walnut
Eighth Or
Ninth Street
Washington Park Racetrack
Chicago
Friedman
Seventeenth
Larimer
Denver
Barbary Coast
Bowery
Alderman McKenna
Workingman's Rest
South Clark
Hinky Dink’s
Charles H. Upton
U.S. District Court
Northern District of California
San Francisco
Jack Lawler
Ben Jellison
U.S
The
Recency
the Old Crow
Golden Rule
Pete Dunne
Caley and Roderer
Rudy Fibeck
Pete Weniger
Merchant's Inn
Kohnke's
Hagedorn's
Crystal Palace
Palace of Arts
Mr. Upton
Value of Free Press in Danger From Subsidized Ads
A columnist argues newspapers risk corruption and loss of objectivity when reliant on advertising subsidies from political parties labor unions and foreign interests. He cites Huey Longs Louisiana Progress Father Coughlin and Talkett sheets as types that taint coverage and warns that radio could erode ad revenue pushing papers toward subsidies and biased reporting.
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W York
Daily American Press
Moscow
Huey Long
Louisiana
Guy
Dick Leche
Leche
Father Coughlin
Coughlin
Germany
Russia
Italy
Down On The News By Bi Baer In Uniform
A 1941 column notes service did not end careers for writers and illustrators. Bi Baer recalls figures like Joe McGurk Walter Hoban Dick Berlin Walter Davenport and others who found success after 1918, while mentioning war veterans who returned to work in the field.
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Joe McGurk
Walter Hoban
Infantry
Jerry Om
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New Center Bldg
Detroit
Matthew V
Britain
Republic of France
Alfred M. Landan
Kansas
Canton
Fanny Perkins
Secree Fary
Matt Neely
Fanny
Ambassador Cudahy
der Fuhrer
Mississippi River
Rhine
Charles A. Lindbergh
America First
Philadelphia
Mississippi
South Dakota
Justice Department
Pearson
Yours
George
Ashington
Sen. Taft
Peain
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Con Sess
Calvin Coolidge
Damon Runyon
Runge
Miller's
Archanbaull
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Chicazo
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Pegier
Sme
Bozeman Bul
Dick Berlin
Walter Davenport
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Charley Colobansh
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