Thought For Today And Home To Roost Columns
A 1941 Charleston Gazette piece includes a daily Thought For Today poem and an extended column by Galett Burgess titled Home To Roost. It criticizes New Deal opposition, TVA, and defense production, urging courage and faster mobilization while denouncing "big names" in industry. The column argues shortages are of will, not materials, and warns against business-as-usual hampering national defense.
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Daily Gazette Company
West Virginia
Mail
Associated Press
Small, Brewer & Xent, Inc
Park Avenue
New York City
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Boylston St
Beaton
New Center Ride
Detroit
Charleston
W. Va
Galett Burgess
TVA
Dunkirk
David Lilienthal
Knoxville
United States of American
America
France
England
Russell M. Wilder
Mays Clinic
National Research Council
Committee On Foods and Nutrition
Dr. Wilder
Wilder
New York Sun
Army
Navy
North Carolina
Mootansi
Charlotte N
Cy Observer
Shortage of Power Blames Industrial Leaders and Utilities
The piece accuses industrial leaders and utility executives of stubbornly opposing power facility expansion, driving shortages. It rebukes them for strikes and labor unrest, arguing they neglect defense material needs and misled about material sufficiency, warning that consequences loom for responsible big shots.
Oil Transport Shortage Debate Stirs Industry
The public faces possible gasless Sundays as oil supply worries rise. Rail groups claim Gulf coast tankers could be shifted to ocean service, while another expert notes 20 000 surplus tank cars could move 200 000 more barrels daily. Net effect on prices remains uncertain.
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American Association of Railroads
Gulf Coast
Ocean Service
Gulf
Hitler to Try Invasion of England and Waterloo Moment
The piece argues German leaders may push for an invasion of England, despite Britain’s strong defenses and a capable general staff. It warns that a failure could yield a Waterloo-like defeat in the English Channel, though Hitler’s power could still attempt full assault.
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Europe
Hitler
England
Germany
Britain
Hhem
Whai
Crete
M Hitler
English Channel
Tragedy prompts debate over mother turning son to police
A Chicago mother handed her son to police after a watchman’s murder. The ensuing public discussion questions whether she acted rightly. Some call her inhumane, others blame society or herself. The piece ponders a life damaged in youth and the mother’s burden.
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Chicago
Inhiman
Copper priorities and diplomacy tilt expose wartime missteps
Washington column recounts copper shortages driven by defense needs and appeasement by state department experts, noting delays in South American imports and shipping bottlenecks. It cites Henderson and military insistence, plus a misfired foreign policy, as key to the copper gap. Also covers defense highway bill hearings and odd Office of Production Management defenders.
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Ashington
U. S
Defense
State Department
Pearson
Japan
Russia
Leon Henderson
Army
Navy
Chile
Peru
US 5
Henderson
RFC
Jerry Land
Maritime Commission
Peruvisti
House Roads Committee
George H. Brett
Army Air Corps
Brett
Stedman Hanks
Air Corps
Rep
Secrest
Ohio
Hanks
Wilbur Carl+wright
Oklahoma
Federal
Office of Production Management
Spyeil
Maryland
Intercepted Message Mailbag Excerpt From War Era
A brief intercepted note dated Tune 22 194 describes sending navy planes to Brooklyn for an exhibition and mentions the term Them Bombers. The writer signs as Dear Ensign in a casual wartime tone.
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Navy
Brooklyn
Aviation Cadet Board Appointment for H P Chapman
George Ensign and H. P. Chapman are listed with the Aviation Cadet Board in Washington D.C. This entry records an official appointment or posting involving civilian aviation military training or recruitment authorities. The brief item identifies the individuals and the national capital as the locus of the board.
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Ensign H. P. Chapman
Aviation Cadet Board
Washington, D.C
Washington debutante joins defense workforce and dances through
Bette Karson, 20, arrives in Washington from Minnesota to take a civil service defense job. She shares a small apartment with Ina Newhouse, earns 1440 yearly, and plans to stay two years while saving money. She enjoys dancing, church life, and hopes for a raise as a secretary in the Quartermaster Corps.
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Washington
Bette Karson
Duluth
Civil Service
Belle
Minnesota
Fonks
Ina Newhouse
Minneapolis
Betle
Ina
Beile
Bette
Play suits Bring Comfort to Work and Play
A Canton Ohio observation notes men’s shift to comfort focused outfits with open collar shirts and baggy slacks, predicting work wear may mirror leisure styles. It contrasts old era uniforms with modern functional clothing and hints at evolving headgear for ventilation.
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Canton
Ohio
Ethel Questions Right Of Congress to Say What Is Good for Her
In Brooklyn Damon Runyon style dialogue, Joe and his wife Ethel debate whether Congress passes laws for the good of the majority and whether individuals can contest such laws. They acknowledge politics, voter influence, and the recurring notion that laws reflect collective will even if not every person agrees. They ponder what happens when the majority’s view shifts and whether justice governs such outcomes. The couple drift from political theory to a light plan to cool off with ice cream.
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Ethel
Congress
Joe Turf
Brooklyn
Joe
Washington
Sweeney
Ethel Ses
Bill Poole
Baering Down On The News By Bugs Baer 1941
In a satirical column Arthur Bugs Baer critiques wartime gas shortages and rationing. He jokes about cooling Sunday heat by driving slow, references past “meatless Mondays” and “gasless Sundays,” and quips on President Wilson and Saturday votes. He mocks fuel limits and tanker sizes while imagining open driving spaces.
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Baering
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
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