Critique and political commentary across wartime years
A collection of vintage opinions and quips on politics war and society. It weaves references to Hoover Dewey Roosevelt Farley and Wallace with notes on democracy media and public sentiment amid 1940s tensions. The piece contrasts scarce goods cigars beef and comforts a readership navigating postwar expectations.
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Wallace
Truman
CIO
Dewey
Lalabor
Roosevelt
Chicago
Republicans pick Alabama campaign manager amid war bond push
An Army officer returning from the front distrusts German revolt talk and warns morale remains high as German troops fight to hold ground. He says the next phase of defense will start when Allies threaten to invade German homeland.
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Alabama
Germany
Local initiative urged to sustain postwar economy
Eric A. Johnston, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, urges local and state leadership to fund public works and demobilization efforts, arguing that federal aid should be clearly delineated between projects that receive aid and those that do not. He notes rising state reserves and strong municipal credit, and calls for private construction to drive employment as the nation shifts from wartime to peacetime.
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Eric A. Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Johnston
Johnston
Associated General Contractors of America
Congress
Pettusville Sunday School Attendance Rises
Community notes from Pettusville report larger Sunday school turnout at the Church of Christ. Visitors include Miss Musa Whitfield from Athens and Mrs. Mattie Hastings from Elk Mountain, with multiple local families hosting and visiting over the weekend.
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Church of Christ
Mattie Hasting
Elkmont
Sarah Tucker
Stella, Tenn
S. S. At
Pfc
Benton N. Whitfield
Carl Robinson
Ben Phillips
K. C. Dunnavant
Musa Whitfield
Athens
Benton
Robbie Ann Whitfield
Bro
Woodrow Williams
Cullman
Stout Pettus
Decatur
Lola M. Pettus
Ruby Jo Pettus
Phil Thomas Cuffman
Veto
Pettus
Martha Spence
University of Alabama
T. W. Pettus
John Tucker
Stella
Dunnavant
C. A. Yarbrough
Ben S. Whitfield
Mamie Pettus
Will A. Gilbert
Pleasant Hill
Tenn
Pettusville Cemetery
Chiggers and Their Habits for Picnickers
The article explains chiggers of the Leptus genus, their regional distribution in the United States, habitats in woodlands and near blackberry bushes, and how they attach to skin. It discusses activity from July to September, bite patterns, and treatment including antiseptics and sulfur powder.
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Trombidiidae
Leptus
Spe
United States
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Georgia
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Japan
Walter Winchell Notes of an Innocent Bystander
A column reviews remarks and gossip about figures from politics and film. It mocks coverage of the presidential campaign, Keiths on Tojo and de Gaulle, and quips about Wallace, Roosevelt, Hitler, and prevalent press feuds.
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Tokyo-Yokohama
Tojo
Maria Rosa Oliver
Argentina
N. Rockefeller
Peron
Patricia Lochridge
Woman's Home Companion
Elmer Davis
Zeitung
Hitchcock
Canada Lee
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Wallace
Hank
de Gaulle
Axis
Film Notes and Media Echoes From A Turbulent Era
A review column surveys films like Dragon Seed and Sundown Valley highlighting Chinese wartime courage, Kate Hepburn, and Benny Fields amid mixed judgments. It also critiques Return of the Ape Man, and Since You Went Away, while noting book and media releases by Raymond Clapper and others.
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Benny Fields
Lugosi
Sundown Valley
Heming way Week Dominates Collier's Magazines
Heming way Week fuels Collier's with two high quality pieces including Ernie and Martha Gelhorn. Life's editorialist crafts a clear view of current events linking U.S. and U.S.S.R. aims as twin seeks of victory and peace. The Nation laments Allied military success paired with diplomatic missteps. Senator Kilgore contributes a sharp Scope essay urging end to isolationism.
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Hemingway
Collier’s
Ernie
Frau
Martha Gelhorn
Life
Bey
U. S
Kilgore
Quotation Marksmanship And Sayings Of Noted Figures
A collection of aphorisms from H Ain sley B Radcliff Raymond Clapper J Senns K Lorimer L Conrad W J Boetcker A Asquith and Martin Lawrin. The lines offer commentary on home pride courage opinions wealth health and self reflection in a compact quotation montage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Ainsley
B. Radcliff
Raymond Clapper
J. Senns
K. Lorimer
L. Conrad
W. J. Boetcker
A. Asquith
Martin Lawrin
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