Valley Terminal Breakthrough Seen in TVA Plan
The Tennessee Valley Authority announces the first four river terminals to be built on the Tennessee River at Gilbertaville Decatur and nearby sites with a total cost near 600000 dollars. The project links to a national inland system boosting war material transport and positions Decatur as a key distribution hub for North Alabama.
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TVA
Gunteraville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee River
Gilbertaville
United States
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Waterways Conference
Tennessee Valley
McCartney Street
North Alabama
Birmingham
Atlanta
Medical Science Busy Solving War Problems
A physician reports on aviation medicine advances including adrenal stimulation to extend high altitude endurance, goggles improvements, and the critical shortage of first aid materials. Civilian defense leaders warn against wasting gauze and bandages, urging trained field units and proper use for aviation and wartime emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Baehr
Office of Civilian Defense Medical Division
England
Office of Civilian Defense
Baehr
de Landis
Office of
Civilian Defence
Political mudslinging cannot erase the fact
A clipped political exchange extols enduring truths despite relentless mudslinging. The speaker argues bias and noise obscure core issues while urging focus on concrete policy and public welfare beyond personal attacks.
Dr Clendening Publishes Seven Pamphlets for Ten Cents Each
Readers can obtain seven Dr Clendening pamphlets by sending ten cents per title plus a self addressed stamped envelope. The pamphlets cover topics such as Three Weeks Diet, Indigestion and Constipation, Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feeding, Treatment of Diabetes, Feminine Hygiene, and Hair and Skin care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleadening
Clendening
Side would have won with a capable general then
A fragment notes that victory hinged on a general who could manage what he faced. The text hints at missed potential and strategic capability as decisive factors in the outcome.
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Europe
Peente
Libya
Grant
Weir calls for a positive wartime program and action
Walter J. Weir argues Americans need a concrete mobilization plan not vague patriotism. He urges buying Victory Stamps and War Bonds, building fighter planes and tanks, and spreading Americanism to create a democratic world and co prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Weir
Lord and Thomas
New York
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Berlin
Rome
Italy
Japan
America
Broadway Gossip and Celebrity Sights From New York
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes Mrs. Reynolds and Leonora Corbett among theater crowds. Duke of Windsor chats with Guy Lombardo at the Waldorf. J. Doolittle dines at Ruby Foo’s Den. Mrs Roosevelt braves the rain on 6th Avenue. Jane Withers rhumbaes. Jadin Wong faces a passerby’s quip. a panhandler joke caps the column.
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New York
Quentin Reynolds
Virginia Penne
Leonora Corbett
Stella Ardler
Paul Gallico
Duke of Windsor
Guy Lombardo
the Waldorf
Cookie Clay
J. Doolittle
USA
Tokyo
Ruby Foo
Roosevelt
6Th Avenue
Radio City
Jane Withers
Havana-Madrid
Colin Kelly
New Yorkers You Won’t See From a Sight-Seeing Bus
A fragment describes colorful city characters such as Shoe string Annie the mayoral figure at Lindy Restaurant and Razor Phil a ticket seller with a razor in his collar. It mentions Commodore Dutch and Ted Lewis’ Shadow now hosting a bar and grill on West 44th Street.
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Phil
Commodore Dutch
Ted Lewis
W. 44Th Street
Vivid wartime mood pieces spark a stubborn roar
A collage of bold lines and sharp jokes voices a ferocious urge for action and anger. A bill collector confronts a boy outside a home while a chorus of comic quips and repentant wisdom echoes through a rough and lively social snapshot.
Broadway gossip and showbiz notes from the era
Ruth Lowe smiles over Ronald King Manning as Hall's page draws eye lines. Gypsy Rose Lee aids law with a modified strip in Star and Garter. Equity released bonds for Jessel show, so cast not stranded in Chi. Ritz Carlton valued at 2.5 million offered at 700 to 800 thousand. Judy Ford eloped with Taylor Wilson the milk heir. AP’s Reggie and Lois Doyle among top gkhirls. Eddie Dowling expands reach as Sons O Fun executive.
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Broadway
Ruth Lowe
Ronald King
Manning
Hall
Mags
Gypsy Rose Lee
Equity
Jessel
Chi
F. Tillinghast
Albany
Ritz Carlton
Stork
Judy Ford
Taylor Wilson
Reggie
Lois Doyle
Dinty Doyle
CBS Press
Chamberlain Brown
Romeo the Orientals
Sons O' Fun
Eddie Dow- Ling
Manhattan Murals and Backstage Vibe from West 69th Street
Vignette style tour of a quiet garden path to a country chapel on West 69th Street and dimmed Times Square scenes with boy chorines at This Is the Army rehearsals. A Waldorf doorman with regal air, plus Joe the chimp smoking and flicking ashes in a zoo cage.
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Manhattan
West 69Th Street
Times Square
Army
the Waldorf
Joe
Zoo
Broadway Wiseguy You Never Know What Fools You Are
A theater column surveys colorful personalities in backstage Farce and finance revealing how ego and ambition collide on Broadway. Playhouse gossip highlights agents producers and star egos while hinting at shifting fortunes and mounting risks.
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Broadway
Morgan County Rescue News Highlights Local Visitations
Mrs. Fannie Pesnell of Laceys Spring joined her sister Mrs. Helen Goodson for a Sunday visit. Families including the Helms and Edwards clans spent the weekend with relatives. Improvements noted for Archie Edwards and Walter Wilson after medical care. Numerous visits from Camp Bowie to Morgan County residents and others from Nashville Birmingham and Scottsboro marked the weekend events. A birthday dinner was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Hornbuckle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Pesnell
Lacey's Spring
Helen Goodson
Willie Helms
Elie Helms
Scottsboro
Emmit Helms
Archie Edwards
Flint Sanatorium
Birdie Moon
Wilma
Roy Edwards
Walter Wilson
Nashville
Anna Hennessee
Vera Black
Mount Tabor
H. A. Helms
W. M. Helms
H. M. Helms
Corporal Lo
Mina Owen
Mrs
Cleveland Hornbuckle
Rubber's War Time Eraser Ban Ends with Victory
The term rubber derives from its use in erasers, but pencils will lose rubber parts until the war is won, signaling tighter wartime production and material priorities.
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St. ‘Leuke
MacKenzie
the Daily
Uncle Am
Daily
Doolittle
Labya
Axis
Cordell Hull
Pacific
Hull
Matton
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Washington
War Board
WPB
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
FDR
General Motors
Ryan Aeronautical
Malta
Rommel
Tobruk
Egypt
By Logan Clendening, M. D
U. S
Manuel L. Quezon
Philippines
Maria Aurora
Waldorf-Astoria
Walter Winchell
Raymond Scott
43Rd
Big Apple
H’wood Reporter
Midtown
Jadin Wong
San Francisco
Frank Hales
Mathea Merryfield
Saranac
J. J. Mage
Eltinge
42Nd Street
Madeline Webb
Jerusalem
Jake
Morris
Owl
Swifty Morgan
Fred Stewart
WJZ
Barbara Stanwyck
Park Central Roof
Paul Hagen
Germany
Marcus
la Conga
Eagle Squadron
Roberts
Les Brown
Hastings House
Dover
Bluebirds
Berchtesgaden
Sonny
Ezra Shank
Ezra
Junior
Father
Morgan County Rescue
W. A. Helms
Attention Legionnaires
W. A. Daugherty
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