Delphi youths seek baseball path with Cardinals scouts
Three Delphi boys Rex Hann Robert Pauley and Hobart Hanaway attended a Dayton training school held by the St Louis Cardinals as they search for promising material. The 200 attendees were rated with charts and placed below the top thirty three. Hann Pauley and Hanaway faced tough competition for minor league spots.
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Delphi
Rex Hann
Robert Pauley
Hobart Hanaway
Dayton
St. Louis Cardinals
Hann
Pauley
Hanaway
Cardinals
The Teen Age in Peace
An editorial argues for lowering the draft age before 1943, claiming youths aged 18 and 19 are best suited for war and could become responsible citizens and voters. It links youth leadership in war to future political maturity and calls for broader social changes to empower young people in economics and governance.
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Germany
Russia
Limits on Spending During Prosperous War Years
The piece argues that rising wages tempt consumers to buy more, risking inflation. It urges using income to pay debts and buy war bonds, not goods. Merchants report shortages, and even purchasable items may cost more. The author asserts wartime prosperity is not true prosperity.
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John Schermerhorn
New York City
Reed Schermerhorn
Delphi
Civic Police Force of
New York
John
Central Training School
McC
Scrap Drive Urges Carroll County Cooperation
Leaders named and committees chosen to boost a county scrap drive. Citizens urged to collect all scrap metal to support steel mills and war production, with surveys indicating farms hold usable metal. The effort aims to shorten the war and notes a possible Doolittle return rumor amid typhoon news.
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Carroll County
Gems and maxims on work and wealth endure
A collection of aphorisms and quotes on talent power purpose and industrious effort. It juxtaposes views from Bulwer Lytton Horace Greeley Epictetus and Mary Baker Eddy with a note on a parasite affecting the European corn borer in New England and a wartime slogan Keep 'Em Firing with Junk.
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Bulwer-Lytton
New England
One Man's Opinion on Elections and Cabinet Posts
The author critiques Drew Pearson and discusses New York and Texas delegates, Farley influence, and the cabinet’s role in wartime policy. He argues Farley’s impact, party dynamics, and media influence shape political outcomes more than cabinet efficiency. He notes O Daniel s support for the war and calls for open-minded reflection on liberal action.
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Drew Pearson
Robert S. Allen
Armed Service
Pearson
Miss Perkins
Jesse Jones
Frank Knox
Cordell Hull
New York
O’daniels
Texas
Jim Farley
Farley
Roosevelt
Jim
Pappy
Washington
T.R.B
New Republic
Opinion on war effort and leadership from wartime figures
A compilation of lines from military and political leaders during wartime, including Admiral Ernest J. King, Elmer Davis, Donald Nelson, Oliver Lyttelton, and Frank Knox. The quotes span strategic patience, the severity of the conflict, and insistence on American identity and government mobilization.
Hong Kong Reports Stir Outrage Across British and American Public
Several months ago newspapers and radio revealed shocking reports about the British and American populace in Hong Kong that aroused indignation among listeners.
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Hong Kong
Jan Henrik Marsman
Philippines
Roosevelt
Mr. Marsman
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Burlington
Cutler Boys
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Monroe
Alpha Rule
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Bringhurst
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Air Corps
Russell M. Whiteman
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Robert L. Whiteman
Coast Artillery
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Sweden
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Franklin Street
Indiana
THE
Delphi Times
Delphi Citizen
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Teen Age IN
Jimmy Doolittle
the House OF Hazards
Mac Arthur
Joe- Va
Darling
Gage
Horace Greeley
Gamaliel Bailey
Epictetus
Mary Baker Eddy
Whatley
Joe Gis
Auy Ose
Ernest J. King
United States
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Karloff
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Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Donald Nelson
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Fifth Avenue
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