Hitler and Mussolini as World War Partners Discussed
The article argues Hitler used Mussolini to his advantage, alleging Italy became a German vassal and lost independence. It notes Italy’s lack of key industries and value to Hitler was North Africa, while the alliance burdened Mussolini with military and economic risk. It also critiques U.S. rationing policy and calls for exploring stockpiles and substitution options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Italy
Europe
France
Hitler
Mussolini
Benito
Il] Duce
Adolf
Germany
Charlemagne
Dupuy
Mediterranean
North Africa
Blood plasma drive to back US warfare and civilian aid
Large scale collection of blood plasma by the American Red Cross for the navy and army aims to form a nationwide network of hospital plasma banks. Dr. Charles R. Drew says dried and liquid plasma will stock both armed forces and civilian disaster needs as techniques improve.
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New York
N. Y
American Red Cross
United States Navy
Army
Charles R. Drew
The
Blood Transfusion Association
Drew
National Defense
New York City
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Hospital
Westinghouse
Times Appliance Company
Electrically Cleaned Air Helps Large Ohio Edison Unit
Air cleaned to meet the breathing needs of 50,000 people ventilates a new 75 ton electrical machine for the Ohio Edison company. The system supplies continuously purified air to prevent dust and dirt from entering the winding environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Phio
Ohio Edison Company
Consumer incomes rise as retail trade climbs nationwide
President L. G. Elliott notes more people at work in factories with rising incomes fueling higher retail trade by 12 to 14 percent from last year. Dairy and farm prices stay high, exports of war materials remain strong, and 1941 crop prospects look favorable with steady acreage and government payments similar to last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Elliott
LaSalle Extension University
Woman Railroader Marks Fifty Years Of Service
Katherine Loretta Connell, age unspecified, marks fifty years with Union Pacific in Omaha, rising from freight car mileage clerk to assistant bureau head. She began in 1900 amid a 500-employee Omaha office and has seen the workforce grow to about 2,000. She recalls a $35 monthly salary and notes her family ties to railroading and a widow’s resolve to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Loretta Connell
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Neb
Statistical Bureau
Union Pacific
Katherine
Pat
Miss Connell
Powder and nitrate drive U S war readiness
The article argues gunpowder production is the nation’s true defense issue, noting U S nitrate sources and synthetic nitrate advantages. It details Allied Chemical and DuPont roles, Muscle Shoals TVA plans, and hurdles over nitrate use for explosives versus fertilizer. It also mentions a new ration concept and a secret Dutch Shell mining defense tactic, plus a TVA film on power for defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
America
War Department
U. S
United States
Chile
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation
Hopewell, Va
duPont
Allied Chemical
Hopewell
Defense Commission
TVA
Muscle Shoals
duPonts
Raymond Lee
Keen . S
London
Poe
Parents and educators push TRUE COMICS as a safer comic
New York reports color magazines captivate children with thrilling tales and grotesque heroes. Parents and educators denounce the trend while Parents Magazine promotes TRUE COMICS a substitute featuring history and real bravery with junior advisory editors including Mickey Rooney and Shirley Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Simon Bolivar
George Rogers Clark
Winston Churchill
Mickey Rooney
Shirley Temple
Parents’ Magazine
Bloodstone Powers Thought Miraculous in Old Legends
New York audience learns from Natural History that the March birth gem bloodstone confers wide miraculous powers. Legends claim it calms tyrants and even stops nosebleeds.
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New York
March
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Perros
Washington
OPM
Leon Henderson
Western Newspaper Union
Presbyterian Blood Bank
National Research Council
Navy
Army and
Public Health Administration
Katherine L. Connell
Donald M. Nelson
Defense
Nelson
U. S. Army
East Indies Oil
Dutch Shell Oil Company
Merry
Bloodstone
Wineston US
Choiceise
Cottier Oe
Toledo
Ore
Loe
Center Town
Newport
Furn. Good Inc
Coast
SLO
Billings
Montana
Nystrand Poultry
Butte
Mont
Bones
Montane Ave
Port Arthur
Persius
Seneca
Garfiel
Ee Yee
Garfield Ten
Pere Tit
Ohtye
Plato
Dean
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