France the French People and the War in Prophecy
In a somber reflection the writer bids farewell to France after years of woe and a Franco-German stalemate. He notes the 1940 surrender, the Petain government, and the occupation, warning that liberty is in decline and France may be lost to Fascism until a future day of freedom when it may return.
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Travel Strengthens America Slogan Adopted By Travel Bureau
The Travel Bureau proposes the slogan Travel Strengthens America to promote national unity and boost travel driven exchange. The campaign emphasizes understanding and oneness among people from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego to increase travel and trade.
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America
U.S
Alaska
Tierra del Fuego
Sympathy through personal contact to bridge hemispheric divides
The passage advocates breaking sectionalism within the United States and with other American nations through sympathetic personal contact among people. It emphasizes cross‑regional engagement as a means to foster unity across the hemisphere.
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Americas
We hear of German gold vaults and Nazi gold claims
The piece mocks German denials of gold value and reports a Berliner Zeitung article praising a new Reichsbank building in Berlin. It highlights vaults 14 meters below water level and three stories deep with bullion shelves. The author doubts Germany will forgo gold if they seize others' wealth.
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United States
Germany
Berlin
Berliner Instrierte Zeitung
Reichsbank
New Job for Short Waves in Defense Plan
The defense program creates new jobs and duties, expanding short-wave radio to entertain troops abroad. GE's Schenectady station notes growing letters from soldiers in the Canal Zone Cuba Guatanamo Bay Pearl Harbor Greenland and Guiana thanking them for programs linking home. A Midwest robber gets 99 years.
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Schenectady
General Electric
Canal Zone
Guatanamo Bay
Cuba
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
St. Thomas
U. S
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Guiana
Uncle Sam's Smiling Courage of War Draftee Parents
Ruth Millett notes that parents of draftees express pride in their sons joining the army, celebrate training and Camp life, and accept wartime sacrifices without complaint. They discuss their sons’ experiences, restlessness, and the nation’s need, showing resilience and support for the war effort.
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Ruth Millett
Sam
United States
Democracy as a way of life faces totalitarian challenge
Secretary Wickard argues democracy must outperform rival systems while Willkie frames democracy as a life choice in contrast to totalitarian models. Waldo Frank notes Latin America’s dictatorships are military and economic, not ideological, shaping the wartime discourse of 1940.
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Claude Wickard
Wendell Willkie
Waldo Frank
Isolationsists Fail To Define Real World Threats
The piece argues that antiwar advocates cannot clearly separate domestic needs from international dangers. It notes that any president would face external threats and must act to defend shores, arms, bases, and Latin America, aligning U S policy with broader self defense. It frames opposition as impractical and unstable.
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FDR Needs An Executive Officer For War Effort
A May 22 dispatch argues President Roosevelt lacks strong leadership and calls for a capable executive like New York Mayor LaGuardia to restore drive and morale. It notes inflation, congressional strain, and fragmented control across agencies complicating war production and policy, urging decisive, centralized leadership to unite efforts and speed results.
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Roosevelt
White House
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Beruch
Mr. Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Congress
LaGuardis
Cranium Crackers Small Towns in American History
A quiz notes several historic sites across small towns including Harpers Ferry Fredericksburg Concord Elwood and Coulee City. The prompt asks readers to locate each town and the event that occurred there with answers posted on the Classified Page.
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Concord
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Radio Programs Tonight Schedule in New York
Radio listings detail May 22 schedule across NBC CBS and MBS networks with time slots for shows and hosts including Fannie Brice Aldrich Family Bing Crosby Hour Horace Heidt Show Tommy Dorsey and more on a Central Standard day tabulation. Also notes discussions and news programs such as Should We Insure a British Victory? and Parent-Teacher Congress plus sports boxing segment and Edwin C Bill commentary.
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Tommy Dorsey
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Lowell Thomas
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Uncle Wait
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Radio Research
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Gossip in Gotham and Hollywood High Jinks
Celebrity rumors swirl in 1941 New York and Los Angeles. Gene Markey and Arabella Hartley are linked romantically while Honeychile Wilder's new escort is Edgar James. Ignace Paderewski is ill at the Buckingham. Betty Grable to receive a diamond bracelet from George Raft's jeweler.
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King
Cate, Inc
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Gene Markey
Arabella
Bunny” Hartley
Honeychile Wilder
Edgar James
Paulette Goddard
Ignace Paderewski
Buckingham Hotel
George Raft
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Betty Grable
Hedy LaMarr
MGM
Olivia DeHavilland
Tommy Manville
Alice Wallace
Marty May
Hollywood
Lee Tracy
The Voice of Broadway and New York Screen Gossip
A fragmentary chatter item mentions The Voice of Broadway and a swell flicker at Tommy Tucker's strand stage with Joan Leslie. It refers to Agnes and the Mice at Lyceum and a vague note on a Warner process adaptation titled Underground.
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Tommy Tucker
Joan Leslie
Son
Courtney
Stevens Hotel
Cha Zel
Scotland
Hess
Warner
Swvill Roes
New York
Poison In Our System Examines Nazi Communist Influence
An Atlantic Monthly excerpt by Joachim Friedrich appears in the Evening Huronite, arguing Nazi and Communist agents influence strikes in defense plants. The piece reviews Bartley’s testimony on background tensions and urges vigilant, pro democracy broadcasts and awareness rather than suppression.
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Atlantic Monthly
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Council For Democracy
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Mill and Factory
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