Private Papers Of War Reporters On Africa Embroglio
Private papers by Drew Middleton and others reveal how reporters rated medals for their Africa coverage amid Army and State pressure to curb reporting. The piece notes covert pressure on Columbia Broadcasting to muzzle Collingwood, and mentions Harry Butcher as an instru ment. It recounts warship discipline, POW tensions, WAAC rumors, and a provocative booklet swaying the Sultan of Morocco regarding Arab customs. It closes with notes on Franklin Elmer Davis, Patton, and Eisenhower frustrations at press presence.
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Cub
Drew Middleton
Wm. H. Stoneman
John MacVane
Chas
Collingwood
North Africa
State Department
Columbia Broadcasting
Harry Butcher
Eisenhower
Nogaies
Meknes
Rabat
Nogyes
Harvard
Port Lyautey
Kasbah
History Will Write Details Of Lewis Roosevelt Feud
WW II era commentary contrasts John Lewis and Franklin Roosevelt, linking labor battles to political rifts. The piece traces the CIO AFL split, Wagner Act impact, and how key figures clashed over policy and power amid coal strikes and war mobilization. It ends noting alarm over Nazi slave labor and domestic unity.
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WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Office of War Information
Slave Labor Society
Constitution Avenue
Potomac
Constitution” Avenue
Pennsylvania
Washington
White House
Capitol
Harold Ickes
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Lewis
AFL
CIO
John
New Deal
Puerto Rico
Labor Party
Jawn
America
Vox Populi
V. P
Franklin
Japanese radio urges Bangkok traders on manners during war
Briefing from Bankgage notes Bangkok radio advising Thai private business people to be well dressed clean and agreeable to customers while avoiding smoking or intoxication. It cites U S war production outrunning Japan by eight times in spring 1943 and ends with a Dutch joke about bicycle shortages and Scots Highlanders.
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Bangkok
Thaisland
Barbara Bell Pattern 1741 for wired fabrics size 16
Pattern note lists Barbara Bell Pattern No 1741 designed for wires in multiple sizes with yardage details 21 yards of 25 inch material seven yards bias fold and scraps for bottom. War conditions cause longer filling times for popular pattern numbers due to high demand.
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Barbara Bell
Barbara Bell Pattern 1724 8 for multiple sizes
The Barbara Bell pattern 1724 8 designed for sizes 12 14 10 18 and 20 with corresponding busts 30 to 38 inches. Size 14 bodice requires 144 yards of material with short sleeves plus 2% yards for the skirt 6 yards of ribbon and trimming.
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Barbara Bell
Ask Me Another General Quiz TE TE eD
A set of trivia questions covers khamsin Africa flags upside down in war times military training plane percentages and expert opinions on war factors. It asks about Kaiser dams and VP voting in the Senate, with items numbered 1 2 3 6 6 7 and mixed formatting.
Answers to historical wind and flag questions
The list covers a hot African wind filling the aur with sand and claims the Philippines flies its flag upside down during war. It notes about 60 percent, with 75 percent from production and supply and 25 percent from battle. Mentions ice at the bottom of a body of water. Names Grand Coulee Boulder and Bonneville dams. Also notes tie cases.
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Commonwealth of the Philippines
Grand Coulee
Boulder
Bonneville
Colored dye shells help locate ships at sea
The navy uses shells with colored dye in their noses. When fired, water erupts in red, orange, or green spouts up to 20 feet high. On impact the dye splatters the target, aiding gunners in formation fire and helping aviators spot enemy ships.
African Sergeant Major s Permitted Four Wives
African soldiers in 1940 Ethiopia times are described as Gold Coast troops serving under British officers. Muslims and Christians mix in barracks with unique private life norms. Rank dictates marriage rationing, and a sergeant-major may have four wives while a private has one.
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Ethiopia
Gold Coast
Leatherneck and Camel: cigarette taste across services
The term Leatherneck refers to Marines from the old leather collar era, while Camel remains the favorite cigarette for soldiers of the Army Navy Coast Guard and Marines. Sales records from service men’s stores back this cross service preference and mail restrictions note Camels can go to U S personnel domestically and overseas.
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Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Post
U. S
Marines
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Algiers
Elmer Davis
Franco
Madrid
Wm. H. Castle
Johannes Steel
Castle
Japan
Ed Herlihy
NBC
Horn
Patton
Tunisia
Eliot Elisofon
Africa
Baukhage
Pentagon
Franklinstein
Shelly
John Lewis
Franklin Roosevelt
The
Mr. Lewis
Paris
Bankhage
United States
Holland
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Salty Wells St
Chicago
Henry J. Kaiser
Senate
St. Joseph
U.S. Navy
Bremer
Iowa City
Iowa
Mexico
Bfgoodrich
Prince Albert
Welca Phe
Prince
ALU
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