U S Japan Tensions Rise As Americans Ordered Home
The weekly column notes growing U S Japan strains after Japan joins the Axis. It cites threats to US assets, calls for Americans in the Near East to return, and proposals by Japanese and Italian outlets to pull US from aiding Britain. Navy and army mobilizations expand as recruitment and training accelerate.
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U. S.-Japan
Far East
Japan
America
Americans
Tokyo
Italy
Berlin
Washington
United States
Britain
Prince Fumimaro Konoyo
England
Burma
China
State Department
Near East
Burma Road
All Out in Last Month of Presidential Campaign
Campaign trail heats up as Wendell Willkie tours East and Midwest critiquing New Deal defense while Roosevelt visits steel plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio, dedicate the 100000th U S Housing unit in Pittsburgh, and cite a Rome dispatch on Axis plans. Also notes Wallace McNary train link, Butler speech at Columbia on academic freedom, and quirky federal and social anecdotes from Washington DC.
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Wendell L. Willkle
East
New England
Midwest
New York State
Ohio
Illinois
Missouri
America
Hitler
Europe
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Terrace Village
U. S. Housing Authority
White House
Rome
United States
Minnesota
Henry A. Wallace
Charles A. McNary
Draft Q and A on war exemptions and uniforms
A Q and A feature with mock questions about draft exemptions for brass allergy, night work, clothing colors, and wartime duties. Answers suggest flexible assignments, night scouting, and humorous options. includes stray ad copy and a clipped verse.
Georgia elects Browneyed grandmother to fill late husband’s term
Congress welcomes Mrs. Plorence Reville Gibbs from Georgia, a 100 pound browneyed grandmother with a keen southern accent, who fills the unexpired term of her late husband. She becomes the ninth woman serving in Congress.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Plorence "Reville Gibbs
Georgia
Gibbs
Eagle Squadron Ready to Take the Air for England
A unit of 34 American volunteers from crop dusters to New York society playboys prepares to serve with England. In active command is William E. G. Taylor, 35, a first lieutenant in the U S Marine Corps Reserve, shown in the photo.
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New York
England
William E. G. Taylor
Taylor
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Slip Cover Your Old Rocker by Ruth Wyeth Spears
A Victorian style rocker can be transformed with a plain blue rep slip cover and matching foot stool. The article outlines padding and hemming, urges building out projections, and notes related sewing directions and booklet orders.
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Emerson Quote On Greatness And Independence
A concise reflection from Ralph Waldo Emerson extolling the strong character of the great person who maintains inner independence in public life and in crowds, contrasting it with conforming to external opinion or solitary retreat.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ancient Grenadiers Used Since 300 B C in China
The hand grenade is described as a weapon at least two thousand years old. Chinese use dates back to about 300 B C when they fought southern tribes. Early grenades were bamboo cylinders filled with gunpowder and metal fragments and hurled at enemies to explode on impact.
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Charlie
South
Yet a Diamond Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one
A concise proverb noting that value lies in character over superficial perfection. The quote attributes wisdom to a Chinese source, highlighting paradox that a flawed gem can surpass flawless pebbles in worth.
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Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
Shanghai
Fu Siao-en
Zung Tsu-en
U. S
Japanese Press Association
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Guam
Midway Islands
Mussolini
Canada
Navy
Army
National Guard
Naval Reserve
Agnes C. Rosele
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Army Nurse Corps
Judy
Knox
U. S.-Canadian Defense Board
Stimson
Bolivia
Columbia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Honduras
Panama
Peru
Uruguay
Panama Canal
Brenner Pass
Brennero
Pass
Alps
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Romania
Legiona
French
London
House of Jorda
Neville Chamberlain
Ernest Bevin
Tong
Krupp
Essen
Agnty Valde Pigo
Cologne
Harm
Hamburg
Wilhelmshaven
Stettin
Camp Borden
Politics
Columbia U
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Rush Holt
W. Wg
Bennett Clark
Federal Works Administration
King of England
District of Columbia
Steve Vasilakos
G. Wilhelm Jakob’ Muhisnbroich
Galifornia
L Phillips
Otto
Duke
Joe
Nan Emanuel
Cedarhurat
Praca
Prackin
Neeb
Ignorang
Eagle Squadron
Ruth Wyeth Speare
Bedford Holse
Ancient Grenadiers
Vanamps Porkon
Curtis
Minneapolis
Saya
Department of Agriculture
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