Morale Boost Plan and Marketing of Subscriptions
The page discusses subscription rates and postage, plus a Morale Boost feature from the Elkins Inter-Mountain advocating community efforts to support soldiers. It highlights a “Bundles From Home” program in Cleveland, urging readers to mail gifts to service members and urging personal responsibility for morale both at home and in camps. It also critiques government spending, taxation, and inflation warnings by Morgenthau and Pepper, arguing sacrifices are already here.
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Strietlg
Postoffice
Gratton
W. Va
Associated Press
Emi Democrary Srecaee On. Shs, Deters Ans Alec Ae) Iceews
Ecan
Devine & Associates, Inc
New York
Lexington Ave
Elkins Inter-Mountain
Marshall
Lear
Cleveland
Ohio
America
Morgenthau
Pepper
Running in circles critique of New Deal policy
Clarksburg Telegram discusses repeated accusations that the New Deal cycles policies, with reciprocal trade talks and farm price actions, while a large tax bill moves through Congress. It notes Morgenthau defending tax plans aiming to cover expenditures of $35,000,000,000.
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Clarksburg
House
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt attack on Wheeler mirrors party loyalty clash
The Wheeling Intelligencer criticizes Franklin D. Roosevelt for claiming members lose party rights if they oppose core policies. It likens his stance to political kidnapping and contrasts New Deal collectivism with Jeffersonian democracy, arguing many pre-New Deal Democrats left or rebelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling Intelligencer
Roosevelt
Wheeler
United States
Washington Daybook on Mrs Roosevelt women-only press conferences
In 1933 Mrs Roosevelt began regular women-only press conferences, a practice still held nine years later. The move forced newspapers to hire women Washington correspondents, even part time, altering the town's press dynamics and spotlighting female reporters.
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Sigrid Arne Washington
Washington
Supreme Court
Frances Perkins
OSRD in wartime aims and amused observations
Charles P. Stewart surveys the Office of Scientific Research and Development OSRD headed by Dr Vannevar Bush. He notes the expansive scope from weapons research to civilian health and weather psychology while skimming Roosevelt era politics and exclusive women’s press gatherings.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
OSRD
ADA
BTA
FWA
PWA
TVA
CSC
FTC
SEC
GAO
NLRB
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Roosevelt
Vannegar Bush
Washington
Carnegie Institution
Doc Bush
United States
Einstein
Hollor
Oseed
Tragedies and feats mark Taylor County events in 1923
Mary Riggleman, 39, was killed by passenger train No. 11 on September 8 1923 while walking between tracks near Carr China pottery. Edward Marshall, her fiancé, witnessed the tragedy. Other items note Mrs Mary Hesston Nestor's death from a fractured hip, Guy Brown rescuing an infant from a burning Hic kman home, excess Japanese relief funds, school enrollment surging past 1700, and Klansmen at the new Methodist Episcopal church cornerstone ceremony.
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Mary Riggleman
Carr China Pottery
Webster Road
Edward Marshall
Riggleman
Mary Hesston Nestor
Michael Hesston
Grafton
John Nestor
East Grafton
Nestor
Mount Cavalry
Baltimore and Ohio
Virginia
Knottsville Road
Guy Brown
Blueville
Fred Hickman
Safter
Taylor County
William Morgan
Charles W. Steel
O. J. Fleming
Byron O. Taylor
H. Y. Clark
Thhe
New Methodist Episcopal Church
Thornton
Jocal Kleagle
Pugh
Boothsville
Southern Methodist Conference
West, Virginia
Army Records Echo Hill Ballads and Jazz for 41
Army musicians in the 115th infantry Maryland regiment record marches by the regiment band and glee club numbers like Shortnin Bread and The Lord's Prayer by privates Irwin and Willen. The piece notes hillbilly tunes hot jazz numbers and monannah solos as typical of Army 41 recordings.
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Mademoiselle
Armentieres
115Th Infantry
Maryland
Glee Club
Charles Irwin
Pvt
Martn Willen
Look to Me chapter shows Ylena, Scott in turmoil
In a tense chapter set in La Madera Ylena discovers Tate Cromwell’s pursuit and confronts a fraught love triangle with Scott Hamilton Rose and Cromwell. Ylena plans a return home while Rose and Aunt Daisy watch, Barker organizes Club Ball decor, and Diane O’Neil’s notes hint at Tate’s Kingston trip and Lily Cashlon’s telegraph trail.
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Rose
Yiena
Scott
Tate
Ylena
Scott Hamilton
Viena
Airg
Taylor Cromwell, Jr
Lego
Hamilton
Young Cromwell
Clarkson
Tate Cromwell
Daiquiris
Charley's
Barranquilla
Cartagena
Antigua
Casanova Cromwell
la Madera
Daisy
Copper Creek Ranch
Elena
Diane O'Neil
Barker
Viera
Bark
Atmosphere
Kingston
Diane
Lily
Cashlon
Telegra Sai
Eh Yiena
Francie
Army morale unit to record soldiers for musical posterity
Across central and eastern areas, similar recordings will be made at camps to select numbers for soldiers' bid for musical posterity. Fort Meade hosts a session directed by Capt Howard C Bronson, music officer, funded by the Citizens Committee for the Army and Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Meade
Howard C. Bronson
Army
Citizens Committee For the Army and Navy
Printing for Results with Hammermill and Bond Papers
The message promotes using Hammermill and Bond standard papers for economical business printing. It stresses economy and standardization as key watchwords in delivering effective print quality.
Wartime irony and mockery fill a fragmented dispatch
A jumble of wartime phrases mocks leaders and events. references to Hitler Petain and Japan mix with weather gossip and social quips, suggesting a column of satirical remarks about the war’s absurdities and public mood amid scarcity and fear.
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Hitler
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E Sentinel Publishing Company i
Latrobe Street
Grafton Printing Co
Alice B. Holt
John 8. Palmer
Washington Daybook
Sigrid Arne
Jack Stinnett
Stewart
Uncle Sam
Tye Geen
Ted
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Eleanor Patterson
Lord Halifax
Vannevar Bush
Army Records
Lorena
Carleton
Grafton Printing Company
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Tr Natl
Bette
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