USO services boost morale for service members across distant posts
The USO expands through Alaska Hawaii and the Canal Zone providing clean shirts, dormitory beds, movie nights and mobile units. Volunteers and six organizations support a 1942 War Fund Campaign to fund recreation centers and shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Uncle Sam
China
Canal Zone
USO
Honolulu
St. Johns
Newfoundland
United Service Organizations
Coast Guard
USC
Hawais
Bronx
Frisco
Robert E. Strawbridge, Jr
Great Arc
Hawaii
Bermuda
David Kawananakoa
Lono
South Pacific
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
Point Barrow
Panama
Delos C. Emmons
U.S. Army
A New Concept of the More Abundant Life
In the Wheeling Intelligencer a discussion cites former official Arnold and Roosevelt era policy shifts. It argues the New Deal’s welfare aim faces a new approach and recalls recovery era scarcity measures, price pegging and farm plowing under as context for postwar planning and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling Intelligencer
Thurman Arnold
Roosevelt
Arold
White House
Arnold
Postwar Prospects: Mass Production and Monopoly Debate
The article argues wartime gains will fuel a new industrial era with mass production in peace time. It notes increased production, dock backlogs, and a rebirth of free enterprise, but warns monoplies undermine profits. It cites Wall Street Journal on efficiency and stresses freeing business from government controls and expanding domestic markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Arnold
Monopoly
The
Wall Street Journal
Journal
A Force To Be Reckoned With
A Hinton Daily News digest notes cautious optimism about World War II progress. It cites Roosevelt’s warnings against excessive optimism and highlights rising American war production, plus German food shortages and ration cuts, suggesting morale and supply pressures may influence the war’s turning point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton Daily News
London
Washington
Germany
Oma
Lands
Reich
Eternal Triangle Tragedies and Rotary Notes From Grafton
A Grafton Sentinel report covers a March 19 1925 hatchet attack linked to a love triangle including John Rogers of Rowlesburg and Jesse Wiles, with Rogers in grave condition. The piece also highlights The Whiz Bang Review at Strand Theatre and Marshall Walker songs, plus Dr. A R Warden’s Rotary Club visit in Tokyo and local Rotary culture and quotes from Harry C Compton on community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rogers
Rowlesburg
Grafton City Hospital
Sentinel
Rogers
Grafton
Jesse Wiles
Cumberland-Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio
Wiles
Marshall Walker
Strand Theatre
Walker
No Man's Land
Rosie
Paradise
Deacon
Mammia
A. R. Warden
Grafton Sentinel
Tokio
Japan
Warden
Rotary Club
Billy
Jack
Jimmy
Tommy
Brad
Buzz
Chuck
Hitch
Foxy
Jingles
Judge
Lizzies
Soapy
Rotary
Transportation and War Demands Disrupt Elkins Air Service
Amid reports of mounting executions and Germany's food crisis, Elkins faces transport problems as American Airlines suspends local stops. The move strains remaining options with minimal railroad passenger service, buses, and dwindling automobile travel due to rubber and gasoline shortages, prompting concern over continuity of war-time logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Airlines
Elkins
Violets and schemes strain Tibby and Steena
In a tangle of romantic plotting, Steena nudges Tibby toward accepting Tommy, while Tibby wrestles with jealousy and hopes Steena will manage to win his heart. Meanwhile Wayne lurks, pressing for a diamond reward if love fails, as violets spark memories of lost springs and uncertain futures.
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Steena
Papin
Tommy
Tibby
Steena Flowers
Tih
Steens
Elizabeth Lane
Wayne
Breena
Jered
Lia
Mary
Tomy
Althou
Public transport shifts urged for Elkins area
Citizens rely more on public conveyances as private travel wanes. No current patronage figures for American Airlines to Elkins are available, though many people have used the service. The Inter-Mountain calls civic groups to review transportation needs and how they are being met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Airlines
Elkins
Inter-Mountain
The Roaring Land and Related Northwest Books Review
John Selby reviews Archie Binns Pacific Northwest history travel and autobiography in The Roaring Land noting affection and zest. He covers Down to the Sea in Maine by Shelton and Coffin with praised photography and Maine portraits. He also notes Where to Eat Sleep and Play as information compilations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Binns
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Mr. Pirins
McBride
Maine
A.C. Shelton
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Mr. Shelton
Shelton
Mr. Coffin
Dutton
Books in boards and touring rubber on sale
Garden City offers bound books at $1 each. Sir Philip Gibbs abandons novels briefly, sharing impressions from a US lecture tour with balanced perspective and world citizenship. Edward Everett Dale’s Cow Country enriches Americana by detailing plains folklore rooted in the 1880s range era and fencing rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Philip Gibbs
United States
Philip
Doubleday
Doran
Edward Everett Dale
Plains
Mr. Dale
University A of Oklahoma
Three Cocky Submarines Spotted Near Harbor Entrance
Reported at 11 p m as submarines slipped through a narrow harbor entrance. Allied batteries opened fire and searchlights swept the area, turning the harbor into an inferno as the threat was spotted and engaged at night.
Candidacy Announcement for County CommissionerRace
A political notice to Taylor County voters announces a candidacy for county commissioner subject to voters in the August 1942 primary. The announcee seeks support and outlines intent to run in the upcoming election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Raid on Sydney: Japanese air attack shocks Australia
Reported raid describes depth charge fire from Allied ships and air strikes near Sydney, with 21 ferry passengers disrupted, residents kept awake by explosions, and a midget submarine launch blamed on a ship near Coral Sea. The event marks the first Japanese assault on an Australian city, echoing earlier raids on Darwin.
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Coral Sea
Sydney
Darwin
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John Selby
Joan
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