Tuning Up for the Grand March Northern Rome Bombings
Allied heavy and medium bombers targeted German rail yards and repair shops in Bucharest, setting facilities ablaze after a week of strikes on northern Italy communications. Medium bombers also struck bridges beyond Rome and a Ventimiglia rail yard, while light bombers hit supply dumps and fighter-bombers attacked rail and coastal shipping. Three Allied planes were reported down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nurnberg
Bucharest
Italy
Rome
Ventimiglia
Britain
RAF
Seid
Front
Ene
Publication rights and letters policy notice
The document outlines rights for Associated Frees dispatches and local news with reserved publication rights. It states voluntary letters to the editor must be signed and published for proper interest. It lists national advertising representative offices in New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Frees Phatheeinee
Sil
National
New York
Pitth Avenue
N. Y. Chicago
Wrigley Building
Chicago
Camouflaged Helmet Loss Sparks Frontier Road Incident
An ambulance driver with the American Field Service attached to British forces lost his helmet on a frontier road and could not locate it in tall grass due to camouflage. He obtained a replacement helmet. In McKeesport Pennsylvania councilman Ben Rosenberg criticized hausen park plans to deter “petting parties,” quipping about floodlights during his youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Road
Mckeesport
Ben Rosenberg
Hausen Park
Mysterious Pursuit and Reunion In A Cold Plane Scene
Colin Rae and Irina Leon join Alec Gunn at his remote air strip as a storm closes in. Blair, Nate Tennant, and Rodney Selkirk loom in a tense subplot about wartime loyalties and love while Alec Gunn provides shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Rae
Hendrik's Bay Company
Pees
Bos
Rodney” Selkirk
Colin
Irina Leon
Blair
Benedict
Fet
Port
Cotte
Irina
Sqr
Jonathan Dove
Learmonth
Verine
Learmont
Alec Gunn
Rag
Colin Rag
Algor
Rae
Alec
Iwo
Meredith
Ling
Stig
Vane
Rodney
Misa
Rodiney
Soldier worship endures in youth five story from theater
A six year old boy vanished from home and after a long search by parents and police was found at 11 pm in a moving picture theater. He remained absorbed in the stage show and did not notice hunger. The family learned the cause a lesson in hero worship around soldiers on screen.
Fiction Comes Alive in Holmes and Other Real Names
Sherlock Holmes feels vivid though fictional beside real names in Who's Who and new books on Holmes and Dr. Watson. The piece notes wartime London tours for Americans and French soldiers, and echoes Dumas and Pickwick as equally real to visitors, arguing truth can rival fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherlock Holmes
Detective
Dr. Watson
America
London
Alexander Dumas
Chateau d'If
Edmond Dantes
Monte Cristo
Mr. Pickwick
Dr. Johnson
Then There Was One by Eugene Burns review
The piece reviews Eugene Burns’s Then There Was One about the carrier Enterprise in World War II. It praises Burns’s sober, factual reporting over sensationalism and lauds Enterprise’s major actions from Pearl Harbor through 1942, noting leadership moments at Midway and Guadalcanal and the ship’s presidential unit citation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Selby
Eugene Burns
Harcourt, Brace
Enterprise
Pearl Harbor
Wake
Burns Believ
Entanaieg
Midway Air Group
McClusky
Guadalcanal
Turner Caldwell
Henderson Field
Gilbert-Marshall
Marcus Island
Midway
Stewart Islands
Santa Cruz
Solomons
Halsey
Swede Rescued Seven Flying Men Deep in the Carrier
Mr Burns of The Associated Press first reported the incident and deserves a share of the credit for the rescue story involving a Swede who saved seven airmen deep in the carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Associated Press
Five experts to discuss Our Good Neighbor Policy on Mutual
Five experts on South American relations will discuss U S policy in Mutual’s American Forum at 9 30 p m Tuesday led by General Henry H Arnold Nelson Rockefeller Eric Johnston Senor Eduardo Villasenor and Senor Valentine Boucar They will tackle What Is Our Good Neighbor Policy The program lists prominent figures from U S military government business and Latin American development authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Meegan
New York
Mutual
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Nelson Rockefeller
inter-American Affairs
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Eduardo Villasenor
Valentine Boucar
inter-American Development Committees
Mexico
Brazil
Eye and ear jokes in wartime wit and notes
The item riffs on Ruths keen eye for song titles, demands a man with acute hearing to grasp singer’s words, and jokes about scarce fish in Late Michigan. It mentions Karlsruhe meaning Karls rest and mocks German and Japanese war conduct with pithy quips about Tojo and air raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
Michigan
Chicago
Tempo Rise Promises Pacific War Invasion Push
Washington foresees a sudden increase in Pacific warfare tempo as Allied forces plan strikes across the Central Pacific the Philippines and even the Indian Ocean. Admirals signal an invasion-minded outlook with forays from Sabang Sumatra and New Guinea, while Rhine and Atlantic theater bets hinge on simultaneous blows. Congress slows on price controls l end lease and anti poll tax bills as IRB tax simplification gets approval and the monetary conference eyeing June amid hotel site questions. Short, shoe output drops to 405-410 million pairs to meet civilian needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sabang
Sumatra
India
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Pacifc
Chester Nimitz
Philippines
China
Germany
Japan
Congress
Hitler
Mystery Bedroom Visitor Sparks Downtown Hotel Ironic Moment
In Pittsburgh a traveling salesman asked for a room and, after registering, questioned if there was a bed. The anecdote closes with the odd line about a possible bed, reflecting a humorous travel moment amid a city scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Dixie Theatre Show Tackles Delinquency Theme Tonight
The Dixie Theatre tonight presents a film from Warner about juvenile delinquency post Pearl Harbor. The piece, titled The School, aims to highlight the most painful home front issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Warner
Pred Scott Shines In Ridin The Trail At Dixie Theatre
Pred Scott stars in the Dixie Theatre production Ridin A Trail, a Western romance featuring Iris Lancaster as Carmencita, the ranch owner. The article notes Scott’s athletic, rugged persona and his belief the film showcases real acting potential, with Lancaster discovering her own acting instinct during early camera work. The film is currently showing at the Dixie Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred Scott
Dixie Theatre
Séteen
Angi
Iris Lancaster
Carmencita
Eire
Fred
Iris
Scott
California
Tris
Oo Baganess
Miss Lancaster Pion
Iin Pictures
jDixie Theatre
Engagement at the Dixie Promises Bold Change Tonight
An energized program aims to shock the public into awareness via BSA engagement. The feature program at the Dixie includes Warner Bros stars headed by Humphrey Bogart and Gale Page, with the Dead End Kids among the cast in the Pillitzer Prize era production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
BSA
Warner Bros
Tim
Humphrey Bogart
Gale Page
Victory Garden Hotbeds Use in War Time
A wartime article explains how hotbeds aid Victory gardeners by starting seeds and producing early spring crops and late fall vegetables like radishes and lettuce. It notes that before the war electric hotbeds were used, but now heating relies on manure for the small hotbed and pit hotbed, as shown in the Garden-Graph illustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Centra
Salida Tang Press Absorciation Report Summary
Salida Tang Press notes a chaotic scene described as a hotbed of fog and a failed absorption. The text references a detainee and a tense start to an event, with vague details about a pile and external elements affecting the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salida
Tang
Nana Aig
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chapter
Reyeth
Elsir
Father
Nate
Hawk
Golin
Winnipeg
Onnard
Nate Tennant
King
Fiction
the Literary Guidepost
By John Selby
Thornton Wilder
Abie
Anne Seymour
Parker Fennelly
NBC
Aldrich Family
Bing Crosby
Joan Davis
Jack Haley
Bob Burns
CBS
Dunn
Mr. Keen
Suspense
Bowes
Dinah Shore
Coast Guard Band
Joe E) Brown
MBS
Claude Joseph Rouget de
City of
Karlsruhe
Karl
Adolf
Tojo
Pacific
U. S
England
Amare
Internal Revenue Bureau
Alwassan
IRB
Orf Apt Gress
Wicbeneaget Pecular
Roosevelt
Baer
Treasury
Funkhouser
Garden City
Stewart Newlin
Garden City Telegram
Dewey
ATS
Sareieh
Victory Garden
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!