Behind the news timed from Page One in Whirligig
A sweeping roundup from the era covers wartime labor shifts in aircraft plants, resumptions and discharges, and plans to extend win-the-war weapon fabrication across ten states. It reports an officer’s rescue tale, religious awakenings among troops, and a fractured Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce facing rivalries between old firms and new entrants, with internal resignations and regional industry responses. It also recounts James Dingwell Jr.’s domestic help saga as he battles a neglected estate and a cat loving hire dilemma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ani
H. C. Adamson
Hans
Albany
New York City
Hans Christian Anderson
Washington
H.C
Pacific Ocean
Adamson
Army
Navy
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Hinev Aviation
Ford and
Higgins
Guadalcanal
Buna
Tunis
Stalingrad
John H. Jouett
James David Dingwell
Washington Gas Light Company
District of Columbia
Jim
Amesbury
Massachusetts
Maryland
Here's How I Licked Wartime Constipation
A wartime reader explains persistent constipation and how All-Bran from Kellogg's corrected it by supplying bulk. He notes the influence of wartime living on diet and urges regular use with plenty of water, praising Kellogg's All-Bran produced in Battle Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pantic
Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Winning the War column surveys postwar refugee crisis and science bonanza
The piece laments Europe’s forced migrations after 1939, detailing mass displacements in Greece and Poland, Nazi resettlements, and the human cost from executions to famine. It also notes potential postwar repatriation dilemmas, hopes for restitution, and mixed loyalties among French figures, plus a sidebar on magnesium and aluminum prospects and wartime commodity use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert N. Leman
Europe
Greece
Poland
New York
Reich
Seckt
Uoftues
Gestapo
Czecho-Slovakia
Alsace- Lorraine
Manhattan
Free
Germany
United Nations
Seventh Cross Scene At Camp Wresthofen
Lieut Bunsen endures Fahrenberg’s tirade then leaves the commander's quarters. He surveys the Dancing Ground between quarters and Barracks Hs, orders Bramewell to nail a map to a tree, and marks Camp Wresthofen with his compass bearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunsen
Fahrenberg
Bramewell
Camp Wresthofen
Escape Attempt Intercepted Near the Rhine
Fahrenberg orders roadblocks and outer circles to trap fugitives near the Rhine. Beutler is recaptured after a brutal struggle at the Dancing Ground, ending in bloody rags and a grim, convulsive smile as the escape fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bramewell
Willich
Rhine
Liebacher Au
Fahrenberg
Zillich
Fillich
Beutler
Prison camp confrontation unfolds in swamp chase
Police Com Overkamp and Fischer confront prisoners as a guard detail radios for aid. A brutal chase through swamp terrain ends with a captive sinking deeper into marsh mud while dogs bay and guards pursue, setting up a continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sars Overkamp
Fischer
Overkamp
George Heisler
Trestone Non Skid Tread Fun for Skid Protection
Trestone introduces Non Skid Tread Fun a protection that reduces skidding on slick surfaces. The device emphasizes enhanced traction for footwear and footwear related products targeting safer walking in wet areas.
Evening Radio Schedule with War Time Adjustments
A detailed Eastern War Time radio lineup lists programs from 5:45 p.m. through 2 a.m. including Captain Midnight, Mary Ann, Don Winslow of the Navy, Green Hornet, Fulton Lewis, War News, Frea Warings Time, The Battle of Sexes, Fibber McGee and Molly, Gracie Fields, Bob Hope, and Sinatra, with multiple networks CBS NBC and blue editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheneca
Activerke
Farrell
Nbc
Oiu Eas
Ken Bernie
Cbs
John Sturgess
Denver
Don Winslow
The
Navy
Blu
Frazier Hunt
Cbs Basic Troubadours
Mary Ann
Cbs-West
Frayer
Chicago
Nbe
Lowell Thomas
Bhl
Basic
Captain Midnight
Frea Waring
Nbec
East
Green Hornet
Ans
Andy
Fulton Lewis
Mbs
Harry Tames
JhHs
Johnson
Johans
Cents Hoeliws
Earl Godwin
Ens
Ecbs
Aoner
Horace Heidt
Nbu
Bbs Burns and
Aden
Gabriel Heatter
Mibs-Bas
Cbs Murder Clinic
Gracie Fields
Bob Hope
Raymond G. Swing
John B. Hushes
Montcomery-Shapiro
Blu Dance Music Orchestra
M.j
Red Skellenami Company
Paul Schubert
Ooestra
J—Hlu
AY Jools
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Douglas
Martin
Boeing
North American
Jouett
Andrew Jackson Higgins
Bonanza
North Carolina
Henry J. ‘Aiser
Poinus
Verdun
Marshal Petain
Admiral Leahy
Vichy
France
Benedict Arnolds
Doyen
Armistice Commission
de la Laurencie
Dunkirk
Berlin
Abraham Lincoln
U. S
Anna Seghers
William Shar
Fas
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Little, Brown & Co
King Features Syndicate
Book-of
Firestone
Bette 00
America
Treasury Department
International Business Machines Corporation
Atd Firestone Life Protectors
Firestone War Tire
Firestone Stores
North Main al Church Sts
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