Tokyo Propaganda Tactics in U S Short Wave Broadcasts
Howard W Blakeslee explains how Tokyo uses daily questions to seed doubt and distrust in American listeners. He notes 9 million short wave sets, warns against receptive patriotism, and highlights propaganda cues about Australia, the Pacific war, and alleged U S military secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Wide World Science
Joward W. Blakeslee
New York
U. S. Navy
America
Knox
Stimson
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Australia
House of Commons
Japan
Germany
Tariffville Girl’s Sweater Sent to France in 1917
The Girls Patriotic League of Tariffville learned a sweater knitted for Uncle Sam soldiers reached Olis Blair of Manistee Michigan who wore it for weeks then passed it to a Frenchman. Blair only recently recalled the gesture and hopes the wearer’s gratitude is conveyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tariffville
Conn
Girls Patriotic League of
Tarffville
Uncle Sam
Olis Blair
Mainslee
Mich
League
Blair
Better Compliance With Wage and Hour Law Reported
Bob Thompson reports improved compliance in North Carolina textile mills with wage and hour laws. Of 215 plants inspected November through January, 19 violated minimum wage provisions and 37 violated overtime rules. Child labor violations totaled six, with 13 other misc issues. 48 mills were in full compliance. Overall 162 plants had some violation, mostly record keeping. The 215 mills employ 16,570 workers, about half of the state’s 150,000 textile workers. Also notes the Amazon river is navigable for ocean steamers for 2,300 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Thompson
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
Over Thousand Navy and Marine POWs and Missing
Senate Naval Committee heard that 1,292 navy and marine corps personnel are known prisoners or missing. Testimony covered officers and men plus civilian workers. civilian counts were uncertain. A Marine officer testified 44 officers and 716 marines were in enemy hands while 1 officer and 65 enlisted were missing. Commander Cowie was killed in Manila during a Japanese raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Navy
Marine Corps
Naval
Marine
Army
War and
Navy Departments
Western
Pacific
Bureau of Navigation
Red Cross
Japan
Leo Otis Colebert
Coast and Geodetic Survey
George D. Cowie
Manila
Free Insurance For U. S. Fighting Force Proposed
In Washington on February 5, debate on a $1 billion war damage bill prompts talk of free life insurance for armed forces. Sen La Follette proposes next logical step to extend free insurance to service members, noting property damage insurance may set precedent for premiumless government coverage. Senator Taft contrasts with British compulsory premiums and cites constitutional limits on federal taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
la Follette
Wis
Treasury
United States
War Damage Corporation
Taft R. Ohio
Reward Offered for Escaped Convicts Tyler and Harrell
Raleigh Feb 5 A $100 reward was posted by the state for information leading to the arrest of Clarence Tyler and Hugh Harrell who escaped the Polk County jail days ago. Investigators link them to auto thefts in Spartanburg and Cheraw and a hardware-store robbery in Tabor City. Both had 30 year sentences for robbery in Rutherford County last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Clarence Tyler
Hugh Harrell
Polk County
Penn
Oscar Pitts
Spartanburg
S. C
Cheraw
Tabor City
Tyler
Harrell
Rutherford County
Union Hill School Honor Roll Announced
Union Hill School lists honor roll students by grade. First graders Jimmy Fowler and others, including Wards Callicott and Ellen Hunter, make the list. Second grade spans multiple names. third and higher grades include Betty Crawford, Marion Gentry, Clifton Moran, and Norma Jean Hollingsworth among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hill School
Jimmy Fowler
Wards Callicott
Herbicutt
Herman White
Joan Spoon
Ellen Hunter
Helen Garber
Gerald Davis
Barbara Day
Annabelle Branson
Betty Crawford
Barbara Cecil
Carol Garner
Marion Gentry
Bethy Louise Mooney
Kathleen Nikoltson
Janet Owens
Riley Clapp
Lowell Hunsucker
Jimmie Michael
Thomas White
Donald Pickard
Joan Mettters
Donald Tate
Vera Branham
Pauline Kirkman
James Wade
Margie Garner
Clifton Moran
Betty Willis
Shirley Chilton
Fthel Mae Hill
Norma Jean Hollings- Worth
Martha Low Hokoen
Alice Ward
Also Mentioned on This Page
Missionares
Bshops
U. S
Dutch Indies
Pillsbury's
Pillsbury
Willsbury
Pillsbury Faeries
Pillsbury Front
Minneapolis
Us Sean
Lloyd's Food Store
East
Washington ST
Sunshine Grocery
Esteak
Lloyd’s Food Store
Mary Ellen Marsh
Manhasset
Long Island
Amazon River
Ey Eich
Coe Ae
Wat
We Org
AXP
Sunnyfield
Maryland
Atch
U.S
Idaho
Michigan
California
ANH A
Rice
iCereals
Wheaties
Ballard
Atta
A&p
IONA
A&p Apple
A&p Prunes
Uti
Ann Page Foods
Phe
Gerber’s
Packers
Sunnybrook
Ana
White House
Jane Parker
Phg
Pha. Se
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!