Argentina Enters Third Year Under State of Siege
The report notes Argentina’s ongoing state of siege affecting 13 million people with increased government powers, arrests without charges, and suspensions of newspapers. It discusses Castillo’s 1941 decree after Pearl Harbor, wartime controls on steel and iron, and the impact on press freedom and public life.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Generalissimo
Buenos
Federal
Supreme Court
United States
Argen
Union Civica Radical
Coun
Jose Garcia
Congress
Ramon C. Castillo
Pearl Harbor
Castillo
United Nations
Casual comment on young men leaving for the armed services
A reader recalls seeing many young married men from High Point board buses to join the armed forces. He reflects on the sadness of doors closing on family life and the uncertain war ahead, while noting a wholesome American youth spirit. Emerson’s words echo in his thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Armed Service
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Armistice Day Reflections On Duty And Life
A nostalgic column urges stay at home sacrifice and honors veterans. It recalls Maj John McRae and Joyce Kilmer, notes doors opened by war for youths, and cites poets Sidney Lanier and an unknown author on duty and fate. The piece emphasizes not glorifying war, but seeking finality of evil and continued striving.
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Maj
John McRae
Japanese Budget Seeks Record Civil Outlay in 1944
The 1944 Japanese budget excluding military spending calls for a civil outlay of 15.415 billion yen about 308.3 million dollars under prewar exchange, Tokyo radio said in a broadcast monitored by U S government monitors.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Ration Roundup for stamps and fuel coupons
Ration Roundup lists valid through dates for brown stamps R T U and green stamps D E F G H J, sugar four stamp 30, airship stamp, and gasoline coupons 8 A 9 A 10 A with regions and expiration dates, plus fuel oil periods two and three. It notes units per coupon, including five, three, and ten gallon values, across multiple areas.
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Rocky Mountains
Far West
Yarid
Middle West
The War Myths on Japanese Vision and Fighter Skills
Article debunks racial myths about Japanese vision and fighter pilot ability. It cites Dr. Clendening on misinformation, explains eye anatomy differences, notes glasses use and monocle fashion as cultural affectation, and asserts Japanese eyes are as capable as others with training. It discusses perception and reliability of race-based judgments amid wartime myths.
Wartime Washington Rumors And Roiling White House Echoes
Washington buzzes over rumors Harry Hopkins may take a post abroad and over chatter about T. V. Soong and China’s lend‑lease links. Officials question peace talk dynamics with Churchill, while Roosevelt’s war aims and the fate of the New Deal spark debate on postwar policy and partisan rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry Hopkins
United States
Hopkins
White House
Harry
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Cairo
T. V
Man Pays Alimony With Penny Bucket Molasses
Frank Mosley admitted to District Judge S. Shaw that he stacked 1 000 pennies in a molasses bucket to make a weekly ten dollar alimony payment to his ex wife Mary Mosley of Kansas City. The judge dismissed a citation for nonpayment as Mosley claimed the payments were a nuisance.
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Tulsa
Okla
Frank Mosley
Orass S. Shaw
Mosley
Mary Mosley
Kansas City
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Eileen Knopp
834Th Ordnance Depot
158Th Combat Team
New Guinea
W. A. Bivins
Georgia
Sidney Lanier
South
Joyce Kilmer
Blond Beauty
Georgia Carroll
Kay Kyser
Salem Street
Thomasville
Red Skelton and
Elanore Powell
Bette Davis and
Miriam Hopkins
Gene Autry
Rialto
Rosalind Russell
Fred McMurray
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Sparky
Clendening
Ania
Logan Clendening, M. D. Hhi
Jack Stinnetty
Germany
Velt
Churchill
Sremeens
Agony
Mr. Roosevelt
War
Navy
State Departments
St. Joseph Aspirin
T. Joseph Aspirin
Wanantsa
Sartin’s
Sartin
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