News Behind the News on War Policy and Politics
The column surveys wartime manpower and production, noting Allied reinforcements and projected troop totals. It discusses Roosevelt era politics, the New Deal, and Pearl Harbor fallout, highlighting Ewing’s Minneapolis address, defense bills, and potential GOP strategy. It also coverages Navy recruitment shifts, selective service methods, costs of war, and Knox publicity.
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Rooseveltyan
Ar Ewing
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Questio
Minnesota
Senator Ball
Roosevelt
Ewing
Navy
Britain Russia Meet in America war plants sparked debate
Danny Emory Land’s engineers found the plan sour from the start yet the ex-newspaper man embraced it and rushed to the front pages. The Maritime Chairman told his team to keep silent about the boat while Frank claimed it as his own creation. An experimental model reportedly registered forty degrees in a Long Island Sound test, and the Secretary of the Navy admitted the sea creature was too cranky.
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Mr. Knox
Army
Navy
Lewis B. Hershey
Marshall
Uncle Sam
United States
Pearl Harbor
Treasury
United Kingdom
Britain
Aeag
Frank Knox
Maritime Commission
Danny Emory Land
Maritime
Frank
Long Island Sound
Secretary of the Navy
Nazi indoctrination fears from Lisbon to Berlin
The piece reports on alleged Nazi planning and education of five hundred fifty Gauleiters to govern the United States, and a parallel study in Marburg on ruling the British Isles after a Channel crossing. It warns Dublin would fret over a neutral Ireland and notes the use of occupation techniques and Quislings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert N. Leman
Lisbon
Hitler
United States of America
Karl Hau- Shafer
Geo-Politik Institute
University of Berlin
Harvard
British Isles
University of Marburg
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Eire
Dublin
de Valera
Berlin
Safety tips for cords and plugs
Do not knot or kink electric cords and avoid sharp surfaces. Use well-rounded hooks or pegs to hang them for longer wear. When disconnecting, pull the plug not the cord and fit relief to the plug with a firm quick motion.
Radio Programs and Evening Schedule Summary
Radio schedule lists programs across channels with time blocks from afternoon to late night. Notable items include The Three Suns, Captain Midnight, Jack Armstrong repeats, Tom Mix serials, Ted Steele Seudin Club, Waring’s Orchestra, G Burns and Gracia Allen lineup, News features, quiz shows, and Red Skelton. The listing names multiple networks, acts, and genres, noting shifts for wartime timing and hour adjustments.
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Tom Miz
Warne van Dyna Sonz
Leathergood Baines
Captain Midnight
Denver String Orchest
Dinning Sisters
Cos
Denver
Nets
Cbs
Dorothy
Ted Steele Seudin
Ube
Mbs-West
Jack Stevens
Johnny Presence Orch
Abe-Ved Navier
Weir
Horack Meldt
Lmer Davis
Abe
Red
the People
Ebs
Gabriel Heatter
News of London
Mbs
Bber McGee & Molly
BC Symphony Orchestra
Cis
Mites Meade
Gob
Neered Glenn Millar
Cbx
Raymond Gram Swlig
Cbs Dance Orchestra
Red Skelton
Eatura
Gwen Davies
Ted Straeter
Inbe-Basic
Weer Skes
Fred Waring
Nbc-Red
Screwy News in the Carolinas Gazette Play by Play
A Greenwood man signs a rubber check for a traffic fine with the alias A. R. Stuck. Winston-Salem firemen investigate a wreck where colliding autos hit a fire alarm post. Richard Edwards of Goldsboro is surprised to meet his sister Alma Edwards, whom he hadn’t seen in 24 years since he left home as a boy.
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Charlotte
Greenwood
A. R
Winston-Salem
Richard Edwards
Goldsboro
Alma Edwards
Goldsborn
Richard
Carolinas
Woman Uses Bees For Rheumatism Sting Therapy
A woman in Seven Springs is said to visit a neighbor’s beehive each week to invite the bees to sting her legs. She claims the stings ease rheumatic pain. In Wayne County among education notes the fifth grade comprises 28 boys and five girls. In Williston a traffic stop led to solving a theft as a sheriff noted the stolen tire was found due to a curious tire on the suspect’s car. Union reports mention tire rationing becoming effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seven Springs
Wayne County
Williston
S. C
J. M. Sprawls
Union
First Roosevelt Mixup Confuses Sunday School Class
A Sunday school class at Chalybeate Springs Baptist Church heard a boy claim that George Washington was the first President Roosevelt of the United States, revealing a playful mix of American history in a local setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalybeate Springs Baptist Church
George Washington
Roosevelt
Time and Watches Quiz From Daylight Saving
A reader queries the big clock in London's Parliament tower and whether hourglasses measure a full hour. It asks time conversions from New York to Denver London Los Angeles St Louis Atlanta and Boston and completes classic proverbs about time and Swiss watches.
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Parliament Building
London
New York
Denver
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Atlanta
Boston
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Malay Peninsula
Burma River
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China
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Halland
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Wilfred Funk
Stooges
Buhe- Power Company
South Main Street
Screwy News
Harry Winston
Cebergs
F. Brews
Minchithampion
Dorothy Warner
Shreveport
Cape
Semon
Switzerland
Ree Tomah Tee
Welock
Wachovia
Asheville Charlotte
High Point Winston-Salem
Salisbury
Ralemh
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserue System
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