War Ballot and Tuberculosis Seals in Wartime Opinion
A reader urges fair voting for service members and criticizes OWI and censoring in wartime elections. It backs a War Ballot Commission but warns against minority exclusion, then shifts to police conduct, gambling among youths, and finally emphasizes the Christmas Seals drive to fund tuberculosis prevention amid war strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services
Scott Lucas
Illinois
OWI
New York
Gas rationing sparks debate on American life and patriotism
An editorial argues against harsh gasoline and rubber restrictions while stressing the automobile’s central role in U S life and war effort It calls for balanced measures to avoid shortages While praising Italian prisoners as Navy cadet waiters it suggests humane treatment and exposing enemies to American values.
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Germany
Washington
Guilford County
Navy
Chapel Hill
America
Mussolini
Hitler
New York City
Byrd
Senate
OPA
Capitol Hill
Honorables
Sen. Reynolds
Japan
Russia
Reynolds
Roosevelt
Hess
Yamamoto
Italy
Gas Shortage in China Halts Allied Bombing of Japan
Special report notes that fuel constraints in China block B 17 and B 24 bomber raids on Japanese targets from bases near Kinhwa, with gas supplies limited by Burma Road and sea routes. It details Japan's hold on China, strategic aims to reopen supply lines, and the broader Allied plan to base operations and pressure Tokyo.
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Kinhwa
China
Nagasaki
Kagoshima
Kobe
Kure
Osaka
Tokyo
Burma Road
Burma
Japan
Foochow
Harbin
Chei-wei
Nanking
Great Britain
United States
Peiping
Mukden
Tientsin
North
Hong Kong
Hainan
Indo- China
Thailand
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
Yangtze River
Ichang
Chennault
Upper Burma
Salween River
India
Nippon
Local voices react to wartime life and social issues
The piece collects remarks from various residents and officials on capias fears in court, school openings to relieve crowding, tuberculosis and Christmas Seals, U S Cavalry in wartime, hospital aid for soldiers families, laundry delivery limits, rationing polices, and a poem about social pledges. It cites Attorney Robert Martin, Officer Jim Burton, Judge D C Mac Rae, Mrs J W Mc Guinn, Cecil Brown, Miss Betty Dickinson, George Edwards, Sgt Fred Guerin, Mrs T M Amant, M A Jones, Miss Rosa Sutherland, and J P Richardson with multiple local institutions and wartime concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Guerin
U. S. Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kansas
George Edwards
Burma
Broadway Critics Review War Themed Stage and Screen
New York critics survey current theater and film offerings. Oscar Homolka and youth cast in High Wind in Jamaica receive mixed praise. Rodgers and Hart era pieces return with wartime uniforms and familiar songs. Hollywood reports praise Guadalcanal Diary for sober combat realism while Crazy House garners scorn.
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Oscar Homolka
Jamaica
Miss Waldorf
the Post
Times
Mr. Nichols
Connecticut
Air Force Show
Hollywood
Richard Tregaskis
Olsen and Johnson
Gibraltar
Vivian
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Eric Gatepets
Associated Prass
Wigh Point
N.C
National Native 8B Co
Lexington Ave. N. YT
City
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
City Hall
National Tuberculosis Association
High Point Tuberculosis Association
Turkey
Mongolia
Robert Martin
Atlantic Ocean
Jim Burton
D. C. MacRae
J. W. McGuinn
Clara Cox
Park Street
Europe
Cecil Brown
Betty Dickinson
USO
M. A. Jones
J. P. Richardson
Burrus Hospital
Boston
Butte
St. Paul
Sicily
Crete
Solomons
Coral Sea
Africa
Egypt
Joseph Auslander
Franco
Radio Madid
Ceremany
Argentina
Tito
Pavlich
Quisling
Quent Reynolds
Quincy Howe
CBS
The
Atlantic
Paul White
Mr. Howe
Moscow
Radcliffe
Britain
Life
Fortune
FDR
Dorothy Parker
Amon
B. Torrence
S. Johnson
Walter Fossa
J. Gals
Private
Breger Abroad
By Lt
Dave Breger
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